Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League

Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League

General Information
Founded	1907
Current clubs	Avoca Campbells Creek Carisbrook Dunolly Harcourt Lexton Maldon Maryborough Rovers Natti-Bealiba Navarre Newstead Royal Park Talbot Trentham
Records
Highest Score	634 – Campbell Creek 100.34.634 (v Primrose 3.0.18) – 1990
Most goals in a game	26 - Greg Pryor - Talbot v Primrose - 1986
Most goals in a season	167 - Geoff Klemick - Chewton - 1986
Most wins in a row	50 - Navarre - 2013-16
Most losses in a row	44 - Campbell Creek - 1995-98
Most flags in a row	4 - Talbot 1995- 1998, Navarre 2013- 2016*

The Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League is an Australian rules football league based in central Victoria. This is a minor league with clubs coming from towns near the regional centres of Maryborough, and Castlemaine.

History

The Maryborough District Football League was formed prior to 1914. It absorbed a number of clubs from the Castlemaine District Football League, when that competition ceased in 1952. Other clubs from the Castlemaine District Football League moved to the Bendigo District Football Association.

The name was changed to Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League in 1982.

In 2011 the league admitted 4 clubs from the Lexton Plains Football League that had gone into recess.

The highest ever score in a senior game of Australian rules football was scored in this league in 1990, when Campbells Creek defeated Primrose 100.34 (634) to 3.0 (18).^[1]

On 27 June 2015, Navarre defeated Royal Park to set a new record for most consecutive wins (31) in the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League. Navarre's last loss was in the 2013 2nd Qualifying Final where Newstead won by 24 points.^[2]

Clubs

Current clubs

Jumper	Club	Nickname	Years in competition	Premierships
	Avoca	Bulldogs	2005–, joined from Lexton Plains FL
	Campbells Creek	Magpies	1952–	1953
	Carisbrook	Redbacks	1919–	1925, 1929, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1970, 1976, 1980, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012
	Dunolly	Eagles	1919–1981, 2004–, joined from Loddon Valley FL	1919, 1920, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1969
	Harcourt	Lions	1970–, joined from Bendigo Football Association	1971, 2002, 2003 2005, 2006
	Lexton	Tigers	2011–, joined from Lexton Plains FL
	Maldon	Bombers	1952–	1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2010
	Maryborough Rovers	Magpies	1966 -	1978, 1990, 1991
	Natte-Bealiba	Swans	2011–, joined from Lexton Plains FL	2011
	Navarre	Grasshoppers	2011–, joined from Lexton Plains FL	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
	Newstead	Kangaroos	1960	1938, 1939, 1966, 1979, 1993, 2000, 2009
	Royal Park	Tigers	1934	1935, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1982
	Talbot	Hawks	1956–, joined from Lexton FL	1965, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001
	Trentham	Saints	1991–, joined from Riddell District FL	1992, 1994

Former Clubs

• Bealiba
• Bristol Hill
• Chewton
• Primrose
• Timor

Recent Premierships

2007 Ladder

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Harcourt	14	0	2	0	2060	1094	188.30%	56
Avoca	13	0	3	0	1951	1016	192.03%	52
Carisbrook	12	0	4	0	1812	1064	170.30%	48
Talbot	11	0	5	0	1804	954	189.10%	44
Maldon	8	0	8	0	1382	1347	102.60%	32
Maryborough Rovers	8	0	8	0	1351	1343	100.60%	32
Newstead	6	0	10	0	1512	1499	100.87%	24
Royal Park	6	0	10	0	1120	1304	85.89%	24
Dunolly	1	0	15	0	845	2513	33.63%	4
Trentham	1	0	15	0	808	2511	32.18%	4

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Talbot	7	13	55	Maryborough Rovers	6	5	41
Qualifying	Avoca	8	13	61	Carisbrook	12	8	80
1st Semi	Avoca	15	10	100	Talbot	12	3	75
2nd Semi	Harcourt	13	14	92	Carisbrook	13	11	89
Preliminary	Avoca	15	8	98	Carisbrook	9	6	60
Grand	Harcourt	21	7	133	Avoca	9	14	68

