Ton for Inverloch-Kongwak’s Jacko

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Ton for Inverloch-Kongwak’s Jacko

Centurion: Inverloch-Kongwak”s Justen Jackson is chaired off the ground by his team-mates after notching goal number 100 on the weekend.

By Isaac McCallum
INVERLOCH-KONGWAK’S Justen Jackson has done what many forwards have always dreamt, kicking 100 goals this year.
The Reserves full forward has taken just 14 Reserves matches to reach the milestone, and has actually kicked 104 goals this season, after two Senior games yielded four goals this year.
The big forward admitted he was “pretty freaked out” when lining up for goal on Saturday, but still went back calmly and put it through the big sticks.
“The boys all came running down, even the ones on the bench, which was good,” he said.
Jackson became the first Reserves player to reach the milestone and the first Inverloch player since Glen Martin in the early 1990s.
Held goalless just once this year, he has been kicking his goals at a massive average of seven per game, but the goal scoring machine does not have any set routine.
“I just go with the flow. It’s pretty much just a waddle in and kick the ball,” he said.
Jackson now sits 54 goals clear of his nearest rival to the league goal kicking trophy, which strangely enough is team-mate Josh Dowie, who has kicked 46 goals from 14 games, quite a serviceable effort.
Dowie, who is expected to bring up goal number 50 this week, has taken on a great workload, and been a huge supporter for Jackson.
The centurion will be looking to continue his goal kicking form as his team continues on into the finals.
“We’ll be looking to make the grand final first. To get another premiership like last year would be great,” Jackson said.
Should Inverloch-Kongwak, currently on top of the table, continue on and play three finals, Jackson should finish with around 130 goals, a supreme effort in any form of the game.
“I think the boys have been looking for me in the last couple of weeks. You can see them lining up and then at the last minute they kick it to me,” said Jackson, without the slightest sound of complaint.
All his team-mates rushed down to the forward line after Jackson kicked goal number 14, and the burly forward was chaired off the ground, much to his surprise.
He joked as he said: “(I) thought I was going to bust their shoulders.”
President Andrew Burns was very happy for Jackson, and said that the club would have prepared something for him had they known he would kick the bag on the day.
“We’ll have to save it for the presentation night now,” he said.

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