Watch all of the action from the girls senior and intermediate semi-finals in Herald Sun Shield

After four great semifinals, the match-ups for Herald Sun Shield Intermediate and Senior girls deciders next week have been finalised. RELIVE all the action from our LIVESTREAMS.

Herald Sun Shield, Senior Girls: Rowville Secondary 51 d Melbourne Girls 48

Rowville Secondary have made it through to the senior girls Grand Final in bittersweet circumstances after a head injury to Ashlee Cullis with three minutes remaining ended the game.

The win was awarded to Rowville as too much time elapsed after the injury for the game to continue.

An ambulance was called to Trevor Barker Oval to treat Cullis who had a head clash with another player on the field.

Cullis helped get her team over the line with two first half goals.

Rowville trailed by 20-points late in the third quarter before a stunning comeback to win 8.3 (51) to 6.12 (48).

Herald Sun Shield, Senior Girls: Ballarat Grammar 32 lost to Caulfield Grammar 37

Caulfield Grammar progressed through to the Grand Final after a stunning fightback in the dying stages got them over the line against Ballarat Grammar at Highgate Reserve.

Ballarat Grammar led by eight-points with 10 minutes remaining before Caulfield came back, kicking two goals to extend its four-year unbeaten run to 40 games.

It was a thrilling finish as Ballarat Grammar looked like they were going to win after kicking the first two goals of the last quarter to gain strong momentum.

A goal with just 90 seconds left on the clock capped off an amazing fightback for Caulfield as they came away victors, 5.7 (37) to 5.2 (32).

Caulfield will take on Rowville Secondary in the grand final next Thursday, July 28.

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Herald Sun Shield, Intermediate Girls: Geelong College 102 Clonard College 8

Clonard College go through to grand final.

Clonard College scored more than 100 points in its intermediate semi-final to record a convincing victory over Geelong College at their main oval.

Clonard College kicked 14.18 (102) to Geelong College’s 1.2 (8) to win by 94-points away from home.

They will progress through to the grand final on Thursday, July 28 to take on Ballarat Clarendon in what is set to be a thrilling contest after both sides recorded huge wins in their semi-finals.

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Herald Sun Shield, Intermediate Girls, Ballarat Clarendon 78 Peninsula Grammar 1

Ballarat Clarendon put in a clinical performance to grab a 77-point semi-final win over Peninsula Grammar at Highgate Reserve in Craigieburn.

The victors are set to play the winners of the other semi-final, Clonard College next Thursday, July 28 in a grand final showdown.

Ballarat Clarendon kicked six behinds before scoring their first goal in the 15th minute of the first quarter.

Following that opening goal, Ballarat Clarendon scored at will before Peninsula picked up their only point late in the final term.

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PREVIEW: New crop of talent to put name up in lights

The Herald Sun Shield has been a launching pad for some of the AFL’s biggest names including Assumption College’s Billy Brownless and St Patrick’s College, Ballarat’s Mick McGuane.

That pathway has also extended into the women’s game with recent Shield graduates getting picked up in the AFLW draft.

Rowville Secondary’s Amber Clarke was the most recent Herald-Sun Shield player to progress to the AFL after Essendon selected her at pick four in last month’s AFLW Draft.

Melbourne Girls Grammar had J‘Noemi Anderson taken at pick 16 to St Kilda in the same draft.

A new crop of young talents will get their opportunity to put their own name in lights as the Herald Sun Shield finals series kicks off with the girls intermediate and senior semi-finals on Wednesday.

And KommunityTV will be your golden ticket to watch all four matches live and exclusive.

Girls’ matches kick off KommunityTV’s finals coverage today with games being played at Craigeburn, Sandringham and Geelong.

Both Rowville Secondary College and Melbourne Girls Grammar will contest the senior semi-final today at 2pm minus their star players who are on AFL lists despite being still at school.

Rowville captain Tylah Mills said it was amazing to train with the number four AFLW draft pick leading into the finals.

“Amber has been amazing to train and play with,” Mills said.

“She sets an impossible standard so it’s really good to train with her and bounce ideas off these AFL people and develop alongside them.”

Rowville Secondary have former Essendon 238-gamer Darren Bewick guiding the team as their coach.

Mills also said it was exciting for the school to have a team made up of girls only this season for the first time.

Junior female footballers will be taking part in the Herald Sun Shield. (L-R) Bella Boffa (17), Tylah Mills (17) and Amelia Kogler (18). Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Melbourne Girls Grammar co-captain Bella Boffa said it was a thrill to be back playing again after Covid and against schools they wouldn’t typically play against.

“The last time we played was year nine for Amelia and I and we lost the grand final so this year it’s really good to end our year 12 schooling with being able to play in the Herald Sun Shield finals,” Boffa said.

“I think it is really exciting to be playing a school that we haven’t come up against ever really so we don’t know what Rowville will be like, but since they are a sports school they will obviously have high expectations.”

Amelia Kogler, who is known for her Dustin Martin-like fend offs, said the numbers in girls footy has grown at the school making the younger players valuable to the team.

“A lot of the younger girls are really strong because they have played from a much younger age, they have gone through Auskick and a full footy program,” Kogler said.