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Panthers pounce on Hawks

DARREL COCKRAMBunbury Herald

Carey Park moved into the top five with an emphatic 22.16 (148) to 9.5 (59) win over a struggling Augusta-Margaret River at Kelly Park on Sunday.

With over half a dozen regular league players missing, the Hawks welcomed back Simon Andrijich. The veteran ruckman added some physical strength gaining the first possession of the day and having a spirited tussle with the Panther’s Michael Robinson for most of the game.

The fitter Robinson took the honours on the day and together with best-on-ground Brayden Lawler gave the home team a lot of drive.

Veteran Aaron Hill sparkled with a couple of first quarter goals, Matt Martin snapped a great major from 50 out and Michael McMillan converted from a mark while ex-Dockers rookie Hamish Shepheard kept his team in touch with two majors.

Brodie Bramich and Kurt Kevill, together with Andrijich and Richard Devitt, gave the Hawks opportunities but the Panthers, with a dominant seven goal second quarter, effectively ended the contest by halftime.

Eleven goals for the first half was matched by another eleven in the second half as the Panthers put together some fluent passages of play with no less than thirteen players getting their names on the goal kicking list.

Martin excelled with fine kicking to register five goals while a host of Panthers players chipped in with solid contributions to secure an important percentage boosting victory.

Scoreboard

Carey Park 4.2 11.4 16.7 22.16 148 def Augusta-Marg River 3.1 5.2 8.3 9.5 59

Goals:

CP – M. Martin 5, A. Hill 4, M. Bevis, M. McMillan 2, D. Roche, L. Stewart, R. Hutchison, C. Rintoul, B. Lawler, J. Fogarty, L. Sciani, M. Robertson, S. Decampo.

HAWKS – H. Shepheard 3, B. Bramich 2, R. Owens, J. Morgan, B. Gerrans, M. Payne.

Best:

CP – B. Lawler, M. Robinson, D. Roche, M. Taylor, C. Rintoul, M. Martin.

HAWKS – B. Bramich, K. Kevill, S. Andrijich, R. Devitt, H. Shepheard, B. Morgan, A. McCorkill.

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