Article by Grey Morris for AFL Northern Territory.
The Alice Springs-Darwin Australian Football rivalry is alive and well after TIO NTFL premier Waratah beat a CAFL representative side by five points in Saturday’s curtain-raiser game to the big Gold Coast-Adelaide AFL clash.
A Dom Booth goal on the final siren sealed a 9.2 (56) to 6.15 (51) for the Ryan Ayres-coached Waratah after the Alice Springs side had led by a single point with the timekeeper’s hand on the final siren.
The heartstopping finish capped a successful return to representative football, placing it at the top of the table in terms of selecting curtain-raiser matches for future AFL matches in Darwin and Alice Springs.
When Tahs skipped out to a 26-point lead at half-time it looked promising for the Darwin-based club, particularly when quicksilver forward Dwayne Kerinaiua kicked their sixth goal on the siren to end a…