Battle for fifth hots up

KOROIT now sits just percentage above the sixth-placed Terang Mortlake following its loss to the Bloods last weekend.

By Staff Writer

Battle for fifth hots up - feature photo

With just five rounds of the Hampden League home and away season to play, the Saints will be looking for a percentage-boosting win over the bottom-placed Hamilton Kangaroos this Saturday.

Both Koroit and Terang Mortlake are two games clear of the seventh-placed and improving Camperdown Magpies.

However, the battle for the all-important fifth spot on the league ladder will be an interesting one over the remaining rounds with both the Saints and the Bloods facing a similar run home.

After this weekend’s clash with the Kangaroos, the Saints will face Port Fairy (eighth), ladder leaders North Warrnambool, Warrnambool (second) and then Camperdown (seventh) in the final round.

The Bloods will face reigning premiers South Warrnambool this weekend before taking on Hamilton (bottom), Port Fairy (eighth), North Warrnambool (top) and Warrnambool (second).

Last weekend’s round 13 fixture between the Saints and the Bloods, played at Mortlake’s Farran Oval, saw the Bloods run out 44-point winners, 14.12.96 to 8.4.52.

Best for the Saints were Ben Miller, Thomas Baulch, Des O’Keefe, Mac Petersen, Connor Byrne and Jack Block.

Other round winners were Warrnambool, North Warrnambool, Portland and Cobden.