Frankston Dolphins
Paul EDBROOKE (Frankston) (10:10): The Frankston Dolphins – what an amazing story, from losing their VFL licence to going into a semifinal in Southport, Queensland, this weekend. We won against Casey on Saturday, the first home final since 2006 – 4500 people through the gate at Kinetic Stadium, the first preliminary final we have participated in in 28 years and a very happy president in Steve Finocchiaro. We played our first final in 6944 days, and what a resurgence. To the president Steve, the board, the players, Bailey Lambert, Harrison, the coach Jackson Kornberg, Hipwell – they did an amazing job, and it was an absolute nailbiter. By half-time the amazing Dolphs were up by I think 42 or 46 points – what a game. For those who saw it, it was nailbiting. I had to go and pick up my son 15 minutes out from the end, so I was tuned in on the radio, and I can still see my fingernail marks in the steering wheel. It was an absolute belter of a game, and it is another great story for VFL and Victoria to have these standalone teams now playing in a final. For the community of Frankston and most of the Mornington Peninsula, I think, who turned out for this game, they saw an absolute belter. Good luck, Dolphins, this weekend. Go Dolphs!