KC from Casey

Casey trail 4.10.34 to Willy 5.6.36 at half time Goals Dunn Hughes Maric Valenti Some apalling kicking for goal. Maric kicked into the man on the mark from 15 metres out and Williamstown ran the ball down the ground for a mark and goal to Little. Matthews missed an easy shot just before the siren. Should be in front. I have a theory about Shane Valenti that he improves as a game goes on. Im that case, Casey will win.

Goals to Valenti and Maric give Casey a 1 point lead.

Quarter Time: Casey 0.7.7 to Williamstown 2.4.16

Casey Reserves were competitive against top team Williamstown for the first half but were swamped in the second to go down by 46 points. No Demons in the team. Casey Scorpions 4.2.26 9.4.58 11.6.72 14.9.93 Williamstown 7.3.45 10.9.69 13.17.95 19.25.139 Goals Casey Scorpions Waite 3 Dean Scanlon 2 Chivers Clay Mildren Oldmeadow Matheson Virtue Williams Williamstown Joyce 3 Cravino Egan Georgiadis Grossman Jones Lynch Meyer 2 Cartelli White Best Casey Scorpions Chivers Collins Williams Blaser Lees Snow Williamstown Wood Cravino Cartelli Boumann Shaw Lynch

The team for this week is up on the Casey website: www.scorpions.com.au WILLIAMSTOWN vs. CASEY SCORPIONS (ABC TV) Saturday 27 June 2009 at Burbank Oval Seniors at 1:10 PM WILLIAMSTOWN Backs Addison Cloke Tiller Half backs Picken Williams Callan Centreline Eagleton Bre. Johnson Everitt Half Forwards Giansiracusa Wight Davies Forwards Reid Little O'Keefe Followers Skipper Ward Rose Interchange (from) Cordy Daniels GaleaGrant Gotch Langlands Lockwood Jolley Notman*Roughead Stack Stretton CASEY SCORPIONS Backs Stockdale Silvagni Cheney Half backs McKenzie Faulks Bell Centreline Matthews Valenti MacReadie Half Forwards Wheatley Wall Hughes Forwards Maric Newton Panozza Followers Mohr Dunn Bartram Interchange (from) Bail Chivers Creed Taylor Patti* Strauss Waite McGough Zomer Reserves 10.20am CASEY SCORPIONS Backs Taylor Snow Bolton Half backs Strauss Chivers Lees Centreline Matheson Creed Scanlon Half forwards McLeod Waite McGough Forwards Bail Zomer Oldmeadow Followers Williams Collins Blaser Interchange (from) Clay Costigan Crespin Dean Kelly Mazurek Mildren Singh Virtue This week's game is the ABC Match of the Round and is a big one for the team if it is to protect its tenuous hold on 8th place on the ladder.

Mitch Robinson has just been handed a two week holiday courtesy of the VFL Tribunal for his part in the Rohan Bail incident at Visy Park last Saturday week.

In the end it was an easy win to the Scorpions 14.11.95 to the Bullants 9.4.58. Liam Jurrah kicked two in the last quarter to finished with four spectacular goals. Casey Scorpions 8.0.48 9.2.56 15.8.98 20.14.134 Northern Bullants 2.3.15 6.9.45 9.12.66 12.14.86 Goals Casey Scorpions Waite 4 Sykes 3 Oldmeadow Scanlon Zomer 2 Blaser Clay Collins Liddle McLeod Patti Virtue Northern Bullants Bannister 4 Dwyer 3 Higgs 2 Cunningham Meroli Neaves Best Casey Scorpions Blaser Zomer Williams Collins Waite Snow Northern Bullants Gianfagna McDermott Neaves Higgs Bannister Prior

At three quarter time, it's a close one but what a shocker of a quarter that was. Play was very scrappy and one of the few highlights was Shane Valenti's effort in intercepting a pass to a Bullant player, taking the mark and passing up forward where Juice kicked the team's only goal for the quarter. Casey Scorpions 8.7.55 to Bullants 8.4.52

Casey 7.6.48 to 6.2.38 at half time in what is developing into a scrappy affair. Skipper Kyle Matthews has 3 goals. Just before half time Rohan Bail was king hit behind the play and he came off very groggy. After the incident Paul Wheatley was remonstrating with Bullant # 68. No appearance from Jake Spencer who copped a heavy knock last week.

