South Warrnambool co-captain Harry Lee speaks ahead of the 2024 Hampden league football grand final.
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00:00I'm joined by South Warrnambool co-captain Harry Lee. Harry, another grand final on the weekend, how are you feeling?
00:05Yeah, super excited. Doesn't look like the weather's going to be too flashy as you can see here, but yeah, chomping at it a bit for Saturday.
00:13And what do you reckon you guys need to do well? You've played North, or you have a lot of experience against North Warrnambool, played them in the grand final last year.
00:20They got through earlier this year, so what do you need to do well to get the job done?
00:24Yeah, different circumstances last year, but also a different team. So we just know that we're just going to have to start really well and play South Korean football.
00:32And once we do that, the scoreboard is sort of going to move after itself in a way that will just set us up for a good stand for that.
00:39And different circumstances, do you think maybe it's been a positive, you can look at it that way, having that extra week, that bit of match fitness?
00:46Well, that's the thing. So we had the week off anyway before coming into finals, so the boys are pretty fresh as is.
00:52So it's only, we only played one game. Yeah, I understand it's finals football, but yeah, we already had the bye the week before.
00:58So everyone's pretty fit and healthy and firing at the right time of the year right now.
01:02So yeah, it's not going to change too much, I don't believe, but yeah, just can't wait for Saturday.
01:08And I think that shows with all the boys as well. Last night of training, everyone was super excited to get going.
01:14So yeah, just ready for Saturday.
01:16Yeah, it's been a pretty good vibe amongst the team. I'm sure there's some people that weren't there for last year's premiership.
01:21I'm sure they're pretty fired up and everyone would be fired up.
01:24Yeah, exactly. Yeah, there's a couple of boys that weren't in the 2 o'clock one, but yeah, some that have also tasted 12 o'clock success.
01:32So we're just there, we're just all going to play as a one team mentality.
01:35Like even after Saturday, when the 12 o'clock boys sadly didn't get through, they were all still training Tuesday night.
01:41So everyone just wants the club to do really, really good.
01:44So that's all the teams that we've got, I believe there's about eight of them.
01:47So it's just a good vibe all around Southampton Hornable and yeah, can't wait to be part of it again.
01:52And as co-captain, do you go in a bit more relaxed, a little bit less nervous having been there, done that before last year?
01:58You could say that, but not really. I sort of relish those nerves.
02:03It just shows that you care. So if you feel that, it just means the excitement's there.
02:08I just can't get too excited. So yeah, I just do my normal thing that I normally do.
02:12Focus on work, focus on everything else besides footy and yeah, just let it come as it does.
02:17And do you get a bit of, I know it's two completely different teams, but do you get a bit of confidence from last year or you've just got to...
02:23Yeah, I get confidence from knowing that we've been here before.
02:26So we should know how to react when the crowd's a bit louder, when the pressure's on the game, because there's no tomorrow sort of thing.
02:34So I do get the confidence of that. But yeah, like you said, it's two different teams.
02:39So we're going to have to go about it in a different way, but we know as a team what we need to do.
02:45So we just need to hit point that and have a crack ourselves.
02:49Sounds good. Well, good luck for the weekend.