AFL Yarra Ranges: Yarra Junction’s finals momentum sweeps Seville from the park in grand final

Yarra Junction proved that momentum is everything when it hammered Seville by 96 points to win an AFL Yarra Ranges Division 2 grand final whitewash at Healesville on Sunday.

Yarra Junction proved that momentum is everything when it hammered Seville by 96 points to win an AFL Yarra Ranges Division 2 grand final whitewash at Healesville on Sunday.

Though Seville finished the home-and-away season a game clear at the top as the minor premier, with Yarra Junction four games further back in third, the Eagles had been on a roll for more than a month and entered the post-season with a head of steam.

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Yarra Junction celebrates: John Holmes and Alan Chandler raise the AFL Yarra Ranges Division 2 silverware. Picture: Bethany Hutchison

After taking out Yarra Glen by 47 points in the qualifying final, the Eagles booked a place in the season decider with a 31-point win over Seville in the second semi-final.

And, on the biggest day of the year, that juggernaut proved unstoppable.

The Eagles’ stunning win gave the club its first senior flag since 1990, a stretch of 28 years that had seen it finish runners-up four times.

Yarra Junction kicked five first-quarter goals to open a handy, though not insurmountable, 16-point lead at the first change.

Another six in the second had the Eagles 42 up at the half.

From there, however, it was one-way traffic as Yarra Junction ran the ball at will and, in a lopsided game of keepings-off, pushed its winning margin out towards three figures.

Tyson Wheeler kicked five goals and Leigh McCombe three but, in the end, Eagles were lining up to score and 10 of the side got their name on the scoresheet.

Picking the obligatory best half-dozen proved a chore but Troy Armstrong, John Holmes and Cameron Hoare were the best of an outstanding bunch.

Armstrong, the game’s dominant bigman by the length of the field, was awarded the best-on-ground medal.

Seville’s James Cecere, Tom Groen and Jack Larkin did their best to throw the sandbags in the path of what was an unstoppable tide.

Troy Armstrong was dominant in the ruck and was named the grand final best on ground Picture: Bethany Hutchison

AFL YARRA RANGES

Division 2 Senior Grand Final

Healesville (Sunday, September 23)

Yarra Junction 5.5 11.10 13.15 20.17 (137)

Seville 3.1 4.3 5.4 6.5 (41)

YARRA JUNCTION Goal Kickers: T. Wheeler 5, L. McCombe 3, H. Tindley-Roe 2, T. Boxell 2, K. Robb 2, S. Cannon 2, J. Holmes, S. Morton, R. Bombinski, C. Hoare Best Players: T. Armstrong, J. Holmes, C. Hoare, T. Wheeler, M. Sword, K. Robb

SEVILLE Goal Kickers: J. Neal 3, D. Broadway, L. O’Keefe, J. Fraser Best Players: J. Cecere, T. Groen, J. Larkin, J. Neal, B. Penwill, C. Suban

Division 2 Reserves Grand Final

Healesville (Sunday, September 23)

Gembrook Cockatoo 1.2 2.2 2.5 4.5 (29)

Seville 2.0 5.1 7.4 13.8 (86)

GEMBROOK COCKATOO Goal Kickers: A. Schueddekopf , D. Trevorah, J. Van Der Zwart, D. Williams Best Players: B. Wareham, G. Hartridge, C. Moore, S. Strohbeck, D. Trevorah, J. Van Der Zwart

SEVILLE Goal Kickers: B. Pereira 4, J. Young 3, A. Knight 3, B. Stevens, S. Saniga, C. Trainor Best Players: J. Young, C. Trainor, K. Mullett, J. Strachan, R. Djohan

Division 2 Netball Grand Finals

Healesville (Sunday, September 23)

A Grade

Yea 15 22 35 45 (45)

Kinglake 11 26 33 44 (44)

Yea (Goals): Melissa Martinov 25; Nikki Watts 20 (Best): Gaby Duncan, Rachael Hickey, Megan Leatham

Kinglake (Goals): Monique Nagle 12, Fiona Waack 26, Abbie Barnes 6 (Best): Alice Waack, Caitlyn Ryan, Abbie Barnes

B Grade

Seville 15 26 36 48 (48)

Yea 8 19 30 34 (34)

Seville (Goals): Cailey Nolan 25, Tarsha Collette 23 (Best): Melissa Foster, Cailey Nolan, Holly Prousialkas

Yea (Goals): Meg Sundblom 22, Cindy Hayes 12 (Best): Cindy Newcomen, Lauren Cronk, Cindy Hayes

C Grade

Seville 13 23 35 39 (39)

Yea 6 18 30 45 (45)

Seville (Goals): Rebecca Groen 19, Christie Booth 20 (Best): Christie Booth, Corinne Tesselaar, Rebecca Groen

Yea (Goals): Rhiannon Aldous 31, Fiona Purvis 14. (Best): Fiona Purvis, Maggie Mcspeerin, Rhiannon Aldous

D Grade

Gembrook Cockatoo 5 7 10 13 (13)

Yarra Glen 3 5 12 15 (15)

Gembrook Cockatoo (Goals): Madison Francis 9 , Verity Scott 4 (Best): Ebony Cortese, Jacqueline McCann, Madison Francis

Yarra Glen (Goals): Samantha Chetcuti 7, Katherine James 7, Holly Moors 1 (Best): Morgan Bazzocco, Michelle Young, Charlotte Adam

Yea broke through for its first A Grade premiership. Picture: Bethany Hutchison