BRIGHTON GRAMMAR v HAILEYBURY: Live Game Updates
Brighton Grammar and Haileybury College are the two standout sides of the APS firsts football competition in 2024. Both teams enter Saturday’s game undefeated and stacked with draft prospects.
Brighton Grammar’s side features a staggering eight players who were part of Vic Metro’s 2024 squad. Archie Ludowyke, Bailey McKenzie and Charlie Richardson are a triple threat up forward, fed will by star midfield pair Levi Ashcroft and Josh Dolan. Down back, the Tonners have top-five fancy Luke Trainor, St Kilda NGA prospect Lennox Hoffman and gun user Harrison Oliver.
Haileybury is the reigning premier and led by skipper and 2023 cult hero Mitch Kirkwood Scott. Talls Harry Armstrong and Tairon Ah-Mu both have key roles, as do Stingrays pair Charlie Rowe and Jasper Russell, while Freddie Brayshaw has a big responsibility in the front half.
The talent on display will be FIRST CLASS.
FIRST QUARTER STARTS: HAILEYBURY 0 - BRIGHTON GRAMMAR 0
| Q1 0:00 | GAME STARTS AT 2:00PM AEST | HBY - BGS |
| Q1 5:00 | We’re in for a tough and slippery day. No score yet, Haileybury have had the early territory. Sam Linder has relished the hardness for Brighton, while Haileybury’s George Dimer has had an explosive start | 0-0 |
| Q1 8:40 | Still no score eight minutes into a slugfest. Brighton have had more possessions. Haileybury’s Jasper Russell has been CLASSY in the wet, while Brighton’s LENNY HOFFMAN has had a few huge spoils down back. | 0-0 |
| Q1 9:00 |
The small confines at Brighton Grammar are giving this scrappy hard fought game an ELECTRIC ATMOSPHERE. Both team’s cheersquads helping their defence stave off goal scoring opportunities. |
0-0 |
IMAGE: BRIGHTON GRAMMAR ARMY HAS SHOWN OUT!
| Q1 15:50 |
RICHOOOOO. Brighton key forward Charlie Richardson gets Brighton’s first from the IMPOSSIBLE ANGLE!!! |
0-6 |
CHARLIE RICHARDON SNAGS THE FIRST OF THE GAME!
| Q1 20:00 |
QT: BGS lead 6-0 thanks to a Charlie Richardson PEARLER. Haileybury STARTED HOT with big boy TAIRON AH-MU playing a key role in the ruck before BGS settled and had most of the territory late in the quarter. LUKE TRAINOR was critical sweeping across halfback. |
0-6 |
SECOND QUARTER STARTS: HAILEYBURY 0 - BRIGHTON GRAMMAR 6
| Q2 4:46 |
This atmosphere is TRIBAL. Brighton relentless in their support |
1-7 |
| Q2 9:55 |
Vic metro trio Harry Oliver, Josh Dolan and Bailey McKenzie starting to have a big say as Brighton wrench momentum |
2-7 |
| Q2 14:40 |
Haileybury have missed a couple of tough opportunities in the last couple of minutes but Brighton is defending HARD. Who can break the Bloods’ drought? |
4-8 |
| Q2 20:00 |
Halftime - BGS lead 8-4. NO GOALS IN THE SECOND TERM. Cody Jarman with a huge goal saving tackle just before the main break to make it a goalless quarter. BG Vic Metro boys all had big moments, while Haileybury’s Charlie Rowe, Jackson Muscillo and Jasper Russell have all been good, while skipper Mitch Kirkwood Scott has had an enticing battle on taller opponent Charlie Richardson. Brighton look classy by Haileybury has brought the heat |
4-8 |
Mitck Kirkwood-Scott of Haileybury
THIRD QUARTER STARTS: HAILEYBURY 4 - BRIGHTON GRAMMAR 8
Haileybury army ready for a big second half!
| Q3 0:00 |
Quarter yet to start. |
4-8 |
| Q3: 2:17 |
KEEGAN MOUNTFORD ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? He kicks the BLOODS’ first from 60 to give them the lead |
10-8 |
| Q3 5:10 |
KEEGAN MOUNTFORD YOU ABSOLUTE SPECIMAN!!! This time he kicks one on the run from 45. The Bloods have lifted early in the third. |
16-8 |
Josh Dolan kills Haileybury's momentum!
