Seymour heads into the interleague break with its perfect unbeaten record intact, following a comfortable 47-point victory over Shepparton Swans at the weekend.
Seymour co-coach Michael Hartley highlighted in the wash-up that the Lions didn’t have it all their way in the round six encounter at Kings Park, with the small and daring Swans proving a tough adversary on the day.
In fact, as has been the theme in most Seymour matches this campaign, it was one quarter of dominance that opened the game in favour of the Lions.
In round four’s win it was the first quarter blitz, in round five the second term onslaught and again at the weekend it was the second term in which the Lions gained ascendancy.
With a slim lead of seven points at quarter-time, Seymour found its groove after the break.
The home side notched up 14 inside 50s, ended up plus-18 for marks, plus-six for intercept possessions and had 15 turnovers for the quarter — the least amount in a quarter for the match.
After identifying that the Swans had one spare around the contest, Seymour cleaned up its disposal efficiency to end with 82 per cent for the quarter and 77 per cent kicking efficiency.
In comparison, the Lions went at 55 and 56 per cent by foot in the first and third quarters respectively.
Key stats
Disposals
Seymour: 361
Shepparton Swans: 332
Disposal efficiency
Seymour: 75%
Shepparton Swans: 71%
Hard ball gets
Seymour: 48
Shepparton Swans: 37
Marks
Seymour: 111
Shepparton Swans: 94
Clearances
Seymour: 27
Shepparton Swans: 26
Inside 50s
Seymour: 51
Shepparton Swans: 39
Effective tackles
Seymour: 43
Shepparton Swans: 28
Scoring efficiency
Seymour: 50%
Shepparton Swans: 38%
Seymour’s goal accuracy finished at 71 per cent for the quarter — the highest of the match — as the host piled on 5.2 to outscore the Swans by 25 points.
Seymour onballer Ben Rigoni, who finished best afield in the win, had seven disposals and kicked two goals in the second term.
Rigoni led the competition for hard ball gets at the weekend with eight.
Teammate Rory Scopel found plenty of the ball with 11 disposals for the term and was involved in three score involvements.