Excitement has reached a fever pitch thisSeptember, as the Aussie Rules football season has hurried toward afinish. This has been an excitingseason, and the battle for a place in the finals is taking place this weekend. That place has already been found byMelbourne, who triumphed over Hawthorn in Friday's match. The Melbourne Demons beat the Hawthorn Hawksat the Melbourne Cricket Grounds. Thefinal score of 104-74 does not reveal the full excitement of the game. The crowd of almost 100,000 witnessed theHawks fight back, even in the last minutes of the game, but ultimately theycould not pull off a win. The very proMelbourne crowd, proud of the homeboys who had not advanced so far in almosttwo decades, began celebrating early but then quieted as the score becamecloser. They cheered raucously at theend, as Melbourne pulled off the win. The Melbourne Cricket Grounds will again befilled with excitement tonight. TheCollingwood Magpies will play the GWS Giants in this evening's action. The Magpies had their opportunities to upsetWest Coast in their qualifying final clash, but now have to turn theirattention to a semi-final contest – to keep their season alive – againstGreater Western Sydney. The Giants were impressive in a 49-point hiding ofSydney, dismantling their crosstown rivals and keeping the Swans to theirlowest score – since moving to Sydney – in a final. The Giants have won theirlast two contests, whilst Collingwood has won three of their last fivecompetitions. ThePremier League is back after a two-week hiatus. It is Liverpool, Chelsea andWatford who lead the way on 12 points apiece, with West Ham United at thebottom on no points. The great majorityof games will be played today, with two Sunday, and a matchup between Southamptonand Brighton and Hove Albion on Monday night. Don't forget the next to the last day of theVuelta a Espana today. The action shouldbe keen. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
