• Always such an honour to be part of the Anzac round.

• We put the foot down when it mattered, but the Tigers did put up a good fight.

• A 5-2 start to the season is great, but more important long term is that the players seem to be having fun and loving their footy and their team mates again.

• A dewy and slippery night made for challenging conditions for tall forwards.

• Roo had 6 score involvements.

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• We played the Bombers at Gather Round, again, and lost, again...

• That makes us 0-3 against them at Gather Round the last 3 years.

• We struggled in pretty much every facet of the game. Interesting our two losses have come from 6 day breaks and interstate travel, maybe something in that for our young team.

• JvR had 5 score involvements, equal second place of any Demon.

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• Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

• Boy it's a lot more fun to be team coming back from a deficit than the other way around! We only kicked one goal in the entire first half, before hitting the KingBall button and proving too fast and too fit for a flaky Blues outfit.

• Our delivery into the forward line was woeful the first half, limiting opportunities for Roo. In the second half in particular he was given more of the ruck load and acquitted himself well.

• 4 score involvements and 3 inside 50s describe his game better than just looking at his disposal total of 5 kicks.

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• All aboard the Roo Train!!!

• The JvR Appreciation Society is bursting with pride at what he was able to do against the Saints.

• His incredible fitness, and a new coach, and a game plan with faster ball movement into the forward line are all helping - as is having an experienced, clever, tall forward to support him.

• But you can't take a pill to build confidence, you need to find that from within, and Roo's done it. 

• It's so lovely seeing him now believe in himself as much as we have always believed in him.

• 6 goals - 5 in the first half to set the game alight, and beating his previous best return of 4.

• 7 marks, and 9 score involvements - the most of any Demon player.

• Also, his usual excellent disposal skills - Disposal Efficiency of 85.7%.

• Video from Channel 7 of all of Roo's 6 goals here

• Post match interview with JvR on the MFC website here

• We are just so darn proud and happy!!!

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