World Footy News

The recent trend of European premierships being won by teams going into Grand Finals as underdogs has continued in Norway as the Ås Battlers defeated the Oslo West team by just three points in the Kenguru Cup Grand Final.

Norway’s premier Australian Rules football league had been dominated this season by the Oslo West team this year, with the team finishing the final round of the home and away season in top spot for the first time. It was history making for the Oslo team, but despite finishing well clear on top of the ladder the real job was yet to start.

The Ås Battlers finished in second place, well behind West in terms of win/loss ratio and for/against. But come Grand Final day this counted for little as the Battlers held on in a thriller to win their second flag in three years and make a claim for the best team in Norway in recent years.

Final scores saw the Ås Battlers 6 6 42 defeat Oslo West 5 9 39.

This brings the Norwegian domestic season to a close for 2015, but the footy is far from over. Norway have proved themselves to be a good performer at the Euro Cup taking out the Euro Plate in their debut season in 2012 and again in 2014. The Norwegian Trolls will be eager to get amongst the silverware at the 2015 Axios Euro Cup next month in Umag, Croatia.

But for the present time it is very much a time for the Ås Battlers team to celebrate their latest success and the mantle of the best Australian Rules football club in Norway.