One week after behind held goalless for two quarters, South Bendigo found form forward of centre and kicked 19 goals in its win over Gisborne on Saturday.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
The Bloods opened their 2017 account in fine style with a 19.8 (122) to 13.7 (85) win.
“As a coach you review the game and point out things that the team needs to work on and the most pleasing thing (about the win) was the boys worked hard to fix those things,’’ South Bendigo coach Brady Childs said.
“We had 22 more inside 50s than Eaglehawk in round one, but we didn’t capitalise on it.
“Against Gisborne we were much more efficient with the way we used the ball.
“We had a big focus on how we delivered the ball inside 50 and we were much more composed with the footy.”
The chief benefactor of South’s efficient use of the footy was classy small forward Kaiden Antonowicz, who kicked seven goals for the day.
“I think six of his seven goals came from marks,’’ Childs said of Antonowicz.
South Bendigo teenager Tom Brereton was named second best for the Bloods after having an entertaining battle with Gisborne star Clinton Young.
Young kicked two goals and was Gisborne’s best player ahead of Daniel Weaver, Pat Trotter and Shaun Comeford, who bagged four goals.
“Young had a lot of the ball in the first quarter, but after that I thought Tommy did a good job on him,’’ Childs said.
“Tommy has a big heart for such a young kid and he gave it everything.”