2008 Ladder

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Carisbrook	16	2	1	1	2216	966	229.40%	74
Maldon	15	2	3	0	2127	1199	177.40%	68
Harcourt	14	2	4	0	2307	1424	162.01%	64
Avoca	13	2	5	0	2239	1172	191.04%	60
Talbot	12	2	5	1	2086	1211	172.25%	58
Maryborough Rovers	9	2	9	0	1784	1439	123.97%	44
Newstead	7	2	11	0	1741	1659	104.94%	36
Dunolly	6	2	12	0	1098	2217	49.53%	32
Trentham	4	2	14	0	1382	2157	64.07%	24
Royal Park	1	2	17	0	900	2422	37.16%	12
Campbells Creek	1	2	17	0	923	2937	31.43%	12

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Avoca	12	4	76	Talbot	6	16	52
Qualifying	Maldon	7	6	48	Harcourt	12	12	84
1st Semi	Maldon	16	10	106	Avoca	8	14	62
2nd Semi	Carisbrook	16	15	111	Harcourt	16	7	103
Preliminary	Maldon	13	19	97	Harcourt	9	13	67
Grand	Carisbrook	16	17	113	Maldon	11	2	68

2009 Ladder

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Avoca	14	2	2	0	1844	900	204.89%	64
Dunolly	13	2	3	0	1969	1030	191.17%	60
Newstead	12	2	4	0	1965	900	218.33%	56
Harcourt	11	2	5	0	1606	1046	153.54%	52
Carisbrook	11	2	5	0	1750	1189	147.18%	52
Maldon	8	2	8	0	1689	1382	122.21%	40
Talbot	8	2	8	0	1499	1313	114.17%	40
Maryborough Rovers	6	2	10	0	1160	1525	76.07%	32
Royal Park	4	2	12	0	828	1913	43.28%	24
Campbells Creek	1	2	15	0	837	2283	36.66%	12
Trentham	0	2	16	0	715	2381	30.03%	8

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Harcourt	16	10	106	Carisbrook	7	9	51
Qualifying	Newstead	12	14	86	Dunolly	9	10	64
1st Semi	Dunolly	16	17	113	Harcourt	14	15	99
2nd Semi	Newstead	12	6	78	Avoca	8	6	54
Preliminary	Dunolly	9	16	70	Avoca	10	9	69
Grand	Newstead	11	16	82	Dunolly	10	13	73

2010 Ladder

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Maldon	14	2	2	0	1969	918	214.49%	64
Avoca	13	2	2	1	1718	858	200.23%	62
Maryborough Rovers	11	2	4	1	1780	1148	155.05%	54
Newstead	11	2	4	1	1676	1116	150.18%	54
Carisbrook	11	2	4	1	1415	1001	141.36%	54
Campbells Creek	10	2	6	0	1414	1524	92.78%	48
Harcourt	5	2	9	2	1287	1493	86.20%	32
Dunolly	5	2	11	0	1207	1673	72.15%	28
Talbot	3	2	13	0	1043	1778	58.66%	20
Trentham	1	2	15	0	1148	1724	66.59%	12
Royal Park	1	2	15	0	688	2112	32.58%	12

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Newstead	8	4	52	Carisbrook	8	8	56
Qualifying	Avoca	12	11	83	Maryborough Rovers	6	2	38
1st Semi	Carisbrook	7	13	55	Maryborough Rovers	8	15	63
2nd Semi	Avoca	16	11	107	Maldon	12	6	78
Preliminary	Maldon	20	13	133	Maryborough Rovers	12	1	73
Grand	Maldon	11	12	78	Avoca	9	11	65

