K Rock Football | St Mary’s impressive recent record against Newtown & Chilwell has continued, booking a berth in the GFNL preliminary final with a 25-point win.

In another clash affected by a northerly wind, the Saints restricted the Towners to just one goal from the midpoint of the second quarter to claim an 8.13 (61) to 4.12 (36) result and set-up a meeting with Colac.

It was St Mary’s fifth consecutive win over Newtown & Chilwell, and their 14th in 16 meetings with their rivals over the past decade.

 The win sets up a meeting with Colac, who denied the Saints the double chance by 1.23 per cent on the final day of the home-and-away season, and comes 12 months after the club exited the 2024 premiership race in straight sets and farwelled a large chunk of experience.

“I’m super proud of the group,” co-coach Luke Rayner told K rock Football.

“It’s well documented, I suppose, in terms of what we did lose.

“But, I guess the exciting part for this group is, one, it’s been the ability for us to have to get games into younger players.

“Two, as the season’s grown older, they’ve got more comfortable and they’re playing well at the level."

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