LVFNL - 2019 end-of-season club-by-club review

Record - 16-3

Percentage - 172.1%

Average for - 98

Average against - 57

Attack rank - 2nd

Defence rank - 1st

Quarters won - 50 of 76

Avg. player points - 41.8

Players used - 35

Played every game - 4

Club best top five:

(based on weekly best players: 6 votes for being named best, 5 for second and so on)

Terry Reeves - 50

Doug Thomas - 46

Luke Lougoon - 44

Max Simpson - 27

Tyrone Downie - 25

Top goalkickers:

Justin Maddern - 45

Tyrone Downie - 42

Ryan Wellington - 35

Dylan Clohesy - 28

Tim Brooks - 15

The Superoos finally shrugged off their bridesmaid tag by winning their first premiership in a decade.

The Superoos had lost three of the previous four grand finals, but after a scratchy start when they trailed Pyramid Hill by 31 points during the first quarter, they proved too good for the Bulldogs, winning the flag by 22 points.

And in the wake of the premiership success president Rob Clohesy was quick to put to bed any talk that this could possibly be the Superoos' swansong season, saying: "we're alive and in a healthy position and going nowhere".

2019 is certainly a year midfielder Terry Reeves will look back on fondly.

Not only was he co-captain of the premiership team with Jarryd Wiegard, but Reeves also won the league's Harding Medal. Big year indeed.

Record - 14-5

Percentage - 176.9%

Average for - 104

Average against - 59

Attack rank - 1st

Defence rank - 2nd

Quarters won - 55 of 76

Avg. player points - 35.8

Players used - 35

Played every game - 5

Club best top five:

Gavin James - 45

Scott Mann - 43

James Sala - 43

Billy Micevski - 43

Steven Gunther - 30

Top goalkickers:

Braidy Dickens - 70

Bailey George - 34

Jack Woodward - 30

Steven Gunther - 24

Jake Willcocks - 24

The Bulldogs' drought continues - the club's grand final loss to Mitiamo still leaves Pyramid Hill without a senior premiership since 1950.

Won the under-18 and reserves flags, but that senior monkey on the Bulldogs' back grows another year older.

Burst out of the blocks winning their first nine games and spent 16 of the 18 rounds sitting on top of the ladder.

Improved their scoring significantly from just 76 points per game last season to 104 - the only team this year to average more than 100.

Had the competition's leading goalkicker in recruit Braidy Dickens (70).

The positive for the Bulldogs is they can tick off improvement from last year given they went two weeks deeper and won four more games.

But what will be cause for frustration will be the opportunity lost given the ladder showed them to be the best side of the home and away season and when you're five goals up in a grand final and blow it, that hurts - even more so when you're trying to end a 69-year flag drought.

Record - 11-7-1

Percentage - 102.8%

Average for - 78

Average against - 76

Attack rank - 6th

Defence rank - 7th

Quarters won - 37 of 76

Avg. player points - 37.6

Players used - 38

Played every game - 4

Club best top five:

Matthew Gibbs - 68

Nathan Twigg - 54

Brodie Leonard-

Shannon - 48

Oliver Leonard-

Shannon - 25

Harry Gadsden - 24

Top goalkickers:

Cody Gunn - 39

James Rippingale - 30

Harry Gadsden - 26

Andrew Gladman - 19

Justin Laird - 14

Finished top three, meaning they were guaranteed to at least get beyond the first week of the finals, which had been the Bears' downfall the previous two years.

Got themselves through to the preliminary final, but came up 35 points short of Pyramid Hill and had to settle for third.

Were 2-3 after five rounds before winning six on the trot, which included inflicting one of the three losses premier Mitiamo suffered for the season.

On-baller Matthew Gibbs jointly won the league's El-Vee Award, while young ruckman Nathan Twigg finished third in the Harding Medal.

Record - 10-8

Percentage - 110.0%

Average for - 79

Average against - 72

Attack rank - 4th

Defence rank - 3rd

Quarters won - 39 of 72

Avg. player points - 43.1

Players used - 41

Played every game - 6

Club best top five:

Nick Waterson - 45

Brayden Aitken - 38

Dylan Morris - 37

Alex Pearson - 32

Matthew Waterson - 28

Top goalkickers:

Brayden Aitken - 32

Luke Gray - 29

Wayne Mitrovic - 28

Matt Gray - 21

Cohen Kekich - 16

A case of a massive step forward last season for the Eagles to a step back this year given they were unable to replicate their preliminary final effort of 2018.

