Crowds came out in abundance as the Gully’s went head to head in a local rivalry not seen in 25 years.
The spectacular stage was set at Kings Park for a night game between Ferntree Gully and Upper Ferntree Gully’s senior sides kicking off at 6.30pm.
The Eagles couldn’t quite catch the pace of Upper Gully as they came out firing from the first quarter, leading 12-7 at the break.
Heading into half time the Eagles trailed by 15 points, 28-13.
From there they couldn’t recover with Upper Ferntree Gully Stretching out the lead in the second half of the match taking the round 2 win comfortably, 67-28.
While the seniors were the match of the moment, the day garnered attendance from over 3000 people with the senior women starting the day off with a practice match.
They had a glorious win, 89-0.
The women’s side has made a resurgence this year after having to fold due to not having enough players to field a side.
In more good news for the Eagles, this season the club is fielding two under 19s teams, with the 19.5s merging with South Croydon.
The merger came about with both clubs only having half a side. They scored their first win against South Belgrave 62-27.
Upper Ferntree Gully’s reserves and 19s also scored a win on Saturday 13 April, making it three from three in the men’s competition.
