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CASEY'S BIG DAY OUT by KC from Casey

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The Casey Scorpions have for most of this season inflicted plenty of pain on their opposition and this week's clash against Werribee proved to be no exception as they snuffed out the Tigers' slim finals hopes at Casey Fields. 

The visitors had some early joy in the opening five minutes of the game as they kicked the first two goals but the Scorps came back with goals to Chris Dawes and Alex Neal-Bullen. Werribee regained the initiative with a goal and then Casey took over in general play if not on the scoreboard. They peppered the goals until the drew level and finally a Jack Grimes goal gave them the lead which they held for the remainder of the day. 

By the first break, the Scorpions were in control. They had more than double the number of shots at goal but led by 13 points. The trend continued into the second quarter as they dominated the contest and their half time lead of 37 points would have been far greater had they been more accurate in front of goal. 

With Jake Spencer returning to dominate in the ruck and the midfield on fire and winning all the stoppages, the procession continued until it turned into a 105 point percentage boosting rout at the end of the day. 

Casey had 16 Demon-listed players who all for the most part shone on a big day out for the club, particularly on ballers Matt Jones, Jack Grimes and Neal-Bullen who were virtually unstoppable. They had great support from the likes of Jack Trengove, Ben Kennedy and Jay Kennedy-Harris who started like a house on fire and then had another three goal purple patch in the third quarter. Mitch White also put in another strong performance and showed his versatility with two goals. 

Dawes was sharp in front of the big sticks and finished with three goals while Christian Salem also showed touches of class as he returns from illness, kicking a couple of nice goals.

Casey was without two of their stars in Tim Smith and Declan Keilty so in stepped first gamer Tom Baker with two second half goals. Ed Morris was also in prolific form getting plenty of the football.

The percentage boosting win sees Casey retaining top place ahead of Collingwood VFL on percentage and needing to win one of their remaining two games, both road trips against top eight sides Geelong and Box Hill, to gain a home game in the first week of finals.

Next week's trip to the Cattery promises to be a preview of what could be an interesting final round match for the Scorpions' AFL counterparts. 

Casey Scorpions 5.8.38 9.16.70 16.20.116 21.25.151

Werribee Tigers 4.1.25 5.4.34 6.4.40 7.4.46

Goals 

Casey Scorpions Baker Dawes Kennedy-Harris  3 Neal-Bullen Salem White 2 Ferreira Grimes Kennedy Munro Spencer Trengove

Werribee Tigers Durdin McKay Mountford 2 Jacobs 

Best 

Casey Scorpions Trengove Michie Grimes M Jones Kennedy-Harris Neal-Bullen

Werribee Tigers Hanson Gribble McFarlane Tippett Nielson Hibberd

Statistics

Chris Dawes 3 goals 8 disposals 6  kicks 2 handballs 3 marks 5 tackles 3 hit outs 74 dream team points
Lynden Dunn 10 disposals kicks 5 handballs 2 marks 1 tackle 32 dream team points
Colin Garland 13 disposals 7 kicks 6 handballs 4 marks 3 tackles 55 dream team points
Jack Grimes 1 goal 2 behinds 42 disposals 26 kicks 16 handballs 10 marks 3 tackles 161 dream team points
Matt Jones 1 behind 41 disposals 20 kicks 21 handballs 3 marks 112 dream team points
Ben Kennedy 1 goal 1 behind 24 disposals 12  kicks 12 handballs 5 marks 3 tackles 94 dream team points
Jay Kennedy-Harris 3 goals 2 behinds 26 disposals 20 kicks 6 handballs 6 marks 4 tackles 127 dream team points
Viv Michie 2 behinds 36 disposals 23  kicks 13  handballs 6 marks 3 tackles 128 dream team points
Alex Neal-Bullen 2 goals 2 behinds 35 disposals 15 kicks 20 handballs 6 marks 3 tackles 133 dream team points
Christian Salem 2 goals 1 behind 21 disposals 13 kicks 8 handballs 6 marks 3 tackles 98 dream team points
Joel Smith 19 disposals 8 kicks 11 handballs 4 marks 2 tackles 63 dream team points
Jake Spencer 1 goal 18 disposals 2 kicks 16 handballs 3 marks 37 hit outs 90 dream team points
Dean Terlich 3 behinds 22 disposals 11 kicks 11 handballs 4 marks 2 tackles 75 dream team points
Jack Trengove 1 goal 1 behind 29 disposals 16 kicks 13 handballs 3 marks 4 tackles 5 hit outs 109 dream team points
Josh Wagner 16 disposals 7 kicks 9 handballs 4 marks 2 tackles 59 dream team points
Mitch White 2 goals 1 behind 29 disposals 20  kicks 9 handballs 12 marks 2 tackles 132 dream team points

The Development League team set the scene for Casey's big day out winning their game by 113 points against an injury-depleted Werribee which offered little resistance.

Max King was in good form. He booted five goals for the game.

AFL Victoria Development League

Casey Scorpions 5.4.34 7.7.49 12.11.83 19.15.129

Werribee Tigers 0.1.1 1.1.7 2.3.15 2.4.16

Goals

Casey Scorpions Freeman Max King 5 Fritsch Wilson 2 Anderson Beacom Cox Hannon Stockdale

Werribee Tigers VanDenBerg 2

Best 

Casey Scorpions Anderson Wilson Max King McDonald Fritsch Jaffer-Williams 

Werribee Tigers VanDenBerg Eagle Anderson Conway Kennedy Barrack

 

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