Pictured- The victorious Murray South East side
Murray South East has won the 2017 MAC Country Championships, defeating Southern Districts by 40 points in the Grand Final at Murray Bridge on Sunday.
Determined to put on a strong showing on home soil, the Murray South East boys continued their dominant form from Day 1 after winning their qualifying matches by 56 and 32 points respectively.
The victory at Johnstone Park was Murray South East’s third in the past four years, having won Country Championship titles previously in 2014 and 2016.
But the accolades for the Saints didn’t end with the overall silverware.
Former Sturt utility Jack Kelly – currently playing for Robe FC – won the Don McSweeny Medal as the Player of the Championships while his coach Adam Merrett, currently in charge of Penola FC – claimed the Bill Murdoch Medal as the Coach of the Championships.
Kelly was naturally selected in the Team of the Championships – in the forward pocket – together with six of his Murray South East team-mates including former Crow and Sturt premiership star Brodie Martin and Meningie star Brian Fenton.
DAY 2 – FINALS (Sunday)
GRAND FINAL
Murray South East 11.17 (83) d Southern Districts 6.7 (43)
3RD PLACE
Western 13.10 (88) d Eastern 5.11 (41)
5TH PLACE
Central 11.4 (70) d Northern 3.8 (26)
FINAL STANDINGS
- Murray South East
- Southern Districts
- Western
- Eastern
- Central
- Northern
DON McSWEENY MEDAL (Player of the Championships)
Jack Kelly (Murray South East)
BILL MURDOCH MEDAL (Coach of the Championships)
Adam Merrett (Murray South East)
LEADING GOALKICKER
Joel Fitzgerald (Western) 7 goals
U21 PLAYER OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Domenico Costanzo (Central)
UMPIRE OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Steph Morrison (Eastern)
TEAM OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS
F: Jack Kelly (MSE), Joel Fitzgerald (W), Campbell Combe (N)
HF: Myles Warmington (MSE), Mark Rumbelow (MSE), Matt Crettenden (W)
C: Peter Lindsay (W), Brian Fenton (MSE), Tom Button (N)
HB: Tate Giadresco (E), Todd Miles (C), Brett O’Neill (MSE)
B: Joel Palmer (C), David Wright (W), Sam Alexopolous (SD)
R: Michael Galley (SD), Xavier Watson (W), Michael Shearer (SD)
INT: Scott Merrett (MSE), Domenico Costanzo (C), Jesse O’Brien (E), Brodie Martin (MSE), Ben Simounds (SD), Ben Yeomans (E), Ben Miels (SD)
DAY 1 – QUALIFYING (Saturday)
NORTHERN v EASTERN
Eastern 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 7.8 (50)
Northern 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 4.1 (25)
GOALS, Eastern :
Luke Roberts 1, Ryan Dijksman 1, Steve Burton 1, Max Wakefield 1, David Hankin 1, Jack Kenny 1, Jesse O’Brien 1
Northern : Edward Trupp 4
BEST, Eastern: Benjamin Yeomans, Jesse O’Brien, Daniel Roberts, Tate Giadresco
Northern: Ben Arbon, Edward Trupp, Campbell Combe, Tom Button, Luke Bowman
WESTERN v CENTRAL
Western 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 5.3 (33)
Central 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 4.8 (32)
GOALS, Western : Matthew Crettenden 3, Tynan Keeley 1, Peter Lindsay 1
Central: Samuel Gordon 2, Adam Jolly 1, Brodie Murphy 1
BEST, Western: Christopher Minns, Matthew Crettenden, Mitchell Lawrie, Jesse Stringer
Central: Joel Palmer, Todd Miles, Jarrad Redden, Joseph Brown
SOUTHERN DISTRICTS v NORTHERN
Southern Districts 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 7.6 (48)
Northern 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 4.5 (29)
GOALS, Southern Districts: Ben Simounds 2, Curtis Perrey 1, Ben Miels 1, Samuel Smith 1, Elijah Horrocks 1, Anton Vizzari 1
Northern: Shane Ballantyne 1, Michael McArthur 1, Tom Button 1, Maddy Hayes 1
BEST, Southern Districts: Matthew Tonkin, Sam Alexopoulos, Ben Simounds, Danny Irvine
Northern: Luke Kapitola, Tom Button, Campbell Combe, Tyler Eckert, Ben Arbon, Maddy Hayes
MURRAY SOUTH EAST v CENTRAL
Murray South East 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 11.7 (73)
Central 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 2.5 (17)
GOALS, Murray South East : Jack Kelly 2, Brad Wight 2, Timothy McIntyre 2, Myles Warmington 1, Brian Fenton 1, Dylan Barry 1,
Mark Rumbelow 1, Bradley Mitchell 1
Central : Tyrell Hocking 1, Steve Rusca 1
BEST, Murray South East : Brian Fenton, Tony Gibson, Myles Warmington, Brett O’Neil, Mark Rumbelow, Timothy McIntyre
Central : Joseph Brown, Joel Palmer, Tyrell Hocking, Adam Joll
SOUTHERN DISTRICTS v EASTERN
Southern Districts 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 9.5 (59)
Eastern 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 6.3 (39)
GOALS, Southern Districts : Samuel Smith 3, Ryan Sherry 2, Marcus Burdett 2, Marc Elliott 1, Josh Vandermeer 1
Eastern : Max Wakefield 2, Luke Roberts 1, Braedon Renshaw 1, Matthew Min 1, Phil Hopton 1
BEST, Southern Districts : Michael Shearer, Matthew Tonkin, Ryan Sherry, Marcus Burdett
Eastern : Jesse O’Brien, Matthew Jaensch, Michael Minuzzo, Riley Hayes
MURRAY SOUTH EAST v WESTERN
Murray South East 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 10.4 (64)
Western 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 5.2 (32)
GOALS, Murray South East : Brodie Martin 2, Jack Kelly 1, Cameron Sandercock 1, Zacc Cocks 1, Brad Wight 1, Dylan Barry 1,
Matt Willson 1, Mark Rumbelow 1, Timothy McIntyre 1
Western : Joel Fitzgerald 3, Matthew Crettenden 1, Shaun Maxfield 1
BEST, Murray South East : Scott Merrett, Brett O’Neil, Brodie Martin, Mark Rumbelow, Jack Kelly, Brian Fenton
Western : Xavier Watson, Peter Lindsay, Ryley Maitland, David Wright
Last Modified on 09/07/2017 20:44