After a slow start, Casey Scorpions, fired by the spectacular Liam Jurrah lead 6.3.39 to 3.1.19. Two goals each to Jurrah and Kyle Matthews. Shane Valenti, Jamie Bennell and Neville Jetta are all doing well. Paul Wheatley's goal was his standard from a long way out.

Casey Scorpions reserves scored a big 8-goal win at Visy Park and are now well entrenched in the top six. Casey Scorpions 20.14.134 d. Northern Bullants 12.14.86 Casey Scorpions 8.0.48 9.2.56 15.8.98 20.14.134 Northern Bullants 2.3.15 6.9.45 9.12.66 12.14.86 Goals Casey Scorpions Waite 4 Sykes 3 Oldmeadow Scanlon Zomer 2 Blaser Clay Collins Liddle McLeod Patti Virtue Northern Bullants Bannister 4 Dwyer 3 Higgs 2 Cunningham Meroli Neaves Best Casey Scorpions Blaser Zomer Williams Collins Waite Snow Northern Bullants Gianfagna McDermott Neaves Higgs Bannister Prior

NORTHERN BULLANTS v CASEY SCORPIONS - Saturday 13 June 2009 at Visy Park Seniors at 2:00pm NORTHERN BULLANTS Backs Anderson Saddington O'Keefe Half backs Morgan Austin Johnson Centreline Russell Hadley Bentley Half forwards McCorkell Hartlett Fisher Forwards Ellard Meese Yarran Followers Cloke Robinson Iacobucci Interchange (from) Austin Bannister Bentick Boundy Bransgrove Edwards Hill Tiller CASEY SCORPIONS Backs Stockdale Martin Silvagni Half backs Bennell Faulks Petterd Centreline Matthews Valenti MacReadie Half forwards Wheatley Wall Hughes Forwards Jurrah Newton Jetta Followers Mohr Dunn Bartram Interchange (from) Bail Creed McGough McKenzie Panozza Spencer Strauss Taylor Reserves at 11:10am CASEY SCORPIONS Backs Snow Zomer Taylor Half backs Lees Williams Bolton Centreline Scanlon Panozza Matheson Half forwards McGough Patti Blaser Forwards Liddle Waite Chivers Followers Spencer Collins Creed Interchange (from) Clay Costigan Hillberge McLeod Mazurek Oldmeadow Sykes Virtue I hope that Jake Spencer is fit and that he plays in the seniors, not the reserves. He needs to play against the best possible opposition to maximise his potential. It also looks like they've decided to rest Brad Miller who played last week and presumably would have been eligible to play again this week. Probably suggests he'll be back at Melbourne next Friday night. He would have been handy for the Scorps but I suppose it's understandable as he would have had a six day break before the Bombers' game.

There's still a fair way to go but the VFL has announced that the Collingwood v Casey Round 14 fixture has also been changed. The Collingwood vs. Casey Scorpions match has been scheduled to be played at Trevor Barker Beach Oval, Sandringham at 1:10 PM (ABC TV) on Saturday 18th July. The venue had not been previously determined but it's almost like a home game for Casey .

The Bullants are affiliated with Carlton and have 2 home grounds, Visy Park and Cramer Street, Preston. Neither is available on Sunday.

The Northern Bullants vs. Casey Scorpions Senior & Reserves matches for Round 10 have been rescheduled to Saturday 13th June. The Senior game will remain at 2:00 PM and the Reserves at 11:10 AM and the venue remains Visy Park. The reason for the change is the Carlton Football Club has organised capital works to be carried out at Visy Park on the Sunday 14th and therefore no electricity available.

