Match Reviews | Castlemaine finally broke its hoodoo on Strathfieldsaye’s turf as it won the Bendigo Bank Bendigo FNL’s senior footy clash with Storm on Saturday.

A 23-point win by the Michael Hartley-coached Castlemaine in the 14th round kept the Magpies in the race for the finals.

A week after beating Eaglehawk by two points at home, Castlemaine made its way to Triple M Park in Strathfieldsaye’s Tannery Lane.

The Magpies had borne the brunt of some big defeats in Storm territory in the past.

Not this time.

The Magpies led 25-21 at quarter-time and then scored 3.3 as Storm added two goals in the second term.

A 13-point buffer at the start of the second half became 23 after the Magpies dominated most of the third.

As the Magpies added 2.3 the Storm scored five behinds.

Both teams added seven points in the last as the Magpies celebrated a hard-fought 68-45 victory.

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