Coolbinia V’s Kalamunda @ Coolbinia Oval
After a successful game against Nollamara last week the Cougars were feeling confident they could they could take on Coolbinia and win. Coolbinia had finished the home and away season on top of the ladder and had earned a weeks rest before this round with the Cougars, which may have factor in the outcome of this match.
The Cougars made hard work of this game throughout the four quarters by leaving the hard work to it’s veterans, who never stopped trying to inspire a number of ‘passengers’ in this side who abandoned any sense of team football.
The Cougars continued to play ineffective football for most of the game by getting ‘bottled’ up on the Falcons clubroom flank to the dead forward pocket where the breeze made scoring difficult.
The best efforts of ruckman Braydon Becker who dominated the center hit outs were negated, as the Cougars failed throughout the game to get the ball past the Falcons half back line, through poor skill and lack of communication.
Despite a reasonable second term, the Cougars trailed throughout this game and would have been very disappointed with their overall teamwork.
The Cougars will need to do some serious soul searching before their next encounter against Nollamara in the Preliminary Final next Saturday as Nollamara showed a distinct improvement in their form against Warwick Greenwood. in the earlier game in Final Round 2 at Coolbinia oval.
Final scores: Coolbinia 6.7 – 43, Kalamunda 5.3 – 33
Best players: Ryan Mercer, Blair Southcott, Royce Knight, Braydon Becker
Goals: Blair Southcott 2, 1 each to Mat Mercer, Jesse Jenkins and Zane Struthers
Next game: Preliminary Final, Kalamunda V’s Nollamara (Venue and time TBA)
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