Men’s hummel F-League finalists decided
Wow, what a finish to the hummel 2014 Mens F-League, with East Coast Heat, Vic Vipers and Boomerangs FS joining premiers Dural Warriors in this season’s finals.
A full weekend of action saw Boomerangs FS belt Capital FC 14-3 and South Brisbane 7-4, Dural Warriors beat Sydney Scorpions 4-nil, Vic Vipers stung East Coast Heat 6-2, while South Brisbane picked up its first points with an amazing 8-7 win against Capital FC.
Sydney Scorpions held Vic Vipers 3-1, Boomerangs FS downed South Brisbane 7-4 and Dural Warriors blitzed the Vic Vipers 6-zip to set a new high for the premiership by accumulating 42 points, well clear of East Coast Heat (28), Vic Vipers (25), Boomerangs FS (22), Sydney Scorpions (22) and St Albans Strikers (16).
It’s finals time in the Men’s 2014 hummel F-League with premiers Dural Warriors up against Boomerangs FS at Valentine Sports Park on Saturday afternoon, while East Coast Heat meet Vic Vipers at the same venue in the evening. The grand final is scheduled for Valentine Sports Park on Sunday afternoon.
The goalscorers charts is pretty clearcut with a dozen players reaching double-figures over winter: Fernando De Moraes (Vic Vipers) 24, Jose Portillo (St Albans Strikers) 18, Jarrod Basger (Dural Warriors) 18, Daniel Bennett (Boomerangs FS) 16, Mark Symington (Sydney Scorpions) 14, Chris Zeballos (East Coast Heat) 14, Scott Fenn (South Brisbane) 12, Daniel Martinez (Sydney Scorpions) 11, Jordan Guerreiro (East Coast Heat) 11, Michael Rinaudo (Capital FC) 10, Chris Polkinghorne (Dural Warriors) 10, and Shervin Adeli (Sydney Scorpions) 10.
Capital FC 3 (Aidan Brown, Richard Moon, Sean O’Neill) Boomerangs 14 (Daniel Bennett 3, Glenn Smith 2, Michael Reeve 2, Daniel Fulton 2, Thomas Zeitlhofer, Jonathan Ciminelli, Jason O’Dwyer, Callum Smith, Jake Wilsener)
Dural Warriors 4 (Greg Giovenali, Wade Giovenali, Daine Merrin, Blake Rosier) Sydney Scorpions 0
East Coast Heat 2 (Matthew Mazevski, Jordan Guerreiro) Vic Vipers 6 (Vitor Brauner 2, Matthew Vragovski, Thiago Priori, Fernando De Moraes, Adam Cooper)
Capital FC 7 (Daniel Giovinazzo 3, Sean O’Neill, Joshua Calabria, Richard Moon, Brad Sawyer) South Brisbane 8 (Igor Sao Jose 3, Scott Fenn 2, Pascal Budini-Glass 2, Andre Gimenez Barbosa)
Sydney Scorpions 3 (Daniel Fogarty 2, Shervin Adeli) Vic Vipers 1 (Adam Cooper)
Boomerangs 7 (Callum Smith 2, Jonathan Ciminelli 2, Daniel Bennett, Daniel Fulton) South Brisbane 4 (Andre Gimenez Barbosa, Scott Fenn, Igor Sao Jose, Caleb Urlich)
Dural Warriors 6 (Greg Giovenali 3, Jarrod Basger, Wade Giovenali, Tobias Seeto) Vic Vipers 0
Boomerangs belt Capital
Boomerangs FS were well in control of their 14-3 shellacking of neighbours Capital FC at the AIS Training Halls on Friday night.
Daniel Bennett’s hat-trick supported by Glenn Smith, Michael Reeve and Daniel Fulton braces secured Boomerangs FS a double-derby delight this winter.
The 14-3 scoreline was the fourth-highest goal yield in hummel F-League history (short of the 23 scored in Parramatta’s 15-8 win over St Albans in 2012), equal fourth-highest winning margin, shared the highest number of game scorers (12), and nine Boomerangs FS scorers rivaled their effort against St Albans (in 2013) and Melbourne Heart versus St Albans (2012).
Capital FC 3 (Aidan Brown, Richard Moon, Sean O’Neill)
Boomerangs 14 (Daniel Bennett 3, Glenn Smith 2, Michael Reeve 2, Daniel Fulton 2, Thomas Zeitlhofer, Jonathan Ciminelli, Jason O’Dwyer, Callum Smith, Jake Wilsener)
Warriors stomp Scorpions
Dural Warriors downed cross-town rivals Sydney Scorpions 4-0 at Dural Sport & Leisure Centre on Friday night, eight yellow cards dished out in a passionate and sometimes fiery encounter.
The newly crowned premiers were tested in the opening period and led by two goals at the break, and they were made to work just as hard in the second term (even with the dismissal of Sydney Scorpions target Dean Lockhart) to register an impressive 13th straight hummel F-League victory – Greg Giovenali, Wade Giovenali, Daine Merrin and Blake Rosier penning their name on the scoresheet.
