SEAFORD progressed through to its third grand final in as many years after disposing of Frankston YCW in the MPNFL Peninsula Division second semi-final on Saturday.
Coach Anthony Agius will go into the grand final with his side now the hot favourite to win the pennant.
If the Tigers win, Agius will be the club's third premiership coach in as many years, after Paul Kennedy and Chris Fortnam took the team to the ultimate glory in the previous two seasons.
Seaford was methodical on Saturday at Frankston Park and while the game didn't hit any great heights in front of a very poor crowd, the Tigers did make enough of a statement to suggest they are going to be very hard to beat in a fortnight.
Their 18.11(119) to 11.12(78) win was workmanlike.
On Father's Day on Sunday, the Edithvale-Aspendale steam train rolled along, smashing Mt Eliza 16.16(112) to 8.9(57).
The Eagles booted 12 goals in the second half to Mt Eliza's four, including nine goals to one in the final quarter.
Before the Seaford versus Frankston YCW match, the two areas of concern for the Stonecats were the ruck division and their capability of stopping the band of Seaford rotations through the middle of the ground and in attack.
The next query was whether the Stonecats could kick a winning score. All concerns came to the fore.
The Stonecats kicked just 11 goals, thanks largely to five in the last quarter when the contest was over.
Seaford's Daniel 'Normy' Clarke and Don Epa dominated, giving the dangerous and fleet-footed midfielders first use of the football.
In defence, despite having arguably the best back six, the Stonecats could not prevent Seaford from kicking 18 goals, Michael Kraska moving to 91 goals for the season with a seven-goal haul.
Chris Irving booted three for the winners and Joe Hallal finished with a couple, while in defence, Jarrod Irving was first class.
Daniel Waddall and Paul Wintle worked hard for the Stonecats in defence and Benny Poole, Craig Nankervis and Steven Roberts all put in through the middle of the ground.
While the Tigers progress through to the grand final, the Stonecats play Edithvale-Aspendale, which continued its good run against Mt Eliza.
For the second year in succession, the Mounties have been bundled out of the finals in straight sets.
The Mounties were very good in the opening half and only two points separated the sides at three-quarter-time, but the Eagles put on nine goals to one in the last to win by 55 points.
The Mounties lacked leadership, with coach Dave Willett being sent from the field early and the returning Adrian Newman being reported and sent from the field on two occasions.
In essence, the Mounties played with 17 players for 45 minutes of the match.
Edithvale's Brent Bowden with five goals was the best afield and Brad Tag had three goals. Coach John Hynes and Jordan Derbyshire were also fine performers for the winners. Nathan Dunn and Steve and Tim Mannix also played well.
The Mounties weren't blessed with a lot of great players. Dan Gormley and Corey Hamilton were two of the better performers while Lyle House in the ruck and Dylan Emmons also played their parts.
In the reserves, Frankston YCW reserves and under-18s had better fortune in the second semi-finals, progressing through to the grand final.
The Stonecats reserves beat Edithvale 12.8(80) to 5.14(44) and the under-18s defeated Mornington in yet another thrilling close game, 10.11(71) to 9.14(68).
In Sunday's first semi-finals, Seaford beat Mornington in the reserves and Seaford knocked over Edithvale in the under-18s.
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