Season 2009

Don't know how the crowds were at North Ballarat and Williamstown, however, the 2 games at Port melbourne atracted the worst attendances I have seen at finals games in years. Maybe ever.

With Collingwood and Geelong playing - and their AFL teams well and truly alive - you would have thought their fans would have come down to the VFL in force.

At today's game I reckon there would have been lucky to be 1,000 and the Box Hill fans would have outnumbered the Cats fans 3 : 1.

2009 VFL Seniors
Casey Scorpions: 0.1.1 ~ 4.3.27 ~ 6.4.40 ~ 9.8.62
Collingwood: 4.7.31 ~ 8.14.62 ~ 19.20.134 ~ 26.21.177

GOALS:
Casey Scorpions: Newton 3, Creed 2, Taylor, Blaser, Waite, Wall.
Collingwood: Dick 5, Stanley 4, Corrie 3, Blair 3, Rounds 2, Bennell 2, Cook 2, Dawes, Barham, Reed, Blight, Bryan.

BEST:
Casey Scorpions: Panozza, Valenti, Matthews, Wall, McDonald, Faulks.
Collingwood: Stanley, Blair, MacAffer, Reid, Dick, Cook.

North Ballarat: 2.3.15 ~ 4.3.27 ~ 8.6.54 ~ 15.8.98
Port Melbourne: 1.3.9 ~ 2.7.19 ~ 6.11.47 ~ 6.14.50

GOALS:
North Ballarat: Jones 3, Dinnell 3, Clifton 2, Edwards, Sewell, Chester, Lower, Wundke, Roach, Goodes.
Port Melbourne: Cain 2, Sengstock 2, Bonaddio, Neville.

BEST:
North Ballarat: Garlett, Feery, Searl, Spolding, Clifton, McMahon.
Port Melbourne: Cain, Pleming, Nixon, Batsanis, Dillon, Hassett.

REPORTED PLAYERS:
Port Melbourne: Bo Nixon (Striking)

Box Hill Hawks: 0.6.6 ~ 5.11.41 ~ 12.14.86 ~ 17.19.121
Geelong: 4.3.27 ~ 6.4.40 ~ 7.9.51 ~ 13.9.87

GOALS:
Box Hill Hawks: Yze 3, Suckling 3, Iles 2, Breust 2, Morton 2, Pedersen, Lisle, Williams, George, Fagan.
Geelong: Podsiadly 4, Gamble 2, Allwright 2, Lonergan 2, Raidme, Varcoe, Hunt.

BEST:
Box Hill Hawks: Walsh, Iles, Curnow, Suckling, Kiel, Yze.
Geelong: Tutungi, Gamble, Podsiadly, Firman, Laidler, Hunt.

Williamstown: 2.4.16 ~ 3.6.24 ~ 4.10.34 ~ 6.13.49
Northern Bullants: 2.1.13 ~ 6.8.44 ~ 10.10.70 ~ 11.12.78

GOALS:
Williamstown: Galea 2, Rose 2, Joyce, Roughead.
Northern Bullants: Fisher 2, Yarran 2, Anderson, Gianfagna, Bannister, Austin, Spiteri, Ellard, Iacobucci.

BEST:
Williamstown: Callan, Skipper, Wood, Addison, Joyce, Davies.
Northern Bullants: Ellard, Browne, Bentick, Edwards, Hartlett, Jacobs.

2009 VFL Reserves
North Ballarat: 3.1.19 ~ 5.3.33 ~ 7.8.50 ~ 11.10.76
Frankston: 1.1.7 ~ 3.1.19 ~ 4.4.28 ~ 8.9.57

GOALS:
North Ballarat: Micallef 3, Benjamin 2, Cartledge 2, McKenzie, Hall, Raworth, George.
Frankston: Crowe 2, Potts 2, Gill, Clark, Nicholls, Lourey.

BEST:
North Ballarat: McKenzie, Caldow, Micallef, Peters, Benjamin, McHugh.
Frankston: Burns, Clark, Sienkiewicz, Luxa, Crowe, Purves.

Coburg Tigers: 0.1.1 ~ 2.5.17 ~ 5.7.37 ~ 9.11.65
Sandringham: 4.1.25 ~ 7.3.45 ~ 11.6.72 ~ 13.7.85

GOALS:
Coburg Tigers: Gilligan 2, Allan 2, Hislop, Horne, Jordon, Putt, Houli.
Sandringham: Hardiman 4, Eddy 3, Johnston, Connors, Summons, McConnell, Tungatalum, Cosson.

BEST:
Coburg Tigers: Cattapan, Rayson, Groves, Gilligan, Morgan, Allan.
Sandringham: McGrath, Hardiman, Monaghan, Gribbin, Johnston, Gilchrist.

