Match Reviews | North Bendigo bounced back on to the winners’ list in Saturday’s hard-fought round seven clash with Mount Pleasant in the Bendigo Bank Heathcote DFNL season.

The Bulldogs were back at Bendigo Club Oval in North Bendigo’s Atkins Street to take on the Blues.

Because senior coach Rob Bennett was away, assistant coach Daniel Francis stepped up to coach North Bendigo.

As it has done in most matches this season, North Bendigo won the first quarter, 17-2.

In the second it was Mount Pleasant which had a lot of the play and scored 6.3 to 4.2.

By half-time the Dogs were up 43-41.

Inspired by the play of Jordan Quirk in defence, youngster Will Gilmore, and midfielder Nic Waterson, North Bendigo surged clear in the vital third quarter.

The Dogs added 5.2 to 1.1.

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