Canberra Olympic Supercats moved five points clear at the top of the JOMA Premier League on Wednesday last week as they defeated Canberra City Prawns 6-3 in their top-of-the-table clash. A hat-trick from Tom Rogic, the league’s leading scorer with fifteen goals, did most of the damage for the super-slick Supercats with Lee Pietrukowski, regular scorer Elia Salloum and Matt Whyte netting for the top placed team. In reply Pat Ross-Magee bagged a brace for the Prawns with Ryan Keir completing the names on the score sheet in what was, by all accounts, a terrific match.

Cooma Tigers meanwhile showed they may be a force to be reckoned with in the competition with a scintillating 6-0 drubbing of reigning title holders Belconnen United. Tony Aleksovski and Goran Josifovski scored two each as Cooma ran riot in their best performance of the season. It was certainly a match to forget for the Blue Devils as further goals to Dale Schoon and Misko Naumoski rounded out a wonderful attacking display by the Tigers.

TUFC Gunners climbed into second place on the ladder with an expected 5-1 defeat of Boomerangs FS. The skillful Martin Corujo led the way in the scoring stakes with a double whilst James McLachlan, Peter McLachlan and Luke Fattore also scored as the 2009 Premier League Champions flexed their muscles against the struggling Boomerangs. Glenn Smith netted for the second time this season for the well-beaten Boomerangs.

In a battle of the teams in the lower reaches of the ladder it was WVFC Timberwolves who came out on top celebrating their first win of the season as they saw off the challenge of ANU FC 2-1. Grant Davoren and Jeoff Noja were the goal heroes for WVFC Timberwolves whilst Phillip Mackay smashed his sixth goal of the season in reply for the students. This match could have gone either way with plenty of chances for both teams but come the final whistle it was the Timberwolves who took home the three points.

MATCH STATISTICS

Canberra Olympic Supercats 6 (Tom Rogic (3), Lee Pietrukowski, Elia Salloum, Matt Whyte) Canberra City Prawns 3 (Pat Ross-Magee (2), Ryan Keir)

Canberra Olympic Supercats: 6. Roger Cua (gk), 4. Adrian Dowling, 5. Elia Salloum, 6. Matthew Whyte, 7. Tom Rogic, 8. Scott Manson, 11. Lee Pietrukowski, 23. Peter Farrelly

Canberra City Prawns: 2. Kieran Stroh (gk), 3. Ryan Kyprianou, 4. Adrian Vizzari, 6. Rory Devlin, 7. Chris Lee, 13. Ryan Keir, 14. Pat Ross-Magee, 15. Trent Flanigan

Discipline: YELLOW CARDS: None

Cooma Tigers 6 (Tony Aleksovski (2), Goran Josifovski (2), Dale Schoon, Misko Naumoski) Belconnen United 0

Cooma Tigers: 1. Francois Bangweni (gk), 3. Elliot Zwangobani, 7. Marcial Munoz, 9. Dale Schoon, 10. Goran Josifovski, 11. Misko Naumoski, 14. Tony Aleksovski

Belconnen United: 7. Ben Klug (gk), 3. David Kemp, 4. Dustin Wells, 5. Taylor Beaton, 8. Cameron Reinhart, 9. Jason O’Dwyer, 15. Callum Beaton

Discipline: YELLOW CARDS: None

TUFC Gunners 5 (Martin Corujo (2), Luke Fattore, Pete McLachlan, James McLachlan) Boomerangs FS 1 (Glenn Smith)

TUFC Gunners: 1. Matt McDonald (gk), 3. Tim Mathas, 8. Luke Fattore, 9. Martin Corujo, 10. James McLachlan, 11. Peter McLachlan, 15. Simon Badman, 17. Matt Menser

Boomerangs FS: 16. Ashley Collins (gk), 2. Nathan Walker, 3. Kristian Collins, 5. Steven Klug, 6. Glenn Smith, 9. Sam Smith

Discipline: YELLOW CARDS: None

WVFC Timberwolves 2 (Grant Davoren, Jeoff Noja) ANU FC 1 (Phillip Mackay)

WVFC Timberwolves: 1. Richard Arvisais (gk), 3. Ludovic Papin, 7. Evan Steele, 8. Jeoff Noja, 10. Matt Davoren, 13. Kole Aitken, 14. Ben Harrington, 17. Grant Davoren

ANU FC: 1. Matthew Bevacqua (gk), 2. Callum Smith, 4. Sam Carters, 5. Angus Patterson, 6. William Sheppard, 8. Adrian Stroh, 10. Phillip Mackay

Discipline: YELLOW CARDS: 14. Ben Harrington (WVFC Timberwolves)

TABLE

	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Canberra Olympic Supercats	6	6	0	0	47	8	+39	18
2	Tuggeranong United Gunners	7	3	2	2	23	23	0	13
3	Cooma Tigers	7	4	0	3	27	15	+12	12
4	Canberra City Prawns	7	4	0	3	29	20	+9	12
5	Belconnen United	6	3	1	2	19	22	-3	11
6	WVFC Timberwolves	7	1	2	4	14	31	-17	7
7	ANU FC	7	2	0	5	18	36	-18	6
8	Boomerangs FS	7	1	1	5	14	36	-22	5

3 points per win, 2 points per score draw, 1 point per no score draw

LEADING SCORERS

15 Tom Rogic (Canberra Olympic Supercats)

11 Elia Salloum (Canberra Olympic Supercats)

8 Tony Aleksovski (Cooma Tigers)

6 Phillip Mackay (ANU FC), Pat Ross-Magee (Canberra City Prawns), Lee Pietrukowski (Canberra Olympic Supercats)

5 Taylor Beaton (Belconnen United), Scott Manson (Canberra Olympic Supercats), Goran Josifovski (Cooma Tigers)

4 William Sheppard (ANU FC) David Kemp, Jason O’Dwyer (both Belconnen United), Nathan Walker (Boomerangs FS), Ryan Keir (Canberra City Prawns), Adrian Dowling (Canberra Olympic Supercats), Misko Naumsoki (Cooma Tigers), Martin Corujo, Jackson Kupke (both TUFC Gunners), Ben Harrington (WVFC Timberwolves)

3 Adrian Stroh (ANU FC), Cameron Reinhart (Belconnen United), Rory Devlin, Trent Flanigan (both Canberra City Prawns), Matthew Whyte (Canberra Olympic Supercats), Kitsana Muongsene (Cooma Tigers), Luke Fattore, Antoni Jagarinec, James McLachlan, Peter McLachlan, Matt Menser (all TUFC Gunners), Kole Aitken (WVFC Timberwolves)

2 Lukas Cole, Angus Patterson (both ANU FC), Callum Beaton (Belconnen United), Kristian Collins, Steven Klug, Michael Reeves, Glenn Smith (all Boomerangs FS), George Cattanach, Ryan Kyprianou, Chris Lee, Adrian Vizzari (all Canberra City Prawns), Peter Farrelly (Canberra Olympic Supercats), Iain Elliot, Marcial Munoz, Dale Schoon (all Cooma Tigers), Grant Davoren (WVFC Timberwolves)

1 Sam Carters (ANU FC), Travis Dries, Sam Smith (both Boomerangs FS), Dustin Wells (Belconnen United), Angelo Konstantinou (Canberra Olympic Supercats), Roger Cua (Cooma Tigers), Tim Denne, Matt Davoren, Jeoff Noja, Ludovic Papin, Evan Steele (all WVFC Timberwolves)