GNFL round five wrap: Railways thump Towns at home as the Blues march on

Railways steamrolled Towns by 68 points at the Rec on Saturday in the GNFL game of the round five.

Seth Farmer and Chris Scott had days out for the Blues with four goals and three goals respectively. Matt Kimberly once again impressed in midfield under ruck Flynn Dillon.

Meanwhile, Zane Marwick was among Towns’ best, working out of the middle in what was a tough day for the Bulldogs.

Towns got out to a fast start with the hopes of bouncing back after last week’s shock loss at home against Mullewa.

However, it didn’t take long for the Blues to respond with their vocal home crowd behind them as the midfield group of the Blues got to work with repeat inside-50s.

In the second quarter, the Blues started to run away with it. Towns’ defenders were under the pump as Railways’ forwards got to work. Towns only managed to escape their defensive 50 on a few occasions.

Railways booted five goals in the quarter while Marwick added one major to the Dogs’ total. The teams headed to the shed at half-time with the scoreboard reading Railways 6.4 (40) to Towns 2.0 (12).

Another five-goal quarter in the third sealed it for Railways but Towns weren’t without a fight, kicking three goals of their own in an attempt to get back into the game.

Towns only managed two behinds in the fourth quarter as Railways buried the game with a four-goal term. The final score was 15.12 (102) to the Blues and 5.4 (34) to the Bulldogs.

Railways will face Northampton in Kalbarri in round six this weekend while Towns will take on Rovers at Greenough Oval.

Brigades had 11 individual goalscorers in their 150-point victory against Rovers at Greenough Oval.

Alby Dean shone with six goals while Dylan Ralph and Hassan Ahmat-Watkins booted four goals and three goals respectively. The final score was Brigades 25.15 (165) to Rovers 2.3 (15).

Rovers will now shift their focus to their game against Towns at Greenough in round six while Brigades will face Chapman Valley at Mazzuchelli Oval.

At the time of publication, no results were available for Northampton and Mullewa.

AROUND THE GROUNDS

COLTS

Rovers def. by Brigades 0.1 (1) to 21.11 (137)

Railways def. Towns 11.16 (82) to 1.1 (7)

Mullewa def. Northampton 13.10 (88) to 4.9 (33)

RESERVES

Rovers def. by Brigades 8.2 (50) to 8.8 (56)

Railways def. Towns 6.5 (41) to 4.3 (27)

Mullewa vs Northampton (result not available)

WOMEN

Railways def. by Towns 2.0 (12) to 8.12 (60)

Rovers def. by Brigades 4.4 (28) to 4.7 (31)