Mole Creek Glow-Worms vs Drouin Dropbears - a first time finals matchup will see these long-time archrivals battle it out for a prelim final spot and a date with the Woylies - the sides last clashed in rivalry round when the Dropbears ended the Glowies ORFFF record 19 game win streak with a mammoth 351 point margin announcing them not just as a contender for the 2023 title but as an dynamic and emerging force in the ORFFF in the coming years. - the 13-2 Glowies were thrashed at home last round while the 10-5 Dropbears survived a low-scoring slog against the Ducks to qualify for the second week of finals. - @anthak ’s post round 14 kiss of death has been followed by consecutive losses for the two time defending premiers while the Dropbears have rebounded from a 1-5 start with a 10 match unbeaten streak and will look to hand rivals Mole Creek an unthinkable 3rd loss in a row Maralinga Atoms vs Useless Loop Virgins - these sides faced off in the 2018 preliminary final where the Atoms defeated the Virgins en route to winning the 2018 premiership the week after http://tooserious.net/forum/tsLeagueMatchday.php?leagueId=14&round=22&year=2018 - the 2 sides last met in Round 11 at the Badlands when the home town Atoms held on for a tense 54 point win over the visiting Virgins - the 12-3 Atoms couldn’t match the Woylies for long enough in the other Qualifying final and now host a 10-5 Virgins side that won it’s first 4 games in 2023, but haven’t been able to string together 3 straight since, a feat that is now required if they are to take the choccies this week and advance to the prelim final stage against the Noahs. Good luck to all 4 teams ! Fun fact - it is a strong probability that the 2023 ORFFF Grand Finalists will have already played each other at least once in a final, as the Atoms vs Dropbears is the only possible combination not to have faced off in the final month previously.
Brilliant previews TTH. Should be two cracking games. I’m looking forward to the weekend! Good luck everyone involved.
Superb work TTH, Should be a good round, and good luck to all at selections, I know I'm sweating on quite a few!
Mole Creek DEF: Short, Rioli, Saad, Atkins (Perryman) MID: Petracca, Laird, Kelly, McCluggage (Williams) RUC: Reeves FWD: Curnow, Greene, Heeney, Rayner (Hayward) INT: Pendlebury, Dangerfield (Lobb)
Drouin Dropbears Darcy Moore, Florent, Stocker, Mac Andrew (Harry Cunningham) NWM, Andrew Brayshaw, Shai Bolton, Rozee (Jack Graham) Luke Jackson Sheezel, Lachy Schultz, Mitch Lewis, Bruhn (Higgins) Zac Bailey, Noah Balta (Ginnivan)
Finals Week 2 - Useless Loop Virgins Def: Steven May, Josh Battle, Brennan Cox, James Sicily (IQ) Mid: Lachie Neale, Ben Hobbs, James Worpel, Ben Hobbs (James Jordon) Ruck: Rhys Stanley (Dan Mc Stay*) Fwd: Errol Gulden, Aaron Naughton, Zak Butters, Liam Baker (JVR*) Int: Isaac Smith, Rory Atkins
Finals Week 2 - Useless Loop Virgins (updated) Def: Steven May, Josh Battle, Brennan Cox, James Sicily (IQ) Mid: Lachie Neale, Ben Hobbs, James Worpel, Ben Hobbs (James Jordon) Ruck: Rhys Stanley Fwd: Errol Gulden, Aaron Naughton, Zak Butters, Liam Baker (JVR*) Int: Isaac Smith, Rory Atkins (Dan Mc Stay)
Congrats to Mole Creek @James84 and Useless Loop @YAD69 for their respective wins in the Semi Finals. Commiserations to the Dropbears @stowie whose club record 10 match winning streak was ended by the reigning back to back premiers and to the Atoms @Brett Sanders whose offence was unable to cope with the Virgins ultra defensive game plan.