SWFL 2022: Harvey Bulls want more as they look to bounce back against South Bunbury

More than two months after what was the biggest upset of the SWFL season so far, Harvey Bulls coach Mark Pink hopes his maturing squad will be able to get the jump on South Bunbury on home turf. Harvey Bulls are set to host South Bunbury Tigers at Harvey Oval on Sunday during the South West Football League’s Think Mental Health Round. The Bulls, seventh on the league ladder with a 5-7 record, will be looking to bounce back from falling just short to Bunbury 6.12 (48) to 6.7 (43) last weekend. Head coach Pink said the squad were really disappointed by last weekend’s loss. “We want better,” he said. “In previous years we might have lost that game but remained happy that we got close. “Now, it’s not enough and I think that shows a bit more development and growth within our squad. “We did have chances and in the end (Bunbury) had more scoring shots than we did and we were lucky to be with them at quarter-time because we were pretty ordinary during that first quarter.” Despite only having five wins for the season so far, Pink said the Bulls’ win-loss ratio at home has been better than previous seasons. “I don’t know whether we’re going to get the jump on South Bunbury but we’ll go in confident,” he said. “We’re slowly getting players back from injury and last weekend we had a couple of late outs, so they should be back this week. “We seem to lose a couple of players each week but we still get a few back each week, so we’re no worse or better off.” Meanwhile, South Bunbury will be looking to continue solidifying themselves as the league’s top dogs and extend their current winning streak to a fourth win. The Tigers, who have a 10-2 record for the season so far, will be returning from a bye during round 15 after a convincing 20.10 (130) to 6.3 (39) win over Collie Eagles earlier this month. Last time they met, in round five, Harvey pulled off the biggest upset of the 2022 SWFL season so far with a 20.6 (126) to 8.12 (60) victory at Hands Oval.