Brock-Burrum remains undefeated after withstanding a second-half surge from CDHBU at Coreen.
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The Saints had things largely their own way for two quarters and led by 32 points at the main break but the home side kicked four of the next five goals to put themselves right back in the hunt.
However, the Power dwindled late in the game and Brock-Burrum won by 12.17 (89) to 9.4 (58) to keep pace with Osborne at the top.
"It's another consistent performance, we've been in that situation before," injured Saints coach Peter Cook said.
"We play some really good footy, as the first quarter showed.
"They had the first five inside-50s in the second quarter and then we went 14-1.
"We're showing that when we have our passages of play, we can play some good footy but we need to hold that for four quarters because when you let opposition like that in, it turns into a dogfight.
"We've had four dogfights now and, ideally, I don't want to do that every game."
Cook, who's set to miss three weeks with a torn calf, watched his side kick away early with Deklan Yates, Josh Koschitzke and Willson Mack all booting goals before the Power had even registered a behind.
CDHBU simply hadn't got started and a 31-point deficit at quarter-time was a fair reflection of Brock-Burrum's dominance.
The home side kicked the next two goals but the second quarter was littered with mistakes and wayward kicks from both teams.
However, whatever the Power put in their half-time refreshments clearly worked as three straight goals narrowed the margin to 14 points before Kyle Docherty, looking for his third in a row, narrowly missed a set shot.
CDHBU's pressure had lifted significantly and the confidence was infectious as their tackle count went up all over the ground.
Matt Seiter reverted to the ruck as the Saints looked to stem the tide, although another Yates goal was quickly cancelled out by Liam McDonell.
However, the Power's momentum was punctuated by a superb Mack shot from 50 metres out, just before the siren, and that signalled the end of their resistance.
Shannon Boers and Jake Miller put the finishing touches on Brock-Burrum's victory in the final term.
Three-goal Docherty coached the side with John Pratt absent following the birth of his first child.
"If you'd told me we'd come within three or four goals of Brock after quarter-time, I would have been pretty surprised.
"At the halfway point of that third quarter, we were in complete control of the game and we missed a couple of opportunities.
"They completely stopped and we had every faith we could win."
Hansted re-injured his hamstring early in the game and is likely to miss several weeks.
"You don't want to make an excuse about minimal rotations but, losing Jordy in the first quarter, we already had a couple of blokes who were a little bit sore so we were probably down to one rotation after half-time," Cook revealed.
"You're trying to get your rotations right, and the bench was really good there, but they had a red-hot crack and put us under pressure.
"We've got a lot of blokes out injured and these wins are character-building."
Docherty admitted CDHBU simply ran out of gas in the final quarter.
"Their key players, big Seiter up forward and a couple of their midfielders controlled the last quarter and we let them," Docherty said.
"That was the only disappointing thing but I couldn't be prouder of the boys.
"Not having a coach, having Pratty pull out last night was a big loss.
"I knew he was a long shot to be here, if the baby was being born on Friday afternoon.
"We planned around it, we named an extended bench and it was more so the game day stuff, organising the board and getting the magnets sorted on Saturday morning, which is less than ideal.
"We had a few key blokes out with injuries, which probably cost us as well.
"We lost and that's disappointing but it could have been a whole lot worse.
"I would argue we played better today than in any of the wins we've had, which is saying something.
"Brock are a good team, let's not take it away from them.
"I'm happy with the way that we played and we're on the right path.
"We've just got to get numbers to training and keep working.
"It's that last kick forward, skill execution, which is costing us."
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