K Rock Football | St Mary’s has overcome a gallant first-half challenge from Grovedale at Anthony Costa Oval to maintain its unbeaten start to the GFNL season.

The Saints led by ten points at half-time, but a five-goal burst midway through the third term that coincided with Brayden Ham’s move into the midfield turned the contest in the home team’s favour, as they claimed a 69-point victory, 21.9 (135) to 10.6 (66), and retained the Daniel Fletcher Shield.

“I felt like in the first half, and full credit to Grovedale, to be honest, they brought a super contest to the game, I thought, and a real one-on-one sort of mentality,” St Mary’s co-coach Luke Rayner told krockfootball.live 

And to the credit of their key backs, I thought they probably had the better of our key forwards.

“So, just the connection, I thought, from mid-forward was probably lacking a little bit in the first half."

Click here to read the full article or visit www.krock.com.au