2011 Ladder

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Lexton	15	0	1	0	2050	865	236.99%	60
Carisbrook	13	0	2	1	1830	991	184.66%	54
Navarre	13	0	3	0	1905	835	228.14%	52
Maldon	12	0	4	0	2089	1198	174.37%	48
Natte-Bealiba	11	0	5	0	1746	1046	166.92%	44
Dunolly	8	0	8	0	1815	1426	127.28%	32
Harcourt	8	0	8	0	1558	1297	120.12%	32
Maryborough Rovers	8	0	8	0	1525	1339	113.89%	32
Trentham	8	0	8	0	1613	1552	103.93%	32
Newstead	6	0	9	1	1578	1459	108.16%	26
Avoca	6	0	10	0	1283	1721	74.55%	24
Talbot	2	0	14	0	1088	2203	49.39%	8
Royal Park	1	0	15	0	487	3089	15.77%	4
Campbells Creek	0	0	16	0	1015	2561	39.63%	0

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Dunolly	13	9	87	Harcourt	8	4	52
Elimination	Natte Bealiba	17	23	125	Maryborough Rovers	3	6	24
Qualifying	Carisbrook	14	9	93	Navarre	14	7	91
Qualifying	Lexton	16	10	106	Maldon	9	7	61
Semi	Navarre	8	17	65	Harcourt	5	10	40
Semi	Natte Bealiba	15	9	99	Maldon	12	15	87
Preliminary	Navarre	10	7	67	Lexton	8	11	59
Preliminary	Natte Bealiba	10	7	67	Carisbrook	9	12	66
Grand	Natte Bealiba	12	11	83	Navarre	10	5	65

2012 Ladder

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Lexton	15	0	1	0	2264	541	418.48%	60
Carisbrook	14	0	2	0	1943	843	230.49%	56
Navarre	13	0	3	0	1819	1091	166.73%	52
Maldon	11	0	5	0	2036	1290	157.83%	44
Newstead	11	0	5	0	1752	1222	143.37%	44
Trentham	11	0	5	0	1984	1386	143.15%	44
Natte-Bealiba	10	0	6	0	1505	1079	139.48%	40
Avoca	8	0	8	0	1312	1343	97.69%	32
Maryborough Rovers	6	0	10	0	1060	1652	64.16%	24
Harcourt	4	0	12	0	1169	1609	72.65%	16
Dunolly	4	0	12	0	1181	1747	67.60%	16
Campbells Creek	4	0	12	0	1200	1871	64.14%	16
Talbot	1	0	15	0	986	1655	59.58%	4
Royal Park	0	0	16	0	469	3351	14.00%	0

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Newstead	18	7	115	Avoca	8	8	56
Elimination	Trentham	24	9	153	Natte Bealiba	8	15	63
Qualifying	Carisbrook	11	9	75	Navarre	8	7	55
Qualifying	Maldon	12	8	80	Lexton	11	11	77
Semi	Navarre	15	7	97	Trentham	10	4	64
Semi	Lexton	23	10	148	Newstead	14	7	91
Preliminary	Navarre	13	10	88	Maldon	9	11	65
Preliminary	Carisbrook	13	15	93	Lexton	7	13	55
Grand	Carisbrook	10	9	69	Navarre	6	11	47

2013 Ladder

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Carisbrook	16	0	0	0	2382	539	441.93%	64
Navarre	13	0	3	0	1881	611	307.86%	52
Newstead	12	0	4	0	1784	832	214.42%	48
Lexton	11	0	5	0	1465	828	176.93%	44
Harcourt	11	0	5	0	1446	1333	108.48%	44
Natte-Bealiba	10	0	6	0	1367	915	149.40%	40
Avoca	9	0	7	0	1342	1259	106.59%	36
Maldon	8	0	8	0	1248	1393	89.59%	32
Talbot	8	0	8	0	1007	1284	78.43%	32
Royal Park	4	0	12	0	947	1506	62.88%	16
Campbells Creek	4	0	12	0	1132	2030	55.76%	16
Dunolly	3	0	13	0	934	1754	53.25%	12
Trentham	2	0	14	0	690	1880	37.60%	8
Maryborough Rovers	1	0	15	0	628	2089	30.06%	4

