Updated 27.7.2010 by Jarrod Lienert

Imperials hosted Mypolonga at Johnstone Park on Saturday and that seemed to be a strong factor winning all 4 grades convincingly.

The Blues were expected to win the league match by a huge margin after the Tigers got thumped against Ramblers last week but the Tigers came out all guns blazing, playing with some confidence that they haven’t produced all season, quick ball movement was certainly a feature that set up the 26 point margin at the first change.

The Blues came out in the second term and hit their straps. Jamie Honner started to get on top in the ruck and the midfielders in Jason Puiatti, Ryan Eyre and Henry Hodge delivering to the gun recruit Joel Fitzgerald who was unstoppable at full forward. The Blues managed to not only reduce the deficit but pushed ahead to lead at the half by 14 points.

In the 3^rd term the Blues didn’t take their foot of the pedal continually hitting up Fitzgerald who didn’t let them down kicking many goals from up to 60 metres out. The Blues backline was solid as always with Puiatti and Jordan Hollitt giving them some drive. Mypolonga only kicked 2 goals in this quarter to 10 and the game was most certainly over.

As the 3^rd quarter ended the Fitzgerald show just began. He was kicking goals at will in the final term, pushing towards Robert Cichowski’s record of 23 goals in a match. The Blues continued to pile on the pressure on the younger less experienced Tigers and the goals kept on coming from Big Fitzy. In the end the Blues proved just too strong for the inexperienced Tigers running out winners 36 goals 21 to Mypolonga 15 goals 1. The Tigers accurate kicking gave them some respectability on the scoreboard. Best players for the Blues were Fitzgerald who finished with 21 goals which is a remarkable effort, Honner, Harrowfield, Eyre and Puiatti also featured in the best. While best for the Tigers were Adam Eckermann, Simon Norris and Brad Martin who kicked 3 goals.

In the reserves match Imperials proved too quick and nibble for a Mypolonga outfit that lacked a bit of pace. The Blues ran out winners by 74 points. They raced out of the blocks and were never headed after leading at the first change by 4 goals. Best players for Imperials were Jarad Kuchel who is getting better with every game he plays, Tom Hines proved that he is A grade material and Tom Puiatti.

The under 17 match was shaped as the clash of the day with the winner claiming an outright 3^rd position. In the end the Blues ran out convincing winners by 91 points. The Blues had previously lost to the Tigers in their past to meetings but they were simply too good at home. They ran the Tigers off the feet and they finished off nicely through Sean Samblich and Keelan White. Best players for the Blues were Tyson Prosser, Jacob Rance and Louis De Michele.

The under 15s match was set up to be a blockbuster of a match. The winner would claim top spot. Sadly this game did disappoint if you were a Mypo supporter. The blues were simply too good producing some ball movement that the A grade team would be happy with. They ran out convincing winners by 89 points in a surprisingly one sided match. Best players for the blues went to Captain Dwayne Wilson who was winning his own ball in the midfield as well as pushing forward and kicking goals along with Aiden Hall and Nat Wright who also got forward kicking 2 and 3 goals respectively.