From Bendigo Advertiser
Reported by Travis King
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BENDIGO Football Club captain Steven Stroobants says the Gold must stick together after a record loss at Williamstown on Saturday.

The Seagulls handed Bendigo its biggest-ever VFL defeat of 176-points at Burbank Oval.

Coach Aussie Jones expected the match to be Bendigo’s biggest challenge of the season so far and, unfortunately for the Gold, he was right, as they went down 30.27 (207) to 5.1 (31).

Williamstown set the tone by drilling seven goals to one in the opening term and didn’t let up in the second.

SATURDAY JUNE 1
Essendon vs Geelong at Windy Hill 1pm
Northern Blues vs Collingwood at Preston 1:10pm(ABC1TV)
Sandingham vs Casey Scorpions at Trevor Barker Oval,Sandringham 2pm
(Development League match starts at 11am)

SUNDAY JUNE 2
Werribee vs North Ballarat at Avalon Airport Oval,Werribee 1pm
(Development League match starts at 10am)
Box Hill Hawks vs Frankston at Box Hill 2pm(3WBC)
(Development League match starts at 11am)
Williamstown vs Port Melbourne at Burbank Oval,Williamstown 2pm(Vision Australia Radio,Aussie Digital)
(Development League match starts at 11am)
Coburg Tigers vs Bendigo Gold at Mantello Holden Oval,Coburg 2pm
(Development League match Coburg Tigers vs Northern Blues starts at 11am)

From Ballarat Courier
Reported by Melanie Whelan
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ROOSTERS captain Michael Searl has been ruled out of action for at least three weeks with a broken hand.

It is a heavy blow for North Ballarat Roosters, who host fifth-placed Box Hill tomorrow, but it comes in a week that defender Liam Hoy has been cleared to return to the backlines from a broken thumb.

Roosters team manager Marg Richards confirmed yesterday that it was a clean break in Searl’s hand and the skipper would not require surgery.

Searl sustained the injury in the Selkirk Roosters’ 44-point loss to Northern Blues in Victorian Football League action on Saturday.

SATURDAY MAY 25
Williamstown(No Quote) vs Bendigo Gold($26) at Burbank Oval,Williamstown 1pm (Line 120.5pts)
(Development League Williamstown vs Casey Scorpions at 10am)
Collingwood($1.85) vs Essendon($1.95) at Victoria Park 1pm (Line 1.5pts)
Port Melbourne($1.22) vs Coburg Tigers(4.30) at Northport Oval 1:10pm(ABC1TV)(Line 29.5pts)
(Development League match starts at 10am)
North Ballarat($3.50) vs Box Hill Hawks($1.30) at Eureka Stadium 2pm(3WBC) (Line 23.5pts)
(Development League match starts at 11am)

SUNDAY MAY 26
Geelong($1.34) vs Casey Scorpions($3.25) at Skilled Stadium 1pm(Vision Australia Radio,Aussie Digital) (Line 20.5pts)

VFL and Development League Byes- Frankston,Northern Blues,Sandringham and Werribee

From Bendigo Advertiser
Reported by Travis King
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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.