Werribee Centrals have suffered final-round heartbreak in the Geelong and District Football League Smiths Holden Cup.
Centurion finals dreams went up in smoke with a 46-point loss to Bannockburn at Victoria Park on Saturday.
To make matters worse, Centurions key forward Luke Cachia suffered a serious leg injury that forced a halt to play while paramedics attended to him.
Werribee Centrals needed only to win to play finals, but Bannockburn leap-frogged them into fifth.
The Centurions managed just three goals on a tough day.
Nick Smith’s team finished the season with a 10-7-1 record – a significant improvement on the five wins achieved a season ago.
In Victorian Amateur Football Association division 3, Westbourne Grammarians looked impressive in their pre-finals tune-up.
The Warriors had it all their own way in a 95-point win over Albert Park at Beaurepaire Pavilion.
Westbourne will lock horns with Aquinas in a cut-throat semi-final at Garvey Oval on Saturday.
Meanwhile, John Lamont will coach his last game for Werribee in the Victorian Football League this weekend.
Werribee will face Lamont’s former club, North Melbourne, in a 1pm Saturday game at Avalon Airport Oval.
