Kolora-Noorat coach Ben Walsh says Pamure was too good on Saturday for his top-of-the-table side.
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The previously undefeated Power were shocked by the Bulldogs and went down 9.9 (63) to 3.4 (22) at Panmure Recreation Reserve on Saturday.
The damage was done in the first quarter when the Bulldogs slammed on four goals to the Power's one.
"They were just way too good and played the conditions a lot better than we did," Walsh said of the wet weather battle.
The Power lost three of its stars - Mark Clissold, Scott Judd and Jason Moloney (soreness) - prior to the match.
But Walsh said that wasn't why the Power lost.
"They (Panmure) were just really strong around the footy and a lot cleaner, they did the basics really well," he said.
The Power mentor said he hoped Clissold, Judd and Moloney would return after the league bye this weekend.
Incredibly, tactics played a significant part in the muddy encounter.
Panmure coach Chris Bant said he went into the match intending to put his big bodies around the ball.
It turned out to be one of the big differences between the two sides.
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"We were pretty aware of how muddy and wet it was going to be," he said.
Backman Tom Mahony was moved onball, fellow defender Brandon Bant went to a wing and Tom Wright was another who played midfield most of the match.
Mahony and Wright were named the Bulldogs' best players.
In the other camp, Walsh said he took too long to get his big bodies around the contest.
He said his team improved when it got its strongest players around the ball.
But by then it was too late to comeback in the wet.
Bant was thrilled with his team's effort considering his Bulldogs fell to other top teams Nirranda and Merrivale in previous weeks.
"We knew we had to knock-off one of the top teams," he said.
Bant said the Kolora-Noorat match was his team's last chance to take down one of the league's juggernauts.
The Bulldogs mentor said his side would take great confidence from the win and also that it gave Nirranda a good shake in round 11.
Bant said that prior to the match he challenged his men to put a consistent performance together.
He told them he felt they had only been putting 60-70 per cent efforts together in previous matches.
The Bulldogs went out and answered the call in the best way possible - a four-quarter effort to beat the competition's best.
Bant said he later regretted his challenge because he realised his side had been giving its best all season.
Walsh said he played about nine players under 20 years of age that would benefit from the experience.
He said Tyler Beasley sustained a hamstring injury just before three-quarter-time.
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