HE’S the Kiwi sensation who not only lit up this year’s Group 10 premier league competition, but made sure he continued to do so during the final match of 2014.

St Pat’s five-eighth Garry Reilly was at his finest during his team’s 34-12 grand final win over the Cowra Magpies on Sunday as he caused turnovers, scored a try and came away with numerous tackle busts to his name.

It was the perfect conclusion to the season for the competition’s top point scorer – he scored Pat’s first and last points of the match.

Post-match Reilly was ecstatic to be able to lift the trophy in his first year at the Bathurst club.

“The game was a lot tougher than what that score line says. It was a real hard slog out there. Cowra came out hard. The way I’m feeling now, it’s exceptional, I can’t explain it,” he said.

“I’d probably put it more down to our forwards laying the platform down for us. Them laying the platform down through the middle made things a lot easier for me.”

Reilly was the man responsible not only for getting Pat’s their first try of the day, but with it ending an early run of Magpies momentum.

Cowra sent the ball to their left wing as they sensed an overlap forming with the ball coming into the Pat’s half of the field.

Having scored just a few minutes earlier and once again producing a strong set of six out of their own half, Cowra had every reason to feel confident.

Reilly had been doing his defending out on right and made a bold move to step in from his wing, intercepting a short ball then running 50 metres to go score in the right corner.

That try ensured that the half had a try to his name in all three matches Pat’s contested this finals series.

Reilly said his team’s confidence in each other’s ability, something that has been built over the season, showed during the decider.

“Our team has one of the strongest bonds in the comp, something more like a brotherhood. I think that really showed out there today. We hung in well there early on because Cowra had a lot of sets close to our line. We dug deep and managed to hold them off,” he said.

“Coming up to Cowra we knew that it was going to be a tough task to get the win here. But we just asked our forwards to step up and grind away for us and that’s what they did. It showed in the last 20 minutes where Cowra fell off the ball and we kept on rolling.”

Only Cowra’s fullback prevented Reilly from grabbing another try in the first half when some clever footwork gifted the Pat’s player another line break and long run down the field.

Then with Cowra desperate for a try in the second half when down eight points, one of their best chances was snuffed out by Reilly with his second intercept of the day.

Reilly finished the game with two penalty goals in the last five minutes.