under 8 orange 2017

Hi team, Last match of the regular home & away season on an almost perfect football morning and we were captained by James Jebb and Tom Strickland in their last game of the season (as they are away for next week’s lightning carnival). Last time we … [Read more...] about Under 8 Orange vs St Paul’s McKinnon (R13)

Hi team, The last time we played the East Malvern Knights our boys won a tough contest, so we knew the replay was going to be even tougher, and for four entire quarters this was definitely true. Our captains Spencer Ries and Joe Whelan led the … [Read more...] about Under 8 Orange vs East Malvern (R12)

Hi team, Put simply ‘switch on’ equals awesome footy. I could start and end this match report right there! We were almost back to full strength but that was not the difference. After our last game l reported that our boys simply didn’t want the … [Read more...] about Under 8 Orange vs Cheltenham (R11)

Hi team, Again we found ourselves a little short on numbers this week with a couple of our runners away, although our ranks were boosted by James Jebb returning from injury, Hewy Sawatzki returning from sickness and also Angus Hare from U8 Purple … [Read more...] about Under 8 Orange vs Port Melbourne Colts (R10)

Hi team, First game after a break and our boys were led out by captains Josh Bou Diab and Lachy Curtis, who were both overdue at having a turn leading the team. After the mid-season break the boys were sent onto the ground already well familiar … [Read more...] about Under 8 Orange vs St Paul’s McKinnon (R8)

Hi team, It was a very cold and foggy start to this match against the East Malvern Knights and our boys were facing a half ground which they clearly dislike. The smaller ground meant that it was always going to be a bit of a struggle for our … [Read more...] about Under 8 Orange vs East Malvern (R7)

In my opinion the Cheltenham Panthers are physically the hardest team our boys have played so far this year. However, after our boys laid around 50 genuine tackles - yes l repeat, 50! - quite simply the Panthers didn't stand a chance against this … [Read more...] about Under 8 Orange vs Cheltenham (R6)

Hi team, We welcomed Josh Kordupel back from injury and first gamer Spencer Ries. Team captains James Jebb and Zac Saunders made the right call to kick with the wind. The Port Melbourne Colts were down a couple of players so we had to rotate some … [Read more...] about Under 8 Orange vs Port Melbourne (R5)

Hi team, After a successful start to the year l used this week as a bit of an experiment, getting the boys more involved and responsible in the pre-match instructions to their own team mates (which they nailed!) and Kurt and myself tried as hard … [Read more...] about Under 8 Blue vs Mordi Brae (R4)

Hi team, What an awesome day! After a narrow Round 2 defeat, to see how much our team had listened and improved in a week made us all extremely proud. Even I was surprised at how enthused and hungry our team of all stars was during this game. … [Read more...] about Under 8 Blue vs East Brighton Vampires (R3)