Comerford’s goal was quickly answered by Adamson, who kicked his fourth a minute later.

Gisborne’s hopes of clawing its way back into the contest suffered a blow at the 16-minute mark of the second term when Matt McKenzie - one of 12 premiership players in the side - was reported and yellow carded for striking Square teenager Jack Geary.

By half-time, Square’s advantage was 56 points, 9.11 to 1.3.

And Golden Square never let up in the second half, as it added a further 10.10 to 2.6.

The domination of Golden Square was shown in the third quarter when it sent the ball inside its forward 50 19 times, compared to just five for Gisborne.

Gisborne’s lack of inside 50s was due to a combination of both Golden Square’s midfield domination, and the determination of the Square forwards to keep the ball down their end of the ground.

Up forward for Square, Adamson (six goals), O’Toole (two) and Rosa (two) all took nine marks.

Golden Square had 10 goalkickers, one of whom was ruckman David McMeekin, who produced one of the highlights of the game when he wheeled around onto his left foot in the third term and snapped truly from 30m.

Square had an even spread of contributors across the ground, led by speedy midfielder Mark Lloyd, who continued his outstanding season with another polished performance.

Defender Anthony Holdstock had an enthralling battle with Gisborne star Luke Saunders, who took seven marks, including the mark of the day with his high-flying screamer on the swimming pool flank in the third term.

Rosa’s strong contested marking was a feature up forward, but that wasn’t matched by his kicking at goal.

Aaron Hawkins was a major ball-winner across half-back as he constantly drove Square forward.

Other standouts for Square included McMeekin, who dominated in the centre square, midfielder Nathan Bell and Adamson.

On a sour note for Golden Square, Jason Griffin and Adrian McErvale both suffered concussion, while Bell was reported for striking Jason Duff-Tytler.

Duff-Tytler was reported for attempting to strike Bell.

Both players were yellow-carded, although while the incident happened late in the third quarter, Bell’s yellow card wasn’t enforced until the start of the final term.

Gisborne’s two best players were Ryan Webster, who battled valiantly across half-back, and Rod Sharp, who won plenty of possessions through the midfield.

Aside from Comerford, Gisborne’s only two other goals were kicked by Daniel Favaro and Casey Summerfield.