Instead they fell a week short of that, knocked out in the first semi-final by Bears Lagoon-Serpentine.

And of course there was what became the drawn out player points breach saga that occurred in round 14 against Calivil United that wasn't officially resolved until just three days before the finals started.

Certainly provided their supporters with plenty of value for money. Including the points-affected game against Calivil United that was a 52-48 win on the day, the Eagles were involved in six games decided by less than a kick.

Record - 7-10

Percentage - 102.4%

Average for - 77

Average against - 75

Attack rank - 6th

Defence rank - 5th

Quarters won - 33 of 68

Avg. player points - 43.6

Players used - 47

Played every game - 4

Club best top five:

Jake Hall - 39

William Jeffs - 35

Michael Cooke - 35

Sam Demeo - 34

Chris Sanders - 30

Top goalkickers:

Michael Cooke - 38

Chris Sanders - 24

Jake Hall - 24

Levi Moss - 17

William Jeffs - 15

Ended up securing a spot in the finals on the back of Maiden Gully YCW's points breach in round 14 after the Demons were ultimately awarded the four points from that game.

Ironically, it was the Eagles that the Demons then faced off against in the elimination final - a game they led by a point at three quarter-time, but lost by 33.

Looked to be just making up the numbers early when they were 1-6, and even as late as round 14 were still second-last on the ladder.

Produced the most dominant quarter of the season when they kicked 81 points in the final term against Bridgewater in round 13, while they were also good enough to beat premier Mitiamo by four points in round 15.

Record - 7-9

Percentage - 98.3%

Average for - 74

Average against - 76

Attack rank - 7th

Defence rank - 6th

Quarters won - 30 of 64

Avg. player points - 42.9

Players used - 35

Played every game - 7

Club best top five:

Adam Ward - 53

Kyle Manley - 40

Corbin Fleming - 37

Nathan Devanny - 21

Jeremy Salinger - 19

Top goalkickers:

Nathan Devanny - 21

Zach Turnbull - 15

Taylor Beard - 15

Kyle Manley - 14

Adam Ward - 12

Clearly a bitter pill to swallow for the Panthers in 2019 - the fact is had Maiden Gully YCW not breached its player points in round 14, the Panthers would have been playing finals instead of Calivil United.

As frustrating as that must be for the Panthers, once the dust settles the club will be able to look back on 2019 as a major step forward.

After winning three games in 2018 the Panthers lifted that to seven this year, which could easily have been nine had they not lost to Maiden Gully by a point in round three and Calivil United by three points in round 11.

Certainly proved much tougher to score against this year, cutting their average score against from 108 in 2018 back to 76. Now just need to find a bit more goalscoring power to continue an upwards trajectory next year.

Record - 7-9

Percentage - 83.6%

Average for - 81

Average against - 96

Attack rank - 3rd

Defence rank - 8th

Quarters won - 25 of 64

Avg. player points - 40.2

Players used - 38

Played every game - 4

Club best top five:

Liam Jacques - 53

Alex Powell - 35

Darren Clutton - 20

Matthew Bourke - 20

James Naughton - 19

Top goalkickers:

Alex Powell - 54

Darren Clutton - 36

Liam Jacques - 19

Archie Conway - 13

Tyler Estrada - 11

A second year in a row out of the finals for the Mean Machine.

Was touted from the outset as another year of rebuild for the Mean Machine, but they were up and about early, winning four of their first six games and only ended up missing finals by percentage.

Had a heavy reliance up forward on tall target Alex Powell (54) and veteran Darren Clutton (36), who combined for almost half of the Mean Machine's 185 goals, while best and fairest Liam Jacques had a ripper of a season through the midfield and was a joint El-Vee Award winner.

Also had the winner of the league's Rising Star in James Naughton.

