The Wanderers claimed their first senior title with a 5-4 penalty shoot-out win over Yoogali at Deakin Stadium in Canberra. It was a grand final win for the ages and came after the scores were locked at 1-1 at full-time, then 2-2 at the end of extra-time.

It was a historic day for the young club, capping off it's first ever finals series with a fairytale grand final win.

It also signalled the end of Carl Pideski's fine career.

"It was the best. The best ever. You couldn't write a better script than that," Pideski said.

"I was so relieved for the whole club, it was an unbelievable day for both squads and the club as a whole. Everyone was just on cloud nine, it was unbelievable.

"I had a lot of support there, my family all made the trip up knowing it was my last game. It was very nice of the club, to make sure I got enough tickets, and the boys, some of them gave up some of theirs. It was a really special day."

Pideski came off the bench in the 77^th minute and played out the remainder of the game and extra-time. His big moment came in the shoot-out, when he stepped up to take the Wanderers' sixth penalty. A miss and it would have been game over.

"I was lucky to slot mine away. I felt very relaxed. I just did my role for the team. Some of the other boys, especially Isaac (Brooker), he's got nerves of steel that kid. He deserved to be man of the match as well, he was fantastic," Pideski said.

"That's been my role the last few weeks. I've sacrificed myself for a younger fella to go in and do the hard yards. I come on with 10-15 minutes, whatever Babs wants me to play and steady the ship a bit, which has worked our perfect. My legs just don't have it these days."

Pideski says he leaves the game satisfied.

"Absolutely no regrets at all. I can't give any more. I've got nothing else to give," he said.

"I was happy just play my part, help the boys with whatever role I could play. I'm relieved."

For fellow co-captain, Robert Fry, it was a career highlight after being with the Wanderers from the start.

"It's surreal. I don't think it's sunk in yet to be honest," Fry said.

"Talking it over with the boys who have been around for a while and it probably won't sink in for a little bit. It's just crazy.

"You can through a whole career without winning a flag so this is the highest level I've ever played and to be able to lead the team with Pida to a grand final win. The club's given so much to us over the years, it's definitely top, number one."

Fry was brilliant throughout the grand final. He kept the Wanderers in the game with a number of great saves, including one in the all-important shoot-out.

"(The shoot-out) was alright. It wasn't too stressful. All the pressure is all on the kick takers. I was pretty chilled," he said.

"I just enjoyed the whole game, to be honest with you. I wasn't that stressed going into it."

Fry praised the character of the Wanderers' team and their ability to bounce back after a couple of late goals could have deflated them.

"It just speaks for the character of our team," he said.

"In the semi-final, we conceded with almost the last kick of the game to go to extra-time and in the grand final, we've done the same in normal time and then the same again in extra-time.

"To be able to pick ourselves up off the deck and for the boys to step up and take the penalties, to play through the two sets of extra-time, it's just a real credit to the character of the lads."

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