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00:00 coming in hot, maybe just a bit overzealous with the tackle, holding the man without the football.
00:04 Opportunity here for the Devils right on 50 on a 45 degree angle to work with.
00:09 The Trent Darren Leonard with it. Leonard will go short inside 50 to an unmarked Joel Cadman.
00:15 He's a bit lazy from the North Ballarat defence on the restart from the Central Umpire.
00:22 Joel Cadman with an opportunity to kick Darley's first goal of the afternoon and the first score
00:28 for the match. As we approach the three minute mark of this opening term and Joel Cadman,
00:35 talented family of course, brother Aaron, number one in the draft at GWS. We'll see how Joel goes.
00:41 Right foot kick, it's bending back beautifully and he likes it and the Devils,
00:45 they're up and about with the opener of the second semi-final here at Darley Park.
00:50 In front of us here, right in front of the $5 million new facility at Darley Park.
00:54 Sunny skies overhead, the youngster half tries to negotiate away from stoppage.
00:58 He's denied by Darcey Matricardi. Back into the side today
01:02 and there'll be a ball up on half forward for the North Ballarat side.
01:05 McCallum just took it out of the air but was going nowhere immediately. He was allowed him to access
01:12 the footy, he just grabbed him immediately which is not a bad tactic when you're outsized I guess
01:15 in the weight stakes, Todd. Indeed. Restart, Kerry, hopeful rather than anything else, went off the
01:21 instep and actually went backwards in the end and favoured Baker through traffic. Hand pass to the
01:26 advantage of Bewley, normally good. Got it to Inglis, back to Bewley from 55.
01:30 Square kick across the body. How's the vision? Up high, call play on. They won't want to make
01:35 a mess of this, Darley. They don't. Myers gets their second. Once again. Not essentially all
01:41 on the window but it has been the saving grace there and it's passed its first acid test and
01:48 the ball is now in the hands of Brett Bewley. He'll just run away here and take a bounce
01:54 and produce with one of those all too familiar left foot drop plants. Penetrating one at that,
01:59 gone over the back. Lovers are doing the mopping up. Took a while to get rid of it.
02:04 Turned through traffic, took them on, dropped it, up high, and pinged him. So he got boundary side
02:09 there, the up high, perfect spot and the free kick will be taken by Harley Inglis.
02:13 Who wouldn't have thought has the distance from you, Toddy. So just watch the eyes,
02:16 you might look to Parwyn off in the end, by stationary hand pass, off to Bewley,
02:20 one step, loads up and jumps it through. OMB, they say. It's just as simple as that.
02:29 We knew Inglis and didn't have the distance. And Leonard Marks, a true scenario forward.
02:34 50 out from goal. Distance will be right on his limit. There's a little bit of breeze assistance
02:39 in the end, wants to spread it across 50. Was worried about it, says it'll be young.
02:43 He'll go wider a few towards as a party. He can go short to the pocket and the ball movement is
02:47 good by Darley. Happy to share, happy to wait for the right option inside forward 50. And the
02:52 mark on this occasion is taken there by Adam Azzapardi. About 40 metres out on a tightish
02:57 angle here inside 50 right of screen. Great play by Leonard by actually shorting the football up
03:02 and went, right, let's switch the footy across and then get it across to Azzapardi, which is great.
03:06 So both Azzapardis having a good month of footy. So Adam gets plenty of the ball.
03:12 It's bending back beautifully. What a start for the Devils in this second term here as Andy
03:21 Azzapardi's Carlton Draft McDonald's second semi-final action. The vision brought to you by
03:25 Red Onion Media and the BFNL Match Centre. One down by Impey. Denham missed it, opportunity for
03:32 Troon, but his kick was a scrubby one. Allows access for Azzapardi to it. Got the hands free,
03:36 cut it off towards Troon. Right for kick of halfbacks towards centre wing. Numbers, baby,
03:41 the Devils' Young is aiding the mark and now 50 metres to go in the line was quick. He thought
03:46 it was touched off the boot and was called to stand. Did not. Will bring Young towards about
03:52 60 out from goal and almost in scoring range. He's had a good start of his second term, Pat,
03:57 but Bailey Young. Yeah, he has. He's looked impressive. He's really good down back for
04:01 the Devils. High ball was set up at the time. Leonard the target. Doesn't quite get there.
