CHFL round 12 review | Clunes breaks the duck

The Magpies won the battle of the cellar-dwellers by 46 points at home on Saturday to register its first success since round 15 of the 2015 campaign.

Clunes’ 14.17 (101) to 8.7 (55) victory was the first for stand-in coach Ryan Hudson-Morgan and leaves the team 17^th on the ladder with five rounds of the season remaining.

Meanwhile, Buninyong kept its spot at the top of the table thanks to a hard-fought 20-point win over Gordon.

The Bombers fought off the home side to inflict the Eagles’ second-straight defeat.

Beaufort bounced back from three-consecutive losses and sent Hepburn tumbling out of the top four with an 18-point success on Saturday, Springbank climbed to second after easily accounting for Newlyn and Dunnstown slipped outside the top eight after a shock loss to Creswick.

As a result, Ballan is now eighth on the ladder after beating Rokewood-Corindhap.

Other round 12 winners were Bungaree, Waubra, which jumped into fourth place after beating neighbours Learmonth, and Daylesford.

ROUND 12 RESULTS

Bungaree 30.23 (203) d Smythesdale 4.1 (25)

Creswick 6.11 (47) d Dunnstown 1.7 (13)

Beaufort 12.20 (92) d Hepburn 10.14 (74)

Buninyong 12.10 (82) d Gordon 8.14 (62)

Ballan 19.14 (128) d Rokewood-Corindhap 7.12 (54)

Clunes 14.17 (101) d Carngham-Linton 8.7 (55)

Waubra 15.11 (101) d Learmonth 7.5 (47)

Daylesford 21.22 (148) d Skipton 6.6 (42)

Springbank 18.10 (118) d Newlyn 6.5 (41)

LADDER

Buninyong 44

Springbank 44

Bungaree 40

Waubra 40

Hepburn 40

Gordon 36

Beaufort 32

Ballan 28

Dunnstown 24

Daylesford 24

Creswick 24

Newlyn 16

Learmonth 12

Rokewood-Corindhap 12

Smythesdale 8

Skipton 4

Clunes 4

Carngham-Linton 0