Brock Burrum Saints have further stamped themselves as a genuine Hume Football League powerhouse by winning its third premiership in four years.
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The Saints were irresistible in their 33 point win over a tenacious Jindera on Saturday in front of a large crowd at Walbundrie.
The merged club has found its feet after years of finals absence under the separate entities of Brocklesby and Burrumbuttock.
Prior to the Saints merger in 2006 the last premiership success for either club was Brocklesby (1958) and Burrumbuttock (1969).
A crowd that paid just under $44,000 at the gate witnessed a match winning six goal performance from Saints’ sharpshooter Kylin Morey.
Morey created Hume Football League history by winning his second Des Kennedy Medal for best player on the ground in the grand final.
He previously was awarded the medal in the Saints’ first premiership in 2013, when on that occasion he booted eight goals against Holbrook.
Morey really impacted the game in a dominant first half with three first quarter goals and two more in the second term.
Dean Murphy led a magnificent defence with Jindera being restricted to just two goals at half-time as the Saints charged to a 32 point lead at the main break.
Jindera stormed out of the blocks in the third quarter with Kirk Wilson, and then Nick Holman, booting goals in the first three minutes.
The Bulldogs continued to attack in the next five minutes but could not get that next goal to get the margin under 20 points.
Successive goals to Bradsworth and Brockley restored the Saints’ five-goal buffer that they never relinquished till the final siren.
Jarrod Hillary kicked a goal after the three quarter time siren to extend the lead to a comfortable 43 points and the back to back flag locked away.
Jindera to its credit fought out the game bravely with a Dan Middleton goal after a minute giving them the faintest of hopes.
Darcy Ianson put the game beyond doubt at the 16-minute mark as the Saints’ supporters started to celebrate the impending premiership.
Not far behind Morey as the Saints best was Nick Sedgwick who racked up a mountain of possession in a dominant four quarter performance.
DJ Oates was outstanding in the ruck contests, while Alex Wilson, Aaron Livermore and Ronnie Boulton ran the ball often and hard with great forward penetration.
Jindera was again well served by its defence with Mick Blomley, Michael Galvin and Tom Weldon all among the Dogs’ best.
Osborne completed a bad day for Jindera when the minor premiers blitzed the Bulldogs by 66 points in a one sided clash.
Talented senior player Sam Rutland was awarded best on ground for Osborne just ahead of the McDonnell boys, Izaac and Jacob.
Matt Louwrier, Andrew Schmidt and Donald Paton were best for Jindera who only kicked one goal to three quarter time.
Henty held off a fast finishing Howlong to win a thrilling under 17 grand final by just three points despite having twice as many scoring shots as the Spiders.
Mason Gilfillan won best on ground for Henty, with other good players being Fletcher Macreadie, Tyson Muller and Andrew Yates.
Howlong were best served by Quinn McDonough, while big forward Jack Daley was a constant threat with two goals.
Holbrook’s talented home grown base of players completed an impressive finals series with a 26-point win over Osborne in the under 14s.
Bailey Churchill was the standout player in both sides with his four goals out of the midfield being the catalyst for the Brookers’ win.
Osborne was within striking distance at the last change trailing by 11 points but three goals to one by Holbrook completed the victory.