The Oakleigh Chargers got closer than any team to the Geelong Falcons during their current nine-match winning streak, going down by just six points at Simonds Stadium in Round 11.
The Falcons have now defeated six of their seven top-eight rivals and are easily the TAC Cup’s top-ranked team for points scored. But even without eight first-choice players missing to Vic Metro duties at the NAB AFL U18 Championships, the Chargers put the clamps on Geelong with pressure-packed play.
They may have lost the counts for disposals, contested possessions, clearances and inside-50s, but Oakleigh won the tackle count with an impressive 97 and forced the Falcons to handball more than they kicked.
Adam Tomaro and Dion Johnstone led the way with 11 tackles apiece, while William Goss laid 10 and Xavier Jordan and Charlie Thompson had nine. All five players were in the top nine tacklers in the TAC Cup for Round 11.
The Geelong Cats experienced what pure pressure can do when St Kilda upset the premiership favourites in the AFL last week. No matter what ladder position a team is in or what cattle it has on the park, effort without the ball can level any contest up.
In other key stats from Round 11:
7: 16-year-old Jordan Johnston did everything he could for the North Ballarat Rebels in their heart-breaking loss to the Sandringham Dragons. The 182cm forward kicked seven of his team’s 13 goals from 14 disposals and eight marks, including four majors in the first quarter. Teammate Callan Wellings also had a game-high 32 disposals, but their efforts couldn’t bring home the four premiership points.
21: Kade Renooy has been one of the Gippsland Power’s most consistent ball-winners this season, but he probably wouldn’t have predicted his 21 disposals would be a team-high in a 50-point victory over the Western Jets. The Power may only have had 251 disposals against the Jets, but they made them count by booting 18 goals – that’s a major every 13 touches.
Round 11 stats leaders:
KICKS |
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Callan Wellings |
North Ballarat Rebels |
22 |
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Isaac Miller |
Bendigo Pioneers |
21 |
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Ben Paton |
Murray Bushrangers |
21 |
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Jamieson Sheahan |
Bendigo Pioneers |
20 |
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Lachlan Murphy |
Northern Knights |
20 |
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Nathan Scagliarini |
Dandenong Stingrays |
19 |
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Laine Fitzgerald |
Bendigo Pioneers |
17 |
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Tyson Lever |
Calder Cannons |
17 |
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Tate Marsh |
Gippsland Power |
17 |
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Kade Renooy |
Gippsland Power |
17 |
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Jake Bradley |
Northern Knights |
17 |
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Joshua Begley |
Eastern Ranges |
16 |
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Fletcher Carroll |
Murray Bushrangers |
16 |
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Jaidyn Owen |
Calder Cannons |
15 |
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Jordan Haynes |
Eastern Ranges |
15 |
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HANDBALLS |
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James Cousins |
Murray Bushrangers |
20 |
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Matthew Signorello |
Northern Knights |
20 |
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Xavier Jordan |
Oakleigh Chargers |
18 |
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Lachlan Murphy |
Northern Knights |
17 |
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Paddy Dow |
Bendigo Pioneers |
15 |
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Reuben Hayward |
Sandringham Dragons |
15 |
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Issac Miller |
Bendigo Pioneers |
14 |
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Fletcher Carroll |
Murray Bushrangers |
13 |
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Jake McQueen |
North Ballarat Rebels |
13 |
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Kane Nissenbaum |
Sandringham Dragons |
13 |
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Lachlan Wilson |
Northern Knights |
13 |
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Nicholas Giarrizzo |
Western Jets |
12 |
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Jono Aujard |
Oakleigh Chargers |
12 |
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Darby Henderson |
Bendigo Pioneers |
12 |
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Ashley Krakauer |
Sandringham Dragons |
12 |
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MARKS |
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Max Williams |
Sandringham Dragons |
12 |
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James Cousins |
Murray Bushrangers |
10 |
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Lachlan Tiziani |
Murray Bushrangers |
10 |
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Jaidyn Owen |
Calder Cannons |
10 |
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Trent McMullan |
Murray Bushrangers |
9 |
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William Goss |
Oakleigh Chargers |
9 |
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Isaac Miller |
Bendigo Pioneers |
8 |
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Sam McLarty |
Oakleigh Chargers |
8 |
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Laine Fitzgerald |
Bendigo Pioneers |
8 |
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Mitchell Lewis |
Calder Cannons |
8 |
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Aiden Domic |
North Ballarat Rebels |
8 |
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Caleb Sheahan |
Bendigo Pioneers |
8 |
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Kyle O'Conner |
North Ballarat Rebels |
8 |
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Jordan Johnston |
North Ballarat Rebels |
8 |
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Lachlan Murphy |
Northern Knights |
7 |
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HITOUTS |
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Chas Roberts |
Northern Knights |
39 |
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Nathan Mullenger-McHugh |
Eastern Ranges |
33 |
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Ethan Casey |
Sandringham Dragons |
31 |
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Hayden Elliot |
Geelong Falcons |
30 |
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Ovie Magbegor |
Calder Cannons |
27 |
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Dylan Atkins |
Dandenong Stingrays |
26 |
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Joshua Boehm |
Oakleigh Chargers |
21 |
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Brock McGregor |
Western Jets |
19 |
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Todd Lawrence |
North Ballarat Rebels |
17 |
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Ryan Kilpatrick |
Murray Bushrangers |
17 |
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Kieran Jones |
Gippsland Power |
17 |
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Nathan Twigg |
Bendigo Pioneers |
17 |
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Jonty Neaves |
Bendigo Pioneers |
14 |
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Shannon Beks |
North Ballarat Rebels |
13 |
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Ned Reeves |
Oakleigh Chargers |
13 |
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TACKLES |
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Adam Tomaro |
Oakleigh Chargers |
11 |
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Nathan Scagliarini |
Dandenong Stingrays |
11 |
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Jordan Haynes |
Eastern Ranges |
11 |
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Dion Johnstone |
Oakleigh Chargers |
11 |
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William Goss |
Oakleigh Chargers |
10 |
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Callan McKeon |
Gippsland Power |
10 |
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Lachlan Wilson |
Northern Knights |
10 |
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Charlie Thompson |
Oakleigh Chargers |
9 |
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Xavier Jordan |
Oakleigh Chargers |
9 |
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Hayden Elliot |
Geelong Falcons |
8 |
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Jackson McDonald |
Calder Cannons |
8 |
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Fletcher Carroll |
Murray Bushrangers |
8 |
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Brad Bernacki |
Calder Cannons |
8 |
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Joshua Begley |
Eastern Ranges |
8 |
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Jake McCormack |
Eastern Ranges |
8 |
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2016 LEADING GOALKICKERS |
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Goals |
Total |
Karl Brown |
Calder Cannons |
7 |
38 |
Brett Blair |
Geelong Falcons |
1 |
30 |
Sam Fowler |
Dandenong Stingrays |
VIC |
26 |
Kayle Kirby |
Bendigo Pioneers |
INJ |
21 |
Dan Allsop |
Dandenong Stingrays |
4 |
20 |
Muhammad Saad |
Calder Cannons |
1 |
20 |
Jordan Johnston |
North Ballarat Rebels |
7 |
20 |
Joshua Begley |
Eastern Ranges |
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19 |
Jackson McLachlan |
Geelong Falcons |
2 |
18 |
Lachlan Tiziani |
Murray Bushrangers |
4 |
17 |
* Photo: Brian Bartlett
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