Best Battles | Wayward Saints hold off roaring Lions

Round four, 2016 at Kings Park

Seymour 10.7 (67) lt Benalla 10.12 (72)

A seesawing, early-season affair in 2016 lit up Kings Park, with home side Seymour almost pulling off an unlikely comeback against Benalla.

The Saints notched 12 scoring shots to four by half-time, but errant goal-kicking – that almost came back to haunt them – meant the margin was only three goals.

A half-time bake from playing coach Brent Colbert proved enough to spark the Lions into action, but it was too little, too late as the final siren sounded with Benalla still holding a slender lead.

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“It was a good game between two clubs that have invested in their local talent and we fought it outright to the end,” Saints playing coach Luke Morgan said at the time.

“We had the upper hand in the first half, but didn’t capitalise on our opportunities and when you don’t capitalise it comes back to bite you in this competition.”