HENTY rammed another nail into Holbrook's finals coffin after it notched a 33-point victory at Henty on Saturday.
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Both sides were playing for survival but it was the Swampies who finished full of running after leading by 15-points at the final change.
The 18.8 (116) to 12.11 (83) victory leaves the Brookers' finals aspirations hanging by a thread.
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Adding further merit to the Swampies victory, they went into the clash without match-winners Jared Brennan (unavailable) and Daniel Cox (hamstring).
Offsetting the losses, midfielder Jared Farwell made his first appearance for the Swampies after crossing from Rutherglen before the clearance deadline.
Coach Joel Price was relieved to emerge with the four points.
"Holbrook were desperate to keep its season alive and really made us earn the win," Price said.
"It was only that last-quarter that we really got on top of them."
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