Very good performance. The 87-36 scoreline perhaps flattered the Bushrangers, as a couple of a late goals made it a bit closer. Probably the main difference was the pressure that we applied to the ball carrier. The Bushrangers had very little free flowing ball movement. In contrast, we were able to often hit players running into space.
Lots of players did good things. I could make a bingo call of all the players that impressed me, at least some of the time. Plenty of sharp work at the contest. Plenty of run. Some impressive key position work. However, the two players that I'm most keen to see again are 28 and 29.
28 was dominating as a KPD, in the first half, and then spent a fair bit of time playing ruck in the second. When doing so, he got plenty of hitouts and his follow up work was very good.
29 took some strong grabs as a KPF, led well and seemed to have not much trouble kicking it through from outside 50.
If only I knew who they were.
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