Match Of The Round- Shellharbour City FC-6, Corrimal Rangers FC-1 @Myimbarr Park
In the 9th minute, Samuel Georges created a goal-scoring chance when he released a low and hard effort outside the box, which the keeper fumbled.
Grujevski anticipated the rebound and took his composure as he took extra touches in the box away from the keeper until he smashed a shot into the net.
Shellharbour looked for their second as the home side passed around the opposition box.
Grujevski found space in the crowd and turned as he received the ball, where he then unleashed a knuckball shot that went over the keeper from the edge of the box.
2-0 for City in the 29th minute.
The hosts won the ball off Corrimal from kick-off and ran through their midfield.
James Sekuloski found an opportunity and powered a rocket from the right flank of the edge of the box into the bottom-right bin of the goal to make it a third for City just a minute after their second.
In the 50th minute, Shellharbour won a penalty where Beau Randle rifled a shot from the spot into the left bottom side of the net and beat the keeper to it.
Randle scored another, this time in the 62nd minute.
He received a cross from where it got past the keeper, which allowed the winger to slot it into the empty net from the close post.
Corrimal got a valuable chance to score in the 67th minute.
Mahmoud Ghani orchestrated the chance as he stroked a throughball to Scott Weston, where he could only get a toe-punted shot off, but the keeper parried it away.
However, Trey Quibulue predicted the loose ball and fired it with venom into the net on the right side of the net.
Nothing the keeper could do about it as he tried to recover from the save.
Randle wasn’t finished with scoring as he ran onto a sliding ball from the midfield in the 78th minute.
The speedster winger outpaced the defence, where he then got onto a one-on-one chance against the keeper.
He stroked his shot with composure on the left side of the keeper to finish the game 6-1 to Shellharbour.
Shellharbour’s next game will be away from home against Figtree, where they expect a positive result.
As for Corrimal, they return home against Highlands, who sit in fourth place on the ladder.
Coledale Waves JFC-4, Woonona Sharks FC-0 @St. James Park
Coledale made a strong start at home with a goal that came in the 7th minute, orchestrated by Archie Tobin-Coldwell.
Eduardo Bateman furthered the scoring as he put his name to the scoresheet in the 29th minute to increase the goal margin.
Two minutes later, Bateman was again with the goods as he doubled his tally and made it a third for the Waves.
Bateman then came out in the second half with the desire to complete his pursuit of a hat-trick, which he ended up finding in the 48th minute.
4-0 in favour of Coledale, courtesy of a hat trick by Bateman and an early finish by Tobin-Coldwell.
The home side kept the shark out of goal reach for the remainder of the game.
The game ended with Coledale taking the three points to leap into third place with a game in hand to potentially get them closer to second place, Warilla.
Coledale have Bellambi in their sight in the next round, both had a draw in their last encounter, so all to play for in the upcoming game.
An even game for Woonona as they take on Albion Park, who equal the Sharks in points on the ladder.
Highlands FC-3, Bellambi Rosellas FC-2 @David Wood Oval
Nicholas Wilson opened the game with his strike in the 5th minute to put Bellambi off balance early.
1-0 to the Highlands.
In the 11th minute, Highlands pressured for another and got their chance as an own goal was scored by Bellambi.
Bellambi were kept out in the first half; however, they came out of the sheds with the desire to find a way back in the match.
Shuhei Nagasawa was the catalyst in putting the Rosellas a goal back with his shot going in the back of the net in the 56th minute.
Four minutes later, Bellambi struck again, this time by Lachlan Ogorman, his finish put both teams all square at 2-2 with only half an hour to go.
Disaster struck, however, as Flynn Hessenberger put the Highlands back into the lead in the 73rd minute.
The goal ended up being the winner for the homesides as the game finished 3-2 at the full-time whistle.
Highlands now versus Corrimal away from home, another win can secure their spot in the top four as Albion Park sit behind them with a game in hand.
In the next round for Bellambi, they host Coledale; their previous engagement ended as a draw, so a thrilling game is on the cards.
Warilla Wanderers FC-4, Figtree FC-0 @King Mickey Park
A ruthless display by Warilla as they settle the tie early with four goals, all in the first half itself.
In the 11th minute, Jack Murray found a spot and fired his effort to make it the first of the game for the Wanderers.
Murray made Figtree pay again with his second, which came in the 20th minute.
Warilla fancied another goal in the 34th minute by Jeremy Rodriguez.
Jordan Buchanan bagged the fourth for Warilla as he struck his effort in the net two minutes after the third.
The game was all but sealed in the first half, as the second half fell goalless for both sides.
Warilla have time to rest as they pass into the next round with a bye.
Figtree, on the other hand, will need to dig deep at home against first-place Shellharbour.
By Thomas Panayiotou
