Winning the toss Cougars were quick off the mark through Barnes and Cunningham to Turnball who made no mistake. From the next centre clearance Z. Tiller cleared to Northcott who kicked truly against the wind for the first of his four for the day. Ridgeway ran the ball around the boundary to Siegert at the seven minute mark posting his first for the day. The tussle between Siegert and Zacher was great football as was the Green versus Glover at the other end. Both defences were able to hold their man to only three goals for the day. From here on, Lock took control of the quarter with eight unanswered goals through hard work from Wake, A and G Hetzel and A Pearce feeding their forward line. The few opportunities Cougars had were smartly cleared through Cummins, Kay and C. Pearce. Kenny, Trezise and C. Turnball worked hard for Cougars in this quarter but too many Lock players were able to run off their man with ease – as was pointed out by coach J. Doudle at the break.

The second quarter was a complete turnaround as Haselgrove kicked truly within the first minute with Siegert and Bache joining the list. The Cougars team had picked up their pace with Myers, Moroney, Ridgway, Barnes and Wedd moving well. Pearce was still winning the knocks, so Cougars runners were roving to him and creating the centre clearances. They began combining as a team and talking – something that was sadly missing in the first quarter. Their backline had tightened up with Green and Wedd having a great quarter and their midfield putting pressure on to stop the easy flow to Lock’s forward line. C. Turnball was in everything and getting to the ball first was paying off. A. Hetzel was able to register Lock’s solitary goal at the twenty five minute mark after lack of discipline put him 20m in front of the goal. Lock’s seven goal lead had shrunk to a four goal lead at the long break. Lock 10-4 Cougars 6-4.