The Southport Sharks defeated Sandringham by 65 points at RSEA Park on Saturday.
Hugh Dixon
The Sharks’ 16.14 (110) to 6.9 (45) win, was their fourth in a row and means they are only two points behind ladder leaders Box Hill with a game in hand.
Southport started well kicking the first four goals of the game, which broke the game open.
The Sharks’ scoring dried up a little in the second quarter, but they still won the term by eight points and took a 38 point lead into the main break.
Southport extended the margin to 51 points at three quarter time, before closing out the win in the last quarter with five goals to two.
20 year old Tai Hayes impressed for the Sharks with 21 disposals, five marks and two goals.
Max Spencer played well down back with 24 disposals, ten marks, three tackles and nine intercepts.
Jacob Heron (25 disposals,four tackles, six clearances and two goals), Boyd Woodcock (36 disposals, seven marks and 12 clearances) and Jacob Dawson (37 disposals, seven marks, five tackles and eight clearances) also had a big impact on the game.
After the match, Southport Coach Matthew Primus said, “We had a big focus on playing as a team today and I thought we did that well.”
Josh Gore
“We started the game exceptionally, we won the territory battle and we defended strongly when they had momentum
.”
“Our defence is something we have focussed on in the last couple of weeks, so to keep Sandringham to just six goals was pleasing.”
Next week, Southport host Sydney at Fankhauser Reserve on Saturday 21 June at 12:05pm.
VFL Round 12 – Sandringham v Southport
SANDRINGHAM 1.1 2.2 4.4 6.9 (45)
SOUTHPORT 5.6 7.10 11.13 16.14 (110)
BEST PLAYERS: Tai Hayes, Max Spencer, Jacob Heron, Boyd Woodcock, Jacob Dawson, Zac Foot
GOAL KICKERS: Max Pescud 2, Jacob Heron 2, Tai Hayes 2, Zac Foot 2, Hugh Dixon 2, Jack Sexton, Charlie Rowe, Josh Gore, Jackson Edwards, Brayden Crossley, Wylie Buzza
