Stallions hooker Raureti Grace, who plays his club league for Ngongotaha, said the young Wai-Coa-Bay team had plenty of potential for the future.
"We are growing as a team. Last year we had a lot of old fellahs and this year we brought in a lot of new guys and that complimented our old fellahs, so it has been quite good."
He said it was a good way to end the season with a win over the Vipers, backing up from a huge win the week before against the Northern Swords.
Grace said the Stallions made it a bit hard on themselves yesterday after letting the Vipers back into the game.
"It was a bit of a nail-bitter , but that is league," he said. "You have to play the full 80 and we were a bit lucky that we cracked them in that last five to seven minutes."
Grace scored the opening try of the game yesterday, in front of his family in the crowd.
The Stallions raced out to a big lead following two more tries to wing Mounga Molisi and back-rower Marin Haggie.
Molisi's try was the most spectacular individual try of the match. He collected the ball around his bootlaces, near his own tryline, before stepping into a bit of space and setting sail.
He was chased 50m before pulling away to score a length-of-the-field try.
Down 18-0, the Vipers comeback began when fullback Aaron Whitikia collected a nice chip kick in space before running in to score.
The visitors scored another brilliant try a few moments later when Jo Ratu got on the end of a perfect Whitikia cross field kick. The Vipers added a penalty just before the break to make it 18-14.
After conceeding a try early in the half, the Stallions defended bravely to hold out the Vipers.
They then marched up the other end of the field in the last 10 minutes and wing Molisi crossed for the winning try.
