Match Reviews | It's Birchip-Watchem which was first into the Goldacres North Central senior footy grand final after Saturday’s thrilling second semi-final win against Sea Lake Nandaly.

The premiers of the past two seasons clashed at Donald Recreation Reserve.

The Bulls from Birchip-Watchem charged to a 17-point lead by quarter-time.

Birchip-Watchem’s dominance in the opening term was reflected by a tally of nine scoring shots as the Tigers had just two.

After a brilliant start the Trevor Ryan-coached Bulls led 24-7 at the first break.

Both teams added 18 points in the second.

The Bulls kicked three straight goals, while the Tigers could not cut the deficit as they scored 3.6.

In the third quarter it was Birchip-Watchem which again controlled a lot of the play.

The Bulls led 68-44 going into the final term.

A Tigers’ line-up jointly coached by Bryce Delmenico and Billy McInnes fired up.

As SLN scored 4.5 it kept Birchip-Watchem to a tally of 1.1.

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