The Knights had led at the break with a Stuart Montgomery strike but with six minutes to go Greg Sharland curled in a superb free kick to level before McMurray headed home from close-range after Knights keeper Frazer Siddall could only parry another Sharland set piece into his path.

It completed a fifth consecutive night series crown for Perth, and McMurray was happy to score the winner. “We’re very happy with the win, I thought we started well but the Knights scored a good goal and we sat back and really didn’t play that well to be honest and we couldn’t get our game plan going. But Greg’s (Sharland) free kick gave us confidence near the end and I was there to finish off his second free kick late on, so I’m delighted,” said McMurray.

Onoforo picked up the man of the match trophy and the new Top Five Grand Final winners trophy’s and he was delighted with his side’s performance on the day. “It was a great all-round team performance from us today; we spoke about it in the week about being focused and every player, including the subs contributed to a great victory for the club today,” said Onoforo.

The Knights’ went into the game unchanged from the side that beat Floreat Athena 2-1 last week, with Daniel Micevski passing a late fitness test to take his place in the starting line up.

Perth made one forced change to their starting line, with Phil Arnold missing the game due to suspension, he as replaced by Ian McMurray.