"We are not done yet."
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Those were the first words Kolora-Noorat coach Ben Walsh spoke to his charges after they booked a spot in this year's Warrnambool and District league grand final with a comprehensive 17.8 (110) to 9.7 (61) victory over Old Collegians.
Now the playing mentor is eager to see his side replicate the effort against Nirranda - a team the Power are desperate to seek redemption against after the Blues forced them to take the long way to the decider after a second semi-final defeat.
"We didn't feel we were at our best last week and you want to show your best at the right time of the year and it was a lot better today," an excited Walsh told The Standard after the win.
"It's nice for the boys to put on a good show under pressure and we are in it and we are going to have a good crack at it.
"We are going to give it everything and we want to make sure we play our way and take the game on so we will rest up and give it everything."
The game was won in the first half when the Power surged out of the blocks and smashed home 9.6 - including four first-term goals against the wind - to four behinds in the opening two quarters.
"It (the message to the players) was to take more risks and play our way as we went into our shells a bit last week when the pressure was on," Walsh said.
"The message was to defend and then take the game on when we could and it was a pretty strong breeze but we were able to kick some goals early and the boys got some confidence out of that and ran away with it from there."
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The Power camp will be sweating on the fitness of Luke Tebble, who failed to play out his 100th game after injuring his ankle early in the encounter.
With Tebble going down Walsh was pleased to see one of his young stars turn it on.
"Henry Kenna was going to be our junior player and then he got hurt in the under 18s this morning so Charlie Scanlon got the call up and he was terrific," he said.
"He kicked two goals and it's funny when opportunities pop up and he really took his today."
Walsh said Scanlon's breakout performance was a reflection of how his side's youth have handled the season so far.
"Our young kids have stood up every week when they have been challenged and Charlie is only young and it was another example of that today," he said.
The first-year playing-coach said some slight fine-tuning would dominate their training sessions this week.
"Obviously we will recover physically from this (the win) and then just keep working on what we have been doing," he said.
"We can certainly keep working on things because today certainly wasn't perfect but we will continue to work on the things that make us a good side."
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A disappointed Old Collegians coach Nick Sheehan conceded his side had been far behind the Power for a majority of the season.
"We were not good enough today and they were probably a eight, nine-goal better team than us all year," he said.
"We kicked with the wind in the first quarter and they just outplayed us. They were harder at the footy and wanted it more and we couldn't get our game going.
"They are well coached and Benny Walsh really shut down our game and after half-time she was all over. They were just too good."
Sheehan, who is in his first stint as a senior coach, said there were plenty of learning points he can take into his second season at Davidson Oval.
"This year I have really enjoyed the coaching but it is challenging and tough sometimes and I have made mistakes and done some things right," he said.
"You learn from your mistakes and hopefully it will make me a stronger coach and a stronger person and makes you better for the whole group."
The playing mentor, who shifted from Hampden league club Port Fairy in the off-season, said he would look to alter a few things next year.
"I will try and change it a little bit more as it was different coming in to a different club so hopefully I can change a few things and get some more people in to support," he said.
"Even teaching some of the kids and getting them in but this year feels too early to be over."
Old Collegians reserves player Nathan Forth is free to play in his side's grand final next week after receiving a suspended one-match ban at a tribunal hearing on Saturday morning.
Forth, who will have a one-match suspension hanging over his head until the end of next year, had to explain his reasoning for providing "vague and misleading" evidence at another hearing on Wednesday night.
Nirranda's Josh Irving was found guilty of intentionally striking at that tribunal and was handed a three-week suspension.
Old Collegians were also fined $500 at Saturday's tribunal.
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