Great Southern Football League - Preliminary Final

Minor premier Willunga has staged a remarkable second half comeback against Mount Compass to reach the Great Southern Football League Grand Final. After trailing by 32 points at half-time, Willunga ran wild in the third term kicking 11.4 to 0.0 before closing out the game with a 20-point victory, 19.11 (125) to 16.9 (105).

The first quarter was tight with Willunga holding a slender five-point lead at the first change before Mount Compass came out firing in the second term to kick nine goals to three and the Bulldogs appeared to have one paw in the Grand Final. The Demons were staring down the barrel of an inglorious straight sets exit but they exploded out of their rooms at Yankalilla after half-time to slam on an amazing 11 goals to turn for home with an unbelievable 38 point lead. Mount Compass tried hard in the final quarter kicking four goals to one but the damage had been done as Willunga moved through to Saturday’s Grand Final against reigning premier Langhorne Creek at McLaren Vale.

Willunga had nine different goalkickers with Sam Renney, Daniel Bass, Billy Cook and Scott Hunt leading the way with three goals each. Tom Pinyon was again the shining light for Mount Compass with seven goals, taking his season tally to an amazing 129 goals. Willunga’s best were Brett Miegel, Sean Beath, Craig Nelson, Tyson Hoffmann and Cameron McDonald. The Bulldogs were best served by Tom Corbett, Shane Heatley, Pinyon, Tim Green and Dylan Bolton.