Mt Helena faced a ruthless Swan View in round 13 of the HFA competition.

Swan View belt Mt Helena at Brown Park

Whenever Mt Helena managed to enter their forward line Swan View players were there to rebound the ball back out.
July 12, 2024
Brian Pallister

IN round 13 Mt Helena was belted by Swan View at Brown Park in a 30.24 (204) to 0.0 (0) match, which followed the annual Bruno Farina tribute game.

Swan View applied pressure from the first ball up with Bradley Jetta, Josh Holingum and Rudy Riddoch swooping on anything loose around the contests and getting the ball forward for Kane Higgins to mark and convert.

Dane Rossen was a clear winner across half forward pulling down several strong marks.

Lions Riley Maturo, Bo Read and Jai Blackman did all that they could to stop the avalanche but the ball came back in as quick as they could clear it out.

Whenever Mt Helena managed to enter their forward line Swans Joseph Butler and Josh Morris were there to rebound the ball back out.

Josh Holingum seemed to be everywhere, often drifting forward and finished the game with six goals.

By the half time mark the Swans had opened up a 74-point lead.

The Lions could not find a way to slow down the Swans momentum as more and more of their players started to join the goal kicking queue with 16 contributors.

Jordan Lucy has become a crowd favourite with what appears to be his own cheer squad.

Jake Dyer combined with Harlee Fryer along the wing and half forward to keep the entries coming.

The Swans kicked a further 10 goals in each of the last two quarters to finish the game full of running, making it a difficult task to choose award recipients with so many contributors.

Full credit to the Mt Helena players for running out a very tough game, then spending enough time after the final siren to shake their opponents hands in a show of respect and sportsmanship.

Next weekend the Hills Football Association (HFA) has a general bye as a combined team competes in the Nutrien AG country carnival.

Fixture and live stream details are on HFA’s Facebook.

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