The Lions will meet the Bright in Saturday’s blockbuster semi-final at Tarrawingee and McMasters said the Mountain Men had lost none of his respect.

“I was there for the first quarter (of Saturday’s qualifying final) but once I saw the ground I didn’t think there would be much to take away from the game,” McMasters said.

“From our perspective it was more or less an irrelevant result.

“It was extremely boggy ... it was one of those games that could probably go either way.

“The state of the ground probably means their one-day advantage won’t have an effect on the game either.”

Whorouly progressed with a clinical 27-point victory against Greta, a performance which didn’t impress its coach.

“There wasn’t much exceptional about it,” McMasters said.

“We just plodded along; it wasn’t very spectacular, we just did what we needed to do.

“We played Bright not too long so we know what we’re in for.

“We obviously have our plans on how we’ll go about trying to beat them but we’ll keep them in-house for now.”

Whorouly and Bright last met in round 13 when the Lions won by 36 points.

The Mountain Men didn’t lose another game in the home-and-away season.

In Sunday’s semi-final, Benalla All Blacks will end to halt the Bonnie Doon’s brilliant initiation to Ovens and King finals.

The last time the sides met the All Blacks won by 19 points but the Doon Dogs were without captain Chris Dunne and Luke Walsh, who was among Bonnie Doon’s best in last week’s thrilling eight-point victory against Moyhu.