‘Exhilarating’ spectacle for fans delivers hard-fought Wolves win

The 2023 U11 A EFNL (Eastern Football Netball League) semi final turned out to be an absolute thriller. The match was the Lysterfield Wolves versus The Heathmont Jets, with the Wolves taking the win, 45-14.

The first quarter wasn’t the ideal start for Heathmont, or very exciting for spectators, as the scores were 8-0 to the Lysterfield Wolves.

The second quarter got a lot brighter for Heathmont as the margin was 9-7, although the

Lysterfield Wolves were still in front.

Both teams weren’t happy heading into the 3rd quarter, but one of them decided they were going to bring it and that was Lysterfield.

Heathmont came out and kicked the first goal and were starting to think they were going to win, but boy were they wrong!

Lysterfield went on to kick the next two before a dramatic scene occurred. Tyler, the ruckman of the Lysterfield Wolves, went up for a mark but little did he know the other ruckman from Heathmont only had eyes for him. He decided to play dirty, elbowing Tyler in the head and

making him black out for ten seconds. Unfortunately there was no consequence for the Heathmont ruckman, and Tyler was benched for the remainder of the match. That moment made Lysterfield dedicated to bring the game home so they went on and kicked the next two goals which made the score 37-7 heading into the 4th quarter.

Now Lysterfield were confident and hungry for another goal. Heathmont weren’t looking happy heading into the last quarter as they knew the game was nearly over. Heathmont kicked the first in the quarter which made Lysterfield a bit worried but Lucas Bordignon went and kicked a goal to bring home the win for Lysterfield. The final score being 45-14 to Lysterfield Wolves.

Spectator Finlay summed up the game saying, “The match was exhilarating, both sides had great players, however Lysterfield played better and got the result they were looking for.”