THE EAGLES desperately needed to stop the Bulldogs' momentum late in the third quarter and Mark LeCras stepped up for his team.

The Frenchman was hemmed in tight against the boundary, deep in the pocket as the final seconds of the term ticked by, but he deftly sent the ball toward goal off his right boot.

The ball bounced twice as it arced toward the goal square before it bounced for a third time high over the goal umpire's hat.