Round 4 U12-3 Orange vs Mosman Swans

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It was a perfect Autumn morning with clear skies and the sun shining. The smoke haze earlier had cleared and the sun had dried up the morning dew. It was 9:15am when the mighty U12-3 Orange Cannons began arriving at St Luke’s Oval. After a warm up the team donned their jerseys ready for Round 4 against the Mosman Swans.

Q1

At 09:45 the game had begun. Ball up! It wasn’t long before Cooper H took a great mark in the midfield off a Mosman kick. Siam P showed his tenacity with a chase and tackle to win the ball. Denver P took two terrific marks and was pushing the ball forward. Luke T combined with Cooper H in moving the ball forward with marks to each. It wasn’t long before the first points of the day were scored by Alex P with a behind. The Cannons were on the board. With 3 mins to go Lachlan W kicked the first goal of the day. At this point the Swans switched gears to score a minute later and then again 20 sec before quarter time. The Cannons trailed the Swans at quarter time 7 to 12.

Goals Behinds Total
1 1 7
2 0 12

 

Q2

After some encouraging words from the Coach, Q2 began. What was said seemed to have worked, as 40 sec later, Damien L took a great mark and kicked our second goal of the day. The boys were fired up! Lucca B got the ball ran around some idle Swans players, bounced and ran another 20 meters before launching the ball forward. All the boys were involved in the offensive. Hamish R with a mark and Siam P with a shot on goal for a behind. There were also great defence displayed at times with Aidan P and Ethan S double teaming a Swans player. Bailey W was committed in contesting the ball and showed his tackling prowess. The Cannons had the bulk of the possession in the Quarter until 5 mins to go when the Swans broke through kicking two quick goals. Alex H and Bailey W were gallant in defence protecting our goal with great tackling and assists. Unfortunately however, the Swans scored their third goal for the quarter 20 secs before half time extending their lead over the Cannons by 15 points.

Goals Behinds Total
2 4 16
5 1 31

 

Q3

Coach Anthony spoke to the team about their walking on the field and not manning up, during the half time break. Q3 began as Q2 had ended, with the Swans scoring another goal. Our boys then picked up their game. Toby D marked the ball and kicked a behind. This was to begin the comeback we all knew they could pull off. Bailey W kicked the ball, which was marked by Toby D. Toby D scored a 6 pointer. Luke B followed Toby’s example and also kicked a behind and a goal off a terrific mark. Lucca B continued to torment the opposition with great skills and bursts of speed from the ruck. There was also some great support play from Jasper C, Mikhail D and Kaelan S. At the end of the quarter the Swans were still leading, but we had closed the gap to 8

Goals Behinds Total
4 6 30
6 2 38

 

Q4

 

The final quarter was destined to be a cracker! Lucca B was exceptional once again, marking the ball, charging forward and scoring a goal. Russell P excelled with hustling for the ball  as did Alex H. One of the plays of the day was when Luke T tackled a Swan and received a free kick. This was marked by Denver P whose kick was then marked by Lucca B. Although Lucca’s shot on goal had just fallen short, they were playing like a team. Shortly after, Denver then combined with Cooper H and Luke T nearly scoring. The pressure was mounting against the Swans. It was only a matter of time. With 6 mins to go, Lucca B managed a behind, bringing us within a point of the Swans. The Cannons could smell victory. With two and half minutes to go a free kick was awarded to Lachlan W who made no mistake in putting the ball between the middle sticks. Cooper H scored the final point of the day with 2 secs remaining on the clock. The Mighty Cannons had done it to win 44 to 38.

 

Goals Behinds Total
6 8 44
6 2 38

 

The boys started slow and lost their way a little in the second quarter. They recovered well in the third quarter and finished strongly in the fourth with some great defence. There were some brilliant individual efforts, but when our boys marked up and combined as a team we saw the ball move forward, putting pressure on the opposition and then ultimately winning the day. Congratulations to the boys for a fantastic effort and keeping their winning streak alive with their fourth straight win of the season.

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Under 12-3 Orange Match Report: Round 3

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U12-3 Orange v Manly Bombers

Round 3

It was an early start for all, light rain but the sun magically appeared at kick-off.

Coach Anthony gathers the full team of 20 and receives attention and respect from the huddle, 16 on the field with four on the bench already gives us an advantage, with the Bombers – in their impressive retro style uniform of black and red – mustering only 16 for the holiday round.

In a daring but brilliant tactical move Anthony places Alex H as ruck and the ball is out to Toby. It’s a scrappy start but the boys settle after five minutes and show their skill with an excellent long kick from Mikhail, and strong defence from Denver and Jackson. At the five minute mark, the smiles turn on as Lucca gives the mighty Cannons the first goal, followed by Mikhail and Alex H with 16 second to run.

The constant call by Anthony to “Man Up” is heeded at least 10% of the time, which for 12 year olds is impressive.

2nd quarter: Cooper and Toby give the Bombers a fright, with Russell keeping the Cannons possession alive. The Assistant Coach and runner implores the team to not expect the ball to be kicked 50metres and to move closer. An excellent kick and mark by Hamish leads to a gaol by Cooper. The sideline banter is “run, run, run, don’t bunch up”. By the end of the second quarter, residents overlooking the beautiful Drummoyne Oval are calling their sleepy occupants out with “you’ve gotta come and watch these boys play”.

3rd quarter: The steady stream of jets overhead tilt their wings to give the 1st class passengers a better view of the game, and this distraction gives Manly an edge with our weaker defence and the 1st Bombers’ goal. The Cannons come back with a strong whole team effort, including Mikhail getting knocked down by the Bombers ‘Big Unit’ but he’s straight up again to regain the ball and kick away. Damian kicks the only Cannons goal for the quarter.

