By KATH GANNAWAY
THE Powelltown seniors match on Saturday, 28 May, promises some rhetoric – on and off the ground.
The match will celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the 1996 Premiership with a reunion of players and supporters.
Powelly-grown former AFL player, Daniel Hargraves will return to the picturesque bush ground for the match against Gembrook Cockatoo, and it is expected there will also be an appearance by local veteran champion Peter McConachy.
Powelltown will be hoping for a parallel result with the last game for the season in 1996 when they claimed the Premiership Cup against Emerald by 33 points – 7.7(49) to 2.4(16).
What they may not be so keep to revisit is the wet and muddy conditions that were typical of many of the grounds at the time.
Club president, Peter Podolinsky said it was the last senior premiership won by the club and a lot of the players who were part of the team are still active at committee level or as regulars around the club.
Mr Podolinsky said although Hargraves, who went on to play with Western Bulldogs and Fremantle in the AFL.
McConachy played his 550th game for the club in 2014, and still plays the odd game.
He was club president in 1996 when he played in his third premiership team, and also took out the league best and fairest.
Mr Podolinsky said all past players, families and supporters are very welcome to come along on the day, as well as any visitors who might like to enjoy a special game of country football.