FINALS

Final	Date	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination Final 1	Sun 1 Sep	Maldon	15	11	101	Harcourt	10	11	71
Elimination Final 2	Sun 1 Sep	Natte Bealiba	16	5	101	Avoca	10	8	68
Qualifying Final 1	Sat 31 Aug	Carisbrook	23	12	150	Lexton	2	6	18
Qualifying Final 2	Sat 31 Aug	Newstead	14	12	96	Navarre	10	12	72
Semi Final 1	Sun 8 Sep	Lexton	18	8	116	Maldon	13	9	87
Semi Final 2	Sat 7 Sep	Navarre	15	11	101	Natte Bealiba	10	9	69
Preliminary Final 1	Sat 14 Sep	Navarre	13	12	90	Carisbrook	13	8	86
Preliminary Final 2	Sun 15 Sep	Lexton	15	13	103	Newstead	13	15	93
Grand Final	Sun 22 Sep	Navarre	19	13	127	Lexton	4	2	26	AFL Victoria Country Medal: Ben Scott (Navarre)

Match Report

" Navarre are the 2013 Bendigo Bank Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League Premiers after dominating Lexton to win by a massive 100 points in front of the second biggest Grand Final crowd ever at Princes Park on Sunday.

The Grasshoppers were not to be denied in their third successive Grand Final and their desperation from the opening bounce was evident as they led the Tigers to the ball at every opportunity, and used the ball with precision to allow free flowing scoring for the Navarre forwards while Lexton struggled to have any forward entries at all.

Ash Driscoll scored three goals in the opening term while Daniel Parkin was allowed to get loose on many occasions and made the most of his freedom. Parkin returned for the Grand Final from a broken jaw and was wearing protective headgear, but it had no ill effects on the Grasshoppers coach as he continually racked up possessions. Navarre led at the first change by 31 points. 5.2.(32) to 0.1.(1)

The first term was the template for the remainder of the game. Lexton tried hard but they had little influence on the scoreboard Star forward Matt Brown finally broke through for a goal at the nine-minute mark of the second term, but had to shoot from tight on the boundary as the Navarre defence led by Brent Flood and Bryce Tickner was holding up to any attacking moves by the Tigers.

Ben Scott had a remarkable final series and once again had a day out and was the recipient of the AFL Victoria Country medal for Best player on the ground. Scott kicked two of his five goals in the second term and led the way for the Navarre running brigade as did Josh Driscoll who was judged to be Navarre’s best player by the Grasshoppers hierarchy. Aiden Lee was also under notice and received the MCDFNL medal for his performance.

With the game being well and truly over at half time, Lexton still tried valiantly but could not make inroads on the scoreboard, as the Grasshoppers finished strongly in the final term with an avalanche of scoring shots which produced goals to numerous players including three to Sam Robertson who took some strong contested pack marks and kicked truly for the Grasshopers to snare the 2013 Premiership, winning 19.12.126 to Lexton's 4.2.26

Lexton’s better players were Jimmy Templeton, Mick Jennings and Lewis Alexopolous, but it was a day the Tigers would rather forget with four teams (senior football and A, B & C Grade netball) in on the day and all suffered losses.