4th quarter: The quarter starts with a clear lead and domination by Cannons, this continues during the rest of the game and leaves the team, parents and cheerleaders happy with a dominating win: 39 to 18.

Before we leave the ground, just in time to miss the coffee set blocking Victoria Rd at 10am, the mighty Cannons song is sung with gusto which has been the only difficult thing for me personally as I had just mastered the first verse of the junior club song. Change is seldom easy.

Round 2 Match Report: U12-3 Orange

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U12-3 Orange Cannons v Willoughby Wildcats

Round 2

1st Quarter: The first quarter was a tough, hard fought contest.

Felix, Russell, Damien and Denver (who made his first appearance for the year) were all working hard across the backline against the attack of the Wildcats.

Lucca, Mikhail, and and Luke were working hard across the half forward line to keep the ball there and convert scoring opportunities.

Toby was brilliant in the ruck and following up around the ground.

At the end of the first quarter, the Wildcats were in front but only due to them being able to convert their opportunities.  Damien and Luke managed to get the Cannons on the board with a point each.

Quarter time score: Canada Bay  0.2.2 to the Wildcats  2.0.12

2nd Quarter: This was a much more free flowing quarter as the boys started to settle into their game.

Coach Anthony swung Felix up forward for this quarter and he clearly likes this part of the ground as he dominated with strong overhead marking and body work around the pack with his head over the ball.

Lucca was again finding the ball and linked up with Felix on multiple occasions to keep the attack in our forward half.

Alex and Russell were proving to be ever reliable down back and drove the ball into our forward half on several occasions with strong work in the bottom of the packs and tackling to force turnovers.

Toby and Hamish combined well in the middle with Hamish reading the ball of the nice tap work that Toby was providing to the midfield.

Ethan and Lachlan were also starting to inject themselves into the game with great support and endeavour shown by Luke.

Felix finished the quarter with 2 goals off the back of his hard work,which had the Cannons back in the game at the long break.

Half time score: Canada Bay  2.2.14  to the Wildcats  3.1.19

3rd Quarter: The quarter start with a great tackle from Ethan who was showing great determination around the ground to try to help the team surge forward.

Mikhail was back on the ground and combined brilliantly with Alex and Russell to clear the ball from down back.

Damien was in the middle to give Toby a rest after his hard work around the ground, and was providing the link to get the ball forward.

Lachlan and Cooper were starting to find their form from Round One and were linking up with handballs up the wing.

Denver was also back on the ground after a 2nd quarter break, and took great marks as well as sending the ball forward with his penetrating kick.

Alex (#3) was also starting to get into the game with some hard in and under work around the packs and showing great determination to try and get the ball towards goal.

The team worked tirelessly however to keep the Wildcats scoreless for the quarter.

3rd Quarter Score: Canada Bay  2.3.15  to the Wildcats  3.1.19

4th Quarter: The boys continued to work hard into the final quarter with Felix again getting his body over the ball.

Felix got boot to ball and landed the ball in the goal square where Alex (#3) was able to get boot on ball but just couldn’t clear the Wildcats defence to get the goal.

Bailey and Kaelen injected themselves into the game and were working really hard to keep the ball up forward with great marking, strong tackling and long kicks into our forward line.

Lachlan managed to register a behind on the board but the Cannons needed a goal to get their noses in front.

Damien, Denver, Mikhael, and Alex were again strong down back managing to repel every attack from the Wildcats.

Alex (#3) continued to find himself on the bottom of the pack as part of the small forward brigade who were trying to help Felix, but it was our full back Alex who drifted down the ground and managed to kick a true back man’s goal which put the Cannons in front with 2 mins to play.

Luke worked really hard in the last couple of minutes and with the help of the backline held the Wildcats scoreless for the final quarter and the Cannons snatched the win.

Final Score: Canada Bay  3.4.22 def Wildcats  3.1.19

A really hard fought game for the Cannons who built the first round win.

Special mention to Felix  for a fantastic hard and tough first quarter down back and his two goals in the second quarter.

Russell, Alex and Mikhail for their defensive work, with Mikhail having a standout game and one of the best he has played in his junior footy career.

Lachlan and Luke were linked up really well across the middle once the ball was provided to them from either Toby or Damien who stood tall throughout and provided a great presence for the team around the ground.

Round 1 U12-3 Orange Vs Pennant Hills Demons

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U12-3 Orange v Pennant Hills Demons

Round One

Canada Bay Cannon’s (Orange) Under 12 boys were away to a cracking start this season with a dynamic win against the Pennant Hill Demons.

The Cannon’s had a strong start holding Demons to a scoreless first Quarter.

The slightly larger pitch compared to last year and a warmer than average autumn day really gave the boys an opportunity to run off some of the Easter chocolate that has been consumed over the past  few weeks!

The Demons inched back in the second quarter but with a few strategic changes under the guidance of our coach (thanks Mark!) we were back in the game and the boys showed they meant business in the third quarter.

The boys really started to work together and found their rhythm in the fourth quarter with a decisive win.

A quick shout out to Alexander and his defence partners for holding the line, Alexander is showing some great intelligence in defence. Conner and Lachlan W also had a great game and displayed some great attacking prowess.

The win was attributed to every boy on the oval though, the boys all showed fantastic attitude, spirit and willingness to play right to the end.

This looks like it is going to be a great season for U12-2 Orange Cannons!