AFL Report

Shore vs Knox

A. W. Hall

THE SHORE FIRST XVIII PLAYED KNOX GRAMMAR SCHOOL this week in an exciting game at Acron Oval. Fresh off a convincing win against the Riverview 2nd XVIII the team was pumped and feeling ready for a challenge against a Knox team equally hungry for a win. The game started fast with some fantastic play from Will Cole (who clearly ate the most Weetbix out of anyone else that morning), some sticky hands from Mitch Dettman and rock-solid defence from James Boyd and Max Holland. 

Knox started the game slow and by quarter time the Blue and White led by four goals. The game featured some strong play in the midfield from dominant ruckmen Max McAlpine and Remy Cameron, winning hit outs left, right and centre and notably our lead can be attributed to the work of Ben Hocking and Matt Gill in the middle, which made our lead well earnt as the duo never let up in the middle of the ground. 

Despite a growing deficit the Knox boys kept fighting with the game being well out of reach well into the fourth quarter with notable moments including goals from Henry Malin and Harry Marshall. The boys were able to control the ball from start to finish and despite Knox attempting to play the ball over our backline we held strong, flooding back to create options and overall executing a well-made gameplan. The Shore men were the better team on the day and the convincing 12 goal difference proved that, with that the Shore First XVIII head into the final week of the season against Newington looking to grab another win to add to a growing total, well done boys. Well done to Will Cole who grabbed the three votes from the game, well deserved.