News From The Reserves

- In the VFL, Geelong defeated Coburg Tigers by 17 points with axed-Cats ruckman Mark Blake amongst the best for the winners.

For the Tigers, Richmond outcast Joel Bowden was their best afield while Graham Polak, Adam Pattison and Nathan Brown were all named in the best.

Casey Scorpions thumped Collingwood by 62 points this weekend with Melbourne's Matthew Newton booting another haul with 4 goals this week for Casey. Another Demon, Shane Valenti, was good too.

For Collingwood, Chris Bryan was good again with 3 goals, while Steele Sidebottom kicked a goal and was amongst the best. Also Ryan Cook was a star for the Pies.

Port Melbourne got the better of an improved Bendigo Bombers winning by 13 points. For the Bombers brigade, Nathan Lovett-Murray was excellent with 3 goals, while Bachar Houli and David Zaharakis (1 goal) were in the best.

Williamstown knocked off Box Hill by 23 points this weekend. For Williamstown's Bulldogs bunch, Wayde Skipper was very good, while Guy O'Keefe and Andrejs Everitt were in the best too.

For the Hawks, Stuart Dew kicked 3 goals and was in the best despite a reported hamstring problem, while Travis Tuck and Brendan Whitecross were good too.

Frankston grabbed their second win of the year with 23-point triumph over Werribee Tigers, who had North Melbourne's Ben Ross kick 2 goals.

The Northern Bullants produced an upset beating North Ballarat by 4 points. For the Bullants' Carlton brigade, bigman Cameron Cloke was excellent with 5 goals, while Richard Hadley was BOG. Jeff Garlett kicked 2 goals also.

For the Roosters' North Melbourne bunch, Aaron Edwards was pretty good with 2 goals while Matt Campbell booted 2 snags as well.

- In the SANFL, Central District beat the Eagles by 11 points with Adelaide's Jared Petrenko amongst the best for the losers. Adelaide's Trent Hentschel and Jon Griffin both returned in the match, but didn't grab much of a mention in the match reports.

North Adelaide defeated West Adelaide by 5 goals with Adelaide's Phil Davis running amok down back with an excellent game.

Glenelg knocked off Port by a goal in a close one, with Josh Carr serviceable with 2 goals and featuring amongst the best. For Port, Peter Burgoyne was just okay. Another Power player, Danny Meyer was a late withdrawal for the Bays with 'wisdom teeth issues'.

- In the WAFL, Subiaco pushed up towards the top of the ladder again with a 31-point win over East Fremantle. West Coast's Chad Fletcher was excellent with 41 touches.

Perth defeated Claremont by 25 points, with Eagles midfielder Tom Swift good, while another WCE man Beau Wilkes struggled a bit up forward booting just one snag.

East Perth knocked off Swans by 44 points, with Fremantle rookie Hamish Shepheard working the ruck for the Royals and grabbing 2 late goals despite an injury in Q3.

- In the Canberra AFL, Sydney Swans reserves flogged another opponent this weekend with a 120-point victory over Queanbeyan. Matt O'Dwyer was BOG, Amon Buchanan (2 goals) was good and could return to the seniors soon, while Leo Barry returned to fitness up forward with 3 goals and Matthew Laidlaw booted 4 snags too.

- In the QAFL, the Brisbane Lions reserves didn't have a game as Round 14 is the split-round up in Queensland.