Nanango Had Too Much Firepower

20130413 Gunners v Nanango — Nanango defeated Gunners 4-2 in an entertaining 2nd Division match on Saturday

March 25, 2013

By Martin Stern
Football South Burnett

Much anticipation surrounded the First Division football clash between Gunners and Nanango at Tom Alford Oval in Kingaroy on Saturday after both teams had convincing 8-0 wins the previous week.

The game was played in cool, drizzly and windy conditions in contrast to Round 1’s 30 degree heat.

It did not take long for Nanango to make their intentions clear, mounting an attack on Gunners’ goal from the outset. The Nanango attack was mesmerising the Gunners’ defence and midfield and in the 4th minute Kieran Mangan sliced through a fickle defence to score their first.

This started and avalanche of goals for Nanango coming from Kieran Mangan, Justin Mangan and Nick Krautz and it was 4-0 to Nanango after 10 minutes.

Gunners had completely lost their shape and could not get off the back foot.

Justin Mangan, who was in magnificent form, scored two more to complete his hat-trick in the 21st and 25th minutes.

Nanango continued to attack but Gunners did well to repel them and started playing some of their own football and managed to go to the break without conceding any more.

After being down 6-0 at the break, most teams would have capitulated and let their heads drop, but this Gunners side has a lot of spirit.

Gunners started to take the game to Nanango, playing a lot smarter in the second half. Nanango were frustrated that they couldn’t keep snowballing the score line and their discipline dropped (and after all they were 6-0 up).

Gunners had a few opportunities to score but the Nanango defence was equal to the task in hand. It wasn’t until five minutes before full time that Nanango scored again through David Ashby.

The highlights of this game were the intensity Nanango showed at the outset and how Gunners improved immensely in the second half.

Best for Nanango were Justin Mangan and Nick Krautz, and Elliot Mangan was strong in defence.

For Gunners, Sam Murray and Bailey Raines played their hearts out. It must also be noted that Gunners had a few of their better players away this week.

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In the Women’s game, Nanango beat a nine-player Gunnettes 2-0.

Nanango were on the attack from the start however Gunnettes repelled the Nanango attack time after time and managed to hold them out until half time.

The second half was much the same as the first. Gunnettes made a few forays into Nanango’s territory through Kristy Learmont but to no avail.

Nanango was knocking the ball around very nicely but could not finish until Raegan Campbell eventually broke the deadlock 10 minutes into the second half.

Ten minutes later Jacqui Downie sealed Gunnettes’ fate to give Nanango a well deserved 2-0 win.

Best for Nanango were Jacqui Downie, Cassie Kelly and Glenda Thompson.

Chrissy McBride worked tirelessly in the Gunnettes’ backline.

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20130413 Nanango v Gunners — Gunners never gave up in their 2nd Division match, making Nanango work for their goals

The Second Division game turned out to be a very entertaining match. Nanango started well, scoring their first in the 10th minute through Thomas Mangan (the latest edition Mangan to be added to the Nanango squad).

Ten minutes later Nanango were awarded a penalty which Thomas Mangan converted to give his side a 2-0 lead.

Five minutes from halftime a long pass from Jason Tessmann found Gunners’ forward Tin Tin who slotted Gunners’ first goal of the game.

The match was evenly balanced and went end-to-end with both teams having plenty of opportunity.

In the 54th minute, Bryce Dawson extended Nanango’s lead to 3-1.

With time running out, Nanango’s Nathan Ballinger brought down Tin Tin in the penalty box.

Gunners’ goal keeper Hayden Mashford came out to take the kick and made no mistake, giving his side a chance to salvage something from the game.

However, two minutes before full-time, David Ashby scored to seal Gunners’ fate, Nanango running out 4-2 winners.

Best for Nanango were Bryce Dawson, Thomas Mangan and Trevor Holt.

Best for Gunners were Sitha Mead and Tin Tin while Hayden Mashford had a blinder in goal.

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Results

In Kingaroy:

2nd Division: Nanango 4 (Thomas Mangan 10th, 20th, Bryce Dawson 54th, David Ashby 78th) defeated Gunners 2 (Tin Tin 34th, Hayden Mashford 73rd)
Women: Nanango 2 (Raegan Campbell 47th, Jacqui Downie 58th) defeated Gunnettes 0
1st Division: Nanango 7 (Justin Mangan 6th, 21st, 25th, Kieran Mangan 4th, 7th, Nick Krautz 9th, David Ashby 85th) defeated Gunners 0

In Murgon:

2nd Division: Barambah 3 (Richard Boles, Daniel Jensen, Brendan Kelly) defeated Wests 0
Women: Wests 3 (Jacqui Trace 2, Casey Milsom) defeated Barambah 2 (Elle Mollenhauer 2)
1st Division: Wests 2 (Joel Cooper 2) defeated Barambah 1 (Joel Sommerfeld)

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Next weekend (Note change in times and venues):

Due to the Nanango Show and Murgon being used for junior rugby league on Saturday there have been changes in all the game times:

Wests v Nanango