GSFL 2023: Qualifying and elimination finals all to be played at Retravision Stadium to open finals series

The Great Southern’s top sports venue will host a double header in the first week of the finals in the Great Southern Football League. Retravision Stadium will be the venue for qualifying finals and elimination finals this weekend after the completion of the home-and-away season on Saturday. Mt Barker had a slim chance of regaining third place and hosting Sunday’s elimination final but Royals’ victory over North Albany in round 15 stitched up third spot on the league ladder. Royals will host the elimination finals on Sunday at Retravision Stadium while Albany will host Saturday’s qualifying finals at the same venue. The ground will have eight games played on it in the space of two days. The Sharks finished as minor premiers in the league competition for the first time and are rewarded with their first qualifying final. They face reigning premiers Railways with the winner to progress to the grand final on September 2. On Sunday the Lions and Bulls will put their seasons on the line in a blockbuster league elimination final. The Lions have won their past five games while the Bulls are also in terrific form having won their past four matches. The winner will progress to face the loser of the qualifying final in the preliminary final on August 26. The preliminary final will be held at Retravision Stadium or Tigerland and the grand final, which is rotated between the six clubs, is at Sounness Park this year. The Sharks had all four teams finish in the top two for the first time with their reserves and colts to face off against the Lions. Their sixteens meet the Tigers in the other Saturday finals. On Sunday in the minor grades the Tigers and Bulls square off in the reserves, the Tigers and Denmark-Walpole clash in colts and the Lions and Magpies meet in the sixteens.