What a mouth-watering contest we have between the league’s two hottest teams.
Benalla hasn’t lost since the end of May while Seymour has won seven in a row.
Both sent ominous warning to their other contenders, with Benalla absolutely ruthless against Mansfield and Seymour dishing out a football lesson to Euroa.
The stars are really starting to align for these teams.
Jordan Wolff is getting better with every game while William Martiniello is displaying the form that saw him claim the league’s highest individual honour last year.
Lachlan Smith is a star, Joshua Marchbank is one of the best big men in the competition and Joshua Mellington is averaging around six goals a game in his last 10 games for the Saints and Jake Pallpratt star keeps rising each week.
Seymour’s form has probably surprised its coach and supporter group.
Had you said eight weeks that they would be sitting inside the top six and a genuine chance to claim the premiership some would have laughed at you.
The Lions have well truly deserved their place in the top six as they have beaten some of the best teams along the way.
Ruckman Brandyn Grenfell is getting better each week, forward Saad Saad tooks us down memory lane with his seven goal effort against Euroa, Jason Cole is a star who would be leading the club’s best and fairest ahead of ex-AFL player Brett Meredith.
The return of Tim Bongetti has straightened the Lions up while rising star nominee Jack Murphy is relishing his opportunity to play alongside some of the greats of the club.
In another positive for the Lions was the return of Paul Colbert in the reserves last week.
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Last Modified on 28/08/2015 13:31