04:08 Gleiber unable to mark. Off the deck and it's through. Breakout. First printer with Matt
04:13 Riccardi. Right foot kick. We go inside 50, looking for the perfect start and then full
04:17 stretch the mark. Will be paid. It's going out of the way of Billy Myers inside forward 50 in front.
04:23 Darren Leonard. Oh, Leonard, sorry. He was too big, too strong and the veteran showed
04:27 his ability one-on-one to get access to the footy first.
04:35 That's just a balloon going off in the background. Rest of the short.
04:37 As it'll be Leonard. Who got one behind and the mark of the day already for the perfect start
04:47 in the second half. Will come in on a 45 degree angle from about 45 out. The veteran comes in
04:53 right foot kicks a wobbly one that won't make the distance. Big fist from, will only go as far
04:58 as Darley. Has a quick snap on goal. Has resulted in the goal nevertheless.
05:01 And he has a party with all these forward crowd gather. Hurry kick out of defense to the previous
05:06 goal kick. Has a party who's full of confidence. Been good today. Played on from ground level.
05:11 Got it to Bewley. Square in kick. And the Devils leading goal scorer in 2023 will go back and have
05:19 his first real deliberate shot on goal for the afternoon. Great play there from the Devils. Just
05:23 it's what they've been epitomizing all year. That beautiful clearance play. Get it to Bewley
05:28 and then hit up Myers. It's just great stuff to watch. And again, it's that elite one-two punch
05:32 of Billy Myers. And he can become the first mobile goal kicker of the afternoon directly in front.
05:37 But two in a couple minutes to start the second half. Billy Myers on line up from 25 meters out.
05:44 Starts his very slow and deliberate approach on the goal face and pops it over the goal player's
05:49 hat. It's old Darley at Darley Park. 73-45 leads North Ballarat. Stuck on that one as he's been
05:55 excellent this afternoon. Shares it with the Mr. Consistent Shane Page. Although 50-meter penalty
06:00 to come from that one. It's going to result in unlikely Manuel Lajure shooting on goal.
06:04 Yeah, it's against Glover. And while all that was going on, Quick went to ground again and
06:10 was wanting another free kick from the umpire. But rightfully denied. While he did go to ground,
06:15 the foreside of the umpire did see whether it was the Glover descent. I didn't see much more in it
06:20 other than that. But it'll be, as you said, an unlikely source on goal here. Zane Lajure with
06:27 a shot on goal from about 25 meters out. I don't think he's kicked one in season 2023. According
06:32 to my stats, the most unlikely man, Lajure comes in and pops it through. The umpire did a bit of
06:40 a merry dance. They like to bind the goals. Now the big fly in front. And the mark should be paid
06:47 and is once again it's Cousins as he wheels around just a stirring ball sharing the love.
06:52 Bishop takes the grab. Terrific kick from Cousins. Air warming to the task and obviously sent forward
06:58 by Dan Jordan. First up for a long time after that broken leg that's put him out of the game
07:03 for six or seven weeks. Pat? Yeah, definitely. His influence up forward, you can already tell
07:06 he's a quality player. And that excellent transition running from Dali has been awesome
07:11 to see. They've just got this wave like offense, which is working beautifully for them.
07:16 So Bishop here will get the join on the party, if you will, directly in front 30 out from goal.
07:22 But Dali's ninth of the afternoon. So the eighth individual goal kicker, Bishop will come in
07:27 and pops it through for the Devils. Nine for the afternoon. 9.357 leads 1.840.
07:35 High kick, shallow entry inside 50. Guess who? Brett Buehle's got it.
