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Round 16 Kalamunda V’s Bullcreek Leeming

In Round 7 the Cougars led the Bullcreek ‘Bombers’ for the whole game, however loss of concentration and composure meant the Cougars should have won by more then 23 points in the final outcome. The Bombers currently occupy 8^th position and the Cougars will need to play 4 quarters of consistent football to celebrate their return home to Ray Owen Oval.

This what the cougars did not do. It may have been the excitement of the opening ceremony, or the thought of later celebrations, that allowed them to watch the Bombers kick 5 unanswered goals in the first quarter.

Coach Bolton must have said some words of ‘encouragement’ at the first break as the Cougars reversed the trend and kicked 5.4 in the second to keep the Bombers scoreless in this term. Perhaps the stiff breeze had something to do with the standard of play as scoring at the southern end of the ground was difficult.

In the third quarter the Cougars managed to kick the first goal through an accurate build-up that Ben Shanahan took advantage of.

The game then turned into a very ugly struggle as the Bombers used their favored clubroom flank to attack and score 2.4, to lead by 4 points at the quarters end.

The final term was going to be decided by the team who could concentrate, and remain composed while making fewer mistakes. The Cougars threw everything they had into this task and led, until mistakes in the final 10 minutes cost them the game by one single point!

There were some heroic efforts in this match, they will include our best on the day when listed, however all players contributed as a team that just needs to mature and achieve the speed and skill required to play at the top level of the ‘B’ grade competition.

Final scores: Bullcreek/Leeming 9.5 – 59, Kalamunda 8.10 – 58

Best players: Pending

Goals: Ash McGowan 2, one each to Zach White, Jack Jago, Ben Shanahan, Ben de Guzman, Trent Pottinger and Tyler Mouritz.

In round 7: //johnwattoblog.com/round-7-2026-bul…ing-vs-kalamunda/