Gallery | Lancaster topples reserves powerhouse in grand final upset

And that they did.

Lancaster delivered Avenel a shock, upset loss, as it ran out comprehensive 10.11 (71) to 4.3 (27) winners to claim the Wombats’ second reserves flag in seven years and hand the Swans a second-straight grand final defeat.

Tinning’s outfit, led by contested bull Daniel Foley, got the jump on the Swans in the second quarter and once it held a 34-point buffer at the main break you could sense the Wombats had both hands on the silverware.

The playing coach said he backed his charges into fire at the coalface as the game became contested.

“Finals footy is a completely different game,’’ he said.

“We knew we could do it, it’s a pretty unreal feeling.

“(The wet weather) certainly helped us.

“We played a bit of chaos footy, we don’t mind it being scrappy and wet under foot.

“I back the boys in to win the contested ball nine times out of 10.

“The rain definitely helped us in the long run.”

Tinning was proud of the efforts of his playing group and spoke highly of Foley’s heroics.

“We got the bulls in there with the likes of Danny Foley, Matty James, Rob Salter and Tim Strapp, they got it going for us and were the engine room,” he said.

“Danny has got a big engine and he was unreal.

“He’s always fierce at the footy.

“Joe (Jackson) was unreal, the whole back six as well played well.

“The twos set the tone so hopefully the ones can get up now.

“Hopefully, it’s a bit of an omen for them.”

It turned out to be the perfect omen for the senior outfit as the side clinched a memorable 10-point win against Murchison-Toolamba.