BFNL Round 6 - Eaglehawk v Gisborne centre square battle. Video by Premier Data
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00:00 game started. Should be a magnificent game, the wind has dropped. It is a beautiful day
00:05 for footy and to start the contest here on local footy where it lives at Fresh Bendigo
00:11 here's John Hunter. Frost he won the ball out of the middle he grabbed it and he banged
00:14 it on the left and he put it inside forward 50. Now the ball is in dispute it's at ground
00:19 level on half forward. Fumbly footy to start off this quarter. A hurried kick out. They
00:24 would have been now just had kicked that behind. That advantage rule is a bit of a hard one
00:28 though because if the goal was kicked I'm sure it would have been called advantage.
00:30 It would have been. You would have thought. Back in the middle we go. Frost will get first
00:36 hands on it. It will be taken and sent forward by Thompson. In fact it was Evans inside 50.
00:42 Mark's been taken. Good play. A good strong mark has been taken and it will be a chance
00:46 for a shot. For the two blues. They've been impressive. Good start. Two on the board.
00:52 Gisborne have had a little bit of the footy but they just haven't been able to convert.
00:56 It's up they go in the ruck. It will be Blake that wins it on this occasion. Hurried kick
00:59 by Lahey that goes inside forward 50 for the dogs. Shallow. Did well Langford. Give it
01:05 by hand to Sam Thompson. Hurried kick into the middle. He's targeted but will move on.
01:10 In the middle we go. Empire taking his time to ball this one up. Flying up and Braden
01:19 Blake just grabbed it as Frost went early. Then he fended off Thompson and then he sends
01:23 the kick wide. Good play from Blake. Mark not taken on the far wing. Might have been
01:27 a downfield free kick. Possibly Blake may have been dealt with after he got rid of the
01:31 footy. Came straight around and went straight through the centre. Back in the middle. Empire
01:35 Goodridge. He'll throw the footy up. Blake back into the middle doing the ruck work against
01:40 Frost. Blake grabs it out of the middle and he bangs it inside forward 50. It skews wide.
01:46 His target was Luxmore. Couldn't find him. As O'Brien for the borough grabs the footy
01:52 and steps over the bench. Box at the moment I'd be looking at what Eagle Hawk did really
01:56 well which is they didn't muck around when they got the ball in quick. Let's get the
01:59 second term underway. Where local footy lives at Fresh Pendigo. Here's Campower. Let's see
02:03 how the wind impacts Gisborne going forward this time. You just feel like goals to that
02:07 town end will be huge as Gisborne worked the ball up towards an R4. There's a big strong
02:12 tackle being laid. Empire crossing. I agree with you. Neves really has cost them there.
02:17 You don't give Paddy a chance. Back shoulder. Managed to turn his defender around and kick
02:22 an easy goal in the end. Back in the middle we go. Blake won it down. Free kick was paid.
02:28 Gisborne take the advantage. They'll go inside forward 50 from Jared Lynch and he's found
02:31 his way to a teammate. The advantage was paid and it's going to result in a shot at. Back
02:38 in the middle. Notice Jack Scanlon's going into the ruck for Gisborne. Frost wins it
02:46 down. Scanlon was able to get it though. Fire it out wide. Evans' kick was partially smothered
02:52 so it spills back into his direction. Still battling away. Well done by Scanlon. Beautiful
02:59 spin and got it back to Luxmore. Providing a target down forward isn't he at Luxmore.
03:04 We're out to 8 points. The Dogs kick into the Simpsons road end which is the end which
03:10 has the advantage according to the breeze. Lakey got one off Bernacchi who was working
03:14 hard in the middle. Now the Dogs go forward in the direction of Danahee. Ran underneath
03:18 the footy. Now it's camped at 50 metres out from the Dog. Out at Tannery Lane it's a 30
03:24 point margin. The storm over Kangaroo Flat. We're out to 17 here. The Dogs. Up they go
03:33 in the ruck. Blake just held his ground and the ball fell on his arms and he pushed it
03:37 forward. A rolling pack. In fact it might be a free kick here going the way of the borough.
03:45 That is a fresh bendy go. Goal missed. Town end. Straight back down. Contest on the wing
03:52 and then another one at half forward and Gisborne kick a goal from that. Frost won it down in
03:58 the ruck to Evans who was tackled straight away by Bernacchi. It's been a fascinating
04:02 contest Bernacchi and Evans going at it. Neither have had a stack load of the footy but they've
04:07 been working. Well now Gisborne have kicked 6 and we've still got probably 5 or 6 minutes
04:13 to play. That error through Johnty Neves. They haven't kicked a goal since then have
04:17 they? No. When he's standing at the top of the goal square and just casually as you like.
04:21 Thought he was shelling peas and well he obviously wasn't. There's advantage displayed in the
04:25 middle here. It's Frost who goes looking for Darcy Richards but taking a nice mark as Brereton
04:30 who's been... Oh wasn't he? He may have been harsh but yes. That was a bit of a clip wasn't
04:35 it? Yes. He's had 4 goals now since Johnty Neves has been off the ground too so. He was
04:40 having a pretty good game up until that stage as well. Eaglehawk win it forward but Dennehay
04:45 comes off the half back, flies off a handball to a team mate. Now they'll send it forward
04:49 to Dogs going in the direction. It just snuck in. It's got to be as close as it can be.
