Ball up: Violet Town and Nagambie players crowd around the ruck. Photo: Cass Greatorex
Nagambie came out hungry to turn the tables on the Violet Town side and looked like it was up for the fight early, kicking the game’s opening goal.
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After this, Violet Town got its game going, and with two goals to Monty and Tyler, opened a three-goal break at quarter-time.
Not much separated the two sides, with Nagambie fighting back into the match, kicking two goals to Violet Town’s one.
The third quarter was a tough, physical contest, with neither team giving an inch.
Gather round: The Violet Town under-18 huddle. Photo: Cass Greatorex
Violet Town had a 15-point margin at three-quarter-time.
The coaching staff gave the boys one final rev-up, drilling in that everything they had done to this point in the year meant nothing, so the players needed to go out there and give it a red-hot crack.
Nagambie had other ideas and kicked three goals to the Towners’ one in the first 10 minutes of the quarter to bring the margin back to two points.
Taking aim: Violet Town captain Sam Leigh under pressure. Photo: Cass Greatorex
Inspirational skipper Sam Leigh had done a mountain of work at the stoppages with a player in close checking tag all day.
Sam Cox lifted to get the Town going, and when the ball fell into the lap of Jack Reed, he kicked his first goal of the day to give the Town an 8-point lead.
Steadying: Montell McFarlane lines up at goal. Photo: Cass Greatorex
The Towners from here peppered the goals but could not put a desperate Nagambie away before Monty, the league’s leading goalkicker, slotted his fifth for the day to ensure the Towners’ victory.
It was a hard-fought win by 18 points, and now the team sits one game away from the perfect season.
The under-18s KDL grand final will be played at Mooroopna on September 16, with the game kicking off at 10.30am.
Holding on: James Hansen braces for impact. Photo: Cass Greatorex
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