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GVL Data | Mitch Trewhella’s starring role for Rochester in preliminary final defeat
On Sunday, Mitch Trewhella was doing the lord’s work.
The Tigers on-baller has been a revelation for Ash Watson’s side in 2024 after crossing from Bendigo-based outfit Kangaroo Flat, and though his side bowed out of the finals race at the weekend, it wasn’t for want of trying in Trewhella’s case.
The grunty midfielder polled the highest ranking tally of any man on the park at Deakin Reserve with 137 for the day during the 13.13 (91) to 8.8 (56) defeat.
It marked the 17th time Trewhella has hit the ton in the Goulburn Valley League this year.
Putting that into perspective, he has only failed to break the triple-digit ranking point threshold on four occasions.
Put simply, that is an outrageous level of consistency.
And though Rochester was unable to book a spot in the grand final after falling to the Bears, Trewhella’s stat line was salivating, to say the least.
Rochester’s red-haired rocket racked up 35 disposals with 16 contested possessions, seven inside-50s, five rebound-50s, four tackles and 10 clearances.
He also chalked up 10 ground-ball gets and three goal involvements on the day.
It’s been a season-long trend for Trewhella as he’s ranked elite in 12 separate categories — including all of the aforementioned metrics bar the last.
He sits fifth in the competition for per-game-average tackles (8.2) and within the top 10 for per-game clearances (7.7), with Trewhella’s dominance during his debut campaign in the GVL almost enough to land him the league’s most coveted individual prize.
Rochester’s main man finished second in Monday night’s Morrison Medal count, pipped by a single vote by Shepparton ruck monster Ash Holland.
Mitch Trewhella versus Shepparton
Disposals: 35
Contested possessions: 16
Inside-50s: 7
Clearances: 10
Tackles: 4
Ground-ball gets: 10
Goal involvements: 3
Ranking points: 137
And while Holland didn’t have his biggest game strictly from a stats perspective in Sunday’s prelim, he still did enough to crack the 100-ranking-point barrier.
Holland had 19 disposals (11 contested) with four tackles and seven clearances as well as 42 hit-outs to notch a total of 110 ranking points.
Like Trewhella, the big Bear is ranked elite in a plethora of categories, including per-game-average contested marks (2.6), intercept marks (1.6), clearances (4.7), one-percenters (3.2) and hit-outs (50.1).
And these two stars aren’t going anywhere fast.
It’s good news for GVL fans, with Trewhella confirming his re-commitment to Rochester last month, while Holland only recently locked in another season in Bears’ colours.
Let’s hope these two continue to carve up the middle of the park in the GVL for many more years to come.