Record - 5-10-1

Percentage - 86.2%

Average for - 63

Average against - 73

Attack rank - 8th

Defence rank - 4th

Quarters won - 28 of 64

Avg. player points - 38.9

Players used - 39

Played every game - 2

Club best top five:

Tyler Romeril - 50

William Daly - 39

Chris McLean - 38

Jordan Gilboy - 32

Billy Price - 32

Top goalkickers:

Jordan Gilboy - 22

Chris Dixon - 20

Ashley Mayo - 12

Cameron Rinaldi - 11

Sam Kennedy - 10

How the mighty have fallen sums up Newbridge - after winning the 2018 premiership the Maroons slid down to second-last in 2019 with just five wins.

The swift decline of the Maroons was most evident in round 12 when they didn't kick a goal against Mitiamo.

Remained solid defensively, ranked fourth, but their average score of 63 was a big drop-off from the 2018 premiership year's 102.

Still, it was far from a wasted year, outgoing coach Brad Comer saying after the last game: "It was a challenging year, but the positive is we've brought through quite a few kids, so the club will still take plenty out of the year."

Record - 0-16

Percentage - 34.1%

Average for - 46

Average against - 133

Attack rank - 9th

Defence rank - 9th

Quarters won - 7 of 64

Avg. player points - 42.1

Players used - 40

Played every game - 8

Club best top five:

Lachlan Sidebottom - 37

Hayden Polglase - 26

Samuel Barnes - 26

Jaxon Billett - 24

Nicholas Leach - 23

Top goalkickers:

Samuel Barnes - 20

Lachlan Sidebottom - 10

Alex Mitchell - 10

Daniel Lloyd - 9

Chris McKay - 7

Yet another tough year for the Blues, who endured a winless 2019 - the closest they came to a victory being their one-point loss to BL-Serpentine in round two.

And the post-season hasn't started much better either, with best and fairest winner Lachlan Sidebottom having already been announced as a White Hills' recruit.

Tough sell to find positives out of the year, but outgoing coach Ryan McNish labelled the development of players such as Matt Rowe, Taj Rodwell, Liam Drummond, Sam Barnes and Jaxon Billett as the silver lining.

Pyramid Hill 18.15 (123) def Bridgewater 5.9 (39)

Newbridge 18.12 (120) def Calivil United 7.3 (45)

Marong 17.13 (115) def Inglewood 10.6 (66)

Mitiamo 14.6 (90) def Maiden Gully YCW 6.7 (43)

Bears Lagoon-Serpentine bye

Pyramid Hill 18.11 (119) def Mitiamo 9.10 (64)

Marong 10.17 (77) def Calivil United 5.11 (41)

Bridgewater 13.17 (95) def Maiden Gully YCW 12.17 (89)

BL-Serpentine 7.15 (57) def Inglewood 8.8 (56)

Newbridge bye

Mitiamo 16.12 (108) def Newbridge 5.6 (36)

BL-Serpentine 20.11 (131) def Calivil United 13.7 (85)

Bridgewater 12.17 (89) def Inglewood 8.14 (62)

Maiden Gully YCW 12.9 (81) def Marong 11.14 (80)

Pyramid Hill bye

Newbridge 15.26 (116) def Inglewood 5.7 (37)

Mitiamo 13.14 (92) def BL-Serpentine 5.11 (41)

Calivil United 17.14 (116) def Bridgewater 12.5 (77)

Pyramid Hill 13.14 (92) def Marong 10.9 (69)

Maiden Gully YCW bye

Pyramid Hill 24.24 (168) def Inglewood 3.5 (23)

Bridgewater 14.12 (96) def BL-Serpentine 11.16 (82)

Marong 13.15 (93) def Newbridge 12.16 (88)

Maiden Gully YCW 10.17 (77) def Calivil United 11.8 (74)

Mitiamo bye

Pyramid Hill 15.10 (100) def BL-Serpentine 6.14 (50)

Maiden Gully YCW 14.8 (92) def Newbridge 7.9 (51)

Bridgewater 17.14 (116) def Marong 12.11 (83)

Mitiamo 8.11 (59) def Calivil United 5.14 (44)

Inglewood bye

Mitiamo 20.19 (139) def Inglewood 5.5 (35)

Pyramid Hill 17.15 (117) def Maiden Gully YCW 8.8 (56)

BL-Serpentine 9.13 (67) def Marong 6.13 (49)

Newbridge 10.9 (69) def Bridgewater 8.11 (59)

