32 Advertiser, Friday, August 6, 2010 FOOTY FOCUS Bendigo Bombers v Collingwood Tannery Lane, Strathfieldsaye, noon tomorrow ROUND 16 ROUND BBENDIGOENDIGO BOMBERSBOMBERS v CCOLLINGWOODOLLINGWOOD

B T. SSlatterylat Flaherty Atkinson B Reed Anthony Hunter Dyson Cloke H. Slattery Buckley N. Brown Cook HB HB

C Melksham Crameri Jetta C Sinclair O'Bree Barham HF Marigliani Carlisle Duscher HF McCarthy Wood Blight

F Quinn Bellchambers Still F J. Thomas Medhurst Rusling

R Bock Myers Lovett-Murray R Fraser Lockyer Blair INTER: (from) Thompson, Liddle, Scanlon, INTER: (from) Sundberg, Francis, Young, Skipworth, Collins, Delahunty, J. Williams, McNamara, Carter, Keeffe, K. Pendlebury, Dennis*, Shinners Rounds

LAST MEETING VFL 2010 Round 3, 2010, at Park: LADDER BENDIGO ...... 3.0 7.6 12.9 14.14 (98) TEAM W L D % Pts COLLINGWOOD .. 4.7 7.8 8.11 9.14 (68) Williamstown 12 3 0 158.5 48 GOALS – BENDIGO: J. Cloke, H. Skipworth 3, North Ballarat 12 3 0 127.7 48 J. Neagle, L. Jetta 2, T. Bellchambers, J. Williams, Casey Scorpions 11 4 0 107.7 44 J. Laycock, B. Houli 1. COLLINGWOOD: L. Rounds, Port Melbourne 10 5 0 116.1 40 J. Anthony, J. McCarthy, S. Buckley, J. Mellington, Box Hill Hawks 9 6 0 112.5 36 S. McNamara, J. Blair, J. Barham, C. Wood 1. Collingwood 9 6 0 112.1 36 BEST – BENDIGO: J. Cloke, T. Slattery, J. Neagle, Northern Bullants 8 7 0 109.6 32 T. Shinners, S. Crameri, B. Howlett. COLLINGWOOD: Bendigo Bombers 8 7 0 106.9 32 K. Pendlebury, J. Barham, J. McCarthy, T. Goldsack, Sandringham 6 9 0 89.4 24 T. Hunter, C. Wood. Coburg Tigers 5 10 0 88.0 20 Geelong 5 10 0 87.0 20 HEAD-TO-HEAD Werribee Tigers 4 10 1 82.2 18 Gold Coast 4 10 1 81.9 18 Bendigo – 1. Collingwood – 2. Frankston 1 14 0 52.8 4 LAST WEEK – ROUND 15 VFL 2010

