It's U18 finals time.....

[j s]

....so who is going to win?

Leading the ladder with one loss each are Pennant Hills and Northshore which (due to the washed out round 4) have not played each other during the h&a season. The favourite would have to be from these two.

ECE would have to be in the mix but STG and the Gong would seem to be out of the running.

My tip is Northshore but I'm biased.

[j s]

For those who don't know the finals are a Final 5 system and the final ladder is:

Pennant Hills 15 14 1 0 1606 498 322.49 56
North Shore 15 14 1 0 1503 506 297.04 56
East Coast Eagles 15 12 3 0 1483 559 265.30 48
Wollongong 15 10 5 0 1038 548 189.42 40
St George 15 9 6 0 1350 687 196.51 36
Redbacks 15 9 6 0 1079 958 112.63 36
Western Suburbs 15 7 8 0 948 943 100.53 28
Greater West 15 4 11 0 675 1314 51.37 16
Southern Sharks 15 3 11 1 693 1217 56.94 14
Campbelltown 15 3 12 0 566 1432 39.53 12
Balmain 15 2 12 1 424 1690 25.09 10
UNSW/ES 15 2 13 0 453 1466 30.90 8

http://www.aflsydney.com.au/default.asp?pg=ladder&tournamentid=243

[Norris Lurker]

Extraordinary that North Shore can only lose one game, have a percentage of nearly 300, and yet not take out the minor premiership.
This week's games are at Kelso Oval. After that, the remaining finals are curtain raisers to the Sydney AFL finals, and played at Campbelltown. For the grand final, as for the last couple of years, this will be the main curtain raiser and played after the reserves.
Does anyone know why they change the order of games for the grand final and play the reserves first before the U18s? It's something that's baffled me for the last couple of years.

[j s]

Originally posted by Norris Lurker

Does anyone know why they change the order of games for the grand final and play the reserves first before the U18s? It's something that's baffled me for the last couple of years.

I've been told it's to showcase the U18 players for the AFL scouts.

At least it means I can sleep a bit later that day, especially after a late night watching the Swans win at SA (hey, think positive ).

Tough on the reserves though, having to get up early.

[j s]

Originally posted by Norris Lurker
Extraordinary that North Shore can only lose one game, have a percentage of nearly 300, and yet not take out the minor premiership.

NS had their only loss against the Redbacks in round 1 when the Redbacks were fit after a full summer of training and NS wasn't. PH had their loss against ECE in a low scoring, very wet game in R5.

It was a pity the minor premiership wasn't decided properly by a head on clash but if the local councils close the grounds what can you do?

[j s]

In the Qualifying Final:

North Shore 8-13 (61) defeated East Coast Eagles 8-5 (53)

[j s]

In the Elimibation final....

Elimination Final
Kelso Oval Sunday August 31, 10:00 am
Wollongong 5.10 (40)
St George 5.5 (35)

Full results of the Qualification Final played yesterday....

Qualifying Final
Kelso Oval Saturday August 30, 10:00 am
North Shore 0.1 4.5 5.8 8.13 (61)
East Coast Eagles 1.2 3.3 7.5 8.5 (53)

North Shore
Goals: J Karutz 4, N Esmore 2, S Lloyde 2
Best: S Lloyde, J Karutz, S Morrissey, J Butow, G Benbow, M Stevens
East Coast Eagles
Goals: B Rogers 2, A Lovett 2, S Davidson 2, M Clark, N Peters
Best: T Hillman, S Davidson, M Ede, B Rogers

[jude_boltons_babe]

i want pennant hills to win if not the north shore bombers

my freinds play for the dees i hope they go well in the finals

[j s]

Re: i want pennant hills to win if not the north shore bombers

Originally posted by adam_goodes_babe
my freinds play for the dees i hope they go well in the finals

Sorry AGB but I hope they lose this week.

Me, biased? Of course!

[shearer]

Wollongong will beat ECE this week &

Penno will demolish Norths.

Wollongong will then beat Norths and Penno will beat them in the Grand Final. I have no affiliation with any of the above sides but have seen them all closely.

I think this years comp was a joke.To many lopsided scores and not enough close games..

Next year maybe split the comp in two and make it competitive every week.

[j s]

Originally posted by shearer
Wollongong will beat ECE this week &

Penno will demolish Norths.

Your score so far is about 0.25 out of 2. Penno just barely got home over Norths and ECE thumped Wollongong.

[shearer]

Jeez JS, no need to get teary...i wont waste my time going through your posts to see if u were wrong this year....

Wasnt it NS20 that won the tipping?

[jude_boltons_babe]

im so happy both pennant hills teams won

im happy and i cant wait to watch them play again and yes ns20 won hes one of the nicest guys ever and hes great at tipping well done

[shearer]

whoever wins the reserve grade game this week will get beat by a 100 in the GF anyway..Norths ressies would beat some first grade sides

[Choko]

I'd have to agree that North Shore are the favourites by a mile for the twos GF although I don't think it will be so one sided.

Pennant Hills Twos probably aren't that far off the mark and ECE couldn't play any worse than they did on Saturday, not scoring a goal until the last quarter.

ECE pushed NS at Gore Hill during the year and lead at 1/4 time and half time before going down by 6 goals.

I was also told yesterday (not confirmed) that Rowles was reported for striking on Saturday. He's been their main avenue to goal this year however it wouldn't surprise me if he was reported.