| Q3 7:20 |
A grubbed kick from Zach Travers lands with Josh Dolan who silenced the Haileybury Cheersquad. A crucial stabiliser for the TONNERS. Great reward for Dolan’s polish and smarts in the wet today |
16-14 |
| Q3 9:37 |
Mitch Kirkwood Scott loves a long range goal and he’s converted a DART from 55. That was SWEET the moment it left the skipper’s boot. Haileybury up |
22-14 |
| Q3 15:00 |
BGS have missed some opportunities in the last five mins but their interceptors are hemming the ball in their front half. |
22-17 |
| Q3 17:20 |
It hasn’t been a day for talls but worth touching on Lenny Hoffman who has done well to match it with the in form Harry Armstrong.! |
22-17 |
| Q3 20:59 |
Zach Travers has had a huge third term and will be a big watch as BGS look to come from behind in the last term |
23-19 |
| Q3 22:47 |
It was only a matter of time. Haileybury linchpin is on the end of an excellent transition play and has his first. Of course, it was Keegan Mountford who set him up. Crucial goal against the run of play |
29-19 |
| Q3 25:00 |
HUGE last quarter coming!! Keegan Mountford, Charlie Rowe and Harry Armstrong among the key for the Bloods, while for Brighton, Bailey McKenzie has threatened all day and Josh Dolan, Zach Travers, Luke Trainor, Lenny Hoffman and Levi Ashcroft will all look to help their side come back |
29-19 |
FOURTH-QUARTER STARTS: HAILEYBURY 29 - BRIGHTON GRAMMAR 19
| Q4 0:00 |
Quarter yet to start. |
29-19 |
| Q4 2:00 |
2mins into the fourth. No clock this quarter. GET IN. Arki Butler you FREAK! He finishes around his body from 30 to give BGS a CRUCIAL LIFTED |
29-26 |
Arki Butler opens the qtr with a HUGE snag!
| Q4 04:20 |
Luke Trainor has gone forward in the last quarter and is playing as the deepest for BGS |
29-26 |
| Q4 5:35 |
Jack Lawrence is BIG TIME. The nimble forward gets a MOMENTUM SHIFTER from a front half stoppage for the Bloods |
35-26 |
| Q4 7:20 |
IS THAT THE GAME?? Jack Lawrence sends it in deep and James Blight crumbs a simple goal out the back. Bloods out to game high 15 point lead |
41-26 |
| Q4 8:49 |
Andrew Langworthy FROM 50!! This match has gone up a notch and BGS is back in it with a centre clearance goal |
41-32 |
| Q4 10:50 |
STANDING TALL WHEN YOUR TEAM NEEDS IT MOST!!! Archie Ludowyke takes an ENORMOUS contested mark and converts from 20 to trim the margin back to three points. We have A GAME |
41-38 |
| Q4 12:00 |
The intensity of this is through the roof. Anyone’s game midway through the last. A Levi Ashcroft shot has fallen just short. |
41-39 |
| Q4 14:00 |
Weather has dried up to making it an entertaining spectacle. Both team’s cheersquads are wiling their school to the finish line. |
41-40 |
| Q4 16:00 |
Josh Dolan with a handy point from the boundary line. 17 mins gone, SCORES ARE TIED |
41-41 |
| Q4 21:00 |
SAM LINDER YOU STAR!!! The hard nut takes an intercept mark which releases his team with a quick transition and Archie Ludowyke kicks a point. BGS up BY ONE!!! |
41-42 |
| Q4 22:30 |
Sam Linder again clears on the goal line. WHAT A GAME THIS GUY HAS HAD!! |
41-42 |
| Q4 23:00 |
SIREN BLOWS. BGS win the APS Premiership! |
41-42 |
| FULL TIME |
Sam Linder the Star with two huge moments on the last line late in the game: a contested mark which created the last score and a clearing kick to stop Haileybury’s last thrust forward. What a game he played. Josh Dolan, Zach Travers and Archie Ludowyke lifted with the increased intensity in the second half. BGS ARE KINGS |
41-42 |
