Match Report v Morningside
– Grand Final – 13th September 2009
Result
Aspley 20-20-140 defeated Morningside 0-1-6
Ebb and Flow
Jack Collingwood was unlucky
to miss a spot in the 22 but showed he is made of the right stuff by
immediately putting up his hand to be a water carrier. We all waited through
the national anthem to see if the team would do Jack and the rest of us proud.
We got our answer in 22 seconds when Nicholas Falconer bounced on a loose ball
at the first bounce and sent the ball towards goal. Jonathan Bell took
possession and stepped well past his opponent and slotted it through while some
spectators were still finding their seats. Everyone was ready all right – none
more so that Jordan Richardson, in his 50th game for the club and
Dominic Ceolin who was in most people’s top three Aspley players.
Sam Robin worked hard
combining with Bryce Stackelberg and Mitchell Crawley to set up an early
opportunity. Nathan Cooper had a busy day with his great ability to find the
ball in clear evidence throughout. Harris Andrews was another to post his best
game of the season and turned the ball back numerous times during a stint
across half-back. Those in the forward fifty capitalised on work up field with
Andrew Adair marking and kicking beautifully and Matthew Bellchambers mopping
up any crumbs that came his way.
Any moves forward by the
opposition were met by staunch resistance by Callum Bell, Jarrod Henry and
Connor Pedwell who intercepted the ball and carefully selected team-mates to
pass to so we could launch raid after raid. The message at the breaks was to
start again and endeavour to win each quarter. There was no way this team was
going to slacken off. There was plenty of contested football with Jonah Eoe,
Roman Sargent and Trent Wilson amongst many that were desperate to not be
beaten in any one-on-one contests they were involved in. David Milne won the ball in heavy traffic and
got a nice left foot pass away to setup a shot for Shane Hele. Casey Brittain,
Jarrod Macdonald and Stuart Lester stood up to be counted as they have all
season with each one showing bits of brilliance that lifted their team-mates to
new heights. Everyone played a role and
everyone put in all they had in an eye-catching performance, which was easily
our best of the season. What a day to do it!
Bottom Line
We set out to be the best we
could be and always strived to improve and move our game to the next level. A
football season is a journey and it needs to be taken a step at a time. We did
that and on Sunday we reached our goal – 2009 AFLBJ Under 13 Division 1
Premiers. Well done to all!
Last Modified on 17/09/2009 08:59