Great Northern Football League: Future bright for Brigades colts

Are there two Great Northern Football League dynasties in the making? While Rovers were winning the league premiership on Sunday to go undefeated, another winning run earlier in the day went by almost unnoticed — Brigades’ colts side went through the entire home-and-away season without a loss or a draw, and pulled off the premiership by a big margin. Brigades president Craig Harrington said the future was looking bright — assuming the younger players stick around. “We just need that to transition through to league footy, and we’ll be looking in the right direction for years to come,” he said. Rovers league coach Ian Comben had said earlier in the season that strength throughout the grades was key to the club’s success, with colts players able to fill in holes in the league squad on match days. In truth, after a dominant season it was not even close for Brigades — the margin on the day was just under 50 points and they outscored their rivals Rovers by more than three to one, booting 11.13 against 4.2 for a final scoreline of 79 to just 26. Their opponents in the grand final? Rovers, a side who had finished bottom a season earlier.