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Essendon and North meet in round 3 of the VFL. Their only meeting as stand alone sides last year was a rout in the ay of the Dons, winning by 11 goals in a consistent performance across the board. Essendon are coming off a bye, and the week before they had a massive win against Frankston down in Frankston, whilst North have lost their first two games against Werribee and Casey this season, and will be desperate to break that streak.
North struggled in the blustery conditions down in Casey Fields, but forward Nick Larkey was a highlight, kicking 3 goals from his 8 disposals whilst ruckman Tom Campbell had a whopping 63 hit outs and 2 goals, which saw him awarded best afield for the Roos, whilst Daniel Robinson showed why he was brought onto North's VFL list with 27 disposals and a goal in an otherwise disappointing game from the Roos.
Essendon completely and utterly destroyed Frankston in their game before the bye, winning by 121 points. Everyone played well, but the highlights were Mitch Brown's 5 goals from 17 disposals, James Stewart's 4 first half goals whilst midfielders Dylan Clarke and Trent Mynott were dominant around the stoppage, the pair getting 30 and 28 disposals respectively. The big standout though was ruckman Sam Draper, who had 39 hit outs, 22 disposals, 5 marks and 2 goals.
Possible side:
FB: Aaron Heppell - Michael Hartley - Ben McNiece
HB: Martin Gleeson - Brandon Zerk-Thatcher - Nino Lazzaro
MF: Tom Jok - Dylan Clarke - Brayden Ham
HF: Josh Begley - Noah Gown - Jayden Laverde
FF: Danny Younan - Zac Clarke - Irving Mosquito
OB: Sam Draper - Kyle Langford - Trent Mynott
IC: Jordan Houlahan - Jake Long - Matt Guelfi - Matt Dea
IC: Kurt Aylett - Jake McQueen - Heath Hocking - Ray Connellan
23P: Jake Brown
Dons by 88
North struggled in the blustery conditions down in Casey Fields, but forward Nick Larkey was a highlight, kicking 3 goals from his 8 disposals whilst ruckman Tom Campbell had a whopping 63 hit outs and 2 goals, which saw him awarded best afield for the Roos, whilst Daniel Robinson showed why he was brought onto North's VFL list with 27 disposals and a goal in an otherwise disappointing game from the Roos.
Essendon completely and utterly destroyed Frankston in their game before the bye, winning by 121 points. Everyone played well, but the highlights were Mitch Brown's 5 goals from 17 disposals, James Stewart's 4 first half goals whilst midfielders Dylan Clarke and Trent Mynott were dominant around the stoppage, the pair getting 30 and 28 disposals respectively. The big standout though was ruckman Sam Draper, who had 39 hit outs, 22 disposals, 5 marks and 2 goals.
Possible side:
FB: Aaron Heppell - Michael Hartley - Ben McNiece
HB: Martin Gleeson - Brandon Zerk-Thatcher - Nino Lazzaro
MF: Tom Jok - Dylan Clarke - Brayden Ham
HF: Josh Begley - Noah Gown - Jayden Laverde
FF: Danny Younan - Zac Clarke - Irving Mosquito
OB: Sam Draper - Kyle Langford - Trent Mynott
IC: Jordan Houlahan - Jake Long - Matt Guelfi - Matt Dea
IC: Kurt Aylett - Jake McQueen - Heath Hocking - Ray Connellan
23P: Jake Brown
Dons by 88