The Cardiff Hawks have broken an eight-year drought at Hylton Moore Oval by reversing last year’s Black Diamond AFL grand-final result and defeating defending champions the Terrigal Avoca Panthers in Saturday’s second-round encounter.
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Jack Lennon, Trent Thompson and Josh Murphy kicked three majors each in the Hawks’ 26-point victory in what marked a significant moment for the 2017 runner’s up.
“It’s the first time we’ve beaten Terrigal at home [at Terrigal] in eight years so it was an important day for us,” Hawks coach Nathan Harkness said.
The mentor said recent conjecture the Hawks were reliant on only a few players was put to bed in this performance, resulting in a 14.8 (92) to 9.12 (66) scoreline.
“There’s a school of thought out there that we’re only a three or four man team, but we’re absolutely not that,” Harkness said.
“Our major, gun representative players like captain Simon O’Brien and Tom Yensch weren’t even in our best players on Saturday.
“It was others guys who have been around the club for a while standing up, like Trent Thompson and Jack Lennon.”
Elsewhere on Saturday and Patrick Gillingham booted six goals in Newcastle City’s 173-point thumping of Lake Macquarie at Tulkaba Park, visiting Killarney Vale breezed past Nelson Bay by 69 points, Gosford got over hosts Maitland by 10 and Singleton beat Warnes Bay by 9 at Rose Point Park.
Wyong Lakes had the bye.
RESULTS: Killarney Vale 16.11 (107) def Nelson Bay 5.8 (38); Lake Macquarie 2.3 (15) def Newcastle City 29.14 (188); Gosford 6.12 (48) def Maitland 6.2 (38); Singleton 7.9 (51) def Warners Bay 5.10 (40); Cardiff 14.8 (92) def Terrigal Avoca 9.12 (66).
Meanwhile in the Black Diamond AFL women’s competition Morgan Ross kicked seven goals in Terrigal Avoca’s victory on Saturday while Nelson Bay, Newcastle City Stars, Maitland, Singleton, Newcastle City Novas, Gosford and Port Stephens were also successful.
RESULTS: Nelson Bay 7.7 (49) def Killarney Vale 2.4 (16); Newcastle City Stars 10.14 (74) def Lake Macquarie 1.4 (10); Maitland 14.14 (98) def Muswellbrook 0.2 (2); Singleton 4.4 (28) def Warners Bay 3.6 (24); Terrigal Avoca 17.21 (123) def The Entrance Bateau Bay 1.0 (6); Newcastle City Novas 8.10 (58) def 3.4 (22); Gosford 13.14 (92) def Cardiff 1.5 (11); Port Stephens def Wallsend West Newcastle (forfeit).
