It’s business as usual for the Emmaus St Leo’s reserves who will take some impressive form into their round six match against Albert Park at Bennettswood Reserve on Saturday. The seniors face a similar situation, while the Thirds begin the day at Elsternwick Park, against an Elsternwick side searching for their first win of the season. For the women’s team, their foray into Division 4 starts off with a well-deserved bye.
You can do nothing but laud the Emmaus St Leo’s reserves team, whose showing against previously-top-of-the-table Richmond Central should have Albert Park wary. A couple of fantastic performances from some Animals goalkickers set the scene for the day as the Snakes struggled to find a way from the very start. To then have ten goals to four piled on in the second half was the final nail in the coffin. The Falcons will have more than just goals to worry about though when they take the field on Saturday at Bennettswood Reserve, searching for redemption after five consecutive losses, the last one against North Brunswick by 52 points.
In selection news, there’s been a few changes from the team who took apart Richmond Central as captain Nic Glanville misses round 6 due to injury, Isaac Waite makes his seniors debut, and Mitchell Burrows returns from injury to make his reserves debut. James Rippon begins the game at fullback with Fraser Walker and Cam Gardner providing support, as Tom Wales, Cam Price and Tom Elliott start at halfback. Connor Leevers and Flynn Normand are to run the wings, while inside, Guy Donovan, Jack Gibbons and Adam Bullivant will be at Ben Severin’s feet. Fresh off his 5-goal haul and subsequent donation to the Animals’ National Breast Cancer Foundation fundraiser, Anthony Smith retains his position deep in the forward line, joined by fellow goalkicking dynamo Dan Quattro. Matt Price, Tom McBride, Luke Foley and Steve Jones will all have opportunities to score majors as they start forward of the ball. Starting on the bench is Burrows, Noah Skiller, Jackson Campbell and Harrison McConnell.
After knocking an unbeaten Richmond Central off their perch, Emmaus St Leo’s reserves will be looking to take top spot on the ladder this weekend when Albert Park comes to the zoo. A win will no doubt be what the Animals are after, but a big win wouldn’t hurt their percentage either. First bounce is at 11:40am, get down to Bennettswood Reserve and cheer on those in the blue and blue!