KC from Casey

Three quarter time Sandringham 8.13.61 well on top of the Casey Scorpions 5.8.38. Goals Kennedy-Harris 2 King Rennie Smith

Sandy lead out to 21 points.

Max King gets his first but the difference is still 3 goals.

First goal of the quarter to Sandy - making it hard for Casey now.

Goals hard to come by in these conditions

Half time: Sandringham 5.9.39 to Casey 4.2.26 Goals Kennedy-Harris 2 Rennie Smith

Scorps get a timely goal through Rennie but trail by 2 goals.

Casey has made it a habit this year to drop off the pace in one quarter. This is looking the same.

It took a little over 10 minutes but the Zebs have hit the front by 4 points thanks to their domination at the stoppages.

All Sandy in the second and the lead is just 3 points - 17 to 20.

And no further score till quarter time. Scorps lead by 20 points - a fair lead but is it enough given the wind advantage?

JKH kicks his second to make it 3.2.20 to the Zebs' 0.2.2.

Halfway through the first quarter and the Scorps lead 2.1.13 to 0.0.0 after a strong mark and goal from Tim Smith. It should be added that Casey has opened with the benefit of the wind in murky conditions so the boys need to run this quarter out well.

Good to have some extra commentators on board - will make for an easy day.

A three goal win to the accurate Scorpions secures their place in the top four. 2015 AFL Victoria Development League Casey Scorpions 3.0.18 5.1.31 8.2.50 13.5.83 Sandringham 1.3.9 4.6.30 7.7.49 9.11.65 Goals Casey Scorpions Lang 3 Fisscher Scott 2 Droessler Moncrieff O'Brien Paredes Stanlake Wyatt Sandringham McTaggart Uthayakumar 2 Cameron Daidone Harris Jones Williams Best Casey Scorpions Scott McDonald Johnson Thwaites Hillard O'Brien Sandringham Laumets Fisher Woodman Maitland Wallace Hooy

Of the emergencies named for the Demons, I believe that the only one at the ground is Rohan Bail. James Harmes is being rested according to the club's website. Pig Dog's the man who therefore went to WA. Back at the TBBO Oval, it's gray and overcast and the wind's blowing up off the bay and there's still only a point in it at 3/4 time with Casey in front.

Scorps up by a point at half time - 5.1.31 to 4.6.30. Sam Frost didn't make it onto the final team sheet.

Quarter Time in the Development League game sees Casey leading 3.0.18 to 1.3.9. I haven't left to go to the game yet - score is relayed via a contact at the ground.

These are the rules which were applicable in 2014 and I'm not aware of any changes:- 20. Participation in Finals 20.1 Players who have not played at least one (AFL or VFL) Senior or AFL Victoria Development Leaguematch in the relevant season shall be ineligible to play in the Senior Grade Finals. 20.2 Subject to Regulation 20.3 below, players who have played with the AFL Senior team of any AFL Club after the 1st day of July in the relevant season shall be ineligible to play in the VFL Senior or AFL Victoria Development League Finals unless they have played a total of at least six (6) Senior VFL or AFL Victoria Development League matches in the same season. 20.3 Players who have not played at least two (2) AFL Victoria Development League matches in the relevant season shall be ineligible to play in the AFL Victoria Development League Finals save where immediately prior to selection, an AFL or VFL listed player has missed through injury, at least ten (10) consecutive home & away matches of the VFL football season and his club remains active in the senior VFL Finals series. 20.4 Players who have played in more thaneight (8) Senior VFL Grade matches shall not be eligible to play in Final Series matches of the AFL Victoria Development League unless they have played in at least six (6) matches of the AFL Victoria Development League. 20.5 Notwithstanding the provisions of this Rule 20, except for Regulation 20.6 below,when a Club has both of its Senior Grade (AFL or VFL) teams engaged on the same weekend, the selection of players in the VFL Senior Grade team shall be unrestricted, provided a player has participated in at least one (AFL or VFL) Senior Grade or AFL Victoria Development League match in that relevant season. 20.6 When an AFL Club is eliminated from the AFL Final Series on the same weekend as the VFL Grand Final, unrestricted selections as per 20.5 for AFL listed players still apply. 20.7 Notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 20, for a VFL Club(s) who does not field a AFL Victoria Development League team in the competition, AFL listed players must qualify players under Regulation 20.2 and must have played not more than 12 AFL games to be eligible to play in VFL finals matches. 20.8 Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules, the General Manager of AFL Victoria can deem any person eligible to play in any match. When I get home tonight if I have time, I'll check my records to see if I can identify which players are eligible. With the turnover of players due to injury, I suspect there might not be as many as we think.

