By Lachlan Mitchell
Catani’s wasted and disappointing season continues to roll on after another triple-figure thumping on the weekend.
A 107-point home-soil whacking at the hands of Lang Lang was the sixth time the Blues have gone down by 100 points or more in just 11 rounds of footy.
A defiant Lang Lang side made every post a winner as they ran in 18.25.133 to Catani’s 3.8 26.
Riley McDonald, Jack Hobson and Dylan William were the only Blues to hit the target on what was another bleak day at the office.
Lang Lang’s Liam O’Connor topped the charts with four goals to sail his side to its sixth win of the season.
Poowong and Ellinbank played out of one the matches of the round in a one-point thriller at Ellinbank.
The Magpies did just enough at the final siren to edge out Ellinbank in a 7.6.48 to 6.11.47 slugfest.
Poowong’s Steven McInnes raised the bar with three goals in his side’s one-point triumph.
Neerim South had to find an extra gear to out-muscle Buln Buln away from home.
The Cats saluted by 19-points in the picture-perfect conditions.
Neerim’s Nathan Bayne and Chris Urie steadied the ship with three goals each to overpower the opposition.
Yarragon found the going all too easy as they cruised past the luckless Nilma Darnum.
Sage Tapner was profound for the Panthers, firing home five goals to inflict Nilma’s 11th straight loss of the year.
Nyora pulled off the surprise of the round as it rose to the occasion to dispose of Longwarry by three points.
Not even a three-goal haul from Russ Lehman was enough to elevate the Crows to all four-points.
The Saints racked up their third win of the season in the 8.12.60 to 9.9.63 nail-biter.
RESULTS – ROUND 12
Buln Buln 3.13.31 v Neerim South 7.8.50, Catani 3.8.26 v Lang Lang 18.25.133, Yarragon 16.10.106 v Nilma Darnum 8.6.54, Ellinbank 6.11.47 v Poowong 7.6.48, Longwarry 8.12.60 v Nyora 9.9.63.
LADDER
Neerim South 44, Trafalgar 28, Buln Buln 28, Ellinbank 28, Poowong 28, Lang Lang 24, Longwarry 24, Yarragon 20, Nyora 12, Catani 4, Nilma Darnum 0.
FIXTURE – ROUND 13
Lang Lang v Buln Buln, Neerim South v Yarragon, Nyora v Catani, Poowong v Longwarry, Trafalgar v Ellinbank.
