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Qualifying Final - Saturday August 23, 2025 at Narrandera Sportsround @ 2.15pm
Ganmain-GGM ......... 1.0 .. 2.4 .. 4.6 .. 6.11 (47)
Coolamon Rovers ... 6.2 .. 6.4 .. 10.5 .. 10.6 (66)
Goals - GGGM: M Hamblin 5, S White
Coolamon: N Buchanan 4, A Macauley 3, J Rudd, M King, B Hodgson
Best players - GGGM: M Hamblin, T Anderson, J Lander, J Sase, S Hamblin, Z Burhop
Coolamon: B Glyde, L Redfern, N Buchanan, C McKelvie, J Rudd, R Allen
Ganmain-Grong Grong-Matong:- Seb Hamblin, Jack Sase, Boston Macri; Zachary Burhop, Joshua Walsh (c), Nate Hamblin; Lucas Hatty, Matthew Hamblin, Sam Martyn; Jack McCaig, Tom Banuelos, Shannon Butterfield; Aaron Proctor, Daniel Foley, Tom Anderson; Ashton Lantzke, Jack Powell, Tom Quinn; Sidney White, Jakob Taylor, Jesse Lander, Jackson Connolly. Coach: Sam Martyn.
Coolamon Rovers:- Campbell Mattingly, Nick Lees, Luke McLoughlin; Braeden Glyde, Tim Coenan, Reilly Mitchell; Joshua Allen, Neil Pleming, Jack Rudd; Ryan Allen, Jacob Robinson, Mitchell King; Aiden Macauley, Nick Buchanan, Joe Redfern; Adian Ledson, Luke Redfern, Cooper McKelvie; Ben Hodgson, Oscar Perrot, Jade Curtis, Tom Pumpa. Coach: Gavin McMahon.
Umpires: Brock Cunningham, Ryan Dedini and Troy Mavroudis (RUA)
Reports: Tom Banuelos (GGGM), tackle on Braeden Glyde (Coolamon), graded as careless, with contact high and medium impact - 1 game ban. Aaron Proctor (GGGM), kneeing Joshua Allen (Coolamon), graded as intentional, with high contact and medium impact - 2 game ban.
Media report - By Jimmy Meiklejohn: A sensational opening term guided Coolamon to a 19-point win over local rivals Ganmain-GGM in the qualifying final. The Hoppers stated their intentions early at Narrandera Sportsground, booting six goals to one in a dominant first-quarter performance. Up 32 points at the first change, Coolamon were able to dictate the proceedings for the remaining three quarters. The Lions kicked the last two goals of the contest. But it was little too late as Coolamon ran out 10.6 (66) to 6.11 (47) winners, setting up a clash against minor premiers Collingullie-Wagga next Saturday.
Fancying their chances against the Lions heading into the showdown final, Coolamon coach Gavin McMahon was pleased his side could get the result against the local rivals. "I'm excited for the boys that they got the W," McMahon said. "But part of me expected us to play really good today so it takes a little bit of the enjoyment out of it I suppose. "We expected to do well and Ganmain are a great side, you're got to play good footy for all but half of one quarter."
Coolamon's early dominance was on the back of an absurd amount of pressure and a desire to win the footy at the source. Having put together a game plan at the start of the year with finals footy at Narrandera in mind, McMahon was glad to see it implemented strongly against the Lions. "I think what you saw there was just a commitment to our game style and a hell of a lot of enthusiasm," he said. "There was plenty to play for, Coolamon and Ganmain games are always full of plenty of additional feeling and today was no different from our side. "I'm not sure it was the same from theirs, but I'm just really proud of the boys, we've been working on our style all year. "Your aim is to be able to get it right on Narandera at the end of the year and they got it right today."
McMahon found it hard to single out top performers. However, he noted that the milestone duo in Luke Redfern and Cooper McKelvie was fantastic in their 100th games. "It is hard to single out in all honesty," McMahon said. "I thought our midfield and their contested ball work was outstanding. "I thought the back line was great, led by Timmy Coenen and BJ Glyde. "Reilly Mitchell was also pretty influential late in the game too. "Then our forward half worked really well, and it was good to see Nick Buch return to a bit of form after a quiet week last week."
GGGM coach Sam Martyn took full responsibility for their loss. "It's disappointing from our perspective," Martyn said. "As a coach you take full responsibility too, I think I tried to over complicate things at times with rotations and personnel. I definitely learnt a great deal from it, and I apologised to the boys for putting them in that position. "It's always tough but you can't dwell on it too long because we've got another game now to win, we have to turn our attention pretty quickly to that."
Martyn praised Matt Hamblin's effort noting that the midfielder had done everything in his power to try and get the Lions over the line. "Matty was clearly our best on with five (goals)," he said. "It felt like at times he was willing us along and putting us on his back, trying to do everything he could to win the game for us."
A yellow card to key forward Tom Banuelos in the early stages of the final term for a dangerous tackle on Coolamon's Braeden Glyde also added further salt to the wound for the Lions. Source - The Daily Advertiser, Monday August 27, 2025.
Reserves
Collingullie-Wagga ... 2.0 .. 3.2 .. 5.4 .. 10.11 (71)
Coolamon Rovers ..... 3.2 .. 4.3 .. 6.4 .. 6.6 (42)
Goals - Collingullie: Jude Fuller 3, Luke Cogswell 2, Jimmy Morris 2, Hugh Bent, Matt Geppert, Zac Billingham
Coolamon: Lawson Buchegger 2, Jack Burgess, Joel Little, Luke Bell, Lachlan Higman
Best players - Collingullie: Zac Billingham, Ryan Collins, Sam Durnan, Luke Cogswell, Jimmy Morris, Jude Fuller
Coolamon: Lawson Buchegger, Luke Bell, Isaac Buchanan, Ash Hard, Ned Holden, Mitchell Dryden
Umpires: Will Day, Brad Wild and Keiran Simpson (RUA).
Under 17.5
Collingullie-Wagga ... 4.5 .. 8.8 .. 11.8 .. 14.14 (98)
Ganmain-GGM ........... 1.1 .. 3.4 .. 6.9 .. 11.12 (78)
Goals - Collingullie: Hayden Donohue 5, Cameron Morphett 3, Brody Campbell 2, Franklin Layweh 2, Phoenix Cobb, Kye Howard.
GGGM: Jed Corbett 3, Isaac McCormack 3, Braith Gain 2, Zachary McPherson, Sam Taylor, Brock Harris,
Best players - Collingullie: Brody Campbell, Joe Stone, Hayden Donohue, Franklin Layweh, Kye Howard, Byron Price
GGGM: Zachary McPherson, Jake Underwood, Jed Corbett, Max Harris, Isaac McCormack, Charlie Smith
Umpires: Cam O'Kane, Craig Tilston and Brett Stephenson (RUA)
Netball - A Grade: Coolamon 55 def Griffith 53, A Reserve: Wagga Tigers 36 def by Mangoplah 67, B Grade: Griffith 46 def Wagga Tigers 43, C Grade: Mangoplah 38 def Coolamon 20, Under 17: Mangoplah 24 def by Wagga Tigers 31.