One-Percenters: Journeyman forward Trevor Rigney reaches 1000 career goals while playing for O’Sullivan Beach/Lonsdale
Kicking 1000 goals is a rare feat but O’Sullivan Beach/Lonsdale veteran Trevor Rigney has now passed the milestone. Plus, Lockleys loves Hope Valley’s gravy and Jared Polec’s twin kicks another bag – those and more in this week’s One-Percenters.
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Here are some things that caught our eye in round two:
TREV KICKS 1000TH CAREER GOAL
O’Sullivan Beach/Lonsdale veteran Trevor Rigney forgot he was on the brink of kicking 1000 career goals going into the division six season.
In fact, the 35-year-old full-forward reckons he only remembered just before the game that he needed one goal to reach the milestone.
About five minutes into the first quarter, Rigney achieved it after slotting a goal from 30m out, directly in front from a high-contact free kick.
“The whole team was onto it so they all ran up – everyone from the backlines as well, which was awesome and a good feeling,” Rigney said.
“It was good to get it over and done with.
“Thanks to my teammates for kicking me the footy.”
Unfortunately for Rigney and Sullies, they went on to lose the match 18.17 (125) to 7.6 (48).
Rigney finished the game with three goals and was named third-best for the hosts.
He has since had time to reflect on his achievement.
“I’ve been playing for 19 years now and didn’t really expect it to happen – I just take every game as it comes,” said Rigney, who booted five goals in the round one loss to Brahma Lodge.
“It’s not something I aim for, I just try to win.”
A football journeyman, Rigney was an O’Sullivan Beach/Lonsdale junior and made his A-grade debut for the club in 2000 before playing 12 league games for South Adelaide.
Stints at Brighton, Jervois, Kingston, Peake and McLaren followed but he decided to rejoin Sullies last year after they moved from the Southern Football League to the amateurs.
And Rigney was brilliant at his original club, kicking 105 goals for the season, including a Lions record 21 in one game, to help O’Sullivan Beach/Lonsdale reach the grand final.
He singled out the goal he kicked last year to reach his century as the most special of his career, “even though it was one of the most basic ones”.
Rigney said the club, now under new coach Ben Hardy, was staying confident despite slipping to 0-2 for the season.
“We know we’ve got a lot of improvement to do and hopefully in the next few weeks it’ll show when we get our full side on the track,” he said.
HOW TO MAKE GRAVY
Lockleys lost both its A and B-grade division five games away to Hope Valley on Saturday but the home ground’s canteen seemed to be a big winner for the visitors.
After the matches, which Hope Valley won 16.15 (111) to 9.10 (64) and 9.4 (58) to 7.11 (53), a Lockleys member posted on Facebook about how the club was “raving about the chips and gravy” and was seeking the name of the gravy brand used.
It led to this amusing response from Hope Valley – but no mentioning of the gravy brand, as far as we could tell.
HAY NOT IN HOT WATER
Salisbury North’s Callum Hay appeared to be in hot water on Saturday when he received a red card during the second quarter for a sling tackle.
But the former Power-listed player was granted a reprieve after the division two match against Modbury when the umpire reviewed the footage, changed his decision and rescinded the card.
The Adelaide Footy League deregistered Hay in 2013 for exceeding the competition’s 12-game suspension threshold but gave him a second chance last season following an application to the league.
Any fresh suspensions would throw Hay’s future in the league into doubt once again.
Hay played out the second half as Salisbury North won 12.8 (80) to 6.10 (40) at Modbury Sports Reserve to start the season 2-0.
ANOTHER POLEC IN FORM
Jared Polec may no longer be playing for Port Adelaide but there is still a Polec making his mark in SA.
Daniel Polec, North Melbourne wingman Jared’s twin brother, has begun the season in hot form for Pulteney in division five.
The 26-year-old has booted 14 goals in the first two games, kicking a bag of seven in each.
Polec got on the end of his teammates’ good work on Saturday in a 30.21 (201) to 7.6 (48) thrashing of Rosewater at Morgan Oval.
Last year Tom Langford reached the century mark of goals for the Navy Blues but he left the club in the off-season.
ROOS’ SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT
Last week we mentioned Morphettville Park’s division three reserves side had a tough start to the season and hoped things would improve for them.
Well they did ... sort of.
The Roos, smashed by 213 points by Golden Grove in round one without scoring, lost 31.17 (203) to 2.0 (12) to Old Ignatians at home on Saturday.
Ryan Broome and Lachlan Hill kicked Morphettville Park’s only goals.
The Roos can take some solace from Golden Grove also thumping Portland on the weekend, 32.10 (202) to 0.1 (1).
QUADRUPLE-HEADER, LIGHTS FIRST
It was a day of two firsts at Athelstone’s Max Amber Sportsfield on Saturday as the Raggies hosted PHOS Camden.
Not only was it Athelstone’s inaugural home quadruple-header as a Raggies masters team took to the field for the first time but they debuted under the ground’s new lights.
Their As (division two) went down 13.11 (89) to 12.8 (80) to the Phantoms, the Bs fell 16.8 (104) to 11.9 (75) and the Cs were trounced 24.22 (166) to 3.5 (23).
15 OUT OF 20 AIN’T BAD
If you kick 15 of your side’s 20 goals, safe to say you’ve had a pretty good day.
That was the case for Antonio Scaffidi-Muta, who booted three quarters of Blackfriars Old Scholars’ majors in their 20.9 (129) to 6.7 (43) division five reserves thumping of Trinity Old Scholars at home on Saturday.
The full-forward even had two players standing on him in the goalsquare at various stages but that did not stop him from hitting the scoreboard.
Scaffidi-Muta, who kicked 35 goals in 11 A-grade games for the Hounds last year, was unsurprisingly named best on Saturday.
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