One kick, persistency and inaccuracy

BRIDGEWATER averted an upset loss with a final term that left Mitiamo stymied and stunned.

The Mean Machine kept the visitors scoreless after going into the last quarter three points down.

Mitiamo had been persistent all dayscores had been tied up late in the first half before two goals gave the Mean Machine a handy lead.

Lachlan Cohen’s 30-metre punt through the sticks also showed the difference between the sides.

Bridgewater was deadly accurate all day. Mitiamo wayward in the first hour of the enconter with seven behinds.

Nicholas Naughton LH PHOTO

The Superoos were kept in the game up to the main break by committed play from Zach Morrison and Dylan Clohesy in the defensive zone. Brayden Baines was also crucial with his three goals for the day. Walters, Luke Lougoon, Seth Wright and Ross Turner put spark into Mitiamo’s play.

But the final term, with Bridgewater on the receiving end of a slight wind advantage, would be Mitiamo’s downfall when there was more purpose to the Mean Machine’s attack - unlike in the third quarter when struggling to find a gap in the forward zone and used four kicks heading back to defence - to snatch a six-point win.

Nicholas Naughton had his best game of the season and finished with four goals, being named in the best along with Ben Derrick and Darcy Wood.