Match Reviews | STRATHFIELDSAYE Storm played a brilliant final quarter to beat Sandhurst in Sunday’s senior footy match to complete Indigenous Round across the Bendigo Bank Bendigo FNL.
The Jeff Andrews-coached Strathfieldsaye showed it’s a strong contender for the premiership as it beat last seasons’s runner-up by 19 points at Queen Elizabeth Oval.
As Storm proved it’s a force to be reckoned with in the seventh round, Sandhurst now has to bounce back from consecutive defeats rolling into Saturday’s match at Gisborne.
The Dragons and Storm had identical scores of 2.3 in the opening quarter of Sunday’s match.
In the second it was Strathfieldsaye which won a lot of the footy and capitalised to score four goals as the maroon and blue added two.
Storm was up 43-28 by the long break.
A Sandhurst team coached by Bryce Curnow, non-playing, and Fergus Greene, playing, struck back to win the third quarter, 25-9.
In the last it was Strathfieldsaye which kicked away.
As Storm scored five goals it kept Sandhurst to just two majors.
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