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Sports journalist Brian Allen will be at the Good Friday match between Merrivale and Old Collegians at Merrivale.
Sports journalist Sean Hardeman will be at Saturday's match between East Warrnambool and Russells Creek.
Football starts at 2.20pm and netball at 1.50pm.
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Some footy stats of interest for the Merrivale vs. Old Collegians match.
The Tigers and Warriors only met once last season.
Old Collegains beat Merrivale at Davidson Oval by 79 points in round one of 2018.
Old Collegains 16.27 (123)
Merrivale 6.8 (44)
Tiger's coach Jason Rowan, the league's leading goal-kicker last season (72), has continued his good-form in front of the big sticks.
He's kicked 10 goals in Merrivale's first two matches, five each game.
The Tigers have put in strong second halves thus far.
They trailed Panmure by one point at half-time last Saturday only to kick eight goals to four in the second half and prevail by 27 points.
In round one, the Tigers kicked seven goals in the first-half against Russells Creek but surged ahead with 14 goals in the second.
They kept Creek to two goals in that second half and won by 107 points.
Meanwhile, the Warriors had a final quarter to remember in their first match of the season when they overtook Nirranda to claim a thrilling victory.
They kicked six goals to one in the forth quarter to win by 14 points.
Who will finish this match better?