Highlights:

The Casey Scorpions finally get another televised game, only their second for the season after 20 rounds (the only other time was in Round 4!)

Rookie Mitch White who started the year in the development league has worked so hard for the opportunity to play an AFL game is off to the big time so he won't be playing for Casey this weekend.

Take no notice of the team selected on Thursday night. Four or five Six or seven of the names in the team are likely to end up at Etihad on Sunday or out altogether. This suggests that the team will struggle to go further than the first week of the finals again.

Another non-selection is Sam Frost whose season is apparently over.

Peter Jackson VFL First Elimination Final

Essendon VFL v Casey Scorpions

Sunday, September 6

at North Port Oval 11:40am (Channel 7)

Essendon VFL

B: Al Browne Steinberg Dalgleish

HB: Freezer Pears J Langford

C: Coghlan Ashby Tipungwuti

HF: Edwards K Langford Fantasia

F: Polkinghorne Willis Schroder

FOLL: Muller* Kavanagh Heavyside

I/C (from) Byrne Hardingham Heppell Hickey Hore Long McLeod McNiece Marigliani Milham Purcell Tagliabue Thompson

Casey Scorpions

B: Stretch Fitzpatrick Jetta

HB: Terlich Hutchins M Jones

C: Riley Michie McKenzie

HF: Neal-Bullen Smith Kent

F: Watts Spencer Byrnes

FOLL: Jamar Bail Newton

I/C (from) Corrigan Gent King Hunt Morris Muir Munro Page Paredes Pattison* Rutherford Scott Toumpas

* 23rd player

AFL Victoria Development League Elimination Final

Casey Scorpions v Coburg Lions

Sunday, September 6

at North Port Oval 2:30pm

Casey Scorpions

B: Corrigan Waters J McDonald

HB: Godfrey Keilty Rutherford

C: Walmsley Paredes Hannon

HF: Rennie King Hillard

F: Moncrieff Fisscher Anderson

FOLL: Gains K Wilson Scott

I/C (from): Battle Droessler Gawley C Johnson D Johnson Lang Mason O'Brien Rosier Welsh T Wilson Wyatt

Coburg Lions

B: Bamblett Boyd Iacobaccio

HB: Hunt Robinson Posar

C: Mance Cooper Holdsworth

HF: Kalanj Symes Totino

F: Schraven Madden Hemala

FOLL: Sortino Johns Sturgess

I/C (from): Bailey Clarke Easton MacDonald Miles Rogers Tang Urquhart

I'm looking forward to seeing this but can't find any info about the game being televised.

All I can see is Collingwood v W on 7 from 12-3pm tomorrow.

This would make more sense given the amount of coverage received this year to date (as well as the fact that it's just W)

Is this the same Ess side that beat our seniors earlier in the year??

I'm looking forward to seeing this but can't find any info about the game being televised.

All I can see is Collingwood v W on 7 from 12-3pm tomorrow.

This would make more sense given the amount of coverage received this year to date (as well as the fact that it's just W)

Game is on Sunday, VFL elimination final on 7 starts at 11:30 am

Game is on Sunday, VFL elimination final on 7 starts at 11:30 am

Thanks Viscount. I should try looking more often with my eyes open.

A nice lead into the other game.

Is this the same Ess side that beat our seniors earlier in the year??

Ah No That side had Goddard and Zaharakis in it to mention 2.

The late withdrawals through injuries to Nev Jetta and Jake Spencer along with the failure of Chris Dawes, Heritier Lumumba and Dom Tyson to come back from injury has severely affected Casey's finals hopes. They look like going into the final tomorrow with no more than 10 or 11 AFL affiliated players and without skipper Evan Panozza and that will make them underdogs in their game against Essendon VFL.

It's going to be a tough ask for them to go beyond this game and make it to the semi final stage.

Any diehard Melbourne supporters going to or watching this game on TV, in preference to going to the GWS game today?

Any diehard Melbourne supporters going to or watching this game on TV, in preference to going to the GWS game today?

I will probably watch both on TV

I will be taking more interest in this game than the Etihad one.

I will be taking more interest in this game than the Etihad one.

+1

Toumpas and Watts not playing.

Is it being broadcast on the radio?

Under way and no sign of Jack Watts (or Jimmy Toumpas for that matter).

Bombers kicking with the advantage of the breeze.

Bombers away to a two goal lead - Sandy looking slow and making errors.

Fitzy what the fk mate

not looking good early 20-1

Scorpions doing an imitation of the Demons here - four goals down.

Shocking turn over from Fitz, Essendon another goal 26-1

another example of an MFC aligned side making the finals and having reduced (hardly any) listed MFC Players. Life doesn't change !

another example of an MFC aligned side making the finals and having reduced (hardly any) listed MFC Players. Life doesn't change !

Rubbish.

Seen our injury list lately.. FMD

Another to the Bombers through Hardingham 32-1

Lots of wiind-mostly from Fitzy.

Fitzy is an absolute potato today

Another horrendous turn over by Fitz