Match Reviews | An upset win had one team up and about while an early finals preview has given us a clear frontrunner in the early part of the Gippsland League season.

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Morwell vs Bairnsdale

Bairnsdale's season is officially off and rolling courtesy of a surprise 21-point triumph over Morwell away from home on Sunday.

Many around the league would have pencilled this one in as a Tigers victory coming in but would have been eating their words afterwards, the Redlegs too hot to handle 17.14 (116) to 14.11 (95).

Oscar Morrison (seven goals) was the star for the visitors as he created headaches for the Morwell defenders all day.

Outside of just Morrison's influence the result came off the back of Bairnsdale's barnstorming second term in which they booted 7.3 to 2.0 to open up a 32-point buffer at the main break.

Try as they might the Tigers couldn't fight their way back with the Redlegs going on to record their first win of the year.

It's a big result for Bairnsdale, whose first two matches did little to inspire confidence - especially after the loss of primary ball-winner Will Mitchell in the off-season.

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