Well, what a strong performance from Swannies this week. 17 shot win and 7.5 points to boot. I would have love to see the Natalotto v Pasalich game with Natalotto getting the better by one shot. Kelly and Revell getting over the Line by 9 and 7 respectively against Di guiseppe and Smith and Park and Farrell battling out a draw. Top team performance by swan and they are slowly bubbling to the top and have put themselves in a great position to play finals. Now with 5 rounds to go, they play the 3 bottom sides and have 2 games at home against higher sides. Swannies are looking good in the home stretch. Saints now in third with the same number of points as the Doggies in 4th. It shall be an interesting run home.

Doggies with a solid effort against the wolves at the Dog kennel. Easy wins to Magic, Golden boy and the Sandman by 16, 13, 12 respectively. The highlight was Golden boy taking it to Menacing Mick by 13 shots and Martinovich has shown why he is the Wolves top skip by beating Beans by 8 shots. Doggies doing what they needed to do this week and also the 31 shots up is a bonus for their percentage but well behind the Saints % which could be the difference come Rd 18. Doggies have a tough run home with only 2 home games, and they play the Dolphins and Blues away. Doggies will have to secure every point they can get in every game. If they play finals this year it will be because they deserve it in the home stretch. The Wolves are now in 9th and have been beaten comfortably the last couple of games and have a tough game at home next week

Obviously, the View and Blues get 4 points each due to covid and close contacts. I think this has helped the View more than the Blues and kept them closer to the Lions. Where the Blues drop 2 spots back to fifth and made it that little bit more difficult to get those finals playoff spot. I hope they are all clear to play this week. It’s a must win game for both sides this week. The View with a tough assignment away to the Saints and the Blues at home on that favoured synthetic.

Dolphins put away the Magpies in an absolute dominant performance 8 away points and 38 shot demolition at the Birds nest. I knew they would play well on the grass but not this well. Rixom and Neilson with easy wins by 17 and 12 shots. Neilson taking care of the Game changer. Leggett taking care of a solid Hill by 6 and Buchanan taking care of Borkowski by 3. Dolphins with 5 games to go, now clear by 15.5 points and they seem to be going from strength to strength. They now have brought the ticket to one White and it is theirs to be lost. Magpies on the other hand with no points this week have made it extremely difficult for themselves now 10 points behind 2nd. They do have an easier run home playing 3 of the bottom 4 sides but their fate could be decided by the Rd 18 clash with the Saints

What a brilliant performance by the Basso Lions. The pride played extremely well this week and have put themselves in a great position to keep automatic relegation away. The Mavs sit firmly in last place and have quite a bit of work to do. 30 shots and 7 points to the Lions with Ekholm and Cash winning easily by 20 and 11 shots respectively, Britton getting over a tough Orchard by 2 and Mitchell getting the sole point for the Mavs by 3 over Wright. Lions move themselves into 7th and both sides with tough assignments next week. Lions now clear from last place by 7.5 points and must keep chipping away for every point. If something doesn’t change for the mavericks, they will be back in second division. Both sides with really tough runs home.