MALLEE EAGLES v BALRANALD
A KNEE injury to key midcourter Kasey Torr soured the Mallee Eagles’ 13-goal win over a determined Balranald at Lalbert on the weekend.
The Eagles continued their unbeaten season with a 50-goal to 37 win over the Roos, but it was the injury to Torr that emerged as the talking point from the game, with the gun wing defender not expected to return until the upcoming finals series.
“We were a bit rattled when Kasey (Torr) went down in the first quarter,” Mallee Eagles co-coach Alicia Harvey said post-match.
“We’ll focus on resting her up for the finals so we are at full strength and feeling fit and ready for a big finals series at this stage.
“It definitely wasn’t our best performance of the year, but I think as the game went on we progressively started to find our feet and build momentum.
“I think Balranald have been a bit unlucky this year, their skill set is definitely there and they showed that by sticking with us for the majority of the game.”
Balranald co-coach Elli-Jane Pollard was equally pleased with her team’s performance for three and a half quarters against the ladder leading Eagles.
“We were very happy, it was such a great game to watch we were right with them for the first two quarters,” Pollard said.
“They (Mallee Eagles) made a quick break away in the first five minutes of the third quarter, which made it a little tough for us to peg back, but the girls were super happy with the effort they displayed against the top side.
Katelyn Hazlett and Bonnie Jolliffe were named Balranald’s better players, while Harvey, Jemma Meehan and Nevaeh Roberts were the best for the Eagles.
FINAL WHISTLE
| MALLEE EAGLES | 50 |
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| BALRANALD | 37 |
LAKE BOGA v WOORINEN
A STRONG second half performance has helped keep Woorinen’s top three hopes alive, with the Tigers defeating a gallant Lake Boga by seven goals.
In a match where the momentum ebbed and flowed all afternoon, it was the Tigers who took control after half-time thanks to a 38-goal haul from co-coach Tayla Bennett.
With Koondrook-Barham and Kerang both winning, Woorinen will not only need to beat Tooleybuc-Manangatang this Saturday, but rely on other results to go their way if they are to climb back into the top three.
Although Lake Boga’s finals hopes ended long ago, their late season resurgence has seen them finish the 2025 campaign with a sense of positivity.
“It was a great game and I was really happy with how they all played,” Lake Boga coach Lisa Ryan said after the match.
“Excellent defence, quick midcourt short passing and Milla Holt was amazing in the ring.
“Unfortunately we just had too many unforced errors at the start of the third quarter and we couldn’t claw back the five goal difference they gained.
“A couple of cheap easy goals in the last minute of the game blew the final score out in the end.”
FINAL WHISTLE
| LAKE BOGA | 44 |
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| WOORINEN | 51 |
NNW UNITED v TYNTYNDER
TYNTYNDER produced a stunning second half comeback to record their third win of the season against Nyah-Nyah West United on Saturday.
After trailing by eight goals early in the second quarter, the Bulldogs outscored the Demons 24-goals to 16 after half-time.
Tyntynder trailed for much of the afternoon and hit the front for the first time in the 55th minute, but eventually ran away to win 41-38.
It was a result that pleased Tyntynder co-coach Bridget Dedini ahead of the Bulldogs final game of the season against the Mallee Eagles this Saturday.
“It was a good win, we had a really good last quarter with minimal errors and everyone just stepped it up a notch,” Dedini said.
“It was a great team effort but we thought overall, our defence did a really great job.
“Bridgette King won so many turnovers and then Tamara Weiss did a great job transitioning it into our attack.”
FINAL WHISTLE
| NYAH-NYAH WEST UNITED | 38 |
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| TYNTYNDER | 41 |
