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.
Posted by SiteAdmin in Sport on 10 Aug 2010 at 10:26 am

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.
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