By Jonty Ralphsmith
Cardinia is back to its best, winning its Men’s Metro 2 South top-of-the-table clash against Glen Iris 6-3.
After conceding the first goal of the match, hard working skipper Scott Burnett hit back within two minutes to level the scores, which started a six-goal run for the hosts.
Ben Albrecht scored his first two goals of the season after creating for teammates repeatedly in the first half of the season, while Gareth Ventom also scored a double.
The Storm’s defensive intensity was relentless, led by playing-coach Peter Turner with the second placed side kept to just one goal until very late in the fourth quarter, by which time the result was sealed.
“Everyone was really hungry this week so we were able to execute the game plan really well,” Turner said.
“We knew what to expect playing Glen Iris so we came in with a plan and we had 16 guys train this week and we spent the whole week working on forward movement and running patterns and the result was scoring six goals.”
The result increases Cardinia’s stronghold on first place on the table, seven points clear of second place.
