MORNINGSIDE SOUTHPORT RIVALRY

The biggest rivalry in queensland foot at the moment and pretty special one. These 2 have massive rivals since Southport joined the qafl in 1982 and there has been some classic battles. The 90's brought out the best of in the rivalry with these 2 facing off in 5 grand finals through the decade, with the sharks winning the ledger 3 to 2. the 2000s they faced off in 3 grand finals with Southport winning 2 and the sider winning 1. Their has been some great games over the years and some great players on both sides.

My recolection of a few game that were classics in queensland footy are. 2006 the first of 4 times they played against each other at carrara. The sharks lead all night and looked like they were going to take the 4 points. But step in David armitage and he took over the game and turned it on it's head and the mighty siders got up by 4 goals. the prelim final that year was a different story. the siders lead all day and took a 2 goal lead into the fought quarter and looked like they were heading to a showdown with zillmere in the grand final. Poor goal kicking coast them in the end and the sharks went onto win the game and the premiership a week later.

2007. The siders won the first game of 4 for the year by 9 points. Come the round 11 clash. the siders were second on the ladder and looking too break a 14 year drought at shark park. the game was close all day with no team looking like a winner and 5 minutes intlo the fourth and with the sharks kicking 3 unanswered goals and looking like winners. The siders kicked into gear and john williams running a muck all over the park. the sider kicked 7 unanswered goals to take the lead and pull away from the sharks for a great win by all. the prelikm final was another different story for the siders. they lead all day even though they were down to 1 on the bench and looking flat all over the park. but by the start of the fourth quarter. the toll started to wear on them and the sharks started to run and run all day. 8 goals to 2 later and they were into another grand final. but this time they got flogged by the vultures