Woori Yallock faced Olinda Ferny Creek at the Woori Yallock Recreation Reserve on Saturday 31 May in a closely fought match, as the two teams battled it out for the second position on the ladder.
The Tigers opened the scoring in the first quarter with a Monkhorst goal before Olinda responded with their own.
Not much was made throughout the first quarter though as Woori weren’t able to capitalise on chances and Olinda could only manage two behinds on top of the goal kicked earlier.
The two teams were neck and neck as they battled it out into the second quarter.
Olinda pounced in the second, and for a while, Olinda seemed to dominate the scoreline as they kicked a two goals and a handful of behinds to put them in front, 16-24.
But, their failure to kick between the big sticks meant Woori still had some skin in the game, and the Tigers bit back with two back to back goals themselves, courtesy of Dare and Gibson.
Woori’s momentum at the end of the second quarter carried on into the third as they kicked another double, this time by half back Cameron and half forward Gibson.
But, this was a game of twists and turns, and Olinda remained competitive.
The rest of the third quarter saw Olinda stamp out the fire that burned in the Tigers’ players.
Olinda clawed back and dominated the rest of the third, kicking goal after goal, and Woori had no response to it.
But after the quick break, the Tigers drew upon a determination deep within them, and stirred up the pitch for a ferocious fourth quarter.
An absolutely golden Gibson display saw the half forward kick three goals to put Woori within a point of Olinda, before securing another behind to equal the scoreline 60-60.
Olinda managed to nab a behind in response, and for four minutes, they remained in front by a single point.
But the Tigers equalised again at the 18 minute mark.
In a gut wrenching final two minutes, the Tigers took the win with a behind kicked in the 20th minute, in what was a match to remember.
Final scoreline was 62-61.
Woori’s best were Taylor Gibson, Mitchell Arnold, Ryley Monkhorst, Robert Allen, Oscar Simpson, Kody Busoli.
Olinda’s best were Matthew Scharenberg, Percy Hyett, Lachlan Taylor, Lachlan Kennedy, Noah Desta, Josh Wallis.
