Top WBNA sides face off

Top WBNA sides face off

MILLICENT V EAST

It is the top of the table clash and will feature seven of the nine players that were part of Western Border’s SA Country Championship winning senior side on the June Long Weekend.

East enters the clash undefeated and much will depend on Millicent’s ability to shut down the scoring opportunities for goalers Tenille Gray and Amryn Bosko.

Gray is coming off another high quality country championships performance and so is Bosko – a key part of the 17 & Under championship winning team.

It means Portia McRae, another 17 & Under championship winning player, Hannah Nitschke, who has part of the senior title winning side, and Kimmi Tincknell will need to work overtime to deny the accurate shooting duo easy ball.

Millicent’s attack line thrives on speed of ball, with all three players able to fill the shooting and attacking wing roles, and they will be looking to use that speed to keep the East defensive combination of Bo Creek, Lisa Fyfe and Tyne Bosko, who will hopefully have recovered from her Long Weekend injury, on the back foot.

East still looks to have the edge but expect a closer game than the first round.

WEST V NORTH

West holds a one-nil head to head with the Tigers this season and both sides will be keen to stamp their authority on this clash and show they are a genuine contender for the 2021 title.

Both ends of the court have strong goal shooters who finish accurately and it denying supply to Caroline Davey (North) and Sarah Ritter (West) respectively that will be the priority of each line-up, with full court defensive the only solution.

The players charged with denying those two shooting machines easy ball are Jade Ritter (West) and Maddie Whaites (North), with Ritter coming off a really good performance at the SA Country Championship and Whaites arguably the best keeper in the competition.

Lisa McGregor was a late call up for the Western Border SA Country Championships team and showed her usual composure and smarts, while Ellen Brown has pace to burn and is not afraid of taking the long shot.

It looms as a nailbiter with West again taking the points.

SOUTH V CASTERTON SANDFORD

The trickiest part of analysing this contest between South Gambier and Casterton Sandford is knowing who will line up for each team, with injury and player unavailability seeing these two sides rarely fielding the same team in consecutive rounds.

The Demons got the better of the side’s first round clash but did have a couple of their university students back for the round and the Cats lost key defender Caeleigh Humphries to injury early in the clash.

It makes this weekend’s clash a bit of an unknown but Casterton Sandford knows it needs to hault the delivery to tall South shooter Grace Edwards.

Ebany Jarrad or Claire Foster will get the job and both are tough young defenders who love contesting the ball in the air.

The Cats defence also have to contend with young goal attack Lara Munro and Alyssa Duncan, who was a big part of the Western Border’s 17 & Under championship winning team.

South looks to just have the edge to secure a home victory.

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