Names Bobby Borough Kain (Casey) Keith Lumley Paul- Saints Con Milonas Darren Tudor Parry Stephen Allender Vaughan Arthur Paul Ian Crocker Jason Borough Pts 85 85 85 85 84 84 84 84 84 83 82 82

LEADERS BOARD

George "Everywhere Man" Paras, who is currently working up a tan on Cable Beach after fronting up at the Broome Cup on Saturday, tipped 6 this week and has kicked 4 clear of the quartet of Bobby Borough, Kain Pollard, Keith Lumley and Paul 'Saints' Martinez who are all locked on 85 with another five tipsters - Con Milonas, Darren Tudor, Parry Paras, Stephen Allender and Vaughan Shannon on 84. With 3 rounds to go there are still plenty of chances.

SEVEN WINNERS- THE JACKPOT GOES OFF!

Simon "Gibbo" Gibson scored himself a lazy $90 by being the only tipster to tip all seven this week. Seven winners prize will revert to $30 this week.

From the Geelong Advertiser
Reported by Nick Wade

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GEELONG has thrown a spanner into the VFL-finals works after it overran Sandringham to claim a pulsating 11-point comeback victory at Trevor Barker Oval yesterday.

Having all but declared their season over last week, the Cats are now just one win away from breaking back into the top eight for the first time in two months.

In arguably their most impressive win this season, the Cats came back from four goals down early in the third to kick seven unanswered goals to stun the red-hot favourite Zebras 11.12 (78) to 9.13 (67).

Debutant in-waiting Simon Hogan delivered his most complete performance from an already glittering year, collecting 41 disposals and six marks.

From the Bendigo Advertiser
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THERE are two ways in which the Metricon Bendigo Bombers’ loss to the Box Hill Hawks at the Queen Elizabeth Oval on Saturday can be viewed.

Firstly, there’s the negative, which is the fact the Bombers copped the biggest hiding in their history, losing by 119 points, 21.13 (139) to 2.8 (20).

Or secondly, there can be the positive spin put on it, in that the club gave opportunities to five players to get their first taste of senior VFL football.

In what was one of the most inexperienced - if not the most inexperienced - side the Bombers have fielded in their six years, Mark Arnott, Jonathon Gawthrop, Darren Granger, David Martin and Chris Mathieson made their senior debuts.

They were among 18 Bendigo-listed players.

From the Leader Group Newspapers
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Reported by Brad Beitzel

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PORT Melbourne played some of its best football to overcome second-placed Williamstown by 10 points at TEAC Oval on Saturday.

But stars Adrian Bonaddio (charging) and David Robbins (kicking) will face the VFL tribunal this Tuesday.

Key forward Bonaddio, who is third on the goalkicking table with 45 goals, was charged for "making forceful or high contact" to Western Bulldog Easton Wood. The clash was captured on ABC TV1.

But the vision of Robbins' incident with Bulldogs Cameron Wight did not reflect the report.

The TV shows them flying for a mark and both come to ground.

Play continued, and then Wight is seen being taken from the ground with blood coming from his lip.

 

From the Sunday Herald-Sun
Reported by Ken Piesse

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Port Melbourne was bold and brave in its rousing victory against fellow flag contenders Williamstown, Port coach Gary Ayres said last night.

Despite the reports of David Robbins (for allegedly kicking) and leading goalkicker Adrian Bonaddio - both before half-time - Ayres said Port's run of 10 wins from their past 11 starts is proof of his team's quality.

"Are you on?" he urged the players in a rousing pre-match address. "It's all about standing up. That's the deal."

Bulldogs-listed player, Williamstown's Cameron Wight, was taken to hospital bleeding from the jaw after the Robbins report.

Williamstown coach Brad Gotch said: "Our doctor couldn't stop the bleeding. It was the best option."

From the ABC Grandstand website
Reported by Chris Thompson

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ABC Grandstand travels to North Port Oval this weekend to bring you a mouth-watering clash between two genuine premiership contenders as Port Melbourne host Williamstown - and you can see all the action live from 1pm.

The teams currently sit in second and third spots on the ladder, and with the Scorpions two games off the pace in fourth, the result of the match will have a huge bearing on the final order of the top three.

Port bounced back from their shock Round 15 loss to Frankston with a 10-goal thumping of Werribee last week, a win which came on the back of a forward line that failed to fire the week before. 

Toby Pinwill dominated to boot six goals, but it was the lift that came from Adrian Bonaddio, Chris Cain and midfielder David Spriggs that really did the damage for the Borough, the trio adding the spark that was so lacking in the Frankston game.

Tasmania vs. Frankston (AFL Curtain Raiser)
Saturday 9th August - Aurora Stadium at 10:15 AM

Tasmania B S. Plummer Hardy Savage HB Long Richter Vearing C Thurley Setchell Creese HF Robinson T. Plummer Langford F George Cornelius Charlesworth R Andrews Street Shackleton Int Howe Koulouriotis Murphy Salter Siggins Williams Taylor O'Brien

Frankston B Winterton Shinners Dunne HB Barry Gabriel Collins C Keely Marigliani Proctor HF Dickson Lourey Morris F Murray Berry Limbach R Oliver Kennedy Magner Int Dore Lombardozzi Krakouer Raso Corp Rebeschini P. Whelan Conroy