Here is the fixture for opening week of the 2026 ORFFF finals – all of which will be knockout contests. QF1 - Black Swamp 29ers TTH 13-2, 1st vs Macquarie Island Whales @Darran 9-6, 8th – first ever ORFFF finals matchup between these teams, ORFFF Round 11 (Rivalry Round) saw the 29ers win a cagy match 1284-1227 QF2 - Sherwood Magpies @Vicwood 12-3, 2nd vs Neptune Island Noahs @That KI Guy 10-5, 7th – UOC vs the 3 times reigning Official Champions in a repeat of the 2025 ORFFF Grand Final, the Noahs won 1394-1289 in ORFFF Round 6 QF3 - Drouin Dropbears @stowie 11-4, 3rd vs Mount Thirsty Boozers @leematty1 10-5, 6th – Drouin smashed the Boozers 1548-1216 in ORFFF Round 5 registering the highest score of 2026 to date in the process QF4 - Walpole Woylies @JC 11-4, 4th vs Port Lincoln Power @MrsBear 11-4, 5th - ORFFF Round 2 saw the Woylies win 1237-1218 in a nailbiter, PLP looking for first ever finals win on the back of their best ever home and away season Please note the earlier full lockout during finals is the Friday night Supercoach lockout. Please also note the week 2 finals fixture will see the Winner of QF1 vs Winner of QF4 and the Winner of QF2 vs Winner of QF3 – with highest ranked teams to host. Good luck all
Drop Bears D: Nas, Florent, Mac Andrew, Bruhn (Bo Allan) M: Sheezel, Brayshaw, Retschko, Naicos (Rowston) R: Luke Jackson F: Zac Bailey, Darcy Wilson, Ginnivan, Shai Bolton (Higgins) I: Seth Campbell, Jack Graham (Arty Jones)
Noahs Def - Amon, Clark, Petty, Powell (Fonti) Mid - Dawson, Dempsey, Warner, Hewett (Erasmus) Ruck - Sweet Fwd - McKay, Wright, Neale, Lloyd (Moore) IC - Turner, Bice (Johnson)
The Whales 10/817 @Darran lead the 29ers 7/706 in QF1. The early Sunday match has 5 * 29ers to 1 for the Whales and then the second game is 3 for Mac Island to 2 for Black Swamp. In the final game it will be Windhager for Mac Island versus Max Hall and 10 000 feral home fans for Black Swamp as this fierce and passionate rivalry experiences a finals spotlight it has never known before across the ORFFF's 11 seasons.
The unofficial final scores have the 29ers 15/1420 defeating the Whales 15/1248 @Darran by 172 points with the Head to Head now a commanding 8-4 in favour of Black Swamp.
Unofficial scores Noahs 1396 Def Magpies 1373 Given my reputation for average mathematics I’ll wait for offical rollover here @Vicwood