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Watch for wingman Ned Moodie in this contest who has emerged as a real x-factor for Pines in recent months, with the explosive Casey Demons listed teenager showing his quality against Red Hill last week with 24 disposals in an impressive outing.

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FrankstonYCWheldoffafast-finishingBonbeach side last week to record their 12th win of the season and with finals looming, the Stonecats look like one of the sides to beat once again. Mt. Eliza will be ruing a final quarter fadeout as they let slip an important 4 points to Sorrento, going down by a single point with moments left and will need to bounce back quickly if they are to challengethisfinalsseries.

PineswhoultraimpressiveagainstastrongRed Hillsideastheycementedtheirplaceinsidethe Top 3 as finals draws near. Shane Savage was immense with 5 goals from 29 possessions whilst Beau Hendry, Luke Dalmau and Jarrod Richards also impressed in the strong win in frontofabighomecrowd.

Teenager Ziggy Toledo was a standout for Mt. Eliza last week and did enough to earn a nominationfortheSKINSRisingStarAwardwith3 goalsfromthewinginanimpressiveshowing.Mt. Eliza’s young core have impressed all season long and with the likes of Justin Davies, Jasper O’Neill, Mitch Smith and Trent Matthews in good form there is no reason the Redlegs can’t produce an upset on the eve of finals and knock off this championYCWlineup. The obvious one to watch for Mt. Eliza this week is former AFL great Nathan Jones who returns for his third game of the season, Jones may have a big role to play this finalsseries.

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