Games played at Etihad Stadium (ROOF CLOSED) CROWD 11859

VFL GRAND FINAL
Port Melbourne 2.0 9.7 15.10 22.12(144)
Williamstown 5.3 6.4 12.7 13.10( 88)

NORM GOSS MEDALLIST: Toby Pinwill (Port Melbourne)

Port Melbourne's 1st premiership since 1982. Only 2nd team to go through VFA/VFL season winning every game(21-0). North Melbourne did it twice in 1915(14-0) and 1918(12-0).

From The Age
Reported by Brent Diamond
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JOHN Martin, a champion premiership player at the Seagulls, says his distaste for Port Melbourne began when his late father told him stories of how Borough supporters would pelt stones at Williamstown players after famous victories at North Port Oval[now Teac Oval] in the 1920s.

From the Herald-Sun
Reported by Confidential Reporters
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BARBS have been flying in State Parliament before tomorrow's VFL grand final between Port Melbourne and Williamstown.

Heated words were exchanged between the Labor MPs from the rival suburbs, with Port's Martin Foley (below) challenging Willy's Wade Noonan (bottom) to fly the winning team's flag from the loser's town hall.

PORT MELBOURNE

B Stephen Brewer, Jarrod Dalton, Hugh Sandilands

HB Cory McGrath, Sam Pleming, John Baird

C Nathan Batsanis, Toby Pinwill, Shane Valenti

HF Malcolm Lynch, Jake Edwards, Ryan McMahon

F Patrick Rose, Dean Galea, Billy Burstin

R Wayde Skipper, Chris Cain, Sam Dwyer

Int(from) Michael Dillon,Jake Dermott*, Fabian Deluca, Joshua Purcell, Callum Sinclair, Marc Johnston, David Fanning, Tristian Francis,

WILLIAMSTOWN

B David Stretton, James Mulligan, Dean Rampe

From www.localfooty.com.au
Reported by Paul Amy
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From www.localfooty.com.au
Reported by Paul Amy
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