Championship Previews | Game by Game | Week 6
27/04/2007
Game of the Week
Waverley (3-3) vs Werribee (2-4)
Sunday 2:15pm at Waverley
We have a view that Werribee are a much better side than their 2-4 record would suggest, particularly given a couple of close results they have recorded to date. They have a difficult weekend ahead, and we will not be tipping them to become the first team to upset Dandenong on Saturday, but we think they have a great shot in this game.
Waverley's form is just not consistent enough for us at this stage. Burston has signed and registered, but did not play last weekend and is rumoured still to be a week away; and if he was a certainty it would have pushed this game their way. Both these sides have five players averaging in the mid to high teens and Werribee's Dallas Wilson is having a renaissance year. Waverley need this more but the Devils are a great chance.
BigV Historical Information
All Time Head to Head: Waverley 5 trail Werribee 8
Coaches Records: Ross Wignall (Wav) 3-3 (50%) / Warrick Giddey (Werr) 54-48 (53%)
Milestones:
Werribee (2-4) vs Dandenong (7-0)
Saturday 7:00pm at Werribee
Sorry, whichever way we look at this the Rangers look the goods. Too much size, too much variety and too much balance. 115 ppg says an awful lot about the form Dandenong are in.
BigV Historical Information
All Time Head to Head: Werribee 0 trail Dandenong 3
Coaches Records: Warrick Giddey (Werr) 54-48 (53%) / Warren Dawson (Dan) 45-15 (75%)
Milestones:
Warrnambool (6-1) vs Ringwood (4-3)
Saturday 8:00pm at Warrnambool
Curtis Small returning to the Arc was perhaps enough to make this the game of the week except for one thing - the Seahawks should just power home here whatever the mercurial Curt can deliver.
BigV Historical Information
All Time Head to Head: Warrnambool 9 lead Ringwood 5
Coaches Records: Adam Steere (Warn) 11-6 (65%) / Ken Harrington (Ring) 56-43 (57%)
Milestones: Luke McMillan (Ringwood) needs just 18 defensive rebounds for 500 in BigV Competition
Hume City (1-5) vs Diamond Valley (1-6)
Saturday 8:00pm at Broadmeadows
Apparently Jallow has arrived. The league processed a registration this week and Hume should be bolstered as a result - DV pushed Warrnambool last week but so desperate is Hume's plight that the Bronco's should take this at home.
BigV Historical Information
All Time Head to Head: Hume City 4 lead Diamond Valley 2
Coaches Records: Kevin Fleming (Hume) 52-29 (64%) / Adam Holden (DV) 56-20 (74%)
Milestones: Greg Smith (Hume City) needs just 20 rebounds for 500 in BigV Championship Competition
Liam Santamaria (Diamond Valley) needs just 19 assists for 500 in BigV Championship Competition
Latrobe City (0-7) vs Waverley (3-3)
Saturday 8:00pm at Traralgon
While Hume City's import has arrived there is no sign of Latrobe City's; which just makes it all the tougher for them here - still without Jeff Reid as well. Waverley will be ensuring there are no slip ups here.
BigV Historical Information
All Time Head to Head: Latrobe City 5 trail Waverley 9
Coaches Records: Craig Adams (LatC) 0-19 (0%) / Ross Wignall (Wav) 3-3 (50%)
Milestones: Nate O'Brien (Latrobe City) needs just seven points for 1000 in BigV Championship Competition
Melbourne (4-2) vs Eltham (3-4)
Sunday 3:00pm at Veneto
The Tigers are averaging a league second best 114 ppg at the moment compared to the 103 that Eltham are putting up every night. In short this comes down to firepower and Melbourne have more.
BigV Historical Information
All Time Head to Head: Melbourne 5 lead Eltham 1
Coaches Records: Darryl McDonald (Melb) 15-11 (58%) / Damon Lowry (Elth) 3-4 (43%)
Milestones: Adam Moore (Eltham) needs just 8 defensive rebounds for 500 in BigV Championship Competition