Match Reviews | MOUNT Pleasant withstood a spirited final quarter fightback by North Bendigo in Saturday’s senior footy grand final to raise the Bendigo Bank Heathcote DFNL premiership cup for a 21st time.
It was the first time the Blues and Bulldogs had met in a seniors grand final.
The Blues were in control for a lot of the contest at Huntly’s Strauch Reserve as it answered several repeated comebacks by the Bulldogs.
Hundreds of fans were again treated to another thriller as the previous two hit-outs between the grand finalists had been three and six points.
Mount Pleasant had experienced on-ballers Josh Hann and Adam Baird as playing co-coaches, and Cameron Carter who was playing coach of the premiership teams of 2005 and ’06 as director of coaching.
A Bulldogs’ line-up coached by Rob Bennett who was non-playing coach of the premiership teams in 2015 and ’16 was beaten just twice in the run to the grand final.
Both of those defeats were against Mount Pleasant.
The Bulldogs went into the grand final chasing the “Triple Crown” after the reserves and under-18s teams had captured premiership wins by five and 17 points.
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