Champions South Hobart twice came from behind before seeing off Kingborough and securing a spot in the McDonald's NPL Tasmania post-season Grand Final.
For the second time this season the Southern big guns needed extra-time to be separated with South eventually winning 4-2 to avenge their penalty shootout loss in the Lakoseljac Cup semi-final.
Rowan Pitt and Eli Wright twice put Lions ahead in the first half but Austin Yost and Kobe Kemp mustered up excellent equalisers.
South’s bench proved the difference in extra-time with Harry Oates laying on a tap-in for Rex Maddock moments before the break.
With Kingborough frantically hunting their own leveller at the death, South counter-attacked and Brendan Koplin set up fellow sub Alex Walter to seal the win.
South will also host next weekend’s Grand Final against a Devonport side which beat them 3-0 in last week’s semi-final.
In the McDonald's Women's Super League, two goals in first-half stoppage time set up South Hobart’s 4-1 win at Launceston City.
Ahead through a well-taken Laura Davis opener, South trebled their advantage with excellent strikes from Lucy Roberts and Sami Watkins.
City’s reliable goal threat Hollie Jones reduced the arrears a minute after the break, but Watkins’ second of the game and 18th of the season ended a run of three straight defeats and edged South closer to securing a third-place finish.
The teams will face each other again on Saturday, September 12, when their postponed round-13 clash is played at KGV.
Champions-in-waiting Devonport cemented their dominance of the competition with a 5-0 win at Launceston United.
Since suffering their first loss in three years in round 16, Strikers have bounced back with scorelines of 9-0, 9-0, 7-2 and another five-goal margin courtesy of Grace Sims and doubles for prolific forward Jaz White and midfield creator Asuka Doi.
Already assured of second place, Glenorchy recorded an eighth win from their last nine games, 3-0 at Kingborough.
Goals in each half from Emma Christie and Ebony Pitt set up the result which was iced late on by Mia Sharan four minutes after coming off the bench.
Bottom-placed Riverside came within seconds of adding to their meagre points tally before losing 2-1 to Taroona.
With just two points to their name all season and an aggregate score of 1-43 from their previous nine matches, Olympic went ahead early in the second half through Meg Connolly.
However, the captain’s sending off on the hour mark proved the turning point. Evie O’Neill equalised with 14 minutes to go and Olivia Bekeleski secured the Pirates’ third-consecutive victory in the ninth minute of stoppage time.