COLERAINE has overcome a slow start to its South West District Football Netball League (SWDFNL) match against Tyrendarra to overrun the visitors at Sylvester Oval on Saturday and remain undefeated.

The visitors started quickly in the first quarter and had three majors on the board before Coleraine had even really touched the ball.

Tyrendarra used the wide-open spaces of Sylvester Oval to the full extent, as the ball moved upfield by hand and foot at speed that left the Maroons unable to interrupt the transition.

It appeared there may have been upset brewing, as the first half of the first quarter was dominated by the visitors, but then the Coleraine midfield finally clicked into gear and the next three goals were all kicked by the home side.

It was end to end ball movement, as both teams played brilliant open attacking football that thrilled the big crowd on hand.

When the siren sounded to end the first quarter, Tyrendarra had edged in front by a point with each team posting three goals in one of the best quarters to date this season.

One sore point for the home side was skipper, James Povey, who was banged up in a collision and needed to regroup on the sideline before re-joining the team.

Povey, who was playing his 100th match for the Maroons, was an inspiration, shrugging off the knock to throw his body into the contest across the ground both in attack and defence.

He continually set up the play with slick handballs and pinpoint passes that found the mark required.

The second quarter followed the first for intensity with both teams refusing to hand the other an advantage and swapped goal for goal.

It took Coleraine until late in the quarter to kick two straight goals and take an 11-point lead into the long break.

When the second half arrived, it seemed that Coleraine had decided to shift up a couple of gears, dominating proceedings.

The ball seemed to never fall into the hands of the Tyrendarra players, as the Maroons swept the ball towards their forward line time and again.

The home side posted five unanswered goals to take the game away from the visitors and open up a 44-point lead at the last break.

At every fall of the ball, there were four or five Coleraine players there to claim possession and either thrust it forward or kick for goal.

The ball only passed the Tyrendarra half-forward line once for the quarter and even then, the visitors failed to score.

The final stanza saw the Darras lift their performance despite Coleraine posting the first goal of the quarter.

Jordi Withers would go on to add another two goals to the two he kicked in the first half to top Tyrendarra’s goal kicking list, but the lack of support proved too much to overcome, as Coleraine claimed a 56-point win.

It was a dominant performance from the Maroons, as their run and carry simply ran the Tyrendarra players off their feet.

Coleraine Coach, Ryan McClure said it was good to see a consistent performance from the group.

“(It was a) terrific win, we were very happy with our output,” he said.

“The efforts of each individual to back themselves and play to their strengths was pleasing, giving us the best chance to get play on our terms.”

The Maroons had some of their best players missing and still put on a display of football that far too good for the opposition.

“We went in without Cody Deutscher, Sam McIntosh and Sam Youngman who have all been in our best players in previous weeks and (we) hope to regain them for Dartmoor (next week), but our depth is so that we won't rush them back,” McClure said.

The Maroons got through the game unscathed, but Tyrendarra had a horror injury report, with Mark Pitt suffering a broken arm while its believed that Josh Atwell also broke his collarbone with these players expected to miss a number of weeks.

The Maroons will now look ahead to what shapes up to be a thrilling contest next week and McClure expects plenty more improvement from his team going forward.

“We are relatively new as group and still getting to know each other as players, so that connection from end to end will continue to improve weekly,” McClure said.