Eagles outgunned by Dogs

Football

THE Collie Eagles played a twilight home game against Bunbury under lights at the Collie Recreation Ground last Saturday night.

On what was a beautiful night for football, a good crowd was present for the contest.

The game was closely fought in the first quarter before the Bunbury forwards took control, with Collie down 19 points at the first break.

Adam Bignell worked tirelessly through the centre, with Teale DeAngelis winning in the ruck.

Bunbury continued to put scoreboard pressure on in the second quarter, leading by 32 at half time. Zac Pilatti was gathering plenty of the ball and Talan Michael was working hard through the centre.

Collie came out fighting in the second half, holding Bunbury to a solitary goal in the third quarter. Cameron Davidson was playing an inspired game in defence, with Luke Abbott continuing on with his good form.

The Bunbury defenders were working overtime to keep the Collie forwards at bay. However, Collie only managed two points for the term and were down by 38 at three quarter time.

ABOVE: Jesse Ramshaw and Rory Bebbington lock the ball in during the league match.

LEFT: Eagles colts players Kadyn Atherton and Judd Rinder are ready to pounce.

BELOW, LEFT: Logan Giblett and Christian Mears track the ball in the reserves clash.

BELOW, RIGHT: Trenaya Hartley and Ada Gooch apply pressure to their Bunbury opponent in the women's game.

PHOTOS: FAYE GOLDING

Collie kept their best for the last quarter, matching Bunbury goal for goal.

Cameron Davidson repelled a number of forward thrusts and Teale DeAngelis continued to dominate the ruck. However, at the final siren Collie had fallen 39 short, 8.5 (53) to 14.8 (92).

Ben Higgs top scored for Collie with three goals, and was well assisted by Robert Chitty with two goals, with singles to Jace Fontana, Adam Bignell and Jack Davidson.

Congratulations to Odinn Hetherington Kirk, who in his first league game showed plenty of promise.

Best players for Collie were Cameron Davidson, Teale DeAngelis, Adam Bignell, Talan Michael, Robert Chitty and Ben Higgs.

In other results, the Collie reserves couldn’t match it with Bunbury, going down 2.3 (15) to 20.14 (134), the colts went down 4.1 (25) to 26.12 (168), and the women’s team lost 0.1 (1) to 4.6 (30).