Highlights: For Demon fans who make their way out to TBBO, it will be like turning back the clock to the "good old days" when the MFC affiliate was one of the dominant forces in the VFL. A day of nostalgia but beware ... the place is not the same - for one thing, the old fence has gone. However, it's still as tough as ever to find a car park spot. The Casey Scorpions secured their place in the finals with a terrific final half fightback against the Coburg Lions last week. Now that the pressure's off and it's a virtual dead rubber for them, expect the Scorpions to put in a big one. It looks as if Jordie McKenzie is either being rested or the "mystery injury of the week". Jack Fitzpatrick and Dom Tyson missed out on both MFC and Casey but Jimmy Toumpas is back. Mitchell Cox (18, 180cm, 78kg) of the Dandenong Stingrays comes in as 23rd player. ... and check out the name of one of the players on the interchange bench for the development league team. Peter Jackson VFL Sandringham v Casey Scorpions Saturday, August 29 Trevor Barker Beach Oval at 2pm Sandringham B: Noone Delaney Shakallis HB: Le Grice Shenton Coates C: Markworth Jones McKenzie HF: Siposs M Brown Cook F: Saad Dennis-Lane Kreymborg FOLL: Pierce Weickhardt Ong I/C (from): Armitage Dunstan Grace* Hayes Kelso Laumets Murdoch Ray Saunders Savage Simpkin Verma Zijai Casey Scorpions B: Munro Hutchins Pattison HB: White Grimes Terlich C: Stretch Gent Newton HF: Kent Watts Kennedy-Harris F: Harmes Smith Page FOLL: Jamar Bail Riley I/C (from) Anderson Corrigan Cox* Keilty King Morris Muir Rennie Rutherford Scott Toumpas Walmsley K Wilson * 23rd player AFL Victoria Development League Sandringham v Casey Scorpions Trevor Barker Beach Oval at 11am Sandringham B: Fisher Persson Williams HB: Daidone Laumets Hooy C: Neiwand Maitland McKay HF: D Brown McTaggart Davis F: Uthayakumar Hayes Cameron FOLL: Kelso Bazzani Jones I/C (from): Baumgartner Haidon Harris Hayres Huntington Wallace Woodman Casey Scorpions B: Thwaites Keilty T Wilson HB: Battle Rutherford McDonald C: Gawley Paredes Anderson HF: Johnson Moncrieff Hillard F: Lang Fisscher Wyatt FOLL: O'Brien K Wilson Scott I/C (from): Droessler Frost Gains Godfrey Hannon D Johnson Mason Rosier Stanlake Waters Welsh

Siren and the Casey Scorpions have secured their place in the finals. Peter Jackson VFL Casey Scorpions 6.1.37 6.3.39 12.6.78 17.9.111 Coburg Lions 3.0.18 9.6.60 11.8.74 14.10.94 Goals Casey Scorpions Smith Spencer 4 Jamar 3 Jones McKenzie Papley Rennie Riley Terlich Coburg Lions Johns 3 Hill MacDonald Younan 2 Carnell Cauchi Clifton Thomas Venditti Best Casey Scorpions Smith McKenzie Spencer Riley Jones Jamar Coburg Lions Johns Thomas Clifton Carnell Venditti Christensen Disposals Jones 26, Terlich 26, Riley 22, Spencer 19

Two minutes to go and Casey's lead is 23 points after a Coburg goal but it won't help now.

Another on to Jamar - what a turnaround!!!

The Russian atones for his earlier miss. Lead is 24 points at the 22 minute mark.

Jake Spencer you beauty - another goal and the lead is back to 18 points again.