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The Entertainer Dubai Dingoes have kept part one of their 2016/17 season promise by taking out the Pre-Season Cup last night, downing reigning premiers, the Dubai Dragons, and claiming new silverware for the trophy cabinet.

In an interview last week (see Dingoes Hoping To Revamp History) Myles Lynch stated that “off the back of an extremely inconsistent year last year we are once again desperate to secure the silverware for the oldest club in the AFLME and the focus and mission for the year is to bring everyone together as a tight-knit club - as a champion team will beat a team of individual champions every time.”

With that first task done, the Dingoes now have the momentum and belief to push further into the season proper and seek to win the AFL Middle East premiership for the first time.


The Dingoes started with a strong win over the Multiplex Bulls - 6 7 43 to 5 0 30. They lost their next match to the Dubai Dragons, going down in a tight contest 3 5 23 to 4 1 25.

Needing to defeat the Abu Dhabi Falcons to have a shot at the Grand Final, the Dingoes did so comfortably.

The big one saw the Dingoes once again up against the Dragons. The statement "bad kicking is bad football" could almost be applied here as the Dragons had nine scoring shots to four in the final, but did not kick a goal, with the Dingoes running out narrow, and deserved, five point winners.

Final Score: Entertainer Dubai Dingoes 2 2 14 d Dubai Dragons 0 9 9

According to Myles, "It was a really humid affair and our first game against the Bulls was a fast paced heated affair. We really jumped out of the blocks well and were able to put scoreboard pressure on that allowed us to hold the Bulls off who came back strong in the second half."

"A few sloppy mistakes cost us in the first game against the Dragons and they were able to take advantage of all their chances which was a wake up call for us and set us up for a strong performance against the Falcons."

"The Falcons showed a lot of heart but with a depleted bench I think we ran over the top of them and as for the entire night we were able to make a number of changes and utilise the entire list to keep running in our legs."

"The final was intense and much to the reverse of the first match up against the Dragons we were able to take advantage of our chances and a goal in each half was enough to get the job done. Inaccurate kicking proved to be their downfall but every player for the Dingoes was tenacious and ran hard until the final siren."

"With 'The Bustler' going down in the first game and playing very limited game time the big loss was more than covered by every single player. Luke 'Parto' Partridge was deemed the best player across all the Dingoes games closely followed by Mitch 'Zoolander' Hyde who's modelling career was ended early by a stray boot in the first game."

"We are super excited to start the season off in such fantastic fashion and will be looking to take the momentum in to the season proper."