Yarraville Seddon finally got its game going for four quarters and it worked to a tee as it came away with a big win against Sunshine on Saturday in the Western Football League division 1 competition.
The Eagles had a tough start to the season with matches against two of last season’s finalists, but had a different challenge against the Kangaroos.
After a fairly even quarter on the scoreboard in the first quarter, the Eagles were able to run away with the match, winning 19.14 (128)-7.5 (7).
Eagles coach Brad Julier said they were really happy with that performance.
“It was good to put four quarters together,” he said. “We’d had a tough couple of weeks and it was nice to get a good win.
“We moved the ball a little bit better, which we had not been great in the first couple of weeks.
“We were able to play better and were able to hit the scoreboard.”
Making the ball movement even better was the weather conditions with it being a wet and windy game.
Will Kliszewski and Spencer Wray kicked five goals each for the Eagles.
Julier rated the game of Kilszewski, while saying Lachie Green and Kobe Cikala both had good games on the ball.
He said they felt the win would help set themselves up with another couple of tough weeks coming up.
Coming off finals last season, Julier said they felt they were in a stronger position heading into this year.
“I think it will help,” he said of being together for a couple of years. “We have a really young side that has now played 40 to 50 games in division 1.
“It gives them confidence and hopefully it sets us up to play finals and hopefully improve on last year.
The Eagles face Spotswood in round four. Julier said it would be another challenge.
The Woodsmen come into the match after losing a thriller with Altona.
Spotswood led by two points at quarter time before five goals from the Vikings in the second quarter opened up a 14 point lead.
The margin was back to four points heading into the final quarter.
The first five scores of the final quarter were all points as neither team could find an advantage.
The Woodsmen finally found the first goal of the final quarter through Oliver Castro more than 22 minutes in to bring the margin back to one point.
That would be the final score of the game with the Vikings holding on to win, 9.8 (62)-9.7 (61).
Connor Bulley kicked three goals for the Vikings, with Will and Ethan Taylor named their best.
Elsewhere, Parkside proved no match for Caroline Springs.
After scores were level at quarter time, the Lakers kicked nine goals to two to come away with a 13.15 (93)-6.6 (42) win.
In division 2, North Footscray won the Footscray derby, Braybrook remains without a win after losing to Albanvale and Laverton got on the board against Tarneit.
