June 6, 2016
The South Burnett Saints AFL team bounced back on Saturday with a big win over neighbours Chinchilla at Lyle Vidler Oval in Kingaroy.
The wet conditions didn’t put a dampener on the team’s “Heritage” round.
The Saints ditched their red and white jerseys for the old Kingaroy Bulldogs’ strip.
There is a friendly rivalry with the Chinchilla Suns as both teams entered the Darling Downs competition at the same time in 2013.
The game started evenly enough but the Saints changed gears in the second quarter and romped away. They didn’t slow down until the full-time siren.
The final score was 25.13 (163) to 6.5 (41).
Saints’ goals were kicked by Carl Stevenson (7), Adam Bowater (5), Ty Snow (4), Paul Judge (3), Scott Ingram, Daniel Clacy, Keiran Snow, Matthew Patroni, Daniel Braxton and Nocholas Krauksts.
The next outing for the South Burnett men will be on June 25 against the Warwick Redbacks at Warwick.
This will be the final round of the first section of the 2016 competition.
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Saints’ women’s player Reanna Fenton has been selected for rep honours.
The Darling Downs AFL Senior Women’s coaching panel has announced the team which will take on Wide Bay on June 11.
The full squad is:
Alison Moore (Goondiwindi Hawkettes)
Jess Bell (Goondiwindi Hawkettes)
Mikaela Bell (Goondiwindi Hawkettes)
Caitlyn Ireland (Toowoomba Tigers)
Emily Hewitt (Toowoomba Tigers)
Jayde Struhs (Toowoomba Tigers)
Lauren Jericho (Toowoomba Tigers)
Maddi McGee (Toowoomba Tigers)
Mariah Pasfield (Toowoomba Tigers)
Molly Cooper (Toowoomba Tigers)
Penny Dukes (Toowoomba Tigers)
Racquelle Sutton (Toowoomba Tigers)
Jessi Henning (Dalby Swans)
Shaye Easton (Dalby Swans)
Cassie Mooka (South Toowoomba Bombers)
Mikaela Polzin (South Toowoomba Bombers)
Morgan Prior (South Toowoomba Bombers)
Stacey Tindale (South Toowoomba Bombers)
Tammie Stower (South Toowoomba Bombers)
Peta Green (Lockyer Demons)
Shania Roy (Lockyer Demons)
Sarah McKendry (Warwick Redbacks)
Reanna Fenton (South Burnett Saints)
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The highlight of Shaleise Law’s Australian Rules’ career to date came when she ran on to the home of Aussie Rules, the MCG, recently with the Brisbane Lions.
This was the former Cherbourg resident’s second outing for the Lions during the 10-match national Women’s Exhibition Series which has been organised as a lead-up to a full women’s AFL competition in 2017.
The Lions came up against a rampaging Melbourne Demons, going down 14.7 (91) to 3.2 (20).
However, Shaleise lifted the Lions’ hopes when she slotted home the team’s first goal on the run.
The inaugural women’s season will be made up of eight teams: four from Victoria and one each from Queensland, NSW, South Australia and Western Australia.
The season will run from February to March 2017.
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