Sportingbet have put up a market for week one of the finals.

Williamstown 1.33 v Northern Bullants 3.2

North Ballarat 1.24 v Port Melbourne 3.9

Casey 1.67 V Collingwood 2.15

Box Hill 1.33 V Geelong 3.2

Second Qualifying Final - Williamstown vs. Northern Bullants
Sunday 6th September
Burbank Oval 2:00 PM

Williamstown
B Callan Boumann Tiller
HB Davies Cloke Everitt
C Wood Bre. Johnson Addison
HF Reid Roughead Stack
F Joyce Little Rose
R Skipper Jolley O'Keefe
Int Stretton White Gotch
Lynch Wight Galea
Meyer Lockwood

Northern Bullants
B Spiteri Hartlett Anderson
HB Johnson Jo. Bannister Iacobucci
C Browne Bentick Bransgrove
HF Ja. Bannister Saddington Fisher
F Yarran S. O'Hailpin Warnock
R Jacobs Boundy McCorkell
Int Bentley Edwards Ellard
Pfeiffer Gale Gianfagna
S. Austin Morgan

First Elimination Final - Box Hill Hawks vs. Geelong (ABC TV)
Sunday 6th September
TEAC Oval at 1:10 PM

Box Hill Hawks
B Savage Morton Milne
HB Kiel Suckling McQueen-Miscamble
C Breust Yze Lisle
HF Gibson Muston Iles
F Williams Bello Markovic
R Pedersen Walsh Curnow
Int Smith Neil Fagan
George Cross Renton
Smithwick Peterson

Geelong
B McKenna Gillies Donohue
HB D. Johnson Lonergan Laidler
C T. Hunt Moles Tenace
HF Motlop West Gamble
F A. Varcoe Podsiadly D. Simpson
R Mumford Djerrkura Hogan
Int Sheringham Hollmer Carson
Tutungi Raidme Simpkin
Allwright Firman

Second Elimination Final - Casey Scorpions vs. Collingwood (ABC TV)
Saturday 5th September
TEAC Oval at 1:10 PM

Casey Scorpions

B Chivers Silvagni Panozza
HB Blaser Faulks Lees
C Wall Matthews McGough
HF Collins Newton Stockdale
F Taylor Waite Zomer
R Mohr MacReadie Valenti
Int Costigan Patti Snow
Creed Scanlon Matheson
Smith B. McDonald

Collingwood

B Clarke N. Brown Goldsack
HB Cook Reid Corrie
C Wellingham McCarthy Barham
HF MacAffer Dawes Stanley
F Bryan Rocca Dick
R Wood Sidebottom Beams
Int Thoolen Colbert Blight
Peverill Bennell Keefe
Rusling Dyas Reed
Blair K. Pendlebury Rounds

First Qualifying Final - North Ballarat vs. Port Melbourne
Saturday 5th September
Eureka Stadium at 2:00 PM

North Ballarat
B Watt Moloney Greig
HB Sharkey Searl Goodes
C Garlett Feery Roach
HF Wundke A. Edwards McMahon
F Chester Jo. Smith Jones
R Stephenson Lower Sewell
Int White Dinnell Spolding
Clifton N. Peters Richardson
Cartledge McHugh

Port Melbourne

B Nixon Dalton S. Brewer
HB Pleming Baird McGrath
C Batsanis Dillon Hassett
HF Cain Bonaddio Raymond
F O'Farrell F. Deluca Smith
R Fanning Dwyer McMahon
Int Neville Wall Kennedy
Sengstock McLaren Suckling
Martin Schultz

Some interesting names in the Interchange/Squad for Port Melbourne. B Neville and Sengstock in the mix. Surely Martin won't come in after concerns about Port being overly tall.

Second Elimination Final - Casey Scorpions vs. Collingwood (ABC TV)
Saturday 5th September
TEAC Oval at 1:10 PM
Casey Scorpions
B Chivers Silvagni Panozza
HB Blaser Faulks Lees
C Wall Matthews McGough
HF Collins Newton Stockdale
F Taylor Waite Zomer
R Mohr MacReadie Valenti
Int Costigan Patti Snow
Creed Scanlon Matheson
Smith B. McDonald

Collingwood
B Clarke N. Brown Goldsack
HB Cook Reid Corrie
C Wellingham McCarthy Barham
HF MacAffer Dawes Stanley
F Bryan Rocca Dick
R Wood Sidebottom Beams
Int Thoolen Colbert Blight
Peverill Bennell Keefe
Rusling Dyas Reed
Blair K. Pendlebury Rounds

