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UNDER 18 GIRLS
OUR Round 8 game for the U18 girls on the weekend was an early 10am start against Beaumaris for the third time on their ground this year. We had 16 players available due to representative footy and a few girls being ill.
The game started with both teams showing a lot of pressure around the footy, as well as being very defensive. The ball played mostly throughout the quarter in the middle of the ground, resulting in a score of 3 points each at quarter time.
At quarter time, I changed a few things around and really asked the girls to be more attacking and get the ball on the outside. They did, and this resulted in the game opening up. Apart from some poor accuracy at goal, we got to a 21-9 lead.
With the rain coming down at the start of the third quarter, the girls again kept the pressure on and, through hard work and strong tackling, were able to go into three-quarter time with a 25-point lead.
I asked the girls in the last quarter to be very attacking and completely take the game on, as well as locking the ball in our forward 50. They did a great job and finished strong, which I was very happy about. Another fantastic performance and I couldn’t be more proud of the group after the first 8 games.
We go into a bye now and a well-deserved break.
Next Week – Bye – And then the first crossover game with the new league format.
PRAHRAN 0.3 2.9 5.12 9.16 (70)
Beaumaris 0.3 1.3 2.5 2.6 (18)
Goals: Ignjic 4, Rush 2, Wallace 2, Hoban 1
Best: Rush, Williams, Ignjic, Wallace, Dowling, Griffin
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