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Eels girls celebrate inaugural triumph By JARROD POTTER
Te Rangi Brown's Pakenham Eels Under 14 team mates congratulate him after a massive run down the wing for a Picture: JARROD POTTER try. 153604 SEFNL SCOREBOARD ROUND 4 SENIORS NARRE WARREN 5.5 6.9 12.12 14.14(98) TOORADIN-DALMORE 3.2 4.7 4.10 4.12(36) BERWICK 3.9 9.16 12.22 18.24(132) HAMPTON PARK 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.4(22) BEACONSFIELD 1.3 6.6 7.7 11.14(80) DOVETON 2.1 4.6 6.10 8.10(58) CRANBOURNE 3.3 8.7 12.10 14.13(97) OFFICER 2.5 3.7 5.9 7.11(53) RESERVES: Narre Warren 11.4(70) v Tooradin-Dalmore 4.6(30). Berwick 15.18(108) v Hampton Park 3.0(18). Doveton 11.8(74) v Beaconsfield 6.5(41). Cranbourne 12.15(87) v Officer 1.6(12). UNDER 19s: Narre Warren A 21.14(140) v Narre Warren B 2.5(17). Berwick A 15.12(102) v Berwick B 7.3(45). Beaconsfield 13.5(83) v Doveton 4.4(28). Cranbourne 17.7(109) v Officer 3.4(22). SENIOR LADDER W L D % PTS Berwick 3 0 0 246.48 16 Cranbourne 4 0 0 218.78 16 Narre Warren 2 1 0 167.92 12 Doveton 3 2 0 93.75 12 Pakenham 1 2 0 100.36 8 Beaconsfield 2 2 0 84.8 8 Tooradin-Dalmore 1 3 0 73.68 4 Officer SFC 1 3 0 69.59 4 Hampton Park 0 4 0 32.11 4 This week: Berwick v Cranbourne, Narre Warren v Hampton Park, Officer v Tooradin-Dalmore, Pakenham v Doveton, Beaconsfield - Bye. SOUTH EAST - NEPEAN DEVON MEADOWS 1.3 2.5 10.9 14.11(95) HASTINGS 2.4 9.9 12.9 17.12(114) SORRENTO 5.1 5.1 17.4 25.10(160) CRIB POINT 1.5 1.5 3.6 9.8(62) LADDER: Hastings 16, Somerville 12, Rye 10, Rosebud 10, Frankston 8, Sorrento 8, Red Hill 8, Devon Meadows 8, Dromana 8, Pearcedale 4, Crib Point 0, Tyabb 0. This week: Frankston v Devon Meadows, Pearcedale v Dromana, Tyabb v Crib Point, Sorrento v Rosebud, Rye v Red Hill, Hastings v Somerville. SEFNL NETBALL A GRADE: Cranbourne 29 v ROC 27, Doveton 31 v Beaconsfield 41, Hampton Park 44 v Berwick 30, Narre Warren 44 v Tooradin-Dalmore 43, Pakenham - Bye. B GRADE: Cranbourne 44 v ROC 34, Doveton 33 v Beaconsfield 34, Hampton Park 25 v Berwick 54, Narre Warren 40 v Tooradin-Dalmore 24, Pakenham - Bye. C GRADE: Cranbourne 20 v ROC 22, Doveton 23 v Beaconsfield 43, Hampton Park 23 v Berwick 18, Narre Warren 31 v Tooradin-Dalmore 18, Pakenham - Bye. D GRADE: Cranbourne 33 v ROC 17, Doveton 26 v Beaconsfield 14, Hampton Park 14 v Berwick 19, Narre Warren 26 v Tooradin-Dalmore 37, Pakenham - Bye. 17 UNDER RED: Cranbourne 23 v ROC 23, Doveton 26 v Beaconsfield 36, Hampton Park 19 v Berwick 15, Narre Warren 60 v Tooradin-Dalmore 6, Pakenham - Bye. 17 UNDER WHITE: Cranbourne 31 v ROC 22, Doveton 22 v Beaconsfield 20, Hampton Park 31 v Berwick 15, Narre Warren 63 v Tooradin-Dalmore 1, Pakenham - Bye. 15 UNDER RED: Cranbourne 5 v ROC 45, Doveton 12 v Beaconsfield 28, Narre Warren 26 v Berwick 25, Pakenham - Bye. 15 UNDER WHITE: Cranbourne 8 v ROC 8, Doveton 21 v Beaconsfield 30, Hampton Park 27 v Berwick 10, Narre Warren 39 v Tooradin-Dalmore 14, Pakenham - Bye. 13 UNDER RED: Cranbourne 16 v ROC 27, Doveton 12 v Beaconsfield 33, Narre Warren 54 v Tooradin-Dalmore 8, Pakenham - Bye, Berwick - Bye. 13 UNDER WHITE: Cranbourne 22 v ROC 21, Doveton 2 v Beaconsfield 41, Hampton Park 28 v Berwick 3, Narre Warren 51 v Tooradin-Dalmore 4, Pakenham - Bye. A GRADE LADDER TEAM W L D B % Pts Narre Warren 3 0 0 133.66 16 Tooradin-Dalmore 3 1 0 132.12 12 Beaconsfield 3 1 0 109.15 12 Doveton 3 2 0 103.23 12 Hampton Park 2 2 0 93.16 12 Pakenham 1 2 0 89.86 8 Cranbourne 1 3 0 87.65 4 ROC 1 3 0 83.23 4 Berwick 0 3 0 77.46 4
Te Rangi Brown runs in a try for Pakenham Eel's Under 14 team. 153604 Picture: JARROD POTTER
SLITHERING into its NRL Victoria junior debut, the Pakenham Eels Rugby League Club made the most of its first official outing on Saturday. The area’s newest rugby league team had junior sides from Under 7s, 9s, 10s, 12s, 14s and Girls Tag head out onto Casey Fields for the club’s inaugural matches. The Eels wore the Casey’s former uniforms - with the Eel’s yellow-and-blue colours still on order - but the results were particularly pleasing for Pakenham throughout the day. It all started in the morning as Khorus O’Carroll, an Eels’ Under 7s player, ran in the club’s inaugural try. The other major first was ticked off by the Eels on Saturday too; its Girls Tag team claimed a monster 48-12 victory over Werribee Bears Black to be the first players to celebrate a Pakenham win. Eels president Jason Buchanan was thrilled to see the Eels’ juniors make the first steps of their rugby league journeys. “It was a pretty good day and all were pretty excited for the run,” Buchanan said. “There were some sleepless nights leading up to the game day.
