Bullioh starts quest for third straight Upper Murray flag with big win over Corryong

A massive second quarter broke the game open as the Bulldogs surged to a 25.18 (168) to 10.4 (64) victory.

Accomplished hockey player Charley Wallace nabbed seven goals in standout display up forward, veteran Clint Ried kicked five, while Shane Price and captain Jacob Curran came away with four apiece.

Luke Rafferty, Alex Freeman and co-coach Kelvin Wallace were also among the reigning premiers' best.

Peter Jefferies, Matt Findlay, David Nelson, Thomas and Evan Nicholas were Corryong's best.

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Bullioh co-coach Joe Bolton was rapt with the effort from his side.

"We knew Corryong had been getting pretty good numbers and would be fairly fit, but it was good we were able to pull together to get a good win in the end," he said.

"The first quarter was pretty competitive, but everyone is always a bit the same in the first round and runs around like a headless chook to start.

"There was a fair few turnovers and not much scoring going on, but as we settled into the game we played some really good footy through periods of the second and third quarters.

"A couple of other positives is the twos, the under-14s and the netballers had really good wins, so it was a really good day as a club."

Cudgewa also proved it will be one of the teams to beat in 2021 with a convincing 23.13 (151) to 10.8 (68) triumph against Tumbarumba at Tumbarumba Recreation Reserve.

Kylin Morey booted nine goals for the Blues, while Ben Hall finished with six as the visitors blew away the Roos after to quarter-time to win by 83 points.

Darcy McKimmie, Mitch Pynappels, Lachlan Whiteley, Ryan Mee and Jay Dale also impressed for Cudgewa.

Tumbarumba was well served by Jacob Read, Hunter Clayton, Lachlan Vogan, coach Quinn Rooney and Brendon Lane, who booted four goals on the day.

Federal had the bye.

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