REP FOOTY: SO NEAR YET SO FAR

The introduction of a host of Premier B players to the Premier B-Division 4 side almost brought a first ever victory over the AFL Victoria Country Number 2 team. 
The final margin of a solitary point was a heartbreaker for the home side as they led by as much as 10 points with five minutes of playing time to go. 
Played concurrently with the U19 match at the Junction Oval, next door at Collegians’ Harry Trott Oval a large crowd of over 1000 watched the the Country side skip out to a 19 point lead at quarter time. 
The country held on to their advantage at the main break before debut representative coach Brett Voss roused his troops for a third quarter assault that yielded the VAFA 7.4. 
The VAFA held a three point lead at the final change and had kicked out to what looked like a winning lead only for the country side to rush home with a couple of quick goals. 
The one point margin was the closest ever between the two sides, with the impetus to continue these games into the future now garnered from the high quality nature of the clash. 
VAFA Prem B-Div 4 v AFL Vic Country 2  
AFL Vic Country 2                               6.2,  8.7,  10.11,  14.16  (100)
VAFA  Prem B – Div 4                              3.1,  4.4,  11.8,  15.9  (99)
GOALS, AFL Vic Country 2: R. Semmel 3, T. Jones 2, A. Clugston 2, N. Pekin 2, P. Minchington 1, R Bongetti 1, J. Burke, B. Strange 1, R. Sutton 1
VAFA  Prem B – Div 4: M. Boland 4, A. Armstrong 3, T. Paule 3, B. Iezzi 2, A. Patti 1, P. Florance 1, T. Ridgway 1
BEST, AFL Vic Country 2: D. Warry, D. Kelly, F. Priest, H. Wright, R. Johnston, T. Jones
VAFA  Prem B – Div 4: T. Paule, J. Freezer, M. Grant, M. Dean, D. Bisetto, B. Iezzi