"ORFFU Semi-Finals: Fresh Faces, Funnier Exits" Refreshing to see some new faces in the ORFFU semi-finals… though let’s be honest, most of them only made it here because a few big names forgot how to coach. Blanchetown Bunyips 1422 def King Island Monarchs 1345 – Bunyips stole the crown and left the Monarchs ruling over rubble. Serengeti Buffalos 1397 def Korumburra Blowflys 1357 – Buffalos swatted the Blowflys before they could even land on the scoreboard. Coolgardie Prospectors 1421 def Pakenham Parasites 1264 – Prospectors struck paydirt while the Parasites starved. Staghorn Flat Bulls 1440 def Ararat Armadillos 1319 – Bulls didn’t just break through the armour, they turned it into a trophy rack.
Cheers mate. Proud of the boys for putting up a good fight but your leaders stood up when they needed to. Gawn v Flynn was always going to be pivotal. Good luck for remainder of finals.
After another regular season had come and gone the home town Buffaloes as well as their Korumburra counterparts arrived down in The Crater confident that their season wouldn't be ending here. @Mick Regardless of the outcome of this match, it was made clear from the start that someone didn't want Jeremy Howe's (0) season to be continuing and he was knocked out as quickly the game had begun in a major blow for the visitors. Perhaps rattled by seeing a fellow tatt covered player, perhaps because he's just not that great, Jamie Elliott (10) fell apart after the incident and gave hope to the Blowflys that maybe they could overcome the early drama. Buoyed by that hope, Josh Dunkley (167) took full advantage of Lachie Neale missing from this matchup and absolutely dominated the midfield. The likes of Mannagh (109) and Shannon Neale (95) were feasting on dominant performances and Tim Kelly (102) even turned back the clock to put in a vintage performance. It was going to take an almighty response from The Buff and things were looking positive with Bailey Smith (141) doing his best to match the efforts of Dunkley and Finn Callaghan (137) trying to convince the coach he didn't make a mistake in selecting him over Sam Darcy. Toby Greene (126) was inspired by Tim Kelly's veteran performance as he returned from a week off and Aaron Cadman (102) put on an incredible display to fill in for the 'gone fishing' Dangerfield. With so many impressive performances across the park on both sides, this was destined to go down to the wire. Late in the contest Tim Kelly was doing his best to will the Blowflys across the line and he had them well on track. That was until James Peatling (35) decided he couldn't keep up with the pace of the contest and couldn't finish it out as he joined teammate Howe in the injury room. That compared to the efforts of Buffalo Zac Merrett (123) who played out the final quarter with a broken hand to make sure his side would come off victorious was the difference in the end and Serengeti were able to triumph with an 82 point win. Final Scores Serengeti 1397 def Korumburra 1315