Home side in prime position to win the V-Line Cup

The premier under-15 competition for boys and girls in country footy will be decided on the final day. Here is our wrap of the first and second day.

Gippsland Power get together ahead of the final quarter. Picture: Shane Jones.

The Greater Western Victoria Rebels will enter the final day of the V-Line Cup with destiny in their own hands.

The V-Line Cup is being held in Ballarat for the first time with seven regions competing in the under-15s event.

Both boys and girls are competing and the hosts are impressing.

The Rebels, who didn’t play on day two, Tuesday, head into day three unbeaten and have every chance of winning.

The tournament sees three Divisions compete - girls, Division 1 boys and Division 2 boys.

The winner is decided from not only victories during the tournament but how each team develops and how much the teams impress the coaches.

If GWV can beat the Falcons in all three Divisions then the Rebels can win the title.

But there will be other teams hoping they can win after impressing on Day 2 including the Dandenong Stingrays.

Last year’s winners won four out of their six matches.

Here is the wrap on both days.

Under-15 girls

It’s been a tough campaign for the Murray Bushrangers but the great thing is the team kept on trying, regardless of the scoreboard.

The Bushrangers were been beaten by 125 and 139 points in the two games by the GWV Rebels and North East Border sides.

Chloe D'Elia was the best player for the Murray Bushrangers in their final match of the V-Line Cup. Picture: Shane Jones.

Chloe D’Elia was named as the best player for the Bushrangers in the second contest.

The Bushrangers couldn’t stop the scoring from the opposition and were lucky not to concede more after both sides were inaccurate.

For the Rebels, Scarlett Ablett kicked three goals in their win with nine others kicking a goal.

The Rebels are one of three teams unbeaten with North East Border and the Falcons joining them.

North East Border defeated Bendigo in the first game of the carnival to end the tournament with two wins.

Charlie Gibson was the best player for the North East Border girls team against the Murray Bushrangers. Picture: Shane Jones.

Border won by 28 points over the Pioneers with Abbie Spokes kicking two goals.

Charlie Gibson, who was the best player in the second contest, was one of the leading players for North East Border in the tournament.

The Falcons won on Tuesday by 44 points over Dandenong for their first win in the division.

Falcons player Evie Albones kicked four goals.

Other results saw Bendigo beat the Gippsland Power by 23 points with Dandenong getting their first win on Monday against the Power by 52 points.

For the Stingrays, Lily Brittain, Ella Bologa and Indiana Busuttil were the standouts, being named among the best players in both games.

Bendigo’s Sage Dennis was one of the best for the Pioneers.

Under-15 boys Division 2

The Dandenong Stingrays could end Division 2 as one of two unbeaten teams after a last quarter comeback helped the team to two wins over the past two days.

On Monday the Stingrays defeated the Gippsland Power by 77 points with Lachlan French kicking five goals.

Against the Falcons the Stingrays didn’t have it all their way.

Geelong led by 11 points heading into the final break before the Stingrays kicked five goals to two in the final term to win by five points.

Samuel Knights kicked four goals for the Falcons but it wasn’t enough.

The only other team unbeaten are the Rebels who won on Monday against the Murray Bushrangers by 25 points.

Warrnambool’s Oliver Turner kicked four goals for the home team with Horsham’s Liam Miller and Darley’s Jet Darcy among the best.

The Rebels take on the Falcons on Wednesday in the final match of the division.

Other results saw North East Border beat the Murray Bushrangers by 82 points on Tuesday with the Gippsland Power beating Bendigo by nine points.

North East Border lines up before the match at Mars Stadium. Picture: Shane Jones.

On Monday, Bendigo defeated North East Border by 19 points to complete the circle of teams beating each other.

Pioneers player Mac Ryan kicked two goals in the win.

Under-15 boys Division 1

Geelong and Greater Western Victoria will battle for top spot in Division 1 on Wednesday with both teams the only two unbeaten after two days in the top tier.

On Monday, the Rebels smashed the Murray Bushrangers by 91 points, kicking 19 goals in the victory.

Ruot Lual was among the best players with Archer Beattie kicking two goals for the team.

The Falcons on Tuesday defeated Dandenong by 11 points. Jarvis Burley kicked five goals for Geelong and was joined by Nate Mensch in the best players.

The other games saw Bendigo, Dandenong, Gippsland and North East all win a match.

North East Border defeated Murray Bushrangers on Tuesday at Mars Stadium by 76 points in a dominant win.

Emmett Northey was the best player for North East Border with Maelan Allan the best for the Bushrangers.

Bendigo defeated North East on Monday by 12 points with Max Connick kicking two goals.

He was the only multiple goalkicker with eight Pioneers kicking a goal each.

Finally, Dandenong beat Gippsland by 67 points on Monday with the Power responding on Tuesday with a 21-point win over Bendigo.

Macauley Pendergast for the Power was best on ground in the win over the Pioneers.

Wins by team:

Dandenong Stingrays 4

GWV Rebels 3

Bendigo 3

North East Border 3 – Maybe 4

Geelong Falcons 2

Gippsland 2

Goulburn Murray Bushrangers 0 – Maybe 1