The knockout semi final too place at Blacktown Olympic Park on Sunday, the 2008 Premiers against the reigning Premiers, coming in to the finals both teams had a win against each other during the regular season and both times quite convincingly, this time a Preliminary Final berth was on the line.

Pennant Hills began strong going in to the first quarter ahead by 4 goals, the Eagles looked out of sorts but as is with all good sides they clawed there way back scoring 6 goals to nil going in to the main break. The next quarter was very tight and there was only 3 points in it in favour of the Demons going in to the final quarter, the lead see sawed and with just a few minutes left both sides had the lead, 2 quick goals from the Eagles put them ahead and thats where they stayed, the demons obviously devastated to end their season in such a fashion but that is sport.

The Eagles now face the Magpies in the Preliminary Final next week. EAST COAST EAGLES (12.5-77)
PENNANT HILLS (10.12-72)

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The first of the two Semi Finals was played on a wet Saturday at Bruce Purser Reserve, the minor premiers Sydney Uni faced Western Suburbs, the two sides met twice this season and shared wins so we where bound to get some good close football and that we did, the lead jumped around all match just like the weather but in the end the Uni Students where too strong and marched in to the Grand Final, Western Suburbs still have one life and play East Coast next weekend.

SYDNEY UNIVERSITY (14.10-94)
WESTERN SUBURBS (12.9-81)

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Its finals time yet again at the Sydney AFL. The top five teams will fight for the title over the next month, this weekend the Qualifying Final was played at the Blacktown Olympic Park both sides where looking to move in to the non elimination semi final next week against Sydney University, while East Coast had an up and down year the Western Suburbs side had a very successful season with only 3 losses a 7 game wining streak and head to head with the eagles 1:1 so we where set for a hard contest. The magpies played strong footy from the get go and lead at each break eventually winning the game and moving on to face Sydney Uni whilst the Eagles face Pennant Hills in the knockout Semi.

WESTERN SUBURBS MAGPIES (15.11-101)
EAST COAST EAGLES (10.10-70)

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This fixture last year saw the Eagles come back from a 9 goal deficit to take the round and head in to the remaining rounds of the season on a high, expectation was high but the eagles didnt deliver as expected.

The Magpies fought hard and took the win by 7 goals 1.

WESTERN SUBURBS (15.13-103)
EAST COAST EAGLES (8.12-60)

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A cold Saturday night at Sydney University saw the students take on the 2008 champions, Sydney Uni are on top of the ladder for a reason and it showed, they ran away with the win to keep them 4 points clear on the leader board and remain on track to win the minor premiership.

SYDNEY UNIVERSITY (16.12-108)
PENNANT HILLS (7.13-55)

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The Balmain Dockers hosted the North Shore Bombers on a glorious Saturday afternoon last weekend for round 14 of the Sydney AFL Premier Division Competition.

The end result was as follows:

BALMAIN DOCKERS (9.9-63)
NORTH SHORE (14.10-94)

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Last week I was asked to take the team photo for the travelling NAB U16s Championship team from the Northern Territory. Today I visited the team at Sydney University, originally i had picked out three great locations in the nearby Victoria Park grounds, however as the team is from Darwin they are not used to [...]

We travelled down south this weekend to cover the annual Representative fixture, this year AFL Sydney would be competing against the Victorian AFL Amatuer team, the last time they met was 2 years ago when the VAFA team defeated SAFL by just a few points, two years on and the gap was very different, the [...]

Another change of venue saw Campbelltown against Sydney Uni at Henson Park, it was a cold Sunday lunch time and the students where just to strong for the Blues.

CAMPBELLTOWN (9.14-68)
SYDNEY UNIVERSITY (19.18-132)

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