07:38 And the captain of the Devils will go back. Take a breath. Take a few seconds off the clock deep
07:45 in this third term for a shot on goal. It wasn't clean, but they got it done in the end and just
07:49 great, great defensive efforts inside 50 just to hold the footy up and get those one percenters
07:55 going. And I think that's something that Dan would be impressed for the Devils. And he almost just
08:00 waved away opposition players there for Brett Buehle when that ball was coming in. He said,
08:03 no worries, boys, I've got this governor Mark Strongly inside 50. Has of course won the goals
08:08 of the afternoon already. Has kicked 32 goals in the Blackhawk this season. And what might be
08:15 the singer comes in, spreads it through, killing those two. And one foot into the grand final in
08:24 the 2023 season. Have a shot on goal, some 25 meters out on a slight angle. The chance to kick
08:30 the Devils. Well, they've kicked the first goal of the second and third terms and the chance to
08:35 make it three on the top with goal number 11 for the afternoon. It's been a story of the day,
08:39 though, for Daly. They kick the ball inside 50. They get the ground ball, the first of the
08:44 football. And even though Cousins gets the free kick, you know, it's still good play. It's
08:49 developing beautifully for them. So here's Cousins on a 45 degree angle from 30 meters out.
08:56 Become Daly's ninth individual goal kicker for the afternoon to make it a game high in 56 point
09:03 margin. Cousins dancing, stuttering approach, kicks a bit of a lob of the line, but a straight
09:09 enough one. They'll come from everywhere. Welcome back Mace Cousins and Daly. 11 goals full.
09:14 They move to 70 leading Cousins. Well, they made a meal of that North Ballarat to see pressure
09:20 everything playing a role in that free kick giveaway. And Cousins will go back and have a
09:24 shot on goal 30 meters out, near directly in front and a chance to kick his second of the afternoon.
09:30 Yeah, you're right, Toddy. And, you know, to finish off the game here with Mace Cousins with
09:34 a couple of goals, it just shows another weapon that they'll have come grand final day. We've
09:38 seen his footy in season 2023 and previous season cross halfback, but if he adds a couple of goals,
09:43 it just gives them that great plan B option come the big day in September. Of course, he did go
09:49 forward against Ballarat last year. He kicked a couple of goals and a couple of points, mind you,
09:54 in that second half, but an opportunity here. Stops and props on that left. It's a cherry on
10:01 top for the devils here into the grand final and a fortnight's time at City Oval. Daly with their
10:08 12th of the afternoon, Cousins with his second, they're 12-4-76. They lead North Ballarat in a
10:14 first here in football, J-10-28. I'll be the digital error on the scoreboard. Yeah, I like it,
10:22 Tony. I like it. The top of the middle part of the three, but a 48-point lead to the devils.
10:28 So I'm getting three and a half minutes gone. I'm guessing the $5 million in this facility
10:32 hasn't gone to the schools yet. I guess it's coming in the next match of hunting,
10:35 Mirabal Council. Sorry, Sammy. Back on the way as a party, we'll send it inside 50 high ball.
10:41 Cousins will be at the back this time. Edmund from the front couldn't take the grab. Waiting
10:45 in, one goal, pops it through, two in a minute, Machacardi puts it between the big sticks.
10:50 13 goals for the afternoon for the devils. And Daly will come up hard back here through Denham,
10:54 over the baker, could give it back, decides to go towards half forward. Opportunity for Machacardi,
11:00 take the mark over the top, hits the deck on his non-preferred side, left foot kick in the pocket,
11:04 lace out, Mark Mace Cousins. How about the non-preferred from the Kite and Pizza Maker?
11:09 Not bad. That's pretty awesome. Geez, you don't get to see that normally in modern footy,
11:14 the opposite foot and a bullet of a pass. Just great play. Running out the game here,
11:18 Daly finishing on top. They've done all things right this afternoon and Mace Cousins,
11:24 a surprise forward in the second half, could become the leading goal kicker on the ground
11:27 with his third if he can get this through. Going over the outside left foot, check sign,
11:32 sort of stuff you would feel. That's how he's shaping as he starts his approach, tucked up in
11:36 the pocket, Mace Cousins, bends it back and pops through his third. Ball in the last quarter too,
11:42 mind you. So Cousins.