At the halfway point of the 2021 Western Premier League season, two Dubbo players are leading the way in the goal scoring and best and fairest counts.
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Justin Gibson is on top of the goal scoring charts, with the new Orana Spurs recruit having scored seven goals, including two doubles in matches against Macquarie United (round four), Mudgee Wolves (round eight) and Parkes Cobras (round nine).
Gibson is just one goal ahead of Orange Waratahs duo Guy Burgess and Craig Sugden, who have both scored 12 goals between them, equating to half of the team's total goals scored this season.
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The highest scoring Panorama players are both Jaiden Culbert and Jacob Soetens, who have scored four goals each.
The most goals in a single match season was achieved by Dubbo Bulls' Brody Austin, who scored four in his team's comprehensive 6-0 win over Lithgow Workmen's back at the start of May.
Interestingly, those four goals are the only goals Austin has scored this season and it's the only time a WPL player has scored three or more in a match during the 2021 campaign.
A total of 158 goals have been scored from 36 games this season, for an average of 4.39 a match, better then last year's average of 3.95 from 42 games.
Dubbo Bulls talisman Kane Settree is leading the way in the best and fairest count with 12 points, having produced man of the match performances against Panorama (round two) and Orana Spurs (round six), while also receiving two points against Macquarie United (round one), Lithgow Workmen's (round four) and Orange Waratahs (round nine).
Settree is ahead of Orana Spurs' Duncan Cahill and Waratahs' Niall Gibb, who have both amassed nine points, with both players receiving the maximum of three points on three separate occasions.
Following a break for the June long weekend, the WPL will return this Friday night with a match between Panorama and Lithgow Workmen's as the competition enters its second round.
Barnstoneworth United and Orange Waratahs will play at Jack Brabham Park on Saturday from 3.15pm, Dubbo Bulls and Macquarie United will battle at 5pm, while Parkes Cobras will make the trip out to Mudgee to play the lowly Wolves at Glen Willow from 6pm.
TOP GOAL SCORERS AFTER NINE ROUNDS:
- 7 - Justin Gibson (Orana Spurs)
- 6 - Guy Burgess (Orange Waratahs)
- 6 - Craig Sugden (Orange Waratahs)
- 5 - Ryan Sinclair (Orange Waratahs)
- 4 - Kenny McCall (Barnstoneworth United)
- 4 - Brody Austin (Dubbo Bulls)
- 4 - Logan Inwood (Lithgow Workmen's)
- 4 - Justin Sutton (Macquarie United)
- 4 - Jaiden Culbert (Panorama)
- 4 - Jacob Soetens (Panorama)
BEST AND FAIREST TALLY AFTER NINE ROUNDS:
- 12 - Kane Settree (Dubbo Bulls)
- 9 - Duncan Cahill (Orana Spurs)
- 9 - Niall Gibb (Orange Waratahs)
- 7 - Grant Koch (Barnstoneworth United)
- 6 - Jordan Fordham (Lithgow Workmen's)
- 6 - Guy Burgess (Orange Waratahs)
- 5 - Logan Inwood (Lithgow Workmen's)
- 5 - Michael Glisic (Mudgee Wolves)
- 5 - Joel Tongue (Orana Spurs)
- 5 - Nathan Davis (Panorama)
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