The Saints moved to second place after a 9.5 (59) to 3.9 (27) victory, with Rokewood-Corindhap dropping to third.

Adapting to the poor conditions better, the Saints took advantage in front of goals more often, with their smaller players coming to the fore.

Robbie Greenbank (three goals) was instrumental in helping sink the Grasshoppers, while joint coaches Jason Hill (two goals) and Jade Keam (one goal) were far too slick.

Rokewood-Corindhap, in hindsight, went into the game too tall.

It was their small players in Cam Griffith and Lachy Pryor who revelled in the rain, but they had too few mates on the day.

The Linton ground, though slippery, was not muddy, but the ball was like a cake of soap.

This led to the one percenters coming into play.

Kicking off the ground, punching the ball on and smothering kicks became as important as goals.

And though both teams tried hard in this area, it was Carngham-Linton which did it best.

The absence of Rokewood-Corindhap coach Tom Mullane-Grant, though disappointing, was not the difference in the game.

The ball rarely travelled near his teams goals, with the Saints half backline described by Hill as the rock of the team.

Tim Clarke, Nathan Wemyss and Rhys Mundy were almost impenetrable.

"Our on-ball brigade really worked hard," Hill said.

"We changed it five minutes before the game, from what we call the classier players to the harder workers, with Duane Bodey and Joel Kelly put into the mix," Hill said.

The conditions were not conducive to high scores, with just two opening term goals.

Rokewood-Corindhap booted the first in the second period, but with the next three to Carngham-Linton before half-time, the Saints had opened up a handy 11-point lead.

The Grasshoppers had their chances in the third stanza, but 1.5 to 2.2 cost them dearly.

It took 11 minutes for a goal to be scored in the final term due to the Saints locking up the play, but three majors in five minutes all to Carngham-Linton drowned Rokewood-Corindhap.

Mullane-Grant said his team had the majority of the play.

"We controlled a lot of the game, but when we had momentum we didnt use (the ball), and when we went forward we didnt get the goals," he said.