SUPERDOGS START SEASON WITH SIZZLING WIN
by Nick Kossatch
A new look Riverland Superdogs outfit took to the park at Lyrup Oval and demolished River Murray by 47 points in the masters AFL over 35’s season opening round. From the outset, new recruit and son of West Adelaide 1983 premiership player Ben ‘Ben 10’ Meuret, dominated with strong marks and rebound from centre half back. He also booted three goals when in attack. Paul Rowe showed plenty of heart in the forward lines and he also kicked three majors. It was experimentation as coach Darren ‘Titty’ Tieste ‘threw’ his side around. Brenton ‘Fenno’ Fenwick provided plenty of drive off a wing and small, very small, forward Johnny ‘The Whiz’ Barrett played a much bigger role than he usually does. The magic of Kenny ‘Baker’ Karpany and Mark ‘Knackers’ Upkett dined on the accurate taps in the centre square but the ruckman, whose identity shall remain nameless, was penalised for three separate 50 metre penalties during the game! Regular defender Anton ‘Wow’ Coats enjoyed a cameo forward role with two goals and new players Shane ‘Rambo’ Uren, Andrew ‘Froggy’ and Andrew Giles also starred in their first official game for the ‘Dogs. They play against Pooraka this coming Sunday in Adelaide.
SCORE:
Riverland Superdogs 15.18 (108) d River Murray 1 (super goal) 6.13 (61)
GOALS: P. Rowe; B. Meuret 3, A. Coats; S. Uren; A. Hawkins 2, A. Giles; K. Karpany; S. Ingerson 1
BEST: B. Meuret, B. Fenwick, K. Karpany, P. Rowe, S. Uren, M. Upkett
Tall and intelligent and athletically built who calls a spade a spade. Love sports writing and sending letters and texts to the editor about AFL and the Port Adelaide Power – win, lose or draw. I do not sit on the fence. Soon to be 57! I played basketball and supers football having accomplished two Aust Masters Championships with the SA o35s (2006) and o40s (2009) and two All Australian Masters guernseys in 2008 and 2018. Have played amateur footy and a bit of cricket and basketball when living in Adelaide, Renmark, Paringa, Alice Springs and now Gladstone in Aueensland. I was also a sport newspaper journalist in the Alice (2013-15) and Gladstone (2015-20). Now I’m a postie and run a sport website Clear Play Media.
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