{"id":35941,"date":"2025-09-19T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/?p=35941"},"modified":"2025-09-17T16:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T06:00:08","slug":"lions-roar-into-bfnl-grand-final-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/sport\/lions-roar-into-bfnl-grand-final-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions roar into BFNL grand final showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SUNBURY will lean on the trust and belief it has built this season when it attempts to bring down premiership favourite Darley in this Saturday&#8217;s BFNL grand final.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions will go into the clash at City Oval buoyed by a rousing extra-time victory over a brave Melton in last Saturday&#8217;s preliminary final.<\/p>\n<p>At 0-3 against the Devils this season, the latest being a 38-point semi-final loss a fortnight ago, they will be the underdogs.<\/p>\n<p>Lions coach Matthew White will be counting on a repeat of last Saturday&#8217;s preliminary final heroics and strong finish.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to be able to take the game on and brace when they are going to have a run on, because Darley are a great team,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/DSC_0253_00491.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"417\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melton&#8217;s Lachlan Phillips gets a fist on the ball to deny Sunbury&#8217;s Daniel Johnston a scoring opportunity during the first quarter of last Saturday&#8217;s preliminary final.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know they are going to go on runs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like Melton (last week), they are that good of a team; they were always going to go on runs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So it&#8217;s just about when we get our opportunity to explode and get a score on the board, we have to take it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes you need to embrace the fact that you can&#8217;t get things on your terms and you can&#8217;t control the game for 120 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are glad to get another crack at them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I spoke to Dan (Darley coach Dan Jordan) a while ago and said I was looking forward to playing you three times during the year \u2013 now it&#8217;s four times.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/DSC_0134_08768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"409\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunbury&#8217;s Jake Egan snaps for goal early in last Saturday&#8217;s preliminary final against Melton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;ve beaten us three times, so let&#8217;s hope we can make it one from four.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After surviving a tough 130-minute battle against the Bloods, White &#8211; who has guided the Lions into a grand final in his second season at the helm of his junior club &#8211; lauded his players&#8217; resilience and character.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We probably didn&#8217;t have it the previous week and Darley was able to run over the top of us as the class act that they are,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But we were able to rally (against Melton).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really loved the effort and what we were able to bring to the table.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/DSC_0188_12230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"792\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adrian Monitto clears the ball from defence for Melton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just got the basics and the defensive stuff right and when we do that, we are a bloody good team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>White, whose last trip to a grand final was as a player in 2017 with Port Adelaide Magpies in a one-point loss to Sturt, said despite some difficulties during the season, he was always confident the Lions could find their way through to a grand final.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had a couple of losses in the middle of the year, but even off that, there were patches in those games where we did play really well, but just didn&#8217;t do the basics that we normally do very well,&#8221; 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They have been up there for the last three or four years,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well coached and just a really well drilled team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It took us 130 minutes and to dig deep to get that win.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I said to Scobes (Troy Scoble) after the game, I hope this is the start of something and while we are in charge, we&#8217;ll have a really respectful rivalry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With the Lions&#8217; senior and reserves football and A, B, C, D and E-grade netball teams all through to the big dance, White is looking forward to a big grand final day for the club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a club, we really enjoyed getting around our girls last year when they won it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It felt like a real big win for the whole club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hopefully we can get all seven cups.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUNBURY will lean on the trust and belief it has built this season when it attempts to bring down premiership favourite Darley in this Saturday&#8217;s BFNL grand final. 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