Kyabram and Rochester will battle for the GVL senior flag.
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Along with Echuca’s quest for glory in B-grade and 15-and-under, the main event top-grade clashes will be ones to watch on Goulburn Valley League grand final day.
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In the senior football, Kyabram established itself early as the side to beat and, despite a pair of missteps late in the season, the Bombers remain the title favourite going into Sunday.
“Overall, the season has been really good, winning all our games except two, so we hit the finals ready to go and so far so good,” Kyabram co-coach Corey Carver said.
“We’ve got one to go and, hopefully, we play well in that last one, which is the most important.
“I think the commitment’s been high all year, so right from the word go, the boys have been here and doing all the work and full commitment, which is good.
“It’s just been a steady build and, hopefully, we can build one last time.”
The Bombers will take on Rochester in the grand final, the Tigers one of the league’s recent success stories.
From winning only four games in 2023, Rochester surged to the preliminary final last year and now finds itself one game from the promised land.
“No doubt we’ll try and do a few things differently,” coach Ash Watson said.
“They’ve had our measure pretty comfortably the last couple of times we’ve played them.
“Obviously, we’ll go in as underdogs, but we know stranger things can happen in a grand final, so we’ll be applying high pressure and trying to play our way.
“Anything can happen for us.
“It’s been a great journey so far, but the story’s not finished and we’re going to have one last crack at it this weekend.”
The Tigers haven’t claimed the flag since 2008, when Watson was a player.
Wellman Family medallist Kim Borger will hope to bring the premiership to Shepparton.
In the A-grade netball, the powerful 2024 premier Euroa has once again been a force to be reckoned with, but has met its match this season in the form of Shepparton.
The unbeaten Bears will be hard to stop on their home court on Sunday.
“The goal has never been anything other than to win a premiership,” playing coach and reigning Wellman Family medallist Kim Borger said.
“It’s (the flawless season) a happy by-product I guess, obviously it does add a bit of pressure to make sure that we do show up on the day and perform.”
Euroa coach Elli Warnock hopes to guide her side to an A-grade title defence.
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Opposite the Bears, Euroa is no stranger to the big dance, battling Echuca to a split decision in the past two grand finals.
“We definitely believe we have the ability to go all the way again this season,” coach Ellie Warnock said.
“I think Shepp actually have a really similar team dynamic to us, which makes the match-ups really interesting.
“Each time we’ve played them we’ve focused on how we can improve in regards to all match-ups down the court, so hopefully this time we can get ourselves over the line.”
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