The Wash-Up – GDFL Round 17

WINNERS

GDFL SCOREBOARD – ROUND 17

“THE” RESULT

Werribee Centrals will start its first finals series since 2013 from the qualifying final after spoiling Ryan Garrard’s 200th game celebrations with a 44-point win over Inverleigh. With no disrespect to Corio, the Centurions will beat the winless Devils and play Bannockburn the following week. Centrals’ win came on a massive day for the club, which celebrated its 50th anniversary at a gala function on Saturday night. “We’ve been starved of finals success for too long,” coach Nick Smith said. “As a past player, I’m made well aware of that by anyone that I run into at the club. It was good to celebrate 50 years. They named five different teams of the decade and recognised some hall of famers. It was a great night to be part of.”

“BITTERSWEET” WIN FOR ROOS

Anakie co-coach Chris Moore has labelled his team’s victory over Winchelsea as “bittersweet”. It was the Roos’ fifth win in seven rounds and turned around a 72-point loss to the Blues in Round 6. Moore says it’s one of the better wins during his tenure at Anakie. “Winchelsea were treating it as a final, so the message to our boys was to treat it the same,” Moore said. “We expected them to come out hot early, and they did. But we were able to steady and it was good to be able to do it for four quarters.” Anakie will be looking to take another scalp when it travels across to Bannockburn to round out season 2019. For the Blues, they need to upset Thomson or risk losing fifth spot to East Geelong, which meets Bell Post Hill.

MITCH MAKES CERTAIN OF GOAL KICKING TITLE

North Geelong’s Mitch Habib will win this year’s GDFL goal kicking award after extended his break on the rest of the field to 18 on the back of a nine-goal haul in the Magpies’ 148-point hiding of Corio. Habib has feasted on the Devils this year. He kicked 12 majors when the two teams met back in Round 6. East Geelong’s Jack Elliott is next best on 48, while Bannockburn’s Brent Jacques (46) and Winchelsea’s Will Ford (45) are also a chance of cracking 50.

SOCIAL

ON POINT

Anakie: 45/45
Bannockburn: 33/40
Bell Post Hill: 26/40
Belmont Lions: 37/45
Corio: 35/47
East Geelong: 44/45
Geelong West: 40/40
Inverleigh: 40/40
North Geelong: 22/43
Thomson: 37/40
Werribee Centrals: 37/43
Winchelsea: 36/43

THE INTERVIEW

LADDER – ROUND 17

POS	TEAM	P	W	L	D	FOR	AGST	%	PTS
1	Thomson	17	16	1	0	1994	882	226.08	64
2	Bannockburn	17	14	3	0	1637	914	179.1	56
3	Werribee Centrals	17	12	5	0	1680	1084	154.98	48
4	Inverleigh	17	12	5	0	1539	1114	138.15	48
5	Winchelsea	17	9	7	1	1654	1108	149.28	38
6	East Geelong	17	9	8	0	1361	1151	118.25	36
7	North Geelong	17	8	9	0	1421	1339	106.12	32
8	Geelong West	17	7	9	1	1372	1173	116.97	30
9	Anakie	17	6	11	0	1286	1395	92.19	24
10	Bell Post Hill	17	5	12	0	1051	1648	63.77	20
11	Belmont Lions	17	3	14	0	1200	1708	70.26	12
12	Corio	17	0	17	0	336	3015	11.14	0

LEADING GOAL KICKERS – ROUND 17

Player	Club	M	G
Mitch Habib	North Geelong	17	66
Jack Elliott	East Geelong	17	48
Brent Jacques	Bannockburn	16	46
Will Ford	Winchelsea	16	45
Cam Addie	Geelong West Giants	16	40
Paul Davis	Thomson	15	39
Nathan Johnson	Werribee Centrals	16	31
Tavae Sauni	Winchelsea	16	31
Tom Gillies	Bannockburn	15	31
Luke Forbes	Thomson	8	30

NEXT WEEK – ROUND 18

Winchelsea vs. Thomson @ Eastern Reserve – Saturday, 2:00pm

Belmont Lions vs. Inverleigh @ Winter Reserve – Saturday, 2:00pm

North Geelong vs. Geelong West Giants @ Keith Barclay Oval – Osborne Park – Saturday, 2:00pm

Bell Post Hill vs. East Geelong @ Myers Reserve – Saturday, 2:00pm

Bannockburn vs. Anakie @ Victoria Park – Saturday, 2:00pm

Werribee Centrals vs. Corio @ Civilex Oval – Galvin Park – Saturday, 3:30pm

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