SFNL: Cranbourne star Zak Roscoe has delivered in another brilliant Cranbourne win

Cranbourne coach Steve O’Brien said there’s no doubt one of his star’s has “taken his game to another level this year” while also praising his side‘s contested dominance.

Zak Roscoe’s ascend is showing no bounds.

The Cranbourne star was once again pivotal in the Eagles’ commanding win on Saturday, gathering 28 possessions and booting five goals.

The home side bounced back from defeat with a strong 14.14 (98) to 5.5 (35) win over Springvale Districts.

Cranbourne coach Steve O’Brien said Roscoe’s start to the season, which has seen him regularly collect 30 disposals and average 2.7 goals a game, is a result of a superb pre-season.

“He’s taken his game to another level this year, there’s no doubt about that,” he said.

“I think a lot of that is the off-field stuff that he does, the work that he puts in off the field.

“He’s always been a good player, he’s just taken it to another level, the pre-season he did before Christmas down at Casey obviously gave him a great base.

“He’s been able to work so hard for us which has been fantastic.”

Roscoe fires out a handball. Picture: Valeriu Campan

In addition to Roscoe’s outing, O’Brien was pleased with his side’s ferocity around the contest on Saturday, accounting contested ball control to their first half dominance.

“It was important, after a loss you always want to bounce back with a strong performance – we were able to do that which was very pleasing,” he said.

“I thought our pressure, that was the thing we really focused on, we really brought our pressure, and we got a lot of scores from turnover… that was our main focus on the day.

“Contested ball is always number one in footy so it’s a constant focus for us.”

Cranbourne coach Steve O’Brien. Picture: Valeriu Campan

Luke Bee-Hugo, Marc Holt, Brandon Osborne, Shaun Keenan and Andrew Green were also named in Cranbourne’s best.

Elsewhere in Division 1, neat goalkicking from Mordialloc kept it in the contest with Cheltenham until the Rosellas’ class came to the fore, winning 17.13 (115) to 13.8 (84).

Cheltenham spearhead Josh Fox fired off seven majors.

Former AFL-Magpie and Saint Nathan Freeman had a day out for Dingley in its 17.22 (124) to 9.6 (60) win over Chelsea Heights.

Freeman was named as the Dingoes’ best after a number of weeks out through injury.

St Paul’s McKinnon had a fantastic win over Port Melbourne Colts, 8.20 (68) to 8.12 (60) and Bentleigh won a shootout with St Kilda City 17.13 (115) to 17.10 (112).

William Barden’s six-goal, best afield performance wasn’t enough to steer the Saints to victory.