THE Riverina Anglican College continued to finetune their game before tougher challenges ahead in a 23.7 (145) to 0.0 (0) Carroll Cup win over Wagga High School at McPherson Oval on Wednesday.
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Key forwards Luke Fellows and Billy Glanvill bagged five goals apiece as the defending champions continued to stamp themselves as again the team to beat.
It is the second time in as many matches TRAC has piled on a three-digit margin against their rivals while keep them scoreless after last week's 106-2 shut-out of Kooringal High School.
However, the task is about to become a little more difficult when they take on their strongest rivals Mater Dei and Kildare Catholic Colleges in their last two pool games.
"I thought Wagga High's pressure and effort was really good tonight," TRAC coach Mick Glanvill said.
"Obviously they're probably a bit undermanned but credit to them, they put it to us. Next week will go up a notch against Kildare, it will be a tough game I expect.
"The delivery was good, the forward line was open and they capitalised on those entries in."
Fellows said the forward line is using the early games to work out how to best combine with each other. Tom Holden and Tom Howard also starred with four and three goals respectively.
"We're just trying to get our structure right leading into those bigger games and get our form on point before we get to the big teams," he said.
"We're finding each other' strengths up forward and we've gone to school together for a few years.
"It's a pretty good team, we've been good over the last couple of years but I think we're a bit better again."
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Meanwhile, Mater Dei backed up their thrilling win over Kildare on Monday with a hard-fought 11.6 (72) to 2.5 (17) win over Kooringal High School.
Mater Dei led by just two goals at half-time but a goal straight after the break to Hayden Wooden gave them some breathing space.
They went on with the job to kick five unanswered goals in the third term, with Harry Russell-Wichman leading the way with four.
Luke Lawrence was also a standout for Kooringal High.
Underdogs Kooringal battled admirably in the first half and brought a lot of physicality, but Mater Dei's class told after the main break.
"We were pretty disappointed with the way we started, coming off a big win on Monday it's hard to get motivated and get back up," Mater Dei coach Nathan Irvine said.
"Once they settled in we played more like we wanted to. We had a few sore bodies and guys we had to manage through the game, but Kooringal certainly started well and we had to switch on a bit more."
Kooringal coach Andrew Schmetzer said he was proud of his side's application.
"I was proud of the boys and how they came out and gave everything they had," he said.
"Mater Dei's class in the end shone."
THE RIVERINA ANGLICAN COLLEGE 5.2 10.4 17.6 23.7 (145) def WAGGA HIGH SCHOOL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GOALS: TRAC - Billy Glanvill 5, Luke Fellows 5, Tom Holden 4, Tom Howard 3, Ryan Collins 2, Sam Stening 2, Judd McLeod, Sam McNaughton
BEST: TRAC - Billy Glanvill, Sam Stening, Tom Holden, Jack Glanvill, Joe Perryman, Luke Fellows; Wagga High - Blake Walker, Jack Mattingly, Caleb Walker, Hugh Bent, Angus Clark, Austin Cornell
MATER DEI CATHOLIC COLLEGE 2.2 4.4 9.4 11.6 (72) def KOORINGAL HIGH SCHOOL 1.1 2.4 2.5 2.5 (17)
GOALS: Mater Dei - Harry Wichman 4, Edouard Grigg 2, Baxter Wallett, Jake Hockley, Bailey Hilton, Jacob Cain Hayden Wooden; Kooringal - Noah Killeen 2.
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