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It was no walk in the park in the night for the highly ranked Casey Demons who ventured to Williamstown for their first away encounter on Saturday night. The winless Seagulls put up stout resistance throughout the game after a slow start and their first half was outstanding.

The Demons lifted their intensity after trailing at half time and it was their superior fitness and class late in the game that gave them a flattering 100-65 result.

Early on, it looked like it was going to be a cakewalk as goals to Van Rooyen, White and Laurie saw the Demons off to a flyer with a 19-0 lead after less than ten minutes. But the Seagulls rallied over the next ten minutes to snatch the lead before Moniz-Wakefield and White again gave Casey a two goal buffer at quarter time. 

Williamstown came out in the second full of running and shut down their opponents for most of the term to go in at half time with an unexpected 1 point lead. It was certainly not the scenario that Casey fans were expecting.

It was only after the break that the Casey boys regained composure and took control of the game. Van Rooyen put them back in front and Chandler added to the lead after a well-earned free kick. Majak Daw’s conversion after a terrific pack mark had the Demons three goals up before the Seagulls offered some light resistance which was torpedoed by late goals to Woewodin and Munro before the last change which put the Demons 21 points ahead with the opposition tiring. 

In the end, the Demons worked their way to a comfortable 35 point win with a couple of late goals to Ben Brown and a second to the nippy Moniz-Wakefield.

Overall it was a satisfactory result with nobody really starring for Casey as the team did its business in a workmanlike manner. It was probably Rosman’s best game at the club. Petty and Ellison stood firm in defence and Dunstan was steady in the middle. Daw worked tirelessly in the ruck. A number of young players flashed in and out of the play and are gaining valuable experience to bank away for the future but none are ready to step up to the big time tomorrow.

The Casey Demons return home next Sunday for an assignment against league improvers Coburg and will need to be on the ball for more than half a game if they are to deliver the goods and retain their unbeaten record.

Casey Demons 5.3.33 6.4.40 11.9.75 15.10.100

Williamstown 3.3.21 6.5.41 8.6.54 9.11.65

Goals

Casey Demons Brown Chandler Laurie Moniz-Wakefield Van Rooyen White 2 Daw Munro Woewodin 

Williamstown Ottavi Rich 2 Bertoli-Simmons Cousins Gown Molan Woodfull

Best

Casey Demons Rosman Daw Dunstan White Baker Laurie Munro Ellison Petty Brown

Williamstown O’Dwyer Miles Ottavi Rich Cousins 

Statistics

Oskar Baker 17 kicks 4 handballs 21 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 2 hit outs 80 dream team points
Toby Bedford 3 kicks 11 handballs 14 disposals 1 tackle 36 dream team points
Jake Bell 2 kicks 2 disposals 1 mark 4 tackles 9 hit outs 25 dream team points
Ben Brown 2 goals 8 kicks 8 disposals 6 marks 2 hit outs 56 dream team points
Kade Chandler 2 goals 3 behinds 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 58 dream team points
Majak Daw 1 goal 10 kicks 2 handballs12 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 24 hit outs 81 dream team points
Luke Dunstan 1 behinds 14 kicks 7 handballs 21 disposals 4 marks 5 tackles 82 dream team points
Corey Ellison 7 kicks 7 disposals 4 marks 3 tackles 43 dream team points
Tom Freeman 8 kicks 8 disposals 2 marks 30 dream team points
George Grey 1 behind 5 kicks 5 handballs 10 disposals 1 mark 5 tackles 43 dream team points
Blake Howes 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 33 dream team points
Bailey Laurie 2 goals 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 3 tackles 37 dream team points
Judd McVee 7 kicks 2 handballs 9 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 41 dream team points
Andy Moniz-Wakefield 2 goals 4 kicks 4 handballs 8 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 50 dream team points
James Munro 1 goal 5 kicks 5 handballs 10 disposals 10 tackles 70 dream team points
Harry Petty 10 kicks 4 handballs 14 disposals 7 marks 1 tackle 62  dream team points
Fraser Rosman 12 kicks 4 handballs 16 disposals 3marks 2 tackles 63 dream team points
Deakyn Smith 5 kicks 3 handballs 8 disposals 2 tackles 27 dream team points
Roan Steele 3 handballs 3 disposals 6 dream team points
Jacob Van Rooyen 2 goals 5 kicks 3 handballs 8 disposals 3 marks 1 tackles 46 dream team points
Mitch White 2 goals 9 kicks 3 handballs 12 disposals 2 marks 7 tackles 79 dream team points
Taj Woewodin 1 goal 7 kicks 3 handballs 10 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 52 dream team points
Wal Wuol 1 behind 2 kicks 2 disposals 7 dream team points

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