LSWFL: Bridgetown crush Boyup Brook’s finals hopes in round 16 action

Bridgetown Bulldogs defeated Boyup Brook Roos in a competitive away game on Saturday during round 16 of the Lower South West Football League season.

With the Roos desperate for a place in the top four, it was clear the reigning premiers were prepared to pull out all the stops to keep their finals hopes alive.

Both teams started off strong, fighting hard to maintain possession and control.

Despite not having the home-ground advantage, Bridgetown managed to take the early lead, with the score 3.3 (21) to 2.2 (14) at the end of the first quarter.

The Roos managed to stifle the Bulldogs’ forwards, including the team’s leading goal kicker Patrick Farrant, with the away side managing only two points in the second quarter.

The score was 5.4 (34) to 6.8 (44) in favour of Bridgetown going into the second half.

Clawing towards the lead, the Roos continued their dominance through the third quarter, kicking 4.4 (28) to the Bulldogs’ 4.2 (26).

Kaleb Michalak and Sam Garstone contributed to the Roos’ score with five and three goals respectively, while the Bulldogs’ Farrant proved it would take more than one troubling quarter to tame his abilities, scoring nine goals for his side.

Bridgetown shut down the Roos’ forward half in the final quarter and crushed the Roos’ finals hopes, scoring 4.3 (27) to 1.1 (7).

The final score was Bulldogs 14.13(97) against the Roos’ 10.9(69).

Boyup Brook will have one last opportunity to make the finals when they take on Deanmill — who lost to Kojonup at the weekend — this weekend. However, Deanmill will be working hard to ensure the Roos can’t win by the margin necessary to knock them out of fourth place.

Tigers played their last game of the season on Sunday, cementing themselves on the bottom of the ladder.

Southerners will play one last game against Bridgetown next week. They will remain sixth even with a win.

Imperials will take on Kojonup next week after a bye in a must-watch match that will determine who will enter finals in second place.

Next week’s fixtures:

Saturday

Kojonup v Imperials (1pm) at Kojonup Sporting Complex

Boyup Brook v Deanmill (2pm) at Boyup Brook Oval

Sunday

Southerners v Bridgetown (2pm) at Pemberton Oval

Tigers bye