WDFNL GF: Old Collegians Warriors win 15 and under premiership
WATCH: Old Collegians Warriors goal attacker Olivia Lenehan and coach Tamara Bull after their 2023 WDFNL grand final win.
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00:00 I'm super proud of these girls, so it means more to me about seeing them succeed this
00:05 year and the resilience they've shown all year.
00:08 So yeah, that's about what it means.
00:10 And yeah, it's a nice little birthday present.
00:12 Just goes to prove that we can push ourselves from coming behind to be able to have that
00:16 resilience to push to the end and be able to come in front towards the end.
00:20 I take it they have a bit of a tough season then for you?
00:24 Yeah.
00:25 We started the year with a team of 10 that had two girls move into state before the first
00:30 game, so it dropped us down to eight.
00:32 But the eight have been super committed all year.
00:38 We've had one girl go away for a whole term, which left us with the bare seven.
00:44 So we had the under 13s come up and support the girls throughout those years.
00:47 And a couple of injuries and illnesses which brought them onto the court, but each of the
00:51 15s really showed great leadership to support those girls and just kept pushing and finished
00:58 the season on top and were able to make it back to the grand final after losing to Merivale
01:03 in the second semi and did the job today beautifully.
01:05 And how was match day with you?
01:07 Are you happy with the result?
01:08 Yeah, I'm very happy with the result.
01:09 I think we were all nervous at the start because we did lose the first final, so we were a
01:13 bit nervous.
01:14 So I reckon that showed on court.
01:16 But towards the end, our enthusiasm and encouragement towards each other pushed us to go further,
01:22 which helped us get away with the win in the end.
01:24 They've got a great team spirit and the encouragement they showed to each other all year certainly
01:29 helped when they didn't quite back themselves if something wasn't going quite their way
01:32 and got around each other really well.
01:34 And yeah, the result showed.
01:35 Yeah.
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