David HardingLaunceston out for revenge
July 21st 2010 16:28
Sourced: The Mercury - The Voice of Tasmania
by Adam Smith
UNDEFEATED since a round-six mauling by Clarence, Launceston gets the chance to exact revenge this Saturday when it hosts the Roos at Windsor Park for the second time in 2010.
And it's a challenge key defender Gene Savage says the club is fully prepared for.
Clarence is flying unbeaten atop the State League ladder but the cracks have started appearing - highlighted last round when a five-goal final term from Trent Standen helped turn a three-quarter time deficit against Devonport.
The Blues have gathered their own momentum in the past eight matches and will head into the top of the table blockbuster full of confidence.
Launceston jumped the Roos in the last encounter, booting 5.6 to 1.0 in the first term before being outscored 20.11 to 5.4 for the rest of the match to lose by 67-points.
But Savage, older brother of Clarence's Brennan, believes the Blues are a far different outfit from earlier in the year.
"To test yourself against the benchmark is why you play football, hopefully we give a good account of ourselves," the 30-year-old removalist said yesterday.
"We are a completely different side than we were last time we met. We started off the game really well but after that they had a run on.
"All good sides will have that, if you are beating Clarence, you are not going to control them for the whole game.
"Once they got their tails up, they started to control the game and we became undisciplined, we gave away a lot of free kicks and we were rather unsavoury to the umpires and that didn't play in our favour.
"That was where we sat back and had a look at it. It's definitely one of the major reasons we have changed the season around for ourselves."
Savage, who retired at the end of 2005 just as the club went on to a "three-peat" in the NTFL from 2006-08, is also a chance to line up on Brennan should his younger sibling be used in a forward role.
However the 30-year-old claimed the family rivalry is hype.
"It's interesting, people talk it up a bit more than what Brennan and I worry about but it is good to challenge yourself against your brother," he said.
"He has been playing good footy for the last few years."
by Adam Smith
UNDEFEATED since a round-six mauling by Clarence, Launceston gets the chance to exact revenge this Saturday when it hosts the Roos at Windsor Park for the second time in 2010.
Launceston's Glen Savage is a chance to play on his brother Brennan when the Blues take on the Roos on Saturday. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-Jones
And it's a challenge key defender Gene Savage says the club is fully prepared for.
Clarence is flying unbeaten atop the State League ladder but the cracks have started appearing - highlighted last round when a five-goal final term from Trent Standen helped turn a three-quarter time deficit against Devonport.
The Blues have gathered their own momentum in the past eight matches and will head into the top of the table blockbuster full of confidence.
Launceston jumped the Roos in the last encounter, booting 5.6 to 1.0 in the first term before being outscored 20.11 to 5.4 for the rest of the match to lose by 67-points.
But Savage, older brother of Clarence's Brennan, believes the Blues are a far different outfit from earlier in the year.
"To test yourself against the benchmark is why you play football, hopefully we give a good account of ourselves," the 30-year-old removalist said yesterday.
"We are a completely different side than we were last time we met. We started off the game really well but after that they had a run on.
"All good sides will have that, if you are beating Clarence, you are not going to control them for the whole game.
"Once they got their tails up, they started to control the game and we became undisciplined, we gave away a lot of free kicks and we were rather unsavoury to the umpires and that didn't play in our favour.
"That was where we sat back and had a look at it. It's definitely one of the major reasons we have changed the season around for ourselves."
Savage, who retired at the end of 2005 just as the club went on to a "three-peat" in the NTFL from 2006-08, is also a chance to line up on Brennan should his younger sibling be used in a forward role.
However the 30-year-old claimed the family rivalry is hype.
"It's interesting, people talk it up a bit more than what Brennan and I worry about but it is good to challenge yourself against your brother," he said.
"He has been playing good footy for the last few years."
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