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COLAC lives to fight another day after running over the top of Bell Park by 48 points at the Central Reserve on Saturday, keeping its slim finals chances alive for another week.
After brushing aside the Dragons, Colac now has one last hurdle to overcome if it is to play finals defeating reigning premier South Barwon in the final round.
And that's exactly where Colac coach Paul Lynch's focus was after the win over Bell Park.
"We're still alive now, (this weekend) we play South Barwon at South Barwon which is probably the toughest task in county footy," Lynch said
"We are under no illusions of that. We'll go there next week chock full of confidence and we'll have a crack at them."
As they always do Colac staged one of its trademark fast starts as it looked to get the jump on the visiting Bell Park.
Colac star Jimmy Linton was one of the main instigators in getting the Tigers off to a flyer.
Bell Park continued to control the second half of the opening term, yet still trailed 2.5 (17) to 3.2 (20) due to some inaccurate kicking with the wind.
Both sides had their moments in the second quarter, with Colac heading into half-time with its nose in front by four points.
After half-time the Dragons came out looking like a side possessed and took control of the match momentarily.
But it didn't take long for the home side to fire back, perhaps remembering a finals spot was up for grabs.
From midway through the third quarter until the end of the game it was all about Colac as the Tigers ran away to a convincing 48-point win over Bell Park.
"It was a good win," Lynch said after the game.
"I thought we struggled a little bit early in the first half but I thought we responded really well after half-time.
Lynch spoke of the tough task he and his players face next week when they take on South Barwon, but the Colac coach said the Tigers "are not scared".
"We've won 10 out of the last 11 games and we've beaten everyone in the competition except South
Barwon so obviously we are not scared of South Barwon but we respect them as a club," he said.
"They're a very good side on paper and we'll have to be at our very best to beat them," he said.
