GRAND FINAL (SENIORS) Woori Yallock v Upwey Tecoma
A GREAT season deserves a great grand final and that is what happened.
Woori has had to come from fourth spot on the ladder and play in three gruelling finals to make it to the grand final and then it had to take on the best performed team of the year in Upwey which was primed because it also had the opportunity to freshen up with a week off prior to the big game.
This game started like most grand finals do and that’s at a frantic pace and a few nerves to go with it.
Woori actually looked to settle into the game a bit quicker than Upwey but it was wasteful booting 3.7 for the quarter which kept Upwey in touch as it managed 1.3.
The second quarter was a contrast to the first because it was Upwey that started to control of the ball and the tempo of the play.
It slammed on six goals to Woori’s two and took an 11 point lead into half time and was looking the goods to go on with it.
There was a wide held belief that Upwey would be the fresher side and start to run away with the game in the second half, however it was Woori that surprisingly looked the fresher, harder running side in the third quarter.
Upwey looked tired as Woori booted five goals to two for the quarter.
Woori held a seven point lead heading into the last quarter and their appeared to be a real belief amongst the Woori team that they could deliver back to back Premiership victories.
The last quarter was one big struggle as both defences worked overtime; there wasn’t a lot of scoring as the play seemed to be between the half back lines.
Woori did manage to break through the Upwey defence for two goals in the quarter and although that may not seem a big scoring quarter it was certainly enough as Upwey only managed one goal late in the game.
Woori Yallock ran out 12 point winners in a steely and determined performance to hold aloft the Premiership Cup for the second year in a row.
Woori Yallock 12.13 (85) d Upwey Tecoma 10.13 (73)
Congratulations to Woori Yallock, the 2013 Premiers.
Side
Back Row Left to Right
D Mock (Team Manager) B Monkhorst, R Smith, B Donavan(Coaching Staff, M Witkowski, M Wright, Z Monkhorst, D Ryan, M Batten, M Bonuda, S Kennedy, K Busoli, N Tennant, T Williamson, A Witkoski, D Hyndman (Coaching Staff) M McGrath (Runner)
Front Row Left to Right
K McAuley, J Adams, S Ismail, J Matthews, Danny Ryan (Coach), B Sneddon (Captain), D Mock, J Coombs, H Smith
President - G Donavan
Last Modified on 12/07/2015 18:55