Top five shaping up

SOUTH Warrnambool’s convincing round eight defeat over Portland has given them some breathing space on the Hampden League ladder.

By Staff Writer

Heading into this weekend’s bye round, the second-placed Roosters now sit two games clear of the Tigers (in third and on equal points with the fourth-placed Warrnambool Blues).

In front of a home crowd at Friendlies last Saturday, the Roosters defeated the Portland Tigers 14.10.94 to 6.4.40.

The Roosters set the tone early, kicking 5.1 to 1.2 in the opening term before extending their lead to 35 points by the main break.

The second half saw the home side pile on 6.8 while containing the visitors to 4.1.

Archie Stevens, Harry Lee, Jed Henderson, Jack Dye, Sam Kelly and Max Irving were in the best for the Roosters while for Portland Lachlan Huppatz, Charlie Piergrosse, Josh Edwards, Jay Moody, Brett Uebergang and Toby Jennings performed well.

Walker Owen led the goal kicking for the victors with three majors while team-mates Jackson Couch, Jack Dye, Sam Kelly and Riley Thomas each kicked two.

Other round eight winners were North Warrnambool, Cobden, Port Fairy and the Blues.

After this weekend’s Kings Birthday break, Port Fairy will host the Roosters, North will be home to Hamilton, Portland will host Cobden, the Bloods will travel to Warrnambool while Camperdown and Koroit will meet at Leura Oval.