The Gold Coast settled in well on Sydney's first serve, then took control of the match from their own service game, leading 5-2 at one stage. Although Sydney pulled the gap back to 4-6 by half time, the Gold Coast were able to stretch the gap out to 9-6 before their final serve.
Sydney seemed to find form again as they came back to 9-10, but the Gold Coast closed out the match with a clean winner by captain and server Jason Wood, a serve some are calling the serve of the season. You really had to be there.
The Gold Coast will no doubt be out to avenge last year's Grand Final loss to Newcastle, after which their joint venture with Tweed Heads collapsed. Newcastle will attempt to continue their perfect run as a relatively young club, which has seen them win the 2009 ARTTSL Second Division Premiership in their inaugural year, followed by the ARTTSL First Division Premiership in 2010.
ARTTSL Premiership 2011, Semi Final Results
Newcastle 12 d Canberra 10 at Newcastle
Gold Coast 11 d Sydney 9 at Sydney
ARTTSL Premiership 2011, Grand Final
Newcastle vs Gold Coast at Newcastle
(Sunday, 2 October 2011, 1:00pm, Ozbid Stadium, Newcastle)
1 comment:
I can't believe it's come to this again. What odds on a punch-up at some point in the game? There's alot of feeling between these two sides. One of the great rivalry's of the modern game.
Roy Veritari (PhD)
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