Missing up to seven regulars, a very depleted Kyneton senior team struggled from the onset against a rampaging Golden Square on Saturday.
The dominance of the visitors was such that Kyneton FNC president Hayden Evans suggested the visitors seem to be in premiership winning form at the halfway mark of the season.
On April 15, Golden Square defeated Kyneton 12.17 to 3.7; at the Kyneton Showgrounds on Saturday it ended up being a 21.19 (145) to 4.9 (33) drubbing.
With so many regulars missing, it paved the way for debutant Jack Pilbeam, and Ben Xeria, Hayden Ingleton and ‘young gun’ Cody Young played their first senior game of the season.
The visitors moved the ball with precision, and shut down most of Kyneton’s forward thrusts.
The further the game went, the further the margin blew out.
Better players for the Tigers were Mitch Comben, Jayden Eales, Harrison Sheahan, Harrison Huntley, Dom Bennington and Cam Manuel.
The Kyneton Reserves and Under 18s also did it tough, neither managing to kick even one goal against superior opposition.
The very undermanned Reserves had several ‘local legends’ stepping up to help out, and with new players in the lineup as well, they could not keep last season’s premiers under wraps.
The final tally was 13.17 to 0.2, with a solid effort coming from Daniel Yarwood, Stephen Burgis, Jacob Plowman, Lachlan Crean-Kyriazis, Dylan Callaway and Nick Tunzi.
Earlier, Kyneton Under 18s fought hard but to no avail against one of the strongest underage sides in the BFNL.
The visitors prevailed 15.16 to 0.1, with the best players for the young Tigers being Dempsey Roberts, Mitchell Warne, Cody Young, Jesse Smith, Oliver Plunkett and Connor Munro.
All teams in the BFNL have a bye this Saturday (July 1) with Kyneton to resume against ladder leader Sandhurst on July 8.