Calivil United bye

Maiden Gully YCW 23.12 (150) def Inglewood 13.8 (86)

Mitiamo 18.10 (118) def Bridgewater 9.9 (63)

Pyramid Hill 13.19 (97) def Calivil United 10.5 (65)

BL-Serpentine 11.10 (76) def Newbridge 10.8 (68)

Marong bye

Mitiamo 21.18 (144) def Marong 5.6 (36)

Calivil United 21.15 (141) def Inglewood 4.14 (38)

BL-Serpentine 15.10 (100) def Maiden Gully YCW 8.14 (62)

Pyramid Hill 11.15 (81) def Newbridge 9.8 (62)

Bridgewater bye

Pyramid Hill 23.10 (148) def Bridgewater 8.8 (56)

Marong 16.17 (113) def Inglewood 8.10 (58)

Newbridge 9.10 (64) def Calivil United 8.8 (56)

Mitiamo 13.13 (91) def Maiden Gully YCW 13.10 (88)

Bears Lagoon-Serpentine bye

BL-Serpentine 17.17 (119) def Inglewood 10.7 (67)

Mitiamo 14.11 (95) def Pyramid Hill 12.10 (82)

Calivil United 11.8 (74) def Marong 10.11 (71)

Maiden Gully YCW 13.10 (88) def Bridgewater 13.7 (85)

Newbridge bye

Mitiamo 9.14 (68) def Newbridge 0.4 (4)

BL-Serpentine 10.15 (75) def Calivil United 3.8 (26)

Bridgewater 11.18 (84) def Inglewood 6.6 (42)

Maiden Gully YCW 8.10 (58) def Marong 3.17 (35)

Pyramid Hill bye

Newbridge 17.17 (119) def Inglewood 3.4 (22)

Calivil United 27.14 (176) def Bridgewater 14.6 (90)

Marong 11.10 (76) def Pyramid Hill 6.4 (40)

BL-Serpentine 9.8 (62) def Mitiamo 7.11 (53)

Maiden Gully YCW bye

Pyramid Hill 32.11 (203) def Inglewood 3.6 (24)

Calivil United 7.6 (48) def Maiden Gully YCW 0.0 (0)

Marong 10.8 (68) def Newbridge 6.8 (44)

Bridgewater 16.12 (108) def BL-Serpentine 14.10 (94)

Mitiamo bye

Pyramid Hill 23.12 (150) def BL-Serpentine 14.5 (89)

Maiden Gully YCW 14.13 (97) def Newbridge 7.12 (54)

Marong 14.14 (98) def Bridgewater 11.11 (77)

Calivil United 11.9 (75) def Mitiamo 9.17 (71)

Inglewood bye

Mitiamo 28.24 (192) def Inglewood 8.5 (53)

Bridgewater 17.19 (121) def Newbridge 7.7 (49)

BL-Serpentine 12.12 (84) def Marong 9.5 (59)

Maiden Gully YCW 9.10 (64) def Pyramid Hill 8.8 (56)

Calivil United bye

Maiden Gully YCW 27.12 (174) def Inglewood 2.6 (18)

Mitiamo 14.20 (104) def Bridgewater 5.3 (33)

Pyramid Hill 14.12 (96) def Calivil United 4.4 (28)

BL-Serpentine 10.3 (63) drew Newbridge 6.2 (38)

Marong bye

Calivil United 23.16 (154) def Inglewood 6.5 (41)

Pyramid Hill 10.21 (81) def Newbridge 3.6 (24)

BL-Serpentine 10.14 (74) def Maiden Gully YCW 7.10 (52)

Mitiamo 10.19 (79) def Marong 9.13 (67)

Bridgewater bye

Elimination final:

Maiden Gully YCW 14.7 (91) def Calivil United 8.10 (58)

Qualifying final:

Mitiamo 19.9 (123) def BL-Serpentine 11.8 (74)

1st semi-final:

BL-Serpentine 11.13 (79) def Maiden Gully YCW 8.10 (58)

2nd semi-final:

Mitiamo 11.22 (88) def Pyramid Hill 10.6 (66)

Preliminary final:

Pyramid Hill 14.15 (99) def BL-Serpentine 9.10 (64)

Grand final:

Mitiamo 11.16 (82) def Pyramid Hill 9.6 (60)

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