Here is the preview for the VFL Grand Final
SUNDAY
North Ballarat vs Northern Bullants at Etihad Stadium 2:15pm(ABC1TV,SEN 1116,3AW 693,3BA 102.3FM(Ballarat))
(Curtain Raisers Eastlink Cup Grand Final 9:45am,TAC Cup Grand Final Calder Cannons vs Gippsland Power at 10:30am)
Gates Open: Gate 2 and Livewire 8:15am, Gates 3,6,7,8,9 9:30am
Sportsbet Odds(www.sportbet.com.au)
To win Game
North Ballarat $1.37 $1.90(-19.5)
Northern Bullants $3.10 $1.90(+19.5)
Draw $51
North Ballarat 1-39 $2.25 40+ $3
Northern Bullants 1-39 $3.50 40+ $13
Norm Goss Medal
Steve Clifton $7.00
Myles Sewell $9.00
Orren Stephenson $10.00
Adam Iacobucci $12.00
Bret Thornton $12.00
David Hale $12.00
Corey Jones $15.00
Sam Jacobs $17.00
Jarrod McCorkell $17.00
David Ellard $21.00
Cameron Richardson $21.00
Josh Smith $21.00
Leigh Harding $21.00
Shaun Grigg $21.00
Chris Johnson $23.00
Ashley Arrowsmith $26.00
Brad Fisher $26.00
Marcus White $34.00
Nick Peters $34.00
Steve Browne $34.00
Joey Anderson 41.00
Levi Casboult $41.00
Shaune Moloney $41.00
Dan Feery $41.00
Luke Morgan $41.00
Isaac Smith $45.00
Mark Austin $51.00
Nick Couch $51.00
Brayden Norris $51.00
Marc Greig $51.00
Matt Sharkey $51.00
Ryan Gale $51.00
Shane Neaves $51.00
Matt Tyler $55.00
Ahmed Saad $61.00
Zach Tuohy $61.00
Joe Dare $67.00
Billy Driscoll $71.00
Rohan Kerr $71.00
Anton Woods $75.00
Oliver Tate $81.00
Stevie Dinnell $81.00
Derek Micallef $81.00
Luke Delaney $81.00
Shaun Austin $101.00
Tyson Thomas $101.00
Last 5 meetings
Round 2 2010 at Eureka Stadium North Ballarat 13-10(88) def Northern Bullants 10-10(70)
Grand Final 2009 at Etihad Stadium North Ballarat 14-7(91) def Northern Bullants 10-8(68)
Round 14 2009 at Visy Park Northern Bullants 12-13(85) def North Ballarat 11-15(81)
Round 18 2008 at Eureka Stadium Northern Bullants 7-8(50) def North Ballarat 5-12(42)
Round 7 2008 at NAB Oval,Preston Northern Bullants 16-9(105) def North Ballarat 9-9(63)
This is shaping as a great contest. The favorites North Ballarat have convincing gone through the finals series and are in great shape looking for a 3rd straight premiership. They are get Leigh Harding back from injury for the game. The Roosters are on a 5 game winning streak including defeating Casey and Box Hill in the finals. Their last loss was in Round 15 against Werribee at Werribee. The Northern Bullants came into this game on a 4 game winning streak and defeating Collingwood,Casey Scorpions and Williamstown in the finals to get to the grand final. The Bullants last loss was in Round 17 against Casey at Visy Park. This will be a close contest as the Bullants would have learnt a lot from losing last year's Grand Final but I think the Roosters will be too strong.
STATS
Total Qtrs Won: Nth Ballarat 51-27-2 Nth Bullants 48-33-3
1st Quarter: Nth Ballarat 12-7-1 Nth Bullants 13-7-1
2nd Quarter: Nth Ballarat 12-8 Nth Bullants 11-10
3rd Quarter: Nth Ballarat 12-7-1 Nth Bullants 13-7-1
4th Quarter: Nth Ballarat 15-5 Nth Bullants 11-9-1
My Tip: North Ballarat by 9pts
Let's keep this thread updated with comments only about the game itself.
Start a new topic if you want to go off on a tangent about something else.
quarter time scores, not looking good for Preston :-(
2010 VFL Seniors
North Ballarat 6.5
Northern Bullants 1.1
2010 VFL Seniors
North Ballarat 6.5 10.9
Northern Bullants 1.1 5.3
Bullants played much better that quarter but still couldn't close the gap - kicked 3 goals in 7 minutes & started to look half a chance - hope they can make a contest of it in the second half .....
2010 VFL Seniors, 3/4 time
North Ballarat 6.5 10.9 14.9
Northern Bullants 1.1 5.3 10.5
Bullants VERY good that quarter & could have been much closer with a bit of luck - Roosters getting the better of the umpiring decisions .....
Well done to the ROOSters in completing the 3peat.
Whoops double post
There was a fight in the crowd in the last quarter in the left forward pocket at the Spencer st station end. One guy lost his shirt as the security guard jumped the fence. Someone pointed out that it was reminiscent on the VFA.
North where far to good on the day and never looked like losing. It was just one of those days when nothing went right for northern.
What was the crowd figure? I think it would have been about 10000. So I suppose the vfl will accept defeat and move the game back to princes park?
Yep, far too good, don't think Willi would have beaten them if we had made it, based on today's performance .... the scary thing is that they could well do it again next year :-(
2010 VFL Seniors Grand Final
Final Scores
North Ballarat 6.5 10.9 14.9 20.13 (133)
Northern Bullants 1.1 5.3 10.5 13.8 (86)
GOALS:
North Ballarat: Hale 3 Smith 3 Jones 3 Driscoll 2 Dinnell 2 Micallef Smith Stephenson Feery Norris Harding White
BEST:
North Ballarat: Peters Feery Richardson Sewell Micallef Jones
REPORTED PLAYERS:
North Ballarat: Nil
Northern Bullants: Nil
Did anyone hear James Brayshaw even mention the VFL Grand Final on the Footy Show this morning? I didn't but i didn't see it all either, but as he is the President of North Melbourne which is aligned with North Ballarat I thought that he may have given it a plug. I did hear him talk about some family day at Arden Street & he said he was heading there, so that demonstrates how highly he regards the alignment. However, I stand to be corrected on that.