North Warrnambool Eagles defender Jarryd Lewis post-game interview
North Warrnambool Eagles' Jarryd Lewis speaks after his side's round 18 HFNL win against Koroit Saints.
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00:00 Darrell, must be happy with that, finished the season, sold the top two spot and beat the reigning premiers, must be happy.
00:06 Yeah, yeah, it was a big game for us in the end with the potential for us to drop down to fourth if results didn't go our way.
00:14 So, it was probably the perfect lead up to the finals.
00:18 Sorry, I'm a bit hot.
00:20 Yeah, perfect lead up to the finals, so it's probably what we needed and that last quarter we knew it was going to be tough.
00:26 To grind out the win was fantastic.
00:29 Yeah, they were coming hard there but you seemed to hold strong and stand tall as a team.
00:33 Yeah, we knew they would, as they did in the second quarter, we knew they would, they had everything on the line for them.
00:38 And they're a great side, so to really stand up and then hold it off, I think we'll take a lot going into the finals out of that.
00:48 And with all the departures at the start of the year and you've had some injury troubles as well, would you have taken a second spot finish at the start of the year?
00:55 Absolutely, and throughout the year, early on in the year we dropped a few games and we were sort of in the middle of the pack and we knew it was going to be a tight final five.
01:04 But we've got some momentum at the right time of the year and it's a huge help finishing top three.
01:11 So, yeah, we'll get first crack at a double-chance next week, so we'll take it.
01:17 It's looking like touring maybe at Portland, are you looking forward to that?
01:22 Yeah, absolutely, we've won a piece with Trang this year, they're a good side, they've got some great players that have come back in.
01:30 We don't mind playing Portland either, if that's where it is, so we know it'll be a tight game regardless.
01:38 And you've got a bit of belief amongst this group, you reckon, not to get too far ahead of yourself, but there is a bit of belief that you can do some damage?
01:46 Well, absolutely, we've probably found form and momentum at the right time of the year, so if we can keep playing the way that we've been playing, there's no reason why we can't go deep.
01:58 But in saying that, we know that it's going to be a tough test.
02:02 So, yeah, there might be one or two out from this week, I'm not sure how injuries fell, but I'm sure we'll have people waiting in the wings to come in.
02:11 And you've been moved into the backline this year, how are you finding that?
02:14 Yeah, I've really enjoyed it actually, it was something I've played for all my life, it was sort of just a bit of a conversation I had with Adam that we try and have in the back.
02:24 It's a bit more freedom and I'll pull up a bit better on Sundays, but yeah, it's the unit down there that makes it a bit easier for me.
02:35 Sounds good, thanks for that Jarrod.
02:36 Thanks.
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