The Collie Eagles have saved their best performance for the last game of the season, when they convincingly defeated the Harvey Bulls on Saturday afternoon at the Collie Recreation Ground,
It was the Eagles highest score since 15 August 2021 when the Eagles kicked nineteen goals against Donnybrook, and it was also their biggest winning margin over the Bulls, with the final margin 96 points. The Eagles led all day, and finished with seven goals in the final term, the most goals the Eagles have kicked in a quarter since that match in 2021, when they kicked nine in the second term.
A part from the margin, the result ensured the Eagles moved from the bottom of the ladder, handing the eleventh position on the table to
Eaton who had the bye.
It took nine minutes for the opening goal of the match, but after that time, it was all the Eagles, who kept the Bulls goal-less to half time. The Bulls held Collie to one goal in the third term, but the final term saw a wave of goals as the Collie faithful saw their team win its second game at home for the season.
Robert Chitty and Teale DeAngelis played good games for Collie, while Jayce Fontana kicked five goals, his biggest of the season, to finish on thirty goals for 2024. Collie’s Captain, Talan Michael, played his 150th game and was also amongst the best, with the Eagles stalwarts Fontana and Adam Bignell chairing Michael off the ground at the conclusion of the match.
Match Centre
Collie Eagles 4.4.28 8.6.54 9.11.65 16.13.109
Harvey Bulls 0.1.1 0.3.3 1.4.10 1.7.13
Goals: Collie Eagles – Jayce Fontana 5, Talan Michael 3, Liam Reuben 2, Robert Chitty 1, Teale De’Angelis 1, Austin Kent 1, Zac Pilatti 1, Max Romaine 1, Jebb Swallow 1. Harvey Bulls – Riley Vidovich 1.
Best: Collie Eagles – Robert Chitty, Teale De’Angelis, Talan Michael, Jayce Fontana, Jack Rinder, Zac Pilatti. Harvey Bulls – Aaron Jovanovic, Riley Vidovich, Jacob Pickett, Evan Hill, Connor Mallis, Logan Egerton-green.
Ground: Collie Recreation Ground
Umpires: Aaron Andrews, Brady Larsen
Reports: Nil
Crowd: 432
Photos courtesy of Faye Golding