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BENDIGO Gold coach Aussie Jones reckons his young team could upset Sandringham at the QEO today.

The Gold has picked arguably its strongest side, while Sandringham is below full-strength.

“There’s some talent there, but I reckon there’s a sneaky chance this week,” Jones said.

Among the outs for the round six clash is Zebras captain Marcus Marigliani, who played for the VFL state team last weekend.

Sandringham will make at least six changes from its last game, although that’s made it tougher for Jones to do his homework on the Zebras – who are aligned with his former AFL club, St Kilda.

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THE Bendigo Gold will today unveil one of their top recruits for the first time when Shannen Lange lines up against the Box Hill Hawks at the Queen Elizabeth Oval.

Lange joined the Gold in January, excited by the challenge of playing with the stand-alone VFL club, but also to keep his AFL dream alive.

Lange finished runner-up last year in the best and fairest for TAC Cup club Gippsland Power, but was overlooked at the AFL national draft.

A hamstring injury has delayed Lange’s start to the season, but he has been picked today to take on the Hawks in round five.

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Andrew Krakeour, Darren Jolly and Alan Didak were Collingwood's best players as the Pies scored a big win over the Bendigo Gold at the QEO earlier tonight.

The Gold challenged the Magpies early, but the visitors had too much class in a 116-point victory.

Final scores: Bendigo 9.6 (60) defeated by Collingwood 25.26 (176).

Luke Ball made a welcome return to footy for the first time in more than a year for Collingwood and appeared to get through the match unscathed.

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THE Bendigo Gold are tonight preparing for a VFL clash at the Queen Elizabeth Oval against Collingwood that can be best described as a battle of David v Goliath.

Tonight’s game pits the minnows of the VFL, the Gold, against the biggest sporting club in the land, the Magpies.

While the Gold are in their first season as a stand-alone club in the VFL and fighting for respect – both from their opposition and the Bendigo community – Collingwood is not only a power of the football world, but a brand that is the Australian equivalent of English soccer’s Manchester United and the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers.

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For three quarters against North Ballarat at the QEO last night the Bendigo Gold showed it has the makings of a good VFL team

The inexperienced Gold responded to a thumping loss last round and took it up to its country rivals, one of the competition’s former powerhouses.

Bendigo led halfway through the second quarter and was still right in the contest when it trailed by just 20 points at three-quarter time.

But the physical cost took its toll on the Gold in the final quarter, when it didn’t have any fit players on the bench.

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THE Bendigo Gold have added two key defenders and a midfielder to their list after unveiling three new signings yesterday.

Daniel Toman, Nathan Beck and Rhys Clark have all signed with the Gold as the club continues to build its stand-alone list ahead of the 2013 VFL season.

Clark and Beck have joined the Gold from Goulburn Valley Football League club Kyabram and are earmarked to play key defensive roles.

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BENDIGO Gold coach Hayden Skipworth slept well on Friday night after his team ticked three key boxes with its 19-point VFL win over the Box Hill Hawks at the Queen Elizabeth Oval.

Firstly, the 17.11 (113) to 14.10 (94) win guaranteed the Gold their place in the finals as they shut the door to any chance the ninth-placed North Ballarat had of climbing into the eight.

And it’s just as well the Gold won , because had they lost, the Roosters would have snatched eighth spot after beating Port Melbourne by one point on Saturday.

Secondly, the Gold returned to form as the victory ended a five-game losing streak that saw them tumble from top-four contenders to their finals hopes hanging by a thread entering the last round.

And finally, Bendigo snapped its QEO hoodoo.

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NEW Bendigo Gold chairman Tim Dickson has stepped into the role determined to ensure the club will be viable, sustainable and successful when it goes stand-alone from next year.

Dickson was yesterday announced as the Gold’s new chairman, taking over from Peter Lodewijks, who has resigned after five years with Bendigo’s VFL club

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BENDIGO Gold’s winning run stretched to six yesterday as it beat long-time VFL nemesis North Ballarat by 26 points at Eureka Stadium.
The winning ratio in Bendigo and Ballarat clashes stood at 19-2 in the Roosters favour heading into the round 15 contest.

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BENDIGO Gold skipper Ben Duscher will miss a second consecutive game because of an ankle injury.
Duscher was a late withdrawal from the Gold side which defeated Werribee two weeks and wasn’t named for Sunday’s clash with arch-rival North Ballarat in Ballarat.