It was a memorable day for Navarre as their A Grade netball team, much like the Senior footballers, finally broke through for their first ever MCDFNL premiership on their third attempt, vanquishing the demons from twelve months prior after besting 2012 conqueror Lexton by 13 goals, winning 54-41 with Lauren Armstrong awarded the best on court medal. " ^[3]

2014 Ladder

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Navarre	16	0	0	0	2080	679	306.33%	64
Lexton	15	0	1	0	1618	667	242.58%	60
Carisbrook	13	0	3	0	1573	837	187.93%	52
Natte-Bealiba	12	0	4	0	1542	987	156.23%	48
Newstead	12	0	4	0	1422	1120	126.96%	48
Royal Park	11	0	5	0	1169	1073	108.95%	44
Campbells Creek	7	0	9	0	1159	1468	78.95%	28
Talbot	6	0	10	0	1314	1362	96.48%	24
Harcourt	5	0	11	0	1140	1432	79.61%	20
Maryborough Rovers	4	0	12	0	1043	1589	65.64%	16
Trentham	3	0	12	1	981	1588	61.78%	14
Avoca	3	0	13	0	942	1623	58.04%	12
Maldon	3	0	13	0	913	1691	53.99%	12
Dunolly	1	0	14	1	853	1633	52.24%	6

FINALS

Final	Date	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination Final 1	Sun 31 Aug	Newstead	15	16	106	Talbot	13	6	84
Elimination Final 2	Sun 31 Aug	Royal Park	12	14	86	Campbells Creek	6	13	49
Qualifying Final 1	Sat 30 Aug	Navarre	13	11	89	Natte Bealiba	11	6	72
Qualifying Final 2	Sat 30 Aug	Lexton	9	7	61	Carisbrook	10	9	69
Semi Final 1	Sun 7 Sep	Natte Bealiba	12	17	89	Newstead	9	11	65
Semi Final 2	Sat 6 Sep	Lexton	17	6	108	Royal Park	10	5	65
Preliminary Final 1	Sat 13 Sep	Navarre	13	9	87	Lexton	12	8	80
Preliminary Final 2	Sun 14 Sep	Carisbrook	12	14	86	Natte Bealiba	9	14	68
Grand Final	Sun 21 Sep	Navarre	16	21	117	Carisbrook	9	8	62	AFL Victoria Country Medal: Ben Scott (Navarre)

Match Report

" NAVARRE overcame a slow start in Sunday’s Maryborough-Castlemaine District Football League grand final before powering away from Carisbrook to win by 55 points at Princes Park.

The 16.21 (117) to 9.8 (62) victory capped a magnificent double for the MCDFL’s latest power side - not only back-to-back flags, but an undefeated 2014 season. “This is probably sweeter than last year” Navarre coach Daniel Parkin said. “Back-to-back is hard to do, but to have also done it undefeated this year is unbelievable.”

While the final result was a 55-point win to Navarre, there were anxious moments early for the Grasshoppers. The Grasshoppers kicked the opening goal of the game through Cody Driscoll, but that would be their only major of the first term.

Through the Grasshoppers’ previous 18 games this year, no side had led them by more than 10 points at any of the quarter breaks. But by quarter-time they were 20 points down after the Redbacks had the better of the first term. The Redbacks had nine scoring shots to four to lead 4.5 to 1.3 at quarter-time. Jackson Bowen, Liam Cunningham, Matthew Bilton and Cole Roscholler all kicked first-term goals for the Redbacks. But the 20-point quarter-time lead should have been more after the Redbacks squandered several gettable set-shots.

However, the Grasshoppers were quick to respond to the challenge in the second term. With the midfield led by Josh Driscoll, Ben Scott, Sam Kaye and captain Louis Hannett getting on top, the Grasshoppers surged back. Navarre kicked 5.3 to 1.1 in the second term, with a goal to Kris Brennan with the last kick of the quarter giving the Grasshoppers a six-point lead at half-time, 6.6 to 5.6.

And that momentum the Grasshoppers built in the second term continued into the third quarter as they blew the game open. The Grasshoppers’ domination of possession in the third term was highlighted in the 15-4 inside 50 count in their favour, while they kicked 5.8 to 1.1. To that stage since quarter-time, the Grasshoppers had kicked 10.11 to 2.2, had 30 inside 50s to 13 and 10 centre breaks to three. Leading by 37 points at three quarter-time, the Grasshoppers finished off with five goals to three in the final term.

