DIVISION1

Mt. Eliza will be ruing last weekends result as they controlled the game for most of the first three quarters but couldn’t capitalise on their chances to putawaylastyear’sDiv2Premiers.

Goal kicking practice may have been on the agenda this weekend for the Redlegs with the side kicking 5.20 & 6.15 in Rounds 1 & 2. If Mt. Eliza are to topple Red Hill, forwards Fraser Phillips & Mitchell Smith will beimportantastheirinfluencemaybewhatgetsthe RedlegsoverthelinethisSaturday.

SorrentovsPines

In a rematch of the 2018 Division One Grand Final therewillbelotstoplayforinthisencounterasPines look to register their first win and Sorrento look to rebound after a tough loss to YCW. There is no love lost between these two sides as the heroics and drama of the 2018 decider still fresh in the memoires ofmanyonbothsidesofthisencounter.

MylesPoholkehasstartedtheyearonfire,astheexAdelaide Crow has shone for the Sharks throughout thefirstweekendoftheseason.Withanumberofbig outs for Sorrento, his influence as well as that of Shannon Gladman and Jack Beverly will be even more pronounced as the Sharks look to keep pace with the league leaders. Pines look to avoid a 0-3 start to the season and with the form of Max Urwin, LachieMarshallandNicBraundthereisnoreasonto believethePhytonscantbouncebackafteradifficult start to the season. Watch for Russell Gabriel to be influential in the middle of the ground as the ruckman has been named in the best in both of the opening two rounds of the season as he plays a big roleingettinghisteamgoing.