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Wonthaggi powers through: How they won it against Leongatha

Sep 09 2023 Updated September 9, 2023

Michael Giles

4 min read

Wonthaggi coach Jarryd Blair addresses players in the rooms after an historic Power victory in the Gippsland League Second Semi-final on Saturday, clearing the way to the club's second Gippsland grand Final appearance.

WONTHAGGI Power are through to only their second Gippsland League grand final in history after defeating arch-rivals Leongatha by 22 points at Morwell on Saturday, September 9.

And, as coach Jarryd Blair said after the game, it was all the sweeter after they withstood fightbacks by Leongatha in the third quarter, when the Parrots edged ahead by a point, and when they closed the gap again to withi...