Kangaroos jump back to winning ways over Thorpdale

A PRE-SEASON pick as a top four side, Fish Creek's fortunes have been diabolical for most of 2022.

The Kangaroos, hit by COVID, injuries and therefore limited player availability have coughed and spluttered their way through most of the year, never really able to fire in the way in which they had planned.

Travelling to take on Thorpdale on the Blues home deck, it was time to jump back on the winners list again, with a solid win enough to please their coach.

"Every week poses a challenge, the competition is so even, which is fantastic,” said John Danckert, Fish Creek.

“We played well in parts, Thorpdale are a really proud club, we knew that and they came at us time and time again, we were lucky enough to get the win.”

Thorpdale did what they do, they were good in parts, but still need time and patience to be better for longer, the line between average and good enough is not that far apart.

Ray Pickering, Thorpdale coach added, "The boys put in all game, some really good patches that saw us dominate the play but lacking some polish that doesn't see us getting the full reward for effort, but some really good positives to take forward."

At season start you might not have thought that Thorpdale could steal a win from Mirboo North on the Tigers home ground, but this week the Blues will get that chance to be rewarded for their effort.