In a round where we might have listened to a few of our favourite Bon Jovi tunes on the way to the game it wasn’t just the album that was slippery when wet on Saturday. Wind, rain and sodden grounds greeted participants on the fields and courts across Gippsland and oh boy did the conditions have an impact on the scoring when it came to senior footy. To put the change of conditions and the impact to scoring in perspective consider this; the last time the league’s three top s

For the second week in a row MGFNL fans are treated with a One v Two clash to highlight the round. After toppling their nearest and dearest rival, Fish Creek, last week Foster now face another challenger to their title when Yinnar rolls into town. When these sides last met it took until thirty seconds from the final siren and a Brett Eddy masterclass to determine a winner and there is no reason to suspect this clash won’t provide something similar. Foster, aiming for the pe

An instant classic between the league’s best two sides* headlined a competitive round of MGFNL senior footy played out in spectacular weather on Saturday. Other games saw sides shuffle up their final’s spots with only a month of footy left while a side out of finals contention managed to crack the ton for the first time this year on the back of a nine goal haul for a former coach. But as they should be, first things first- the battle between Fish Creek and Foster. The sides

As we head into round fourteen of our thirteen club competition the ladder is as pure as it will ever be with each side having played twelve games. Each side has played each other once and each side has had their bye, so the ladder is as fair and equitable as it gets. And what interesting reading it makes. We have a trio of senior sides, Foster, Fish Creek and Yinnar, that are wrestling for the coveted top two spots come seasons end. As it presently stands none of these spot

Round thirteen of the MGFNL senior footy saw some incredibly lop-sided results and perhaps affirmed the view that he top three sides might just be in a league of their own with Foster, Fish Creek and Yinnar winning by a combined 343 points. And sure Foster, the top side, played the bottom team but Fishy and Yinnar both played sides that were in the top six entering the round. The upside of a lop-sided ladder where three teams have cleared out on top is that the battle for f

Round Thirteen will undoubtedly be unlucky for some with a trio of finals defining games highlighting this week’s round of action across the MGFNL senior footy spectrum. The top four clash between Fish Creek and Thorpdale heads the list with the matchup between sixth placed Hill End and eighth placed Tarwin being a virtual elimination final for the Sharks. And of course, we have third placed Yinnar hosting fifth placed Newborough with the home side needing to continue wining

Wet and wild conditions across Gippsland didn’t prevent some big scores in Round 12 of the MGFNL. But in and around those big scores some much closer games were played, a few of which had massive finals ramifications. Another, which ultimately had no impact on the finals, loomed as one of the biggest upsets in living memory but more on the clash between Stony Creek and Foster later. Mirboo North v Tarwin A fast-starting Tarwin jumped Mirboo North early and never really look

With many of the league’s top sides taking on clubs in the bottom areas of the ladder this week there is a better than average chance a few clubs will be cheering on the wet weather we have experienced at the back end of this week. Not that we are suggesting anything like the halcyon days of Moorabbin where it was an open secret players and officials took turns watering the centre wicket via a fire hose on game eve, water is far too valuable a commodity for that sort of behav

They say a week is a long time in footy and if you’d have said a week ago, as games were being played in torrential rain and howling winds, that this week would see fine conditions and a return to some big scores you’d have been laughed at. But here we are, another round of MGFNL footy played in near perfect conditions across the region. And whilst not perfect the match played between teams eleventh and twelfth on the ladder, namely Boolarra and Toora, was an absolute ripper.

In a week where the ladder dictates we should see some pretty clear cut results in a quirky kind of way this week’s MGFNL match of the round sees the competitions bottom two sides go head-to-head when Toora ventures to Boolarra. Boolarra v Toora On what will be a big day for the home club all eyes will eventually be on the main game which could well determine who endures the ignominy of finishing in last place at seasons end. On a day that the Boolarra FNC will host their an