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Nhill Tigers chalk up trio of victories

By Lauren Henry

Having now won three on the trot and in fifth place on the Wimmera league senior football ladder, Nhill will need to keep winning to cement a finals spot.

A huge 102-point win against Dimboola boosted Nhill’s percentage and put the Tigers four points clear of sixth-placed Minyip-Murtoa.

But with Nhill to have a bye this round followed by games against Stawell and Horsham, the Tigers still face a tough task to play finals.



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Nhill coach Jake McQueen said he was surprised to win by more than 100 points at Dimboola, but was pleased with his team’s form in the past month.

“We’re starting to understand how we want to move the ball and play the footy,” he said.

“Everyone played their role really, which definitely helped.”

McQueen said Matt Kennedy particularly impressed for the Tigers on Saturday. 

“He’s a 22-year-old, playing down centre half back, he’s had a bloody ripper last month,” he said.

“He started to find some form and he played a really good game on the weekend.

“We could have had 21 best-on – everyone did really well – but Kennedy was definitely a standout.”

McQueen said a meeting after round eight on June 15 had been a turning point for the Tigers.

“After the Ararat game, we sat down and said ‘well, we’ve got a really good month of footy coming up, so why don’t we try and put a few wins on the board’,” he said.

“As a coaching group, we know what we need to work on, and as a playing group, we did that.

“It’s a lot to do with trying to find people for the roles in our team and work out who would best suit what type of role. I think, finally, we’ve nearly got everyone in their right spots and everyone knows what they have to do now. It helps when you’re winning because then you can practice what you’ve been trying to do at training.

“So it is working, and hopefully we can keep on winning.”

McQueen said Nhill was up for the challenge against Stawell, who sit equal top of the ladder, and then the up-and-coming Demons.

“It’ll be good to see where we’re at – they’re obviously two quality teams that are above us on the ladder, so if we can knock one or both of them off, that’d be lovely,” he said.

“It’s not going to be easy, every win we can get is definitely going to help make finals.”

McQueen himself led from the front against a struggling Roos side, along with Jake Harrap, while the Tigers had six players who kicked multiple goals.

“That was something that we sat down at the start of the year and said we want to try and get at least six or seven players kicking over 20 goals within this year,” he said.

“We tried to find some goal-kickers and even some of the younger, local boys coming up have really stood up and they’re kicking some goals, the likes of Xavier Bone and Drew Schneider.”

In another one-sided match, Ararat won by 121 points against Warrack Eagles.

The game was almost over by half time as the Rats went into the change-rooms ahead by 76 points.

Ararat vice-captain Jack Ganley booted eight goals, while co-coaches Tom Mills and Tom Williamson kicked five each.

The match of the round at Minyip saw Stawell overcome Minyip-Murtoa by 10 points to keep them aligned at the top.

The Burras would be ruing its scoreline of 7.15, outnumbering the Warriors in scoring shots but inaccuracy proving costly. Stawell coach Tom Eckel, along with Josh Fowkes, Jackson Dark and Ash Driscoll led the way as the Warriors extended its eight-point lead at half time to 23 by the last change, before the home side mounted a comeback.

Sam Griffiths, Luke Fisher and Josh Roman were named best for the Burras.

On Sunday, Horsham Saints hosted the Demons for the Pelican Cup but were no match for the visitors.

Hugo Papst, Ben Lakin and Sid Hernon all impressed for the Demons, who led at every change as they shared around the goals.

Mitch Martin, Cody Bryan and Sam Clyne were best for the Saints, who will be hoping to get back on track this weekend against Warrack Eagles.

In other round 12 matches, the Demons host Minyip-Murtoa, Stawell play Dimboola and Southern Mallee Thunder, coming off the bye, play Ararat at Jeparit.

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