Geelong ...... 13.10 (88) GOALKICKERS Gold Coast ...... 11.5 (71) 17 PLAYER TOTAL Bendigo Bombers ...... 9.16 (70) Matthew Little (Williamstown) ...... 64 Williamstown ...... 9.13 (67) (North Ballarat) ...... 43 WerribeeW Tigers ...... 14.10 (94) (Port Melbourne) ...... 36 NNorth Ballarat ...... 11.15 (81) WESTY'S WORD (Sandringham) ...... 30 CoburgC Tigers ...... 12.9 (81) Ben Johnson (Geelong) ...... 30 THE VERDICT OTHER ROUND 16 GAMES Frankston ...... 10.5 (65) A MASSIVE game for the Bendigo Bombers tomorrow when CASEY SCORPIONS v Gold Coast Callum Sinclair (Port Melbourne) ...... 29 Collingwood comes to town. The Bombers couldn't have been Port Melbourne ...... 14.21 (105) Clinton Proctor (Frankston) ...... 29 more impressive last week in defeating top side Williamstown Werribee Tigers v WILLIAMSTOWN Collingwood ...... 11.16 (82) by three points. But the Bombers can't afford to sit back and BOX HILL HAWKS v Geelong Patrick Rose (Williamstown) ...... 29 be content with that performance, they have to back it up again NORTH BALLARAT v Coburg Tigers Box Hill Hawks ...... 13.12 (90) Andrew Hooper (Williamstown) ...... 28 Casey Scorpions ...... 12.7 (79) against another quality opponent. The Bombers have already Frankston v NORTHERN BULLANTS Daniel Menzel (Geelong) ...... 27 defeated the Magpies once this season and are unbeaten at Sandringham ...... 8.8 (56) Tannery Lane... albeit having played there just once previously. Sandringham v PORT MELBOURNE (Box Hill Hawks) ...... 26 Luke West, The Advertiser Bendigo Bombers by 19. Last week: 4 Total: 78 Northern Bullants ...... 2.6 (18) FORMER PIONEERS TO PLAY AN AFL GAME: Winning isn’t everything: Byrne 74* (Brisbane) From page 25 “But it’s not fair on the kid. He’s “If you go through the BFL and 59 Mark Alvey The Pioneers – who have won boarding, and we’re only going to look at the list of names who have (, Essendon) just one of their 14 games so far this get him for eight games or so a year come through the Pioneers that 55* Ben McGlynn year – don’t have the money to offer because of the way those colleges we’ve brought to town... there has (Hawthorn, Sydney) scholarships to help entice players to play their footy, so it’s not fair on been a stack of them who have come through over the years; nearly all the move to Bendigo. those kids. 233* Chris Tarrant 46 Luke Livingston (Carlton) BFL clubs would have kids who have In contrast, there are three players “I don’t have a problem with the (Collingwood, Fremantle) 40* Jarryn Geary (St Kilda) come through the Pioneers. – Kerang’s Troy Davis at the Geelong kids going to colleges over there 228 Michael Braun “When we have kids go back to 39* (West Coast) Falcons, and Hopetoun pair Coleman because we just can’t afford to give (West Coast) them a scholarship.’’ their club during the season if we 25 Nick Carter Schache and Lucas Cook at North have a bye, you can see they’re not And as each year goes on, the 219 Nathan Brown (Fitzroy, Brisbane, Melbourne) Ballarat – who hail from Bendigo’s out of place in senior footy.’’ (Western Bulldogs, Richmond) region, but are playing for rival teams Pioneers are finding it increasingly 22* Andrew Collins (Richmond) difficult to find host families to Golden Square’s Tom Paterson, 209 Dean Solomon as they are boarding in regional cities renowned for having strong school- accommodate those players who live South Bendigo’s Jayke Barrack and (Essendon, Fremantle) 20* Daniel Connors (Richmond) Sandhurst’s Anthony Dennis have based football programs. far from Bendigo. 190* Brent Guerra 18 Damien Lock (Carlton) all shown that in the BFL in recent “Troy Davis would be the centre The challenges also involve dealing weeks. (Port Adelaide, St Kilda, 18 Jordan Doering (Carlton) half-back in our side; he is a quality with the tyranny of distance, with And don’t forget Sandhurst Hawthorn). 18 Kane Munro (West Coast) player who has played Vic Country,’’ the Pioneers’ region stretching from Kyneton to to Echuca. on-baller Lee Coghlan, who last 185* Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda) 17* (Richmond) Byrne said. year won the Michelsen Medal as “When we played North Ballarat With players spread so far apart, 179 Nathan Thompson 13 Callan Beasy (Carlton) an 18-year-old, having played for the earlier in the year, Lucas Cook kicked the Pioneers only get their entire Pioneers in 2008. (Hawthorn, North Melbourne) squad together one night a week, on 7 Ashley Watson six goals against us and was the “Lee was a great player for us, and 149 Daniel Harris a Wednesday. (North Melbourne) difference. Then you’ve got Coleman to be honest, I get as big a kick out (North Melbourne) 5 Travis Baird Schache, who was in the Vic Country “Whereas you have the Melbourne- of Lee achieving something like that 140* Josh Hunt (Geelong) (Brisbane, Western Bulldogs) squad as well. based sides that train together three as I do with players being drafted,’’ “So if you put those three into our nights a week; they are just like a Byrne said. 132* (West Coast) 3 Djaran Whyman team, it doesn’t take much... we’ve league side,’’ Byrne said. “When I was with Gippsland, I (North Melbourne) 113* (Hawthorn) got kids playing centre half-forward “So that’s another of the things took great pride in watching players 110 Rowan Warfe 2* Robbie Tarrant and centre half-back who should we’re up against. who had played with the Power (Sydney, Fitzroy) (North Melbourne) be playing on a half-forward and “But the bottom line for us is we’re during the year go back and get best half-back flank. 101* Andrew Walker (Carlton) 2 Brent Frewen (Fitzroy) about the draft, players going on and on ground in grand finals with their “A lot of people say to me about playing with the Bendigo Bombers or home clubs. 99* (Melbourne) 2 Michael O’Brien (West Coast) these kids who are going to the another VFL club, and then players “As long as the kids get the best 88* (Geelong) 2 Josh Thewlis (Sydney) colleges in Ballarat, ‘why don’t you going back to the Bendigo Football out of themselves while they are with make them play with you?’ League. us, that’s all you can ask for.’’