Eureka Stadium at 2:00 PM

North Ballarat
B Watt Moloney Greig
HB Sharkey Searl Goodes
C Garlett Feery Roach
HF Wundke A. Edwards McMahon
F Chester Jo. Smith Jones
R Stephenson Lower Sewell
Int White Dinnell Spolding
Clifton N. Peters Richardson
Cartledge McHugh

Port Melbourne

B Nixon Dalton S. Brewer
HB Pleming Baird McGrath
C Batsanis Dillon Hassett
HF Cain Bonaddio Raymond
F O'Farrell F. Deluca Smith
R Fanning Dwyer McMahon
Int Neville Wall Kennedy
Sengstock McLaren Suckling
Martin Schultz

First Elimination Final - Box Hill Hawks vs. Geelong (ABC TV)
Sunday 6th September
TEAC Oval at 1:10 PM

Box Hill Hawks
B Savage Morton Milne
HB Kiel Suckling McQueen-Miscamble
C Breust Yze Lisle
HF Gibson Muston Iles
F Williams Bello Markovic
R Pedersen Walsh Curnow
Int Smith Neil Fagan
George Cross Renton
Smithwick Peterson

Geelong
B McKenna Gillies Donohue
HB D. Johnson Lonergan Laidler
C T. Hunt Moles Tenace
HF Motlop West Gamble
F A. Varcoe Podsiadly D. Simpson
R Mumford Djerrkura Hogan
Int Sheringham Hollmer Carson
Tutungi Raidme Simpkin
Allwright Firman

Second Qualifying Final - Williamstown vs. Northern Bullants
Sunday 6th September
Burbank Oval 2:00 PM

Williamstown
B Callan Boumann Tiller
HB Davies Cloke Everitt
C Wood Bre. Johnson Addison
HF Reid Roughead Stack
F Joyce Little Rose
R Skipper Jolley O'Keefe
Int Stretton White Gotch
Lynch Wight Galea
Meyer Lockwood

Northern Bullants
B Spiteri Hartlett Anderson
HB Johnson Jo. Bannister Iacobucci
C Browne Bentick Bransgrove
HF Ja. Bannister Saddington Fisher
F Yarran S. O'Hailpin Warnock
R Jacobs Boundy McCorkell
Int Bentley Edwards Ellard
Pfeiffer Gale Gianfagna
S. Austin Morgan

Second Elimination Final - North Ballarat vs. Frankston (Reserve Grade)
Saturday 5th September
Eureka Stadium at 11:10 AM

North Ballarat
B Dickinson Niblett Murnane
HB McHugh Caldow Hall
C C. Benjamin McKenzie Richardson
HF Bell Cartledge Linke
F T. George Raworth Micallef
R Orvis W. Benjamin N. Peters
Int Limb Struth A. George
Beardsell Radley Brayshaw
Monteith B. Edwards

Frankston
B Luxa Drake Davis
HB Gill Hobbs Corp
C Potts Comben Burns
HF M. Clark Barnes Purves
F L. Clark Crowe Lourey
R Westcott Kennedy Sienkiewicz
Int Lean Cole McMurray
Doria Bosward McGill
Nicholls

First Elimination Final - Coburg Tigers vs. Sandringham (Reserve Grade)
Sunday 6th September
TEAC Oval at 10:20 AM

Coburg Tigers
B Considine Keogh McQuilken
HB Clifton Morgan Groves
C Rayson Morris Jordon
HF Abdallah Putt Wood
F Gilligan Allan J. Hislop
R Dahl Cattapan Ambrose
Int Bassi Kellett Houli
J. Horne Bramich Saville
Kandilakis

Sandringham
B Gaertner Gribbin Liddell
HB Monaghan Harektuku Howard
C Garrubba M. Johnston Connors
HF Hardiman Lockwood Ferraro
F McConnell B. Eddy Tungatalum
R McGrath Dean Gilchrist
Int Summons Allan Stapleton
Fleming Johnston Smith-Cameron
Cosson Plymin

It seems as though Williamstown are up to there dirty tricks again and Im not talking about leaving dog shit on there playing surface again.

Williamstown have gone out of there way and contacted the VFL about an off the ball incident that happened last week. Toby Pinwell will not play this week and has been suspended for 1 week. No report was made on the day so Williamstown have deliberatly gone to the effort to make a player miss a finals game.
I dont think this is in the spirit of the game at all. What happened to "what happens on the field, stays on the field??? Id also call it unsportsman like.

Shame on you Williamstown I hope Preston fix you up again for the second time this season. Its appropriate that your football club holds a dog day as we all know that sums up what you are.

It was mentioned during the ABC broadcast that the ABC will go live with the VFL Grand Final on their HD Channel (live nationally). Good news, and for those that don't have an HD Tuner, ABC is covering the game on delay Friday night and again on Saturday afternoon.