Gordon coach Brenton Payne on the teams win over Dunnstown - The Courier - April 13, 2024 - video Dailymotion

Hear from Brenton Payne after Gordon's 2024 CHFL round 1 win over Dunnstown. Video by David Brehaut.

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00:00 Yeah, very excited. First win as a senior coach. So we're underway. It was very exciting.

00:06 Stressful day but we got there.

00:08 It was. I think we might have been scores level at quarter time and maybe 13 points

00:14 up at half time. But yeah, you're right. It was a real grind throughout the day. It was

00:18 sort of in passages and moments the game. So I think the team, we got really challenged

00:23 in that third quarter and to our credit we hung tough. It was certainly not a pretty

00:27 watch but we reaped the rewards as you said at the end of the last quarter to get us to

00:33 a margin which makes us probably look a little bit better than what we were but lots to take

00:37 out of today.

00:38 Yeah, the Gunnels exceptional, Brendan Sutcliffe, Bailey Beal, just some experienced heads right

00:45 there. They showed their class today and why they're seriously good footballers in this

00:49 competition so they can hold their head up high that they've lifted us through in a really

00:55 scrappy game. So yeah, scrappy game, lots to work on and towards but good to get the

01:00 first win underway at home.

01:01 Just before we wrap up, you mentioned Bailey Beal, really the only recruiter you got this

01:06 year but I'll tell you what, he brought so much and as the Eagles voted there was no

01:13 doubt that he was best on the ground. He really provided some class with that left foot in

01:19 the centre.

01:20 Yeah, he was exceptional today. He was, in my opinion, the best player on the ground

01:23 by quite a margin but yeah, he was clean. He's tough, he just absorbed all the pressure

01:30 that came his way and his class prevailed and he kicked a couple of goals though and

01:34 hit the scoreboard so he's pressed forward so yeah, really pleased with his efforts today.

01:38 Yeah.

01:39 Yeah.

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