All three of Carisbrook’s last-quarter goals were kicked by Cunningham, who earned the MCDFL best on ground medal for his effort in kicking six of the Redbacks’ nine goals for the match. His sixth goal was a sensational kick under pressure from the boundary in the scoreboard pocket.

The AFL Victoria Country Medal was won by Navarre’s Scott, who was also a best-on-ground medallist in last year’s 101-point grand final win over Lexton.

Others in the best were Daniel Reading, forward Kris Brennan (four goals), Hannett, the dashing Bryce Tickner and Josh Driscoll. As well as Brennan, full-forward Ashley Driscoll also kicked four goals to take his season tally to 84.

Carisbrook’s best were ruckman Bowen, Cunningham - who finished the year with 82 goals - defenders Andrew Lovett and Nathan O’Keefe, along with Jakob Tidyman and wingman Hayden Barby. “We started well and controlled the footy early, but to Navarre’s credit, they were just too good for us,” outgoing Carisbrook coach Luke Treacy said.

As well as the seniors, Navarre also won the A-grade netball for the second year in a row, too. " ^[4]

2015 Ladder

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Navarre	16	0	0	1974	650	303.69%	64
Carisbrook	14	2	0	1835	854	214.87%	56
Lexton	14	2	0	1752	906	193.38%	56
Natte-Bealiba	12	4	0	1516	983	154.22%	48
Harcourt	10	6	0	1560	1313	118.81%	40
Royal Park	9	7	0	1503	1108	135.65%	36
Talbot	6	10	0	1200	1318	91.05%	24
Campbells Creek	6	10	0	1222	1475	82.85%	24
Maryborough Rovers	6	10	0	1250	1642	76.13%	24
Avoca	5	11	0	1070	1618	66.13%	20
Newstead	5	11	0	927	1558	59.50%	20
Trentham	4	12	0	974	1462	66.62%	16
Maldon	4	12	0	969	1701	56.97%	16
Dunolly	1	15	0	737	1901	38.77%	4

FINALS

Final	Date	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Qualifying Final 1	Sat 29 Aug	Navarre	14	12	96	Natte Bealiba	8	1	49
Qualifying Final 2	Sat 29 Aug	Carisbrook	10	14	74	Lexton	9	8	62
Elimination Final 1	Sun 30 Aug	Harcourt	18	16	121	Campbells Creek	7	8	50
Elimination Final 2	Sun 30 Aug	Royal Park	14	13	97	Talbot	11	5	71
Semi Final 2	Sat 5 Sep	Lexton	9	14	68	Royal Park	6	13	49
Semi Final 1	Sun 6 Sep	Natte Bealiba	12	11	83	Harcourt	6	10	46
Preliminary Final 1	Sat 12 Sep	Navarre	17	7	109	Lexton	8	12	60
Preliminary Final 2	Sun 13 Sep	Carisbrook	16	18	114	Natte Bealiba	13	7	85
Grand Final	Sun 20 Sep	Navarre	17	14	116	Carisbrook	8	7	55

Match Report

" Navarre has won their third successive premiership in the Bendigo Bank Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League after a convincing 51 point victory over Carisbrook in the 2015 MCDFNL Grand Final

It was an opening term blitz that set up the victory as Navarre dominated at the centre bounce and took a stranglehold on possession denying the Redbacks the ball and restricting their scoring opportunities as the Grasshopper defence only allowed three entries into the forward fifty in the opening term. Mitch Whelan was the Redbacks only goal scorer when he marked a pass from Joel Riske, but this was to be their only score for the term. With Navarre having so much off the ball, the Carisbrook defence was under extreme pressure as the Grasshoppers shared the ball around amongst six different goal scorers for the quarter to take a 33 point lead into quarter time.

