MOUNT BURR V KONGORONG
Supporters of Mount Burr will be well pleased if they repeat the outcome of their opening round outing which was a 43-point victory at Kongorong.
Since then both teams have lost key players to injury while they have only shown occasional glimpses of finals-worthy form.
This game is probably the last chance for the Mozzies and the Hawks to stay in touch with the top four.
As a poignant note, Mount Burr players in all four grades will be donning purple socks as a fundraiser for the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation.
The socks are costing the club around $600 and the fundraising stunt has the blessing of the MSEFL hierarchy as it is a departure from the official green-and-gold colours of the club.
Raffle tickets will also be sold at Mick and Jean Walker Oval.
Mount Burr has decided to support the Foundation as popular past Mozzie footballer and cricketer Bryce Pollard succumbed to the disease at the age of 30 in 2019.
The cricket and football clubs at Mount Burr also play a light-hearted cricket match each summer in his memory.
NANGWARRY V HATHERLEIGH
The “jungle drums” are beating loudly that Hatherleigh will be tempted to rest injured players ahead of the annual visit to Nangwarry on Saturday in round 10 of the MSEFL.
The temptation is obvious as 186 points separated the teams when the 2021 home-and-away season of the MSEFL began on April 10.
At the mid-point of the season, the Eagles are secure in fourth place while the long losing sequence of the Saints shows little sign of ending.
Nangwarry has the home ground advantage as well as the benefit of a three-week break from the playing field.
After many seasons without representative honours, Saints teen Joel Virtanen played in the SE carnival on Saturday and acquitted himself well.
Hatherleigh went within one straight kick of losing to second-to-bottom Tantanoola at Tigerland in round nine.
Its sole focus in round 10 must be to play four consistent quarters and thus secure the premiership points and a percentage boost.
TANTANOOLA V ROBE
The Tigerland fixture features arguably the luckiest winner in round nine against the unluckiest loser of round nine.
Robe scaped home by a mere five points against Mount Burr at Mick and Jean Walker Oval in a match of see-sawing fortunes.
The Roosters thus narrowly avoided a hattrick of losses.
On the other hand, a barn-storming Tantanoola just narrowly failed by five points to clip the wings of the Hatherleigh Eagles at home.
After beginning the season with five losses, the Tigers had been aiming for three wins on the trot.
The seasiders do not appear to have the firepower in the on-ball division with the loss to serious injury of Penola recruit Tom Williams and assistant coach Jaryd Dawson.
One wonders if the well-resourced Roosters will go on a last-ditch recruiting drive in Adelaide ahead of the June 30 clearance deadline.
If Robe cannot defeat Tantanoola on Saturday, its premiership chances will plummet.
PORT MACDONNELL V GLENCOE
Port MacDonnell hosts Glencoe with top spots on the ladder on offer.
As undefeated ladder leader Kalangadoo has the scheduled bye, there is the mathematical possibility the Demons could leap-frog the Magpies and head the MSEFL ladders.
Not only would the seasiders have to win, their winning margin would need to be large.
There will be plenty of talent on display at the Bay as both teams were well represented in the MSEFL team which lost to the Western Border Football League at McLaughlin Park in Millicent on Saturday.
On form, the home team should win easily.
