Ahead of Round 3 with the Easter break this weekend, Premier Data has released some of the top stat getters from the first two rounds in Division One seniors.
Healesville and Yarra Glen have had contrasting starts to the season, the former with two wins and the latter with two losses. The local rivals met in Round 2, Healesville coming home after a Yarra Glen fightback left them five points short with a final scoreline of 11.15, 81 to 10.16, 76.
Healesville’s Max Donegan is one of the leading goalkickers for the league in equal fifth position of 5, while Charlie Wood and Lachlan Telford are Yarra Glen’s top goalkickers on 4 each.
Yarra Glen is strongly represented in the ranking points, Richard Wyles well clear in first with 306, while Lachlan Telford (210) and Blake Binion (202) round off the top five. Wyles has been massive for Yarra Glen so far this season, first for tackles (21), third for disposals (53) and fifth for loose ball gets (18) and Binion similarly, with the most disposals (61) and second-most rebound 50’s (21) league-wide. Telford has been driving the team forward too, with the fifth most inside 50’s (10) and keeping it there with 15 tackles (fourth). Sam Borsley has also joined in with his tenacious tackling teammates with 20 of his own (second).
Healesville’s Connor Ballingal has been both strong in the air and on the ground, top for marks with 19, fifth for disposals with 52 and second for loose ball gets with 20. Teammate Sam Geber is also getting the ball in dispute with 19 loose ball gets, equal third.
Tennyson Amarant and Lochie Oliver have been getting the ball out from the contest, equal second for clearances with 9 apiece.
Both sides have had plenty of service from their rucks in the opening rounds, with Healesville’s Will Kristelly-Kelety smashing everyone out of the park with 91 hitouts, while Yarra Glen’s Jason Godfrey has a respectable 32 for fourth-most, an impressive feat considering he has already faced Kristelly-Kelety. Kristelly-Kelety has been a force going forward too, with 13 score involvements the equal second-best in the division.
Luke Chandler has been Healesville’s repelling force from defence, with 8 rebound 50’s enough for fifth-best in the league.
Yarra Glen’s Jimmy Marks and Ryan Smith have not failed to do their best to shut down their opponents, leading all comers with 9 spoils each.
Yarra Glen takes on the high-flying Seville away from home and Healesville welcome the struggling Belgrave to their home ground after the Easter break.
