Round 3, Cockburn Lakes V’s Cougars @ Anning Park
The Cougars senior players will remember the last game played against Cockburn in round 18 in August 2024, when Max Fasolo was concussed and taken to hospital through some cowardly play by the Warriors.
This game continued the intense rivalry between these two clubs with no quarter given at any stage of the match.
The first quarter developed into a tough physical struggle with many stoppages due to hard checking resulting in only 3 goals being kicked between the sides enabling the Cougars to lead by 7 points at the break.
Cockburn had the advantage of a slight breeze however veterans Josh Touchell and Bret Van Groningen led desperate defence to keep the Warriors tall forwards out.
The Cougars midfield worked overtime in the second term to gain any advantage with skipper Trent Pottinger, Tiger Morris and Michael DeGasperis, desperate to hold the advantage to lead by 7 points for the quarter.
Tyler Mouritz had started to show good form, kicking 2 goals out of a total of 5 for the match.
In the third the Cougars lost concentration and allowed the Warriors to kick 5 goals by allowing their opponents to run free. Coach Bolton would have been very disappointed with this effort as the Cougars had played man on man up to this point. The Warriors backline took control in this quarter and held the Cougars to a single goal. The quarter ended with the Warriors gaining the lead by 17 points.
Once again, in the last quarter the Cougars kept their best for last and kicked 4 goals to the Warriors 2, however it was too little too late and represented another hard lesson in higher grade football, where four quarters of ‘ultimate’ concentration is essential.
Final scores: Kalamunda; 9.9 – 63, Cockburn Lakes; 10.10 – 70
Best players: Tyler Mouritz, Bret van Groningen, Trent Pottinger, Jack Jago
Goals: Tyler Mouritz 5, Ashley McGowan 2,Christiano Paduano 1, Ben Holman 1.
Next Weeks game: Round 4, Kalamunda V’s Melville at Harmony Fields 01.10 Saturday 2 May 2026
This post is dedicated to, Cellarbrations Lesmurdie, proud sponsors of the Kalamunda ‘Cougars’ Football Club.
