K Rock Football | St Mary’s looks set to start its 2024 GFNL finals campaign from no worse than a qualifying final after storming home to beat Leopold in arguably the game of the season at Memorial Park.

On the back of the typical heroics of dual Mathieson medalist Harry Bendon and star forward Sam Dobson, the Saints overcame facing a 28-point deficit twice early in the third quarter to win by 11 points, 14.10 (94) to 12.11 (83).

St Mary’s kicked nine of the last 11 goals of the contest, including six of the last seven, after Lion Max Annandale’s fifth of the afternoon gave his team a 20-point lead in the opening minute of the final term.

“The second half was a little bit different to the first half in regards to our contribution across the board,” co-coach Luke Rayner told krockfootball.live after the match.

“We probably just had too few in the first half.

“So what I take out of it is, we were able to galvanise a bit as a group in the second half. We knew it was going to be a tough ask against a quality opponent out here (at Leopold), which is never easy.

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