Lower South West Football League’s 2024 season was full of action

While the Boyup Brook Roos were able to convert their minor premiership into a major grand final win, there was plenty of other action to satisfy footy lovers this Lower South West Football League season. The most notable being that fateful day in July when a third team — a herd of emus — crashed the Southerners vs Tigers match up. The wacky scene was without doubt a uniquely Australian moment, with an hilarious video of the incident making its way onto TikTok showing the six big birds racing around the oval as players and umpires scratched their heads about what to do next. On a more serious note, there was some cracking football action this year. That included bags of goals, some big defeats at the hands of eventual title winners and some stunning tight matchups. Boyup Brook’s David Cowan had one extra award to find some mantel space for after he was awarded the Tyrepower Medal being named as the league’s best and fairest. He was joined on the honour role by teammate Matthew Thompson as the league’s top goal kicker.