Round 1 - Match Reports

Under 16A

St Bernards 25.19.169 def Altona Juniors 5.2.32

Goals: Jordan Schroder 10, Jonathon Rose & Mitch Wallis 3 each, Tom Liberatore, Luke Mitchell & Luke Sullivan 2 each, Simon Caven, Thomas Lynch & Harry Overman 1 each.

Best: Jordan Schroder, Mitch Wallis, Simon Caven, Kieran Farrell, Harry Overman, Jonathon Rose.

Under 16D

St Bernards 22.25.157 defeated Altona Juniors 3.1.19

Goals: Marcus Giansiracusa 5, Patrick O'Connell, Adrian Dixon, Michael Smith & Daniel Spinazzola 3 each, Andrew Graham 2, Tom Mason & Jarrod Bye.

Best: Luke Larsen, Daniel Spinazzola, Liam Jilla, Andrew Graham, Adrian Dixon, Patrick O'Connell, Daniel Riley & Marcus Giansiracusa.

A Great effort by all the boys for a job well done. A Really disciplined team who take the effort to listen and learn will go a long way in this competition.

Great games by Luke Larsen and Daniel Spinazzola in the ruck, along with our goal sneak Patrick O'Connell. Marcus Giansiracusa also played a steady game kicking 5. Overall it was nice to be back in the Western Region after 12 years. A big thankyou to all the parents who helped out on the day.

Mel Beyer

U14A

St Bernards 6.2.38 lost Altona 15.20.110

Goals: Seamus Whelan 2, Nicholas Madden 1, Tony Plazanic 1, Nicholas Quinn 1, Alex Turner 1.

Best: Nicholas Madden, Seamus Whelan, James Riley, Nicholas Monarca, Connor Morgan, Alex Turner, Max Paoli, Liam Whelan and John Ianello.

Our first round encounter against a well drilled Altona was a good introduction to the 2008 A grade season of football.

During the game all players did try extremely hard and will benefit from the experience of playing fast tempo and physical football.

As discussed both during and after the game we now have the challenge in front of us all to lift our work rate and fitness, improve our skills, game day set ups and structure.

We now look forward to playing this Sunday's opponent and to work hard as a team to improve our performances. 

U14D

St Bernards 25.18.168 def Point Cook 1.1.7

Goals: Jayden Foster 7, James Browne 5, Daniel O'Connell & Jeremy Sullivan 3, Matthew Bergin & Conor Utri 2, Lachlan Appleby, Tom Madden & Tom Saundry.

My first coaching experience with the U14 boys was a pleasure, owing to the hard work that was put in by all players. I'm sure the opposition will improve during the year so we will need to stick to the standard that we have now set our selves. The new recruits we have gained played very well including the three boys who came back from U14 A's. I thank everybody who helped out this week and for the coming weeks of the season. As for best players, I believe it was a great team effort and special thanks to our team leaders. Looking forward to training this week and to work on some of the areas of football we need improvement. BE DECIPLINED

Peter Foster

U12A

St.Bernards 1.6.12 lost to Altona Juniors 13.13.91

Best: Marcus Deleur, EdynSibbald, Josh Wallis, Max Jaggard, Chris Tormey, Jack Rennex, Nick Swan, Fergal Utri

Goal: Chris Tormey

Yes, that is quite a thumping. And even more astonishingly we kicked the first goal of the game...it was a bit early to take the foot off the pedal. We also hit the post twice and that has cost us dearly!

Our opposition was well organized, fast, displayed good foot skills, was fast, displayed good hand skills and was fast. We tried hard, but were clearly outclassed. It seemed that many of the footy lessons that Coach Damo had drilled into the boys last season had drifted away over the summer. This week we will train hard and get back to basics.

Coach Damo announced before the game that Marcus Deleur is our captain for the year. He then went and played like the leader he is, both in the ruck and at centre half back. It was a thrill to see his familiar dashes down the ground. Another tall boy, Edyn Sibbald was in excellent form. Obviously our back line was under constant pressure and Josh Wallis and Jack Rennex repelled many attacks from full back. Max Jaggard, Chris Tormey, Nick Swan and Fergal Utri all played strong footy and won many possessions. Jayden Ristevski played well on his wing and Jack Gilmore as always was elusive. Dominic Iermano was dangerous up forward and Callum O'Sullivan attacked the ball hard at half forward. Lachie Sullivan on the ball, Will Isaacs in the ruck and Lukas Steel on half back all tried very hard.  Lucas Adorno and Sam Santoro both had shots at goal. Liam Bowler and the O'Bree twins, Chris and Nick, all came into the game in the second half. Michael Caven injured his hand early in the game and although he bravely came back on, he was not as effective as usual.  

We will certainly improve from here.

U12 B

St Bernards 11.9-75 def Port Colts 5.5 - 35

Welcome to a new season and a big challenge for the boys. Most of the side has skipped past the U/11's and straight to U/12B's. A big welcome to all the new players and their families and we look forward to a lot of fun this year following the fortunes of the boys.First game vs Port Colts and to the boys credit they have jumped out of the blocks very well. The running game with handballs to boys in better position was evident from the first bounce. Coach Vague was reminding the boys at quarter time of the importance of shepherding whoever is going for the ball and look to kick to a team mate's advantage.