“Seeing all our age groups, the younger ones and the players who haven’t played before or a few years, was great - especially as some of these teams have only been playing a core group for a few weeks.” The good news keeps coming for the Eels as the side managed to scrape together the numbers necessary for a senior men’s team. The side will debut in the Round 4 clash on Saturday - with its NRL Victoria Second Division opponent and inaugural outing to be confirmed this week. “We’ve got them entering the competition this coming week - take the field for this weekend,” Buchanan said. “While they’re coming in for round four, hopefully we can come in and put a bit of a challenge up for the teams and get a bit of interest out there. “Just want to keep the momentum going for seniors and juniors as we then want to fill that space in hopefully with Under 16s and Under 18s and give them something to look to.” The club is still on the hunt for players - especially in its Under 12 and Under 14 teams - and for more information on joining the Eels, contact the club at info@pakenhamrlc.com or its Facebook page www. facebook.com/pakenhamrlc.
Eagles remain unbeaten and confident By DAVID NAGEL THE calm before the storm - it’s a saying that perfectly sums up Cranbourne’s 44-point South East Football Netball League (SEFNL) victory over a gallant Officer at Casey Fields on Saturday night. The Eagles overcame a plucky start from the Kangaroos - who were wasteful with the wind in the first term - to forge ahead after quarter time and remain unbeaten ahead of this week’s monster clash with Berwick. The Eagles made one change for the clash under lights with star-forward Michael Theodoridis coming in for Brad Hermans, who split his finger open on Thursday. The Eagles ran the ball beautifully into the wind in the first term, Aaron Bower, Shaun Sparks and Dylan Cavalot providing the run that the Eagles hope will take them a long way this year. But the Kangaroos had their chances, with class ball users like Ben Tivendale and Chris Larosa missing first-quarter opportunities to apply some scoreboard pressure. The start of the second quarter showed the difference between the two sides.
Ryan Jones, Luke Bee-Hugo and Jarrod Murphy all took advantage of half opportunities to help extend the Eagles’ lead to five goals by the main break. The game was effectively won and lost by then. Theodoridis kicked four for the winners, with Murphy, Jones and Mat Fletcher contributing two each, while the run and carry of Bower off half back and through the centre - was a key feature of the night. Anthony Vella and Brandon Osborne joined forces to quell the influence of Matthew Clarke, who still kicked two goals in a losing side for the Roos. Big-man Sean Roach continued his fine start to the season; Dylan Chapman contested well in the ruck and up forward, while James Sloothaak took to the mammoth job of taking on Cranbourne star Marc Holt with much enthusiasm. Looking ahead to this week’s match-ups - we’re about to find out a lot more about Pakenham and Doveton when the two teams square off in a real season-definer at Toomuc Reserve on Saturday. Both teams are coming off surprise losses, the Lions down to Officer before the bye, while Doveton lacked penetration in its four-goal
loss to Beaconsfield last weekend. Doves’ coach Steve O’Brien is having the same trouble as his predecessor Shannon Henwood, with a constant turnover of players making it impossible to get his best team on the park. The Doves have already used 35 players this year to be the clear front-runners in that regard. The biggest problem for Doveton is its lack of ability to convert. The Doves have played five games this season with small-forward Mitch Pierce leading their goal-kicking tally with seven. And no other player has kicked more than three goals for the season. And that task won’t be helped this week with the Lions expected to regain their star defender Nathan Brown for his first game for the year. The loser of this clash will fall right behind the eight-ball, and it’s that desperation in front of a large home crowd that will get the Lions home in the end. It’s the other Steve O’Bryan to claim the choccies by 17 points. The late Divinyls lead singer Chrissy Amphlett said it all when it comes to Officer’s upcoming clash
with Tooradin at Starling Road: It’s a fine line between pleasure and pain. Expect a really tight contest between two teams that are desperate to keep their seasons on track. The Kangaroos are looking to make a giant leap ahead of their Round 7 bye while the Seagulls simply need to win to restore some confidence. They’ve been terrible of late, but have the quality to turn things around. Nick Lang, Matt Livermore and Josh Muling will need to lift their team to new heights this weekend with upcoming games against Berwick, Beaconsfield and Doveton set to define the Seagulls’ season. As for the Kangaroos, well they can really emerge over the next fortnight. Their Round 3 victory over Pakenham has set them up nicely, while a win here and another against Hampton Park next week would leave them feeling pretty satisfied with a 3-3 start to the season. Players like clearance-king Chris Larosa, Sean Roach, Blair Allan and Jesse Longmuir won’t let this one slip - it’s the Kangaroos to inflict some pain with a one-point victory.
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