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Jordyn Grubisic
Jordyn Grubisic
Jordyn Grubisic is a senior journalist for the North Central Review primarily covering politics at all levels and sport with a particular interest in basketball. Since 2019 she has worked for several publications across Victoria including most recently at the Alexandra Standard and Yea Chronicle. She is always keen to hear from local community members about issues they face and has an interest in crime and court reporting.

A tough day in front of goals factored into Kilmore’s loss to Old Eltham Collegians at home on Saturday.

The final score was 2.10 (22) to 7.13 (55) in round nine of Northern Football Netball League’s division three.

In a physical contest, the Blues struggled to convert on the scoreboard despite their efforts around the ground impressing coach Paul Derrick.

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The Blues were held goalless in the first quarter while the Turtles scored two.

In the second quarter, Kilmore was able to kick one goal while Old Eltham did not score for the term.

Kilmore kicked its second goal in the third quarter but couldn’t convert anything else for the remainder of the match.

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Derrick said it was his side’s forward half conversion that let the Blues down.

“It was a good game of footy, we just didn’t capitalise going forward at all,” he said.

“I think we had 38 inside 50s and kicked two goals. That always hurts.

“I think that was probably the difference and Old Eltham’s full forward was really good. He kicked four whereas we didn’t capitalise when we were forward.”

It was a physical contest between the two sides with Derrick preparing his young side for the physicality prior to the game.

“It was good to see the young kids handle it. I wasn’t sure how they’d go. I knew it was going to be physical and we gee’d the boys but there was that concern about how they’d handle it. But they were really good,” he said.

“We matched them physically and it was probably only a little bit of polish we were missing on the weekend.”

Derrick said competing for the ball and around the contests was a major focus for the Blues.

“We needed a four-quarter effort and I think they gave that on the weekend. They tried their butts off. They tried all day and I couldn’t fault their efforts, it was more so just some skill errors and not hitting the scoreboard hurt us a lot,” he said.

“Even in the last quarter they could’ve faded away but they didn’t. They fought really hard.

“Everyone was trying, it was just we didn’t have the polish to finish it off.”

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Derrick said Leigh Irons did a fantastic job in the midfield. Ethan Derrick was moved into the backline and played well on Old Eltham’s Nicholas Milne.

Around the ground, Caden Fitzpatrick impressed in the ruck.

Kilmore has another home game this Saturday against Laurimar.

Derrick said the side would continue to work on ball use.

“At times it’s really good and at times we just pick the wrong option but that’s just young fellas who haven’t played a lot of footy still adapting,” he said.

“This is the second half of the year so everything we’ve done against each team we want to improve on.

“We get Laurimar this week so hopefully a big improvement from where we were in round one is what we’re looking for.

“In our side at the moment, I think there’s six or seven under 19s and a couple of those are first year under 19s like Lachlan Chester. There’s also the ones who are just out of under 19s. I think all up there’s around 19 or so with under 25 games.

“It’s a really young side. They’re easy to coach because they’re really keen and it’s just making sure they keep getting better. That’s the aim.”

In Northern Football Netball League division one, Whittlesea lost to Greensborough 4.5 (29) to 14.21 (105) at home on Saturday.

Max Dyson, in his 250th senior game, Xavier Dimasi and Josh Eid were named in Whittlesea’s best.

The Eagles will host Montmorency at home Saturday.

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