WYNDHAMVALE is upset about an incident behind the play that landed promising young defender Aidan Boland in hospital over the weekend.
Boland suffered a broken jaw in a scuffle away from the ball in the second quarter of the Falcons’ heated local derby with Glenorden at Wyndhamvale Reserve on Saturday.
The second-year full-back will miss the rest of the home-and-away season and is considered a doubtful starter in the Falcons’ finals side.
Falcons coach Luke Dennerley was disturbed by the actions of an opposition player in what he called an “isolated” incident in an otherwise hard, but fair, clash between the two Wyndham clubs.
“You don’t want to see those sorts of things,” he said. “It was off the footy and it shouldn’t have happened. A bit of the shine was taken off the win.”
Boland said on his Facebook page on Sunday: “Thanks for all the love, Falcons family.”
WESTERN REGION FOOTBALL LEAGUE SCOREBOARD
Division 1
Around the grounds: Altona 15.10 (100) d Spotswood 10.12 (72); Deer Park 17.12 (114) d Hoppers Crossing 7.11 (53); Port Melbourne Colts 21.9 (135) d North Footscray 14.13 (97); Sunshine Heights 6.2 (38) lt St Albans 43.21 (279); Sunshine 17.14 (116) d Albion 9.9 (63).
Ladder: Altona (240.53) 52, Spotswood (185.38) 48, Hoppers Crossing (138.57) 40, Port Melbourne Colts (137.55) 40, Sunshine (130.60) 32, Deer Park (111.93) 28, St Albans (94.55) 20, Albion (69.32) 16, North Footscray (56.97) 4, Sunshine Heights (22.29) 0.
Next round: Albion v Port Melbourne Colts (Parsons Reserve), Deer Park v Sunshine (John McLeod Oval), Hoppers Crossing v St Albans (Hogans Road Reserve), North Footscray v Altona (Hansen Reserve), Spotswood v Sunshine Heights (McLean Reserve).
Division 2
Around the grounds: Laverton 4.8 (32) lt Albanvale 30.21 (201); Parkside 14.10 (94) d Coburg Districts 11.8 (74); West Footscray 19.20 (134) d Braybrook 8.14 (62); Wyndhamvale 15.10 (100) d Glenorden 8.9 (57); Yarraville-Seddon 22.21 (153) d Caroline Springs 2.3 (15).
Ladder: Yarraville Seddon Eagles (478.14) 52, Parkside (182.28) 44, Wyndhamvale (183.93) 36, Coburg Districts (177.73) 36, Glenorden (170.32) 34, West Footscray (132.41) 28. Albanvale (150.51) 26, Caroline Springs (68.69) 16, Braybrook (47.61) 12, Laverton Magpies (49.94) 8, North Sunshine (5.43) 0.
Next round: Albanvale v Parkside (Robert Bruce Reserve), Braybrook v Wyndhamvale (Pennell Reserve), Caroline Springs v North Sunshine (Town Centre Oval), Glenorden v Yarraville-Seddon (Heathdale Oval), Laverton v Coburg Districts (Laverton Park).
