THS co-coach Sean Hofman has paid tribute to the experienced members of his team, after they shepherded their less experienced teammates in an A-grade women's grand final defeat of Southgate.
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Conversely, Hofman paid tribute to his less experienced players for lifting their games.
THS beat Southgate 16-6, with the former coming from third place on the ladder after the regular season to beat minor premiers Southgate.
Two THS senior players, Libby Magann and skipper Giaan White, were named the joint grand final MVP.
Hofman said THS had to use "two or three younger girls", who normally played B-grade, to "fill our side" in the season finale. "And those younger girls really did well against the older girls," he said.
The "younger girls" included Hannah Irwin, sisters Mackenzie and Peyton Abra, Rachel Barnes and Bianca Mulligan.
"Certainly those younger girls stepping up helped the older girls," Hofman said, adding that THS's high-calibre senior players were "exceptional" in their ability to "move the young girls around".
The senior brigade also included top representative players Lucy Hofman and Mikayla Gross.
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Sean Hofman said "the way those older girls led the younger girls around made the difference [to the younger players] being able to compete at that higher level".
Hofman said all sides "struggled a bit" numbers wise during the season. "And the comp was fairly even during the year, which was good," he said.
"But to come from third and pick up the win in the grand final was excellent," he added.
In the grand final, he said THS was not "comfortable at all at any stage of the game besides the last couple of minutes when we had a few goals on them". "They [Southgate] performed really well," he said.
"Our girls sort of stuck to the game plan pretty well and executed what they needed to do to get a few goals."
Bianca Watson was the season's top goalscorer and the MVP for A-grade.
In the open men's final, Eco Energy downed Southgate 17-12. Jake Mitchell was named grand final MVP, while Isaac Moxon was the season's top goalscorer and the MVP.
THS also won the women's B-grade final, beating Carinya 10-2, while MCC beat Calrossy 13-1 in the women's C-grade final.
In the open schoolboys final, MCC won via forfeit over Farrer. Farrer Rust claimed the under-16 schoolboys title with a 15-6 win over Farrer Green.
Carinya claimed the under-14 boys title, downing Farrer Green 16-3.
Hammerhead beat TPS 7-5 in the deep end flippaball final.
