16 point win to Buln Buln
Buln Buln overcame Lang Lang to win by 16 point at home on Saturday. The Tigers went down 6.6-42 to 8.10-58.
The Tigers had momentum in the first term and the two teams finished on a three-point margin after the first quarter but Lang Lang ceded control of the game in the second quarter.
The Lyrebirds had kicked four goals eight by the main break while the Tigers still sat on three goals and three points.
The main break saw the two teams split by 11 points – a perfectly achievable margin to make up by for Lang Lang.
But the Lyrebirds wanted the win more and came out of the blocks firing in the third term. The home side extended the margins by 23 points by the end of the quarter, adding three majors and one behind to their tally. The Tigers meanwhile had added just one more major and a behind, bringing their scoreline to 4.4-28.
If they wanted a victory, the Tigers had some catching up to do. In the final term the Lyrebirds kicked another major and a behind, one goal less than the visitors who did their best to get back in front, booting two goals two and finishing the day on 6.6-42. But it was not enough to overcome their hosts.
Buln Buln finished the day on 8.10-58, 16 points in front of their visitors thanks to a that solid third term. Matthew Gray was best on ground for the victors.
He was backed up by the efforts of Jake Pierrehumbert, Jake Herbel, Sean Symes, Thomas Axford and Brandon Allen. Lang Lang’s best man was Joseph Dalgleish. Dean Brown, Aaron Rose, Benjamin Barwick, Andrew Thompson and Lachlan Barwick all received honourable mentions.
There are no ladder position changes as a result of Saturday’s game, with both teams keeping their round 14 places. Buln Buln stays in sixth position on the ladder while Lang Lang continue to be a wooden spoon contender, sitting in ninth, just one place above bottom side Nilma Darnum.
Buln Buln are set to play Catani in their round 16 clash at Catani while Lang Lang will enjoy a home game, albeit against thirdplaced side Poowong, on Saturday.