From the Shepp News
Gun Tatura midfield recruit Rian McGough is free to make his Bulldogs’ debut tomorrow, fresh from serving a six-month ban from all organised sport during summer.
From the Border Mail
DEAN Polo couldn’t take it much longer. The stress, uncertainty and pressure of life in the AFL. After 77 workmanlike games at Richmond and St Kilda over seven years — Polo was done.
The Saints made the decision for him, delisting him at the end of last year, but for Polo — who won the inaugural Yiooken Award after an unforgettable best-on-ground debut in just the second Dreamtime at the ’G game — that call wasn’t met with much resentment.
He doesn’t miss it.
Not one bit.
“It’s all so stressful down there,” Polo, originally from Wy Yung, just out of Bairnsdale, revealed this week.
“Your sleeping patterns were never right.
“It was affecting things like that.
“I was always a fringe player and always had to prove myself.
“You were never really certain about anything.”
But now Polo is certain.
From the Border Mail
MYRTLEFORD co-coach Leigh Corcoran has warned Matt Spencer could play anywhere in his return game today.The Saints’ skipper will make his much anticipated return to action from a knee reconstruction after his 2012 season ended in last year’s opening game. Spencer, who missed the Saints’ first round clash with North Albury to attend a wedding, is a confirmed starter against Wodonga Raiders this afternoon.
From the Shepp News
Two-time Shepparton United premiership coach Marc Quarrell says his side’s forward strength is a major reason it boasts six straight wins over Mooroopna. Three of those victories have been by six points or fewer, including a one-point result in 2010 and last year’s two-point success thanks to Dwain Vidler’s after-the-siren goal.
Cobram sits atop the Murray Football League seniors ladder and remains undefeated after three rounds.
A sometimes wasteful but ultimately effective Tongala achieved the result it was looking for when it defeated Tocumwal by 87 points at home on Saturday in the Murray Football League.
Ex-Deniliquin Rams players Blair Whelan and Simon Maher will both make a return to their former club for the 2013 Murray Football League season.
From the Border Mail
FOR new Rutherglen coach Darren Hatton the club is bigger than the individual. Though not a reluctant coach, Hatton is not yet entirely comfortable taking the job left vacant by Gil Ould. “Coaching Rutherglen isn’t probably something that I’ve aspired to do; it’s more about circumstances this year,” Hatton said.
From the Border Mail
TARRAWINGEE coach Finton Eames says North Wangaratta isn’t going anywhere. The Bulldogs tackle the reigning premier on Saturday and Eames said the Hawks, who won their opening round clash by a whopping 258 points, had shown no sign off dropping off this year. “I’ve got no doubt they’ll be thereabouts again this year,” Eames said.
From the Border Mail
After starting last season in career best form, the then-Lavington ruckman was pleasantly surprised to see his name among the league’s elite players and named in the initial Ovens and Murray 47-man interleague squad against the Hampden league.