Second and third quarter the pressure continued from the boys all over the ground. We had great running and tackling and a number of the boys certainly listened to the coaches message of ‘taking people on'. Another great feature of the boys play was the holding of positions and our onballers not flooding into the forward line. The last quarter Port Colts fought back well and outscored our boys which is something we need to work on. As we tired a little our defensive running dropped off and Port Colts took advantage of this.

Overall a great first up effort and it was very pleasing to see how well the boys and the grown ups mixed in together. It has been a real feature of this team and its followers to make people feel welcome and to chip in, work together, and enjoy the footy.

Goals:   Joel C, Quade, Michael B (all 2 each)Alec B, Nick K, Tom D, Ben R, Lewis R (all 1 each)

Best:   first round we're not that organized!

Round-up by Kelpie Dogg

U12D

St Bernard's 4.2 26 def Altona Juniors 3.3.21

Game one for 2008 and what a thrilling start it was, congratulations to our first year players, Jordan Spinazzola, Jordan Galtieri and Jake Campana all three boys played a great game. Every player contributed there were no passengers a great team effort. Our hard running players just kept on chasing and tackling the opposition all day, Tom Monaghan, Daniel Morabito, Christopher Williams, Liam Collins, Lachlan Perryman, Ambroise Attard, James Kenny and Thomas Noonan well done boys.

Credit to our back line players Hugh McLaughlin, Ben McNamara, Matthew Cattrall and Daniel Vella made it difficult for the opposition to score, especially in the last quarter when the opposition had the wind advantage, these boys did not just defend they attacked the ball at all times and took the game on well done!

Each and every time we were challenged during the game we lifted our work rate, it was a good four quarter hit out.

This year we play for premiership points, we need to work on our kicking, handballing and tackling skills.

Note: Thanks to John Williams (team manager) and Darren Attard (assistant coach) for making sure everything runs smoothly and the parents who helped out on the weekend.

Captains this week: Bailey Packham and Daniel Morabito

Goals: Lachlan Perryman 1, Thomas Monaghan 1, Thomas Noonan 1, Michael Diamandis 1

Best: Lachlan Perryman, Ambroise Attard, Christopher Williams, Daniel Morabito, Hugh McLaughlin, James Kenny, Liam Collins, Thomas Noonan.

U10 Red

St Bernards 4.7.31 def. Altona Juniors 2.2.14

Goals: Henry, Luke D, Ryan, Lochie M.

Best: Henry, Luke B, Aisling, Jordy F,Lochie M, Aiden, Ryan, Jordy M,James G, James B

We're off ! The mighty 10Reds arrived at Altona raring to go. Numbers steadily grew and our 22 became 26! 8 on the bench meant the coaching staff had their hands full. Congratulations to the boys who played their first game. Henry & Aisling were this weeks captains. The team got straight into it and were the better team from the start. Henry, LukeB, Aisling and Jordy F lead the way, Lockie B in the ruck Ryan, Jack M, James G, Luke H, Lockie C, Jordy M were all doing well. Aiden, Jack T, Charles, Dylan, Julian & Lochie M.used their strength and height to our advantage. Patrick M and Tom L battled hard on the forward line. Nathan gave a handpass off for a goal, Luke D kicked a goal in his first game Ethan, Marcus, Will and Tom all contested well and showed plenty of promise. James B provided the biggest bump seen in Under 10 footy and looks a real goer. For the first game of the season it was an excellent effort against a good team. Our big “rotation station” will have to be well managed with the numbers. Don't forget to practice during the week and get to training on Friday. Thanks to all the helpers. Matt Beddoe is now the official coach of the 10 Reds. Let's have a great year! Paul.

U9 Red

The U9 Red boys started off blazing away in the wrong direction which resulted in an opposition goal. After the hysteria settled down on the boundary line, so did the boys. A fight back from Altona in the second quarter gained them the lead. But our boys with tremendous tackling, smothering and smiles on their faces fought hard to regain the lead winning by 20 points. Some of the better players were Joey, William, Christian, Domenic, Angus, Luke, Thomas, Matthew, Joseph, Ben, Domenic, Jake, William, Mitch, Kyle, Joseph, Hunter, Patrick, Ryan and Zac.
And I'm sure if Matthew Sauro and Daniel Grech weren't away on holidays they would have done just as well. Looking forward to next week.

Bruce

U9 Blue

St Bernards 4. 4. 28 def Sunshine 1. 2. 08.

Goals: Marcus Holland, Lachlan Sholl, Lewis, and Nick De Leur

Best : Marcus, Lachlan , Lewis, Nick D, Myles and Fabian.
A good first up game where the boys showed great enthusiasm and were prepared to chase down the ball no matter where it was on the ground. At one stage we had 15 players in the goal square screaming for a 5 metre pass,
we must work on staying in position. It was pleasing to see that the three basics we covered at training, kicking, handballing and marking were all standout features in the game. Well done boys and lets see if we can have
just as much fun this week.

Peter Holland

Round 1 Fixture