Dural’s fourth hummel F-League cleansheet is double any other team; it was the first time Sydney’s ever been held to nil, and they’re yet to beat Dural Warriors in five attempts.
Dural Warriors 4 (Greg Giovenali, Wade Giovenali, Daine Merrin, Blake Rosier)
Sydney Scorpions 0
Vipers snare Heat
Vic Vipers picked the pockets of second-placed East Coast Heat 6-2 at Valentine Sports Park on Saturday afternoon to surge into the competition’s top-four spots.
Heat’s Chris Zeballos was red-carded in the tense encounter, Vipers turning a 3-1 halftime break into a four-goal victory with Vitor Brauner grabbing a pair alongside Matthew Vragovski, Thiago Priori, Fernando De Moraes and Adam Cooper goals.
The Vics have won four in a row against East Coast and De Moraes became just the third player to score goals in 10 or more games during one season, joining Dural’s Jarrod Basger (13 games) and Boomerangs’ Daniel Fulton (10), both in 2012.
East Coast Heat 2 (Matthew Mazevski, Jordan Guerreiro)
Vic Vipers 6 (Vitor Brauner 2, Matthew Vragovski, Thiago Priori, Fernando De Moraes, Adam Cooper)
Brisbane take Capital
It took a while but South Brisbane broke through for a maiden hummel F-League win in thrilling circumstances, edging Capital FC 8-7 at the AIS Training Halls on Saturday afternoon.
It was end-to-end, all guns blazing, anything goes in a highly entertaining fixture, and why wouldn’t it have been after the sides fought out an epic 5-5 draw in Queensland just last week.
It was all locked up at 4-4 at the interval with the Capital cause not helped by Joshua Calabria’s dismissal and, driven by a tough national league introduction that’s seen them endure 12 winless matches, the northerners courageously held on to win 8-7.
An Igor Sao Jose hat-trick and Scott Fenn and Pascal Budini-Glass doubles underlined South Brisbane’s inspirational performance, Daniel Giovinazzo netting three times for the conquered.
South Brisbane captain Fenn has certainly shown a taste for the Capital; half his season’s 12 goals have come against Capital FC.
In an interesting twist, as South Brisbane ended their hummel F-League low 12-game winless streak Capital FC moved to an 11th game without success; but one record both teams managed to avoid: Capital’s 104-goal concession and South Brisbane’s 109 was just short of Jaguars, who conceded 111 times last year,
Capital FC 7 (Daniel Giovinazzo 3, Sean O’Neill, Joshua Calabria, Richard Moon, Brad Sawyer)
South Brisbane 8 (Igor Sao Jose 3, Scott Fenn 2, Pascal Budini-Glass 2, Andre Gimenez Barbosa)
Scorpions snip Vipers
Sydney Scorpions held on for a resolute 3-1 victory over Vic Vipers at Valentine Sports Park on Saturday afternoon, but in the end it wasn’t enough to save their finals fortunes after they surrendered fourth spot to Boomerangs FS on goal-difference.
Daniel Fogarty grabbed two goals and Shervin Adeli another in a tight win that also ended an incredible Vipers run of 10 straight interstate victories.
Sydney Scorpions 3 (Daniel Fogarty 2, Shervin Adeli)
Vic Vipers 1 (Adam Cooper)
Boomerangs beat Brisbane
Boomerangs FS sweated hard in a tough 7-4 win against a confident South Brisbane at the AIS Training Halls on Saturday evening.
Buoyed by their earlier success South Brisbane stuck it to their hosts and the scores were locked 4-4 at oranges; but Boomerangs FS broke away in the second half to register a vital three-goal win and leapfrog Sydney Scorpions on the points table.
Callum Smith and Jonathan Ciminelli scored twice each for Boomerangs FS, while the loss consigned this year’s wooden spoon to a resolute, resilient and improving South Brisbane.
The northerners showed true character to round out a very tough season on a high note (5-5 draw, their first win 8-7, and a tight 4-7 loss… they had lost their previous three games by a combined 29 goals), and while many teams would’ve faded South Brisbane demonstrated the potential and strategic importance of a Queensland presence in the hummel F-League.
Boomerangs 7 (Callum Smith 2, Jonathan Ciminelli 2, Daniel Bennett, Daniel Fulton)
South Brisbane 4 (Andre Gimenez Barbosa, Scott Fenn, Igor Sao Jose, Caleb Urlich)
Dural down Vics
New boss Dural Warriors shut out 2013 premiers Vic Vipers 6-0 at Dural Sport & Leisure Centre on Sunday afternoon, giving them a faultless 14-game winning season.
It was a tough first half as Vipers held their fancied hosts to a 1-0 advantage at the break, but they couldn’t do much to halt a second-half Warriors onslaught as Greg Giovenali scored three to go with Jarrod Basger, Wade Giovenali and Tobias Seeto strikes and continue Dural’s domination of the national scene.
Dural Warriors 6 (Greg Giovenali 3, Jarrod Basger, Wade Giovenali, Tobias Seeto)
Vic Vipers 0
