At Mitcham we have sides in all grades mostly in the top grades.5 junior sides played finals but sadly only U14 girls won a flag.One of the biggest Aus.kicks in the EFNL.Vermont/Blackburn as well.
What was behind that comment Hansie, is for years Rowville have been a growth area for kids. Massive numbers in both Primary and Secondary schools. They are on the crest of a wave at the moment but the numbers are showing that it will be in decline in a few years. People have moved into the area, had kids and they are growing up. In a few years they will have moved away from home and mum and dad will still be there without kids and for the majority, they will remain there until they die or are moved into a retirement village. Until then, new families with kids won't be there. Really hard to recruit kids if they aren't there. It happened 30 years ago in Blackburn and Mt Waverley, the trough of the wave is slowly moving out and will arrive in Rowville sooner than later. Rowville should have been peaking 10 years ago.
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From what i saw 2 weeks ago Rowville structured well, were clean and looked quicker on the ground than Noble. Noble did appear out of sorts from the moment they finished there warm ups and virtually ran straight out on the ground.....early start probably threw them off! I'm tipping that Lachie McDonald wont be as quiet as he was in the 2nd Semi, hope it is a close and as spectactular as the game at Noble a month ago, that would be a great Grand Final decider!
Watching the presentation at the end of the game I got the impression that the winner was chosen by one of the broadcast panel. If that is true, how is it that just one bloke chooses the winner?
In that case they should do quite well.
