David Harding
Cain LynchNTFA cleans up SFL
June 13th 2010 10:57
Sourced: The Mercury - The Voice of Tasmania
by JAMES BRESNEHAN
THE pride of the SFL was trodden into the KGV turf yesterday under the feet of a hard-running NTFA side.
The notherners pulled off a shock 34-point win in their representative clash.
The northern side's hit-and-run raid was based on speed of foot and precision hands, and the execution of the game plan left the SFL unable to recover.
The southern side showed only glimpses of its capabilities, eventually succumbing 12.15 (87) to 7.11 (53) to a team representing allegedly the fourth-tier competition in Tasmania.
However, NTFA coach Alan Perrin did not see it that way.
``We played as well as a State League football team today,'' Perrin said.
``We had a lot of blokes playing at this level for the first time.
``They were asked to step up and they did this is not one step up, it's two steps up to this level.''
The SFL gave the impression that a comeback was imminent.
When Claremont livewire Clinton Curtain kicked his second goal at the six-minute mark of the final term, the southerners were only 14 points down.
But the well-drilled northern side powered home with three unanswered goals.
`They just wanted it more than us,'' said SFL coach Andrew Lamprill.
``We didn't have a good day. We fumbled the footy and missed targets.
``Our boys tried hard right to the end, but I take nothing away from the NTFA they came to play.
``They ran hard at the footy and when they got it they used it well.''
The NTFA put the writing on the wall early when it kicked 3.6 to zero in the opening term. It held a 14-point break at half-time and took a 20-point lead into the final term.
The SFL was served well by the likes of midfielder Jarrod Collis, who did his best to spark the team to life, and backman Luke Browning, who came off the bench and slammed the door shut on NTFA forward Shaun Muller after he kicked two goals in the opening term.
The medal for best afield went to NTFA co-captain Daniel Sellers, 22, of Bridgenorth, who was simply electric off half-back.
``Our goal was to outrun them [SFL] and we did that really well all day,'' Sellers said.
The NTFA was outstanding with its use of handballs, racking up almost double the number of passes of its opponents.
by JAMES BRESNEHAN
THE pride of the SFL was trodden into the KGV turf yesterday under the feet of a hard-running NTFA side.
The notherners pulled off a shock 34-point win in their representative clash.
The northern side's hit-and-run raid was based on speed of foot and precision hands, and the execution of the game plan left the SFL unable to recover.
The southern side showed only glimpses of its capabilities, eventually succumbing 12.15 (87) to 7.11 (53) to a team representing allegedly the fourth-tier competition in Tasmania.
However, NTFA coach Alan Perrin did not see it that way.
``We played as well as a State League football team today,'' Perrin said.
``We had a lot of blokes playing at this level for the first time.
``They were asked to step up and they did this is not one step up, it's two steps up to this level.''
The SFL gave the impression that a comeback was imminent.
When Claremont livewire Clinton Curtain kicked his second goal at the six-minute mark of the final term, the southerners were only 14 points down.
But the well-drilled northern side powered home with three unanswered goals.
`They just wanted it more than us,'' said SFL coach Andrew Lamprill.
``We didn't have a good day. We fumbled the footy and missed targets.
``Our boys tried hard right to the end, but I take nothing away from the NTFA they came to play.
``They ran hard at the footy and when they got it they used it well.''
The NTFA put the writing on the wall early when it kicked 3.6 to zero in the opening term. It held a 14-point break at half-time and took a 20-point lead into the final term.
The SFL was served well by the likes of midfielder Jarrod Collis, who did his best to spark the team to life, and backman Luke Browning, who came off the bench and slammed the door shut on NTFA forward Shaun Muller after he kicked two goals in the opening term.
The medal for best afield went to NTFA co-captain Daniel Sellers, 22, of Bridgenorth, who was simply electric off half-back.
``Our goal was to outrun them [SFL] and we did that really well all day,'' Sellers said.
The NTFA was outstanding with its use of handballs, racking up almost double the number of passes of its opponents.
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