Tara Murray
Lancefield’s effort can’t be questioned as it again just fell short of getting a win on the board in the Riddell District Football League.
Lancefield, which is winless, continues to push each week and fell agonisingly short against Kyneton on Saturday.
It was another low scoring affair, with Kyneton leading at each of the first three breaks.
The margin was 14 points at the final break.
Lancefield kicked two goals to one in the final quarter but it wasn’t enough with Kyneton winning the battle of the Tigers, 6.10 (46)-6.6 (42).
Lancefield co-coach Andrew McTrusty said he couldn’t be prouder of the group.
“The efforts the last four to five weeks have been really good,” he said. “Yesterday [Saturday] it was a super effort.
“We had six changes from last week and five of them were injuries and we had a couple more during the game on Saturday as well.
“We can not fault the effort.”
McTrusty said they decided to go head-to-head with the Kyneton instead of looking at tagging or shutting down players.
He said they were thinking what might have been had there been a little bit more time on the clock.
“The ball was 35 metres out in a congested situation,” he said. “An extra five to 10 seconds who knows what might have happened.
“It was a good performance without getting the win.”
Lachlan Giles was the only multiple goal kicker with two goals. McTrusty said they had a number of contributors across the board.
He highlighted Lachlan and Darcy Giles and Riley O’Meara were the standouts.
For Kyneton, James Gaff and Angus Strawhorn were named its best.
McTrusty said the impact of having so many injuries throughout the season had hurt them but it wasn’t an excuse.
“We’ve had lots of changes throughout the year which makes it difficult,” he said. “They’re all training hard and they’re a great bunch of guys.
“The club is in good shape and we’re not that far off. We pushed Romsey and lost by a few points to Melton
“Against Macedon we outscored them after the first 10 minutes.”
The Tigers end to the season doesn’t get much tougher facing the top two sides, Wallan and Riddell.
McTrusty said they aren’t complaining instead relishing the opportunity.
“We get to face the top two sides in the competition,” he said. “I texted one of the players and I said there’s no better opportunity in the last two weeks of the season
“We’ve got Wallan and then Riddell, which is also our 2004 premiership reunion. We’re really excited.”
In other matches, Romsey failed the top of the table clash against Riddell, losing 19.9 (123)-5.10 (40).
Macedon had a convincing win against Woodend-Hesket, 12.9 (81)-4.5 (29), while Wallan smashed Melton Centrals, 25.12 (162)-5.7 (37).
The results mean that Wallan is up to second on the ladder.
The battle for fifth is still alive with Macedon percentage ahead of Kyneton.
