THERE were 12 and now there are six. Yes, it’s finals time and what an action packed first week of finals we have.
The qualifying final between Kyabram and Shepparton will see the Bombers win their 61st game in a row quite comfortably and progress to the second semi final. Sorry for being so matter of fact about it, but it’s just how it is and a credit to everyone involved at Kyabram. It’s up to the rest of the competition to catch up to them.
The first elimination final sees Echuca playing Tatura and the Murray Bombers are one of the dark horses in this season’s race to the grand final. They have won eight of their last nine games and are in super form and they defeated the Bulldogs by 61 points last time they met in round 12. It will be close but Echuca will prevail.
The second elimination final is the interesting one in that if Benalla win, they catapult into the second semi final. Last time these two sides met though, it was a 13 point win to the Eagles and they will fancy their chances here. The Eagles won last week to sneak into the top six and they feel they are not finished yet. Nick Warnock kicked 11 sausages last week and gives the Saints a great target. Benalla will win this one and progress to week two.