Carisbrook overcame their first quarter jitters and started to gain a lot more possession of the ball and had five shots on goal in succession, but inaccuracy was costly as they could only score two goals through Brady Neil and Nathan Wright. But any inroads they made into reducing the margin was nullified late in the quarter, when Jesse Hannett produced an outstanding piece of play when he bounced out of a pack of Redbacks and snapped a miraculous snap from the boundary on his left foot, and this was quickly followed by a goal to the MCDFNL Grand Final Medallist in Cody Driscoll who also threaded a goal from the same spot that Hannett had goaled from.

Driscoll goaled again on the siren as the Grasshoppers led by 45 points at half time.

Carisbrook was inspired by an incredible checkside goal from Mitch Whelan half way through the third term and this was followed by three more goals for the Redbacks through Nathan and Nick Wright and Brady Neil as they mounted as comeback and were able to win the term and reduced the margin to just 30 points going into the final term and with the momentum swinging their way, would have been confident of finishing the game strongly.

However, a left foot snap from Cody Driscoll from the first forward entry of the final quarter put to rest any chance of a Carisbrook revival, and then the high flying forward made sure of the victory when he took a very strong pack mark and kicked the sealer just a minute later. From this point in the game, Navarre coasted to victory knowing that they had the premiership cup in its keeping and the fifty one point victory gave the Grasshoppers their third premiership in succession and 41st consecutive senior victory.

It was an all-round performance from Navarre with every player contrinuting, but it was Daniel Parkin and Louis Hannett’s attack on the ball that was a key for the Grasshoppers victory, while being supported by the three Driscoll Brothers, with Cody kicking five goals and Ash booting four goals, and Josh providing a lot of drive on the wing on his way to winning the AFL Victoria Country Medal.

With the ball being in Navarre’s forward line for the majority of the game, Carisbrook defenders Kurt Bruechert and Adam Hurse were key players for the Redbacks, and were supported by Brady Neil, Jakob Tidyman and Mitch Whelan. " ^[5]

2016 Ladder

In round 9 (26 June 2016), Navarre defeated Natte-Bealiba for its 50th consecutive victory.,^[6][7]

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Royal Park	15	1	0	1808	855	211.46%	60
Navarre	14	2	0	1849	681	271.51%	56
Natte Bealiba	14	2	0	1693	968	174.90%	56
Carisbrook	13	3	0	1835	730	251.37%	52
Talbot	9	7	0	1314	1268	103.63%	36
Newstead	8	8	0	1505	1332	112.99%	32
Lexton	8	8	0	1143	1383	82.65%	32
Trentham	7	9	0	1356	1289	105.20%	28
Dunolly	7	9	0	1336	1580	84.56%	28
Harcourt	5	11	0	1177	1482	79.42%	20
Maryborough Rovers	5	11	0	1042	1716	60.72%	20
Avoca	3	13	0	1188	1884	63.06%	12
Campbells Creek	3	13	0	954	1667	57.23%	12
Maldon	1	15	0	886	2251	39.36%	4

FINALS

Final	Date	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Qualifying Final 1	Sat 27 Aug	Royal Park	4	5	29	Carisbrook	12	13	85
Qualifying Final 2	Sat 27 Aug	Navarre	14	22	106	Natte Bealiba	1	4	10
Elimination Final 1	Sun 28 Aug	Talbot	17	3	105	Trentham	14	5	89
Elimination Final 2	Sun 28 Aug	Newstead	10	6	66	Lexton	8	10	58
Semi Final 1	Sat 3 Sep	Royal Park	16	23	119	Talbot	6	1	37
Semi Final 2	Sun 4 Sep	Natte Bealiba	14	5	89	Newstead	7	7	49
Preliminary Final 1	Sat 10 Sep	Carisbrook	17	19	121	Natte Bealiba	5	2	32
Preliminary Final 2	Sun 11 Sep	Navarre	15	10	100	Royal Park	7	6	48
Grand Final	Sun 18 Sep	Carisbrook	4	7	31	Navarre	10	12	72

Books

History of Football in the Bendigo District - John Stoward - ISBN 978-0-9805929-1-7

References

External links

• League's Official Website