LAST weekend\u2019s action threw up highlights we are rarely treated to; with bags of goals, junior talent rising to the top, a pesky pigeon, and a classic after-the-siren win all headlining what was a memorable round of footy.<\/p>\n
Noah Gown\u2019s high-five<\/strong><\/p>\n Noah Gown<\/strong> claimed the goalkicking honours in Round 12b of the TAC Cup, with his bag of five helping second-place Gippsland to back to back wins against top four opposition. His five straight majors came from an impressive 18 disposals and seven marks, with four goal assists coming to-boot. Having played all 12 games for the Power this season, Gown has built nicely into the year with 15 goals, and a rich vein of form lately seeing him named in the best for his fourth consecutive outing. Others to contribute on the day were Austin Hodge (25 disposals, six tackles, two goals) and bottom-ager Harold Hood, who continues to impress as he had 21 touches, eight tackles and five marks.<\/p>\n Melbourne Uni\u2019s Prespakis teaches a lesson <\/strong><\/p>\n Fresh off her Most Valuable Player (MVP) performance at the AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships, long-touted possible number one pick Maddy Prespakis<\/strong> turned on the heat at VFLW level. Against more mature bodies and experienced players, Prespakis put on another phenomenal display and stood as the only player across the competition in Round 11 to notch over 30 possessions. The next best for the battling Melbourne Uni side was Danielle Hardiman<\/strong> who had 15 disposals, while Alison Drennan<\/strong> managed 28 for the opposition. Prespakis\u2019 33 touches included 25 kicks and a goal, highlighting the Calder star\u2019s damaging style from midfield. The performance came in only Melbourne University Womens\u2019 third win for the season, with their three-point triumph bringing them within four points of seventh-placed opponents Southern Saints.<\/p>\n Morphettville Park steals draw with final quarter blitz<\/strong><\/p>\n Morphettville Park have come from behind with a fantastic three goals to zero final term to steal two points from Salisbury in a thrilling finish to their Round 13 match. While Morphettville Park have locked up top spot, it cost Salisbury third position, after Adelaide University recorded a win in its match.\u00a0Lauren Buchanan<\/strong>\u00a0booted three goals for the winners and was the difference on the day for Morphettville Park, while\u00a0Angela Moritz<\/strong>,\u00a0Tahlia Meyer<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Lisa Whiteley<\/strong>\u00a0also found their way onto the scoreboard and were named in the best, as was\u00a0Ellie Kellock<\/strong>. For Salisbury,\u00a0Katelyn Rosenzweig <\/strong>continued her strong form upon returning from the AFL Women\u2019s Under 18 Championships, booting three goals, while\u00a0Ashleigh Woodland<\/strong>\u00a0nailed two majors. Both players, along with\u00a0Shae Gundlach<\/strong>\u00a0were named in the best.<\/p>\n Irishman Tuohy lives the Aussie dream<\/strong><\/p>\n Zach Tuohy<\/strong> lived out the dream of every budding footballer with his goal after the siren pinching an improbable two-point for the Cats over Melbourne at their Kardinia Park fortress. With the home side trailing at every break, and finding themselves 29 points down during the final term, it was always going to take something special for the tide to turn. Up stepped the likes of birthday boy Tom Hawkins<\/strong>, who booted four final quarter goals, Gary Ablett<\/strong>, who looked hungry as ever in the closing stages, and eventual hero Tuohy, who capped off a 24 disposal, eight mark and two-goal display with the winner. The Irishman\u2019s moment came off the back of coaches Matthew Scarlett and Chris Scott agreeing to swing him forward, and what a decision that proved to be. Despite the result, Geelong still find themselves outside of the top eight on percentage, with the Dees sitting pretty in seventh<\/p>\n Pendles\u2019 pesky pigeon run-in <\/strong><\/p>\n Scott Pendlebury<\/strong> has shown over time that there\u2019s not much he can\u2019t do on a football field, but he added another feat to his list of exploits on Saturday. The Collingwood skipper paced into space with ball in hand, opting to take a bounce \u2013 but an MCG visitor had other ideas. With the ball thrown down in what seemed like slow motion, it collected a rather unlucky pigeon, yet managed to bounce obediently back up to \u2018Pendles\u2019 as if nothing had ever happened. Thankfully, the pigeon flew away without harm, probably starstruck by the Collingwood champion. The moment of madness came in the Pies\u2019 comprehensive 66-point win over North Melbourne, which helped them to nestle inside the top four as the race for spots heats up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LAST weekend\u2019s action threw up highlights we are rarely treated to; with bags of goals, junior talent rising to the top, a pesky pigeon, and a classic after-the-siren win all headlining what was a memorable round of footy. Noah Gown\u2019s high-five Noah Gown claimed the goalkicking honours in Round 12b of the TAC Cup, with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":34090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[278,8],"tags":[5975,5988,3587,4971,5973,5972,5350,4548,5896,3586,6172,6141],"class_list":["post-37891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-articles","category-news","tag-angela-moritz","tag-ashleigh-woodland","tag-ellie-kellock","tag-katelyn-rosenzweig","tag-lauren-buchanan","tag-lisa-whiteley","tag-maddy-prespakis","tag-noah-gown","tag-scott-pendlebury","tag-shae-gundlach","tag-tahlia-meyer","tag-zach-tuohy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}