The undefeated Brighton Grammar will host Caulfield Grammar in the APS firsts football grand final on Saturday.
A host of future AFL players will be in action, with 2026 prospects Arki Butler, Tyson Bradley and Jasper Williams and 2027 prospects Jake Miller, Riley Stratford and Archie Bakoulas leading the way for Brighton Grammar.
On Caulfield Grammar's roster are Gippsland 2026 first round prospects Marlon Neocleous and Wil Malady, 2027 prospect Harper McCullough and 2028 prospects Mac Hammerstein, Chase Whelan and Wil Thornton.
Thornton is a Carlton father-son prospect.
Brighton Grammar is widely viewed as the favourite given their bevy of more experienced and higher-end top echelon talent, but Caulfield Grammar is viewed as batting deeper across the board.
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The match begins at 2pm.
Follow the live blog below.
4.18pm: Brighton Grammar are premiers by nine points. BGS win 10.12 (72) to 9.9 (63).
4.07pm: Jake Miller kicks a goal on the line and extends it back to 22 points. Is that the grand final. He's become a factor in the last quarter.
4.05pm: Three quick goals from Caulfield has trimmed the margin to 16 points, Wil Malady taking a big mark and kicking a clutch goal from 40 to get the Fields back in it!
3.57pm: The stars have risen to the top for Brighton. Jake Miller and Arki Butler kick consecutive goals to extend the margin to 34 points midway through the last quarter.
3.44pm: Brighton had most of the momentum in that quarter but have kept the door ajar with inaccurate kicking, the margin at 22 points at three quarter time. Kael Frith kicked a goal after the siren to give Caulfield momentum after Brighton had territory for most of the quarter. In further negative news for Caulfield, star midfielder Harper McCullough has been moved forward after copping a knock in the ankle and he isn't moving at 100 per cent. Arki Butler kicked a goal midway through the quarter after taking a smart contested mark on the goal line. Tyson Bradley also came into the game for Brighton Grammar with his intercepting, while Darcy Noonan is fighting hard for Caulfield.
3.24pm: Back to back goals early in this quarter from Brighton, via Harry Zerna and Alessandro Macnab has taken their lead to 20 points.
3.02pm: Halftime at the Crowther Oval, where Brighton leads 4.8 (32) to Caulfield's 3.6 (24). Caulfield settled into the contest in that quarter but Brighton Grammar had much of the ascendancy still in that quarter but just weren't able to put it on the scoreboard as Caulfield's defence absorbed plenty of pressure. Chase Whelan had a shot after the halftime siren to cut the margin to three points but his shot sailed wide and Brighton will take momentum into the main break. Jasper Williams has been Brighton's standout so far, while Harley Bell has done a herculean effort on Brighton star forward Jake Miller. Ryan McConnell, Ben Forster and Quentin Hofmann have been some other standouts across the course of the day.
2.55pm: Quentin Hofmann has his second and Brighton's first of the second quarter. A needed one for Brighton which has had the dominance for the last 10 minutes.
2.47pm: Wil Malady has the first two of the second quarter and Caulfield has hit the front. Malady has been the barometer and kicked Caulfield's first three goals, the second of which came from a massive hang.
2.30pm: Quarter time at Brighton Grammar, which leads Caulfield 3.4 (22) to 1.3 (9). Quentin Hofmann, the brother of Geelong's Lennox Hofmann and Riley Stratford the other goal kickers for Brighton, both opportunistic goals from range. Brighton Grammar have had the ascendancy for the most part, getting their hands on the footy first around the contest and their marking around the ground has also been noticeable. Henry Thomas has led the backline excellently and Jasper Williams, promoted to Sandringham Dragons list and gaining draft interest off the back of strong school form, is putting in a shift. He has had the better of his direct opponent in the ruck and has taken some big intercept marks. Arki Butler has had some likely moments early and commanded attention without fully inserting himself in the contest and has even spent a period off half-back.
2.17pm: Will Malady takes a mark on the behind line and kicks truly. An important nerve settler for Caulfield.
2.07pm: Jake Miller has the first of the day after the ball has lived in Brighton Grammar's end in the early embers.
2pm: We're underway!
1.30pm: Hello and welcome to Zero Hanger's live coverage of the inaugural APS Grand Final between hosts Brighton Grammar and Caulfield Grammar.
The atmosphere is building as thousands flock to the Crowther Oval on a picture perfect day for footy.
Skipper and top five AFL Draft prospect will lead out Brighton Grammar, playing his first game since early July when he broke his collarbone for Vic Metro.
Caulfield Grammar will be led out by Ben Forster.
BRING IT ON!
