The 2006 AFL Grand Final was relentlessly bursting with excitement and action. The game took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground at around 2:30 pm. 90,000 odd thousand fans, saw the West Coast Eagles take on the Sydney Swans. The battle of the big birds. It was a close game all day but in the end the Eagles in a thriller won by a point.
West Coast were warm favourites after last years marginal loss of 4 points to the Swans so there was a lot of preasure on the Eagles to do well and show some pride.
Ben Cousins and Chris Judd had both won Brownlow Medal’s in previous years and were set to have a big Grand Final and they did. Ben cousins, Chris Judd, Dean Cox and Andrew Emble all had a great game for the Eagles, while Brett Kirk, Adam Goodes Tadhg Kennelly and Nick Davis all played well for the Swans.
Although the West Coast Eagles were very successful on the football field, behind the scenes it was a different story. Ben Cousins who had a drug problem had missed a quarter of the season, as a result of being suspended by the club for taking elicit drugs. The club also stripped him of the captaincy which he handed over to Chris Judd.
Andrew Emble for the Eagles who played well all day received a medal called the Norm Smith. The Norm Smith Medal goes to the player who has been judged by a panel of experts as being the best player on the day.
After the game it’s a tradition, for the premiership players to be presented with a premiership medal by 22 lucky kids involved in the Auskick program. However there was controversy with some players not shaking the child’s hand as the children present the player with a medal. It made the daily papers and the news the next day and embarrassed the players who did not give the kid a pat on the back or a hand shake.
The following day was a day full of celebrations for the Eagles and their supporters across the country. As for the Swans It was a day of disappointment and thinking about what could’ve been. They gained respect of the football public as they were gallant in defeat and know that they gave West coast a run for there money.
This particular Grand Final was one of my favourites, and I recommend that people start watch Australians Rules Football. Football can leave you anxious one minute and satisfied the next. AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL IS A MUST WATCH.
Mathew La Selva
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7 comments:
Hey Matt,
Nice review except its not a book. More of a TV review.
And yeah you're right "AUSSIE RULES IS A MUST WATCH".
Youssef
Good review matt.
Yeh it was a great game.
Cousins at the pies in 09!!
great descriptions of the game.
ily to the max bbe
sweet as matt, copied me but still good. Loved this granny was there myself. Posted by Maxwell Kirwan
absolutely marvellous.
as they say, small head, big brain
loving your work matt
nice review matt sounds like a good match
u spelt your name wrong matt
saeed
good job matt, it really was a thriller of a granny, and just think if you were one of those 22 little auskick kids that missed out on a handshake "HOW WOULD YOU FEEL" overall awsome job although why eagles vs swans i thought you would have done a review of a pies premiership... oh! wait you wernt alive in 1990, thank god a review of that would have crushed me!
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