Gridiron DownUnder

With the 2018 Season almost half complete it is time for the Power Rankings which I’ll be looking after this season. Better late than never you could say. I’ll be referring to my season preview for the teams previous ranking.

Some competition called the NFL apparently starts this week. More importantly an early favourite to take the 2018 Vic Bowl crown has been found.   Dragons Find ‘Fire Within’. Bendigo Dragons 30 Defeated Melton Wolves 12 Pom Poms and Sunshine

Short term pain for long term gain is what this season is about for most clubs.   Buccaneers Extinguish Dragons Fire. Geelong Buccaneers 22 Defeated Bendigo Dragons 0 A perfect day for football, a perfect day for the Buccaneers that

Predators Prey On Barbarians. South Eastern Predators 48 Defeated Monash Barbarians 0 After a tough game against the Warriors last week, the Preds were looking forward to flexing their muscles against a weaker opponent in the baby brothers the Barbarians.

Week 2 gave a real mixed bag of results. Again plenty of Offense and a game that struggled to live up to the hype (the hype I tried to stir).   Barbarians Outlast Silverbacks. Monash Barbarians 6 Defeated Pakenham Silverbacks

I think the gap between the former Div 2 clubs and the Div 1 big 4 might be a bit of a concern but we saw plenty of scoring in week 1.   Warriors Wound Wolves. Monash Warriors 38 Defeated Melton

It’s FINALLY here!   Let’s take a look at week 1 of the 2018 Gridiron Victoria Season. Bye – South Eastern Predators, Geelong Buccaneers, Northern Raiders. ALL BALLARAT GAMES NOW AT WHITE FLAT OVAL   August 4, 2018 Monash Warriors

Gridiron Victoria Wow! That was interesting men’s offseason and we haven’t even played a snap. From ONE League with Div 2 fielding 4 teams for development then back to 7 and 7, before we blinked it was 6 (Div 1)