Coburg has continued its giant-killing season, upsetting the Northern Bullants at Preston City Oval.
The Tigers collected their fourth win of the 2011 season, the third against top-eight opposition, by six points.
It was also the third win in the last six matches for Richmond’s VFL affiliate.
“It’s great to have a win like that today. I couldn’t be happier with the group,” Coburg coach Adam Potter said.
“We had a really poor week last week against North Ballarat, and we addressed it during the week. The great thing about footy is that seven days later you get another opportunity to come up against a top-four side.
“It’s a good alignment because the Richmond boys came to training on Wednesday, and they were there Friday, which allows us to train together, which is really important.”
Coburg was on the back foot early, trailing by 33 points at quarter time after the Bullants made the most of the breezy conditions.
From there the Tigers kicked 11 goals to four, hitting the front midway through the last quarter, before Ben Nason sealed the victory with a goal in the final minutes.
The win was set up by a dominant performance from the Coburg midfield, including a two goal, 28-possession game by Sam Power, and 22 touches to Jeromey Webberley.
Andrew Browne was impressive in the ruck with 19 disposals and eight marks, while Jayden Post (22 possessions and eight marks) and Mitch Farmer (18 possessions) held the defence together.
The Tigers have four games remaining this season, including the next two at Highgate Reserve in Craigieburn.
Northern Bullants 5.5 7.7 9.13 9.15 (69)
Coburg Tigers 0.2 4.5 7.6 11.9 (75)
GOALS:
Northern Bullants: O'hAilpin 3 Lambert 2 Saad 2 Casboult TWOMEY
Coburg Tigers: Hore 2 Power 2 Wheeler 2 Hicks Jordan Hislop Contin Nason
BEST:
Northern Bullants: MCCORKELL Watson Iacobucci Meese Kerr LUCAS
Coburg Tigers: Power Post Clifton Hislop Webberley Farmerblog comments powered by Disqus
