Wonthaggi survived sudden death, holding on to beat Sale in a nail-biting Elimination Final at Morwell.
“Sale got a couple of points up at one stage and it looked like they’d get home. To be honest we didn’t play great footy in that second half and Sale really did,” said Rob Railton who conceded things weren’t looking good in the last term.
”It wasn’t looking good, but the boys found a way,” he said.
Earlier Wonthaggi got out to a stellar start, kicking five goals to one to lead by 26-points at quarter time.
Sale outscored its opponent in the second, the Magpies’ kicked five goals to two, to be within 13-points of the Power at half time.
It left Railton far from impressed.
“We should have been up by a few more goals with the chances we had and we didn’t take them,” he said.
Adding three goals to two, Sale again had the upper hand in the third and there was just seven points in it at the final change.
There were only two goals scored in a nail biting last quarter.
There were however plenty of behinds, with Sale adding five to Wonthaggi’s one.
“Sale were really efficient going forward … they had a few shots and fortunately for us they missed,” said Railton.
“It really could have gone either way,” he said, on what was a good day for the club.
“We are really happy. Our reserves got through as well so we are really proud of them,” said Railton.
It’s straight back to work for the Power, which has a date with Maffra next weekend.
“We have a great, young group … we now have a short week then we will have another go at Maffra,” Railton said
Yesterday’s clash marked the end of the road for Sale, which finishes the year in fifth.
Its finals loss wasn’t without its standouts, with Jason Gram and Brad Dessent booting three apiece, while Andrew Quirk was named the Magpies’ best.
Last Modified on 08/09/2015 11:22