Weekly Advertiser | The rematch the Horsham District Football Netball League has waited for is set.

Nearly a year to the day of their classic 2024 grand final encounter, Harrow-Balmoral and Noradjuha-Quantong’s senior sides will again do battle on the league’s biggest stage in a showdown at Natimuk Showground on Saturday.

The narratives for both sides are compelling.

The Roos are attempting to become the first HDFNL side to claim three straight senior flags since the legendary Kalkee team that won five in a row between 2008 and 2012, while the Bombers remain in search of their first senior premiership following the merger of Noradjuha and Quantong in 1997.

In last season’s grand final the Bombers were firm underdogs but gave the undefeated Roos their closest shave of the season, coming within 13 points.

This season, however, has been different.

Noradjuha-Quantong topped the ladder with 15 wins and one loss, while the Roos endured what could only be considered a down year because of the near-impossible standards they set across the previous two seasons – ending 2023 and 2024 without a loss.

This year Harrow-Balmoral dropped two games, including a grand final rematch against the Bombers in round eight that ended a 42-game winning streak.

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