The second quarter was one of the best played this season; competitive all over the ground, both groups of supporters were in the game and produced grand final football fever at its best, with 10 goals kicked, proving that with the right movement goals could be kicked at either end.

Ranger ruckman Charman was on top at the stoppages and it was game on as they went goal for goal.

Mallee Park's Jackamarra hunted the ball and found Johncock to kick his third goal, and from the following centre bounce with Jackamarra again involved, Phillip Dudley kicked the first of his six goals for the game.

The Rangers' response was immediate through Charman in ruck and the quick clearance saw Chris Brooks equal the Peckers' effort to the roar of the Ranger supporters.

The Peckers again rallied through William Johncock as if to answer the Ranger supporters for goal number seven; it was a case of anything the Rangers do a Pecker can do better.

The game was now what grand finals are all about the Rangers were running hard, putting their bodies over the ball and pulling off some crunching tackles, and it motivated one of their three fightbacks on this day to get back in the game.

It was back and forth football, with both back halves unrelenting, until good work by Wade Hanson to Sean Oatway saw the Rangers' productive Todd Owen kick his side's fourth goal, but again the good work was undone when Harry Miller, through a free kick, made no mistake to take the lead out to 29 points

The Rangers had their supporters roaring for the next 10 minutes when they got the upper hand with some brilliant passages of football, kicking four unanswered goals.

Semmler, now racking up the possessions, and Todd Owen increasing his work rate at the stoppages, gave the drive that saw and Jacob Watson kick three unanswered goals, leading strongly and directly out of the goal square to take strong contested marks, and Todd Owen's efforts were rewarded when he kicked his second goal for the quarter.

The Rangers now trailed by only six points and the players had their supporters in good voice that echoed across the ground.

The Rangers had rallied and the Peckers became unsettled, but they showed their own resilience to this all out attack, by virtue of a free kick to Johncock that saw Scott Young get the two flags waving as the siren sounded.

The Peckers had halted the Rangers' charge to have a lead of only 12 points at the long break, but importantly they had kept their composure.

Expectations of a tough premiership third quarter were high and both sides delivered, and it was a quarter of where angels fear to tread.

The Rangers needed to get more of first use at the centre bounce for their lack of it in the first half was evident.

With Charman and Semmler combining, Zac Calderwood goaled and the supporters again showed their approval and the Rangers were now again trailing by just six points, and at this stage they had kicked a remarkable nine goals with only one point breaking the sequence.

Yet again the Rangers' fightback was halted and Malcolm Miller, who had plenty of impact in the first half, set up Phillip Dudley for his second goal. He then followed up with one of his miracle goals and then the magic of Phillip Dudley struck again with three goals on the trot.

The miracle Mal and the magic of Dudley could only be answered by the Rangers' two goals with Brooks and Kobelt kicking their second.

With the Peckers holding a 24-point lead it was hard to see how the Rangers could again challenge the Peckers but they did, and challenge quickly in the first minutes of the final quarter.

The Rangers last challenge came through the first two centre bounces to have the two flags waving from goals by Semmler and Watson, kicking his fifth, and yet again the Rangers trailed by 12 points.

But it was not to be and the Rangers' dust storm of momentum had run out of puff and the Peckers took over.

They finished as they started with a rush and went on to kick the next six unanswered goals.

Barry Johncock kicked his fourth, Malcolm Miller his fourth goal, Phillip Dudley kicked his sixth, Russell Carbine his second, and Ky Miller and William Johncock joined the Peckers' eight goal kickers as against the Rangers' six goal kickers.

It was a great grand final played in good spirit.

Such games take two teams to make it so and congratulations to Rangers' coach Peter West and the players that played and represented our great game with honour. Unfortunately for the Rangers it was honour without the glory of winning another premiership for this great club.

The honour and the glory belonged to the Peckers as they answered the three strong challenges by Marble Range.

To all who took part in the 2009 grand final you served and gave your best with distinction.