The Weekly Advertiser | The width of a post could be the difference between Kaniva-Leeor United’s senior football side playing or missing finals in 2025 after the Cougars beat Noradjuha-Quantong by a point on Saturday.

Leading by two points deep in time -on, Kaniva-Leeor’s hopes of pulling off the upset of the season against the undefeated ladder leaders looked dashed when Bomber Thomas Pridgeon received a free kick for high contact only 20 metres from goal.

Kaniva-Leeor co-coach Jonno Hicks admitted he thought a fighting effort from his side, which had come back from 10 points down at the last change to take the lead, would ultimately come up short.

“I won’t repeat what was going through my mind, but the heart rate was certainly up,” he said.

“We’ve had some disappointing losses in close games this year.”

But Pridgeon’s shot from a slight angle grazed the inside of the post, leaving Kaniva-Leeor United a point up with about a minute to play.

“We did well to force the ball long and wide and hold it on that outer side to chew some time up,” Hicks said.

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