SOUTH Australia and Western Australia have scored victories in another day of upsets at the 2008 NAB AFL Under 16 Championships on the Gold Coast.
In results mirroring those of yesterdays division two matches, comfortable first round winners Vic Metro and Vic Country were both beaten.
South Australia’s dramatic one-point victory over the highly fancied Vic Metro was led by centre-half-forward Jake Von Bertouch who booted two goals.
David Swallow, the brother of North Melbourne midfielder Andrew Swallow was best afield for Western Australia in its strong win over Vic Country.
All eight teams in the division one and two competitions are now locked on one win each.
The winners from this weekends round of matches will clash in the finals, to played as curtain raisers to the 2008 AFL Grand Final on Saturday, September 27.
Results from today’s matches played at Southport:
South Australia 11.15 (81) d Vic Metro 11.14 (80)
GOALS
South Australia: Solly 4, Von Bertouch 2, Gray, Milera, Blair, McIntyre, Hales
Vic Metro: O’Shea 3, Mitchell 2, Gaff 2, Conway 2, Toy, Wilson
BEST
South Australia: Von Bertouch, Armfield, Jolly, Gray Lyatt, Solly, Sutcliffe, Polec
Vic Metro: Prestia, Gaff, Conway, Toy, O’Shea, Gordon.
Western Australia 20.14 (134) d Vic Country 11.9 (75)
GOALS
Western Australia: Matera 4, Jones 4, Pezzali 3, Darling 2, Faulkner, Hancock, Dobson, Butcher, Swallow, McDonald, Murray
Vic Country: Russell 4, Keath 4, Semmens, Salton, Slabbert
BEST
Western Australia: Swallow, Faulkner, York, Wilson, Feeny, Matera, Cripps, Pezzali, Butcher
Vic Country: Davis, Cook, Keath, Patone, Langham, Hallahan, Macleod.
Fixture of matches for Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3:
Division one
Sunday, August 3
Western Australia v South Australia, 10am at Carrara
Vic Metro v Vic Country, 12.30pm at Carrara
Division two
Saturday, August 2
Northern Territory v Queensland, 10am at Southport
NSW/ACT v Tasmania, 12.30pm at Southport
