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It was another week, another win for Sunbury but it came at the cost of a possible season ending injury to Allan O'Connor.
SUNBURY 29.15 (189)
SEBASTOPOL 12.8 (80)
AN AMAZING 11-goal first term onslaught handed Sunbury a whopping 109-point victory over Sebastopol at Marty Busch Reserve on Saturday afternoon.
The Lions showed their true class against the young Burras, dominating out of the centre and presenting their forwards with gold-class service.
Jamie Lobb was sensational for the visitors along with captain Jay Cheep, who led by example all day.
First gamer Dwain Sanderson showed good signs for the future, another of a handful of youngsters to debut for the Lions this year.
The victory was somewhat soured, however, with Allan O'Connor suffering a potentially season-ending shoulder injury.
Coach Rick Horwood was pleased with the performance, but was saddened for O'Connor.
"It just puts a bit of a sour note on a good win, we will just have to wait for the scans to come back to know how bad it is," Horwood said.
"To come out and kick 11 goals in the first quarter though, just showed that we are always ready to play regardless of the opposition."
Horwood had good things to say about the opposition, which battled hard after quarter-time.
"They had some good patches of play and are a young side, they should be good going forward," he said.
The Lions began the match in a ferocious manner, kicking the first five goals of the match in a nine-minute burst, to essentially take the match away from Sebastopol within the early stages of play.
The ability of Sunbury to burst away from stoppages with pace and precision kicking was a hallmark of its performance.
And as goal after goal sailed through at the scoreboard end, the match slipped further and further away from the Burras.
The margin at the first break was 71-points.
Sunbury kicked the opening two goals of the term, and the match scoreline looked like getting ugly for the home side.
That was until the Burras managed to stem the bleeding, holding their own for the rest of term and kicking four goals to Sunbury's five.
The resistance died out somewhat in the second half, however, as the young Sebastopol players tired in the wet conditions.
The Lions continued on their merry way, kicking a further 13 goals to seven to cruise to an impressive 109-point victory.
