VFL: Roosters' Hoy dislocates shoulder

NORTH Ballarat and North Melbourne each have injury concerns after the Roosters defeated Geelong by seven points in a VFL practice match at Eureka Stadium on Saturday.For North Ballarat, first-year player Liam Hoy dislocated his left shoulder and Marc Greig suffered a corked right thigh.For the Kangaroos, Marcus White’s game ended in the second quarter with a corked right thigh.Their 2009 first draft selection Ben Cunnington struggled with cramp late after his most impressive performance to date, as did Aaron Edwards.Cunnington has had an interrupted pre-season with a ``hot spot’’ in a foot being diagnosed in January.This was only his second full-scale match practice.Kangaroos development coach John Lamont told kangaroos.com.au that Cunnington was still gaining valuable fitness and was definitely on the right track. Hoy, who played with the North Ballarat Rebels last year, has been highly impressive in a defensive role and was in the frontrunning to make his VFL senior against Coburg in round one in two weeks.The Roosters held out a pacy Geelong, 16.8 (104) to 14.13 (97).Cats key forward James Podsiadly dominated in a best-on-ground performance – almost single handedly getting Geelong back into the game after it trailed by 24 points in the third quarter.Nathan Djerkurra also had a big dig out, while Ryan Gamble was a solid contributor.Derick Micallef caught the eye for the Roosters as did Nick Peters, Clinton Benjamin, Bill Driscoll and Oliver Tate.Edwards kicked five goals for the Roosters.