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The Merger
A country football coach who has a plan to rebuild the local football team by recruiting recently settled asylum seekers.
Mark Grentell
Damian Callinan
Casts & Crew
Damian Callinan
Fayssal Bazzi
Angus McLaren
Stephen Hunter
John Howard
Kate Mulvany
Zenia Starr
Josh McConville
Michael Morley
Nick Cody
Penny Cook
Adam Drummond
Aaron Gocs
Liam Campbell
Rafferty Grierson
Michelle Brasier
Sahil Saluja
Harry Tseng
Ben Knight
Dane Simpson
Gavin Baskerville
Danny McGinlay
Matthew Humphrey
Also Directed by Mark Grentell
Dougie Waters loves nothing more than a weekend barbie and cricket match with his mates. But his paradise on earth is destroyed when his best mate and neighbour Norm is forced to leave town and their new boss, a pompous English administrator called Edward Lords, moves in. The animosity between the two men peaks during one fateful backyard cricket match when Dougie hits a ball that accidentally stuns Edward's prize winning cat, Dexter. The cat falls into the roaring BBQ and is instantly incinerated, leaving only ashes. Dougie's son captures footage of the unfortunate event on camera and it is uploaded onto YouTube where the video instantly goes viral! The idea of a backyard cricketing challenge is hatched, with the winner keeping the ashes of Edward's deceased cat, Dexter. The two teams battle it out in the greatest game of backyard cricket ever for the Backyard Ashes.