LEETON-Whitton issued a statement to the rest of their finals rivals after dominating Mangoplah-Cookardinia United-Eastlakes 16.10 (106) to 8.9 (57) to seal the AFL Riverina Championship minor premiership on Saturday.
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Cooper Sharman bagged five goals to finish atop the league's goal-kicking list for the season with 16, while Jade Hodge finished equal second after kicking another four.
The Crows will take on Wagga Tigers for a place in the grand final next week, and will be bolstered further by the likes of Jono Spina, Bryce O'Garey, Matt Rainbird, Jayden Lehman and coach Daniel Muir after they were all rested to get over niggles before the finals.
The hosts set up the win with an eight-goals-to-three first half, with the first dry game in almost a month giving their midfield a chance to show their skills with Jeromy Lucas, Lucas Meline and Nathan Ryan all starring.
"They (Sharman and Hodge) were dangerous but they had pretty good supply, our on-ball brigade dominated," Muir said.
"The last three games in a row we haven't had a bench, instead of putting guys out there half fit we thought we'd field a fully fit team and it worked today.
"There's still a few little lapses I think we can fix but we were really good."
MCUE were without forward recruit Trent Castles, but the reason for his absence is unclear. The Goannas have now lost three straight games, all against fellow top four rivals, in an alarming slump before finals.
The Tigers, who have won their past five games, are the only team to beat the Crows this year, getting up by 29 points to in horrible conditions in round three.
"I don't take too much out of the last contest with the players we had out, and the conditions," Muir said.
"I'm sure they'll go in confident as much as we are after beating us last time, so it will be a great contest."
Leeton-Whitton 3.2 8.6 14.7 16.10 (106) def MCUE 2.0 3.1 6.4 8.9 (57)
GOALS: Leeton-Whitton - Cooper Sharman 5, Jade Hodge 4, Mitchell Hardie 2, Ryan Dunn 2, Bailey Wood, Nathan Ryan,Tomas Van Buuren; MCUE - Hunter Lloyd 2, Nick Collins, George Kendall, Lachlan Kendall, Zacharie Walgers, Trent Cohalan, Thomas Keogh.
BEST: Leeton Whitton - Cooper Sharman, Lucas Meline, Tyh Evans, Jeromy Lucas, Mason Dryburgh, Ryan Grey; MCUE - Nick Collins, Trent Cohalan, Thomas Keogh, Jack Reynolds, Ethan Schiller, Ryan Price
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