Reghenzani in box seat for Dick Robinson Medal

Mines Rovers spearhead Nick Reghenzani is on course for his first Dick Robinson Medal as the Goldfields Football League’s premier goal kicker after bagging six against Kambalda last weekend.

His performance was largely overshadowed by Bevan Bennell, who bagged seven in his return match after rejoining the blue-and-whites before the June 30 clearance deadline.

Reghenzani leads the way this season with 42 goals from Railways’ Jack Steel (39) ahead of a round 15 match-up between the clubs this weekend.

Reghenzani has kicked seven goals on three occasions and boasts two six-goal hauls from 13 games.

His record includes a four-goal display in round seven against second-placed Boulder on June 4.

Steel has been a model of consistency since joining the Panthers for 2022, with his 39 majors featuring six five-goal hauls.

Railways’ Chris Yarran, who won last year’s medal, sits third with 27 goals.

Yarran booted a season-high seven goals against Mines Rovers in round five.

The medal honours Robinson, a champion Railways goalsneak who died last year aged 67.

Robinson was the GFL’s original goalkicking star who led that category five times, including a league-record 139 goals in 1974 when Railways were undefeated.

He topped the list for the first time in 1971, bagged 98 in 1973 and followed up his century-haul in 1974 with more accolades in 1980 and 1982.

Apart from winning the goalkicking once in the under-14 grade, Robinson played mainly as a defender.

But ahead of turning up to senior training for the first time out of colts, his father convinced him to tell the coaching staff he was a full-forward because the squad did not have one.

The Panthers, with Robinson the linchpin at full-forward, were the GFL’s glamour team of the 1970s, underpinned by flags in 1971, 1973-75 and 1978-79.

Robinson was also captain-coach of Mines Rovers in 1979 and 1980.

The 2022 winner will be announced at the Mitchell Medal count at the Kalgoorlie Town Hall on August 27.