04:54 22. Gisborne lead for the second half where local footy lives at Fresh Bendigo. Here's
04:59 the powerhouse Campour. Second half underway. Frost's might have got first hands to it.
05:08 At the bottom of the pack no one wanting to take any clean possession. Eventually it's
05:11 ripped up by Mullin. Ah by Thompson. Thompson will get it and send it high. Billy Evans
05:16 has 2 so I'd love to see their stats. They're probably quite equal right now. Back in the
05:20 middle and what about the big ruck when this man Frost who's been dominant jumped early
05:25 but he didn't win it. It was Blake who won it. He tapped it down the throat of Cardillo.
05:30 Now they'll move it to half forward. It's a bit of ugly play. Sam Thompson tracked the
05:33 football then lost his footing as he tapped them. It still just feels a little bit out
05:38 of reach. Just if they can get one or two quick more ones just to put some pressure
05:41 on. Just get some belief back into themselves that they can do it. Well what wouldn't they
05:45 be able to do with this strong raise. But Blake gets a free kick out of the middle from
05:51 the restart. He had the footing anyway. He was going to play on but they've given him
05:55 a free kick. He grabbed it out of the air and he was going to 4-2 now. I've gone from
06:01 tipping an upset now to this could blow out with Gisman having the. Who did you go for?
06:06 I went for Eagle Hawk. How's that going? Well it was that pivotal moment. That pivotal moment
06:10 we talked about Don. It's not going well because Gisman have got the breeze in the last quarter
06:15 so this could blow out now. Particularly with their lack of discipline. Who was it that
06:18 got sent off for the second yard? Rouse. Brady Rouse. Frost is about to come back on the
06:23 ground. Well he's about to re-emerge and his side needs him if there's any chance of bringing
06:28 this one back. 20 minutes gone in the third. One down forward. Give us a contest. Bennett's
06:35 worked a kick forward for Eagle Hawk. Going through would be Bernacchi. He couldn't quite
06:40 take clean possession but he did well on the second effort. Third quarter score sponsor
06:44 here is Parsons Towing in Castlemain where local footy lives at Fresh Bendigo. So Frost
06:50 will go back in the ruck now for the burra. But Blake has probably had his measure the
06:55 last three quarters I reckon. He's winning all the taps now. He's using his body to better
07:00 advantage I think. Which he does on this occasion as well. He was going to do. But just his
07:06 strength to be able to break the two tackles as soon as he picked the crumbling ball up.
07:10 So he crumbled his own ball after kicking it 35-40 metres. It's got to be goal of the
07:15 weekend. You touched about not having any close games in the Bendigo Footy League but
07:19 there is one brewing in the MCDF. Nel Navarro have hit the front. 5-7-37 to Lexton 5-8.
07:25 5-3-33 in the third quarter of that one. It's a quarter in the MCDF now. There's plenty
07:31 out there. There is. 79 playing 35 out at the Storm. The Storm league kangaroo flat
07:37 as well. You got a Harcourt Moulton score there Johnny? A couple of people listening
07:41 looking for a score. Yes. No I haven't. Let me get back to you. I'll take it on advisement.
07:47 Gisborne worked the ball forward. But that quarter then Eaglehawk just didn't quite capitalise
07:53 and get on top. And being a man down, Neves has been off and then Brady Rouse. 41 point
08:00 margin here in favour of the Dogs to get the final quarter underway. Here's John Hunter.
08:05 Mullin won it out of the middle from the ball up for Eaglehawk. Have they got a chance here?
08:10 They're still at half forward. Ball is tumbled to... Go back into the middle. Don's gone
08:17 rogue on us here. No no I was just going to say is it dead? Because I want to ask you
08:21 something off of here. So Gisborne will have the ball in the middle of the ground. It's
08:28 a run check. On the handball to open up Merritt to get one on his opposite. He'll like that
08:39 look when he has a look at the post game. Eaglehawk looking for the finish line. Probably
08:44 the rest of us as well. It's just got that feel about it now this game. Unfortunately.
08:47 They'll be enjoying it though the Dogs. They're going to win it again. They lead this game
08:52 by 42 points and the ball goes inside forward 50. Inside 50 to Paddy McKenna and then Paddy
08:59 McKenna picks up another crumb. He could have actually hit Brad Bernacchi instead of Finn
09:04 Leakey. They were both standing side by side in front of the goal. So that work rate is
09:08 amazing. They raffled it and Leakey won as John called. Here he is again. Battling through
09:13 there. Bernacchi's really coming to the game. He's got to be in contention now for our Benigo
09:16 City fight in front of your face. Well geez it carried though didn't it. He might have
09:20 got hold of it. He clearly got hold of it. Don't you worry about that. He's not really
09:25 a long kicker is he? No not at all. He's kicked two. He got one on the board today and now
09:30 he's going to go into the middle and win the clearance. He's slammed into the back and
09:34 the umpire says yes. It will be a free kick to Ben Thompson. The day with Amy. He was
09:43 stretching his right leg before he kicked and now he's just walked off. That's Darcy's
09:49 day done. Well he's got a week's rest but that only gives him 14 days and of course
09:55 unless Eaglehawk have the bye for that second one. That second week. An important player
10:01 to miss as it's one out of the middle now.