THE Shepparton Bears finished second after the home and away season and were gallant in defeat to the all conquering Kyabram Bombers in the qualifying final.
Their reward? A trip to play Mansfield at home in a knock out semi final against the Eagles, who finished sixth. Dear oh dear, AFLGM up to their old tricks.
Anyway, back to the football. The Bears will have their work cut out here against an Eagles side full of confidence. Super star, Brett Mahoney kicked two last quarter goals to bury the Saints last week and has to be watched. Shepparton has plenty of players in form including Joel Brett who kicked four goals last week, Nick Rokahr, Ash Holland and Luke Smith. It’s going to be tight this one and the Bears to win by five points.
In the second semi final, Kyabram play a lucky Echuca who finished fourth but with the way the GVFL final six works, sees them leap frog into a second semi final due to Benalla losing last week.
The last time these two sides met just over a month ago it was the Kyabram Bombers by 12 goals. The Echuca Murray Bombers will improve on that but will still be comfortably short.
