LEETON-Whitton fell in an early season loss to Collingullie Glenfield Park in a match that left the side stunned.
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The Crows struggled to get going in the match at home at the showgrounds last Saturday.
Early shots fell wide and the team lacked the accuracy they needed to get a proper start against CGP.
As the Crows struggled to get the ball downfield and on target, Collingullie tuned their shots and became deadly accurate.
At quarter-time Leeton-Whitton trailed CGP 0.3-3 to 3.3-21.
The teams returned to the field and the contest continued to heat up.
The Crows found themselves battling for field position and their first quarter struggle with accuracy continued.
The side fought to regain control of their co-ordination and shots fell across the turf that should have been caught for a mark.
Collingullie was ready and took full advantage of every little mistake the Crows made and by the halftime siren Leeton-Whitton were down by 32 points.
Their first half woes centred around their accuracy around goal.
At quarter-time they managed to go 0.3 and by halftime they only managed one goal and another point.
Compared to Collingullie’s 3.3 at quarter-time and 6.6 at the half, the Crows were clearly out gunned.
The teams locked back up for the third quarter and the Crows hoped to slow CGP’s assault.
Leeton-Whitton managed to find their footing and stacked on 19 much needed points by the end of the quarter.
Both teams made a strong offensive push in the third quarter and by contrast, their defensive sides took a break.
The Crows found some additional numbers, but CGP doubled their efforts.
Collingullie added in another 38 points by three quarter-time and the mountain the Crows had to climb grew taller.
The momentum of the match began to shift in the fourth quarter.
Leeton-Whitton had slowed the hemorrhage, but the damage had already been done.
While the Crows had matched point for point with CGP in the fourth quarter, it was not enough to climb back out and they fell at full time 15.9-99 to 7.6-48.
“It was pretty disappointing,” said Crows coach Jade Hodge of the loss to CGP.
“Our execution was very ordinary yesterday and we turned the footy over way too much.
“They capitalised on it and scored a lot goals from our turnovers and our mistakes.”
Still very early in the season, Hodge felt the loss was beneficial to learn from their mistakes and be able to hit back hard in the next match.
This weekend Leeton-Whitton will travel to Mangoplah to face the Goannas on Saturday in what is expected to be a tough match.
