ATTACKING KICK: University's Sam Banim gets a kick away despite pressure from Coolaroo defenders. Nev Madsen UNIVERSITY moved to the top of the AFL Darling Downs ladder with a dominant 43-point win over Coolaroo in the top-of-the-table battle at USQ on Saturday night.
Playing in front of a healthy crowd at its annual Cancer Council Queensland fundraiser, University led at every change to record a confidence-boosting 18.13 (121) to 12.6 (78) win.
The Cougars kicked five goals to three in the first quarter to get on top and built that lead up to five goals at half-time.
Coolaroo out-scored University in the third term to narrow the scores to 90-73 at three-quarter time but the Cougars finished strong restricting the 'Roos to just one goal in the final term to run out 43-point victors.
Josh Timmer and Luke Brumley led the way for the Cougars as experienced Uni forwards Al Reilly, Joel Yosh and Heath Gniel each kicked four goals.
For Coolaroo, Tom Rudolph kicked six majors in a beaten team while Phil Dreise and Michael Casey also had strong games.
The result moves University ahead of Coolaroo on the ladder on percentage and spoiled the 300th game of 'Roos veteran Adam Ottobrino.
Meanwhile, Dalby showed it could do some damage in the finals if it can come from the clouds to secure a top five spot after handing South Toowoomba an 18.10 (118) to 7.9 (51) win at Rockville Park.
The Swans sit seventh on the ladder two wins out of the top five but have knocked off last year's two grand finalists in consecutive weeks.
The youthful and athletic Dalby squad led at every change to post a strong 67-point win.
But in some consolation for Souths, full forward Dan McPhee kicked four goals to pass the 100 mark for the season.
Defending premiers Toowoomba Tigers bounced back from their defeat to Dalby last week with a 95-point victory over Highfields.
Warwick also recorded a big win over Lockyer Valley, while Goondiwindi took four points after a forfeit from Chinchilla.
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