While the Murray Bombers had plenty of stars capable of taking the game against Seymour by the scruff of the neck and running away with it, the highlight for Leo Tenance's charges was the fact that so many did just that.
Jackson Stewart was superb through the middle of the ground, with Leo O'Brien feeding the football down his throat all day.
Will Devlin patrolled the half back flank with the authority of a Wedge-tailed Eagle hunting its next meal, while Riley Smith was everywhere his side needed him to be.
None of that quartet secured extra honours after the final siren though, with Matt Lias and Harry Dent claiming a second medal to hang alongside their premiership medallions.
Tenace put it perfectly when describing Lias' impact on the clash as the midfielder slung his side into attack time and again across the day.
“He was outstanding,” Tenace said.
“He is just so evasive and does so much with the footy, he’s just so creative.”
Lias' efforts snared him the AFL Vic Country Medal as the best player on the field voted by the officiating umpires, while Dent put his hand up for the media-awarded Freddo McMahon Medal after his spectacular defensive job on Seymour's Hudson Kaak.
Any time the Lion spearhead threatened to break the match open, Dent was there to pour water on the fire.
“Harry set us up early in the game, too,” Tenace said.
“He had a couple of big spoils and a couple of runs through the middle, which was great.”
As a consolation prize, Seymour's Huw Jones was crowned the best player in the finals series, adding a stellar effort in a losing grand final side yesterday to his already bulging September portfolio.
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