LEETON-Whitton took another leap in the right direction with a comfortable 33-point victory over Turvey Park at Maher Oval on Saturday.
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The Crows might not have produced their best football of the year but they were always in control on the way to a 11.10 (76) to 6.7 (43) win.
Leeton-Whitton led from the outset against a competitive Bulldogs outfit but had a little too much class.
Turvey Park were always within striking distance and could have made things interesting deep in the third quarter but blew a couple of chances by hitting the post twice within four minutes.
In a low scoring affair, Leeton led by 26 points at three-quarter-time and kicked the first two goals of the term to seal the win.
The win on the road entrenches the Crows inside the top five and put a severe dent in the Bulldogs’ finals aspirations.
Leeton-Whitton coach Jade Hodge described it as a battle but was happy to come away with the four points.
“At the start of the day, I spoke to the boys and we knew they were going to try to congest it as much as possible and that’s exactly what they did,” Hodge said.
“Good teams win ugly sometimes, so to come over and get the four points, I’m bloody happy with them. To win by 33 points, that’s a good win.
“I thought our movement into our forward 50 was what let us down, we were probably a little bit deep in our delivery but if we were hitting our straps now, I’d be disappointed, we’ve still got a lot to improve on and I think that’s pretty exciting.”
Hodge paid tribute to a much-improved Turvey Park outfit for pushing the Crows.
“To their credit, they fought all day, they didn’t go away,” he said.
“I thought if we put the foot down a couple of times there that they might go away but they never, they were there or thereabouts all day so credit to them, but I was happy to get the four points.
“We come over to get the four points and we did that, we’ve got a little bit of improving to do but as I said, I’d be disappointed if we didn’t. You win these games, get the four points and that’s all you have got to do.
“You come down to a grand final, as we saw last year, and all you have got to do is win by a couple of points, it doesn’t really matter so as long as we’re ticking those four points off, and we’re working on what we need to work on, I’m happy.”
Bryce O’Garey was best for the Crows, while Jeremy Sykes and Josh Ashcroft were good for Turvey Park.
The Crows went in without Luke Potter, with an ankle injury, while Turvey Park will be keen to get Truman Carroll and Dane Campbell back on the park soon.
