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With the final home and away match now completed in the AFL Middle East competition for the 2015/16 season, attention will now turn to the Grand Final, to be players at Seven’s Stadium in Dubai on March on Friday 11th March.

The final match saw the Abu Dhabi Falcons host the Dubai Dragons. The Falcons’ remote finals chances had been ended last round, so the game was about pride and building for next season. For the Dragons it was a chance to tune up ready for their premiership tilt in two weeks’ time.

The Dragons had little trouble in downing a game Falcon’s outfit, eventually running out winners by 51 points. The final score saw the Dubai Dragons 18 8 116 defeat the Abu Dhabi Falcons 9 11 65.

The result sees the Dragons through to the grand final, undefeated across their four matches this season. They will meet the BM Bulls in a replay of last year’s grand final. History favours the Dragons. In their meeting this season, the Dragons defeated the Bulls by eight goals. Of course, history also says that the Dragons defeated the Bulls for last year’s flag.

But the BM Bulls are a different outfit to last year – their debut season. It was a remarkable effort to reach the big dance in their first season – even more remarkable that they will have reached consecutive grand finals in their first two seasons in the league. The Bulls will be determined to rewrite the history books and win their first flag to go with the pre-season cup that they won back in October.

But it is hard to go past the Dubai Dragons claiming their fourth AFLME premiership, having won previously in 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2014/15 to be the most successful club in the competition.