From Ballarat Courier
Reported by Melanie Whelan
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IN A tribute normally bestowed on champion players, the North Ballarat Roosters chaired their coach Gerard FitzGerald from the field on Saturday.

The triple premiership coach chalked up a 14-point win against Sandringham for his 300th game at the helm in the Victorian Football League.

He achieves a milestone feat only shared by legendary VFA coach and former South Melbourne star Bill Faul in the league’s 136-year history.

The Roosters playing group gathered on-field near the players’ race looking up at the coaches’ box and applauding FitzGerald as he emerged.

SATURDAY JULY 6
Geelong vs North Ballarat at Simonds Stadium 11am
Port Melbourne vs Bendigo Gold at Northport Oval 1:10pm(ABC1TV)
(Development League Port Melbourne vs Northern Blues at 10am)
Box Hill Hawks vs Collingwood at Box Hill 2pm(3WBC)

SUNDAY JULY 7
(Development League)North Ballarat vs Box Hill Hawks at Eureka Stadium 11am
Essendon vs Northern Blues at Windy Hill 1pm
Frankston vs Coburg at Frankston Park 2pm
(Development League game starts at 11am)

From Bendigo Advertiser
Reported by Travis King
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In a VFL season that has offered few chances for an upset win, there was a sense of a golden opportunity missed by Bendigo in a 40-point loss to Frankston at the QEO on Saturday.

The Gold’s players and coaching staff were pleased with a competitive effort, but critical mistakes left them wondering what might have been in the 9.12 (66) to 14.22 (106) defeat.

Take nothing away from the Dolphins, which deserved its fourth win of the season, and will rightly believe they should have iced the game earlier than the fourth quarter with better accuracy in front of goals.

From The Age (Realfooty website)
Reported by Brent Diamond
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Port Melbourne coach Gary Ayres has declared there is a ''transitional change'' at the Borough after it suffered a rare third consecutive defeat at the hands of Collingwood at Victoria Park on Saturday.

Seen to be invincible when undefeated in its premiership year in 2011, Port appears out of its depth midway through the season.

''There is a transitional change or a generational change in the group. It was always going to come and it's coming now,'' Ayres said after Saturday's 11-point loss. ''I actually thought it was going to happen last year.''

Who else but the co-runner of this website Michael 'Robbo' Robinson has reached one hell of a milestone this weekend. Robbo has been a timekeeper for 350 VFA/VFL games. A sensational effort I'm sure you'll agree. Please join me in congratulating Robbo on this outstanding achievement!

Keep an eye out for Paul Amy's interview with Robbo in Inside Football this week.