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Labrador came into this season with high hopes of making a good run at a finals birth and a grand final appearance. Well they certainly made hay while the sun shined. Their new recruits for the year were clealr their best players all year long. Tim notting was their leading goal kicker and a handy player up the ground and the ever green peter Everett had an outstanding season playing up forward and in the ruck when needed. They rested their best players on and off all through the year and at one stage with Aaron shattock missing a fair chunk of the season, you would have to wonder will it pay off. Well we were proven wrong for most of the year. Arguably their best win was at aspley in round 6. they gave aspley an 8 goal head start and they clawed their way back into the game after half time and ran away victors. Their finals campaign started in week 2 after getting the first week off and they were looking down the barrel of a hefty defeat at 3 quarter time when they came out and piled on 6 goals to stop Morningsides run and put them straight into a grand final. 2 weeks later they faced Morningside again and it was a titanic battle and at 3 quarter time with a 3 goal lead, it looked like the flag was going back to Cooke Murphy oval for the first time ever. But they ran out of steam in the last and were run down to lose by 3 goals. They should be happy with a fantastic season. They are one step closer to glory and with a new coach they can take that step