The Scorpions got better as the game went on and finally overran Werribee to win by 60 points. Miller took the game over in the second half with his strong marking. His kicking for goal was his weak spot with 3 goals 4 behinds. The Dees would be very happy with the form of Jordie McKemnzie and Liam Jurrah. Casey Scorpions 4.4.28 8.11.59 10.13.73 17.18.120 Werribee Tigers 2.4.16 6.7.43 8.10.58 9.16.70 Goals Casey Scorpions Jetta Jurrah 4 Miller 3 Dowse Dunn Newton Petterd Silvagni Wheatley Werribee Tigers Goldstein 2 Baddeley Barlow Denton Howard Obst Pask Speight Best Casey Scorpions Silvagni Miller MacReadie Bartram Wall McKenzie Werribee Tigers Barlow Black Pask Goldstein Martiniello Gleeson

Good play by Dunn and goals to Jurrah, Jetta and Miller give a lead in excess of 5 goals. 17 year old Mitchell Dowse from the Gippsland Falcons is very impressive as 23rd man under the special rule that gives TAC Cup players a chance to play VFL games.

Continual wasteful play by Casey is proving costly. Very much like the Box Hill game a few weeks ago.

Half Time: Casey 8.11.59 to Werribee 6.7.43 Goals: Jurrah 3 Dunn Jetta Newton Petterd Silvagni Best: McKenzie Jurrah Dunn Wall Petterd Matthews Casey's problems in front of goal continue. Disposal around the ground is not all that flash either! Did I hear right? North Melbourne 5 goals ahead of St. Kilda!

Casey Scorpions 4.4.28 lead Werribee 2.4.16 at quarter time Goals Jurrah 2 Jetta Petterd Earlier today the Casey reserves won comfortably with Trent Zomer kicking 3 goals Casey Scorpions 3.5.23 10.13.73 13.17.95 16.19.115 Werribee Tigers 3.2.20 5.5.35 9.6.60 10.8.68 Goals Casey Scorpions Scanlon Zomer 3 Bolton Waite 2 Chivers Creed Clay Costigan Hillberge McLeod Werribee Tigers Tarrant 3 Adams 2 Banjanin Kennedy O'Keefe Palmer Robbins Best Casey Scorpions Taylor Creed Lees Collins Scanlon Bolton Werribee Tigers Kennedy Adams Magnabosco Robbins Kovacevic Lawson

And don't they all look delicious in that pink?

Thanks for pointing this out Fan. My post about Jack was made during the first quarter and, in the end, Jack finished with 21 or 22 touches for the day and in the top half dozen at Casey for disposals. Clint Bartram, whose game many have also described as "quiet", was just behind him. Watts finished up playing a servicable game and is not that far off getting a game at AFL level. He's perhaps a month away.

A third to Robbo and the Scorps push themselves back into finals contention with a good win over the Cats. A late goal to Jurrah, his third and its Casey 16.15.111 to 11.9.75 at full time. Late in the game Robbo showed that he might have learned his less by committing the selfless act of passing while within range of goal. All of Casey's goals were kicked by Melbourne players who were pretty dominant up forward. The Scorpions were well served by James Wall (ruck and defence) and tall backman Peter Faulks. Cheney wins man of the match from me but here are the official club stats - Casey Scorpions 3.6.24 7.9.51 11.12.78 16.15.111 Geelong 1.1.7 4.4.28 7.7.49 11.9.75 Goals Casey Scorpions Hughes, Jurrah, Newton, Robertson 3, Petterd 2, Dunn, Valenti Geelong Podsiadly 4 Johnson 2 Allwright Hunt McKenna West Westwood Best Casey Scorpions Valenti Wall Cheney Dunn Watts Faulks Geelong Hogan Hunt Laidler Podsiadly West Allwright Next week's game is on Saturday and is being televised by ABC1. Report some time tomorrow.

A Petterd goal and finally Robbo kicks his second.

Jurrah just took a great grab, followed by a terrible kick. Followed it up with another mark and his second goal. Scorps lead by 23 points.