EAGLEHAWK coach Derrick Filo was quick to hand his charges a dose of reality after the Hawks’ impressive 103-point thumping of co-Top Five side Sandhurst a decade ago.

KANGAROO Flat sprung the upset of the 2008 season with a nail-biting six-point win over South Bendigo eight years ago in Round 12.

SOUTH Bendigo remained three games clear of fellow top three contenders Eaglehawk and Sandhurst following a hard-fought 23-point victory over the Dragons 10 years ago.

THE Sandhurst Jayco Dragons marked Matt Sexton’s 250th senior game for the club with a 68-point belting of fierce rivals South Bendigo in a 2002 winter clash.

IN EARLY June 2006, South Bendigo became just the fourth club to defeat Gisborne since the start of the 2002 season with a 95-75 victory.

MARYBOROUGH defended its decision to play six district players on permits against Kyneton in mid-season 2005.

SPEARHEADS dominated round 9 a decade ago with the performance of South’s Dayne Frew the talking point of the midway point of 2006.

WE all take for granted these days that footy games right across the board will be broadcast on local radio.

IT wasn’t until early June in 2004 that Kangaroo Flat was able to play a home game that season on drought-ravaged Dower Park.

RIGHT from the very get-go the money paid to coaches of Aussie Rules clubs has caused controversy and comment right across the footy community.