Watch: Old Collegians win the under 13 football grand final. Player Jack Griffiths and co-coach Matt Neal speak to The Standard
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00:00 Thanks for joining us guys. Old Collegians under 13 premiers, how are you feeling?
00:04 Pretty good. Trying to come back to earth a bit. It was a really well thought out game and it was good.
00:11 Nerves are still a bit on edge to be honest.
00:13 It was a pretty close fought. What were you feeling in the last few minutes?
00:16 Yeah, as soon as we won that first bounce I was pretty confident and we sort of got it down there and knew we could do it into the wind a bit.
00:24 So had a bit of faith in them and left it up to them to do. And then when Jack had about five bounces and kicked that goal it was either Vena or the nerves, it was really good.
00:35 And Jack, can you tell us about that goal starting in the centre square and you just kept running?
00:40 Yeah, I wasn't really expecting it. I just took the first bounce and there wasn't many people in front so I just kept going.
00:48 I thought he would have kicked it about 20 metres back from where he kicked it but he wanted to take the last block on as well.
00:54 Pretty special isn't it? That's a grand final memory to have for life isn't it?
00:58 Exactly. Well we spoke all week about moments at Winnie game and stuff like that and that was definitely one of them.
01:04 But during that there was plenty of shepherds and the pressure around the ball to get him to do that was under a lot of that little game.
01:11 And Hamish Corbett, one of your captains, was best on ground. Can you tell us about his game?
01:15 Yeah, he's had a really solid year. He's good, hard in and under Fuller and he played a ripper today.
01:22 He got to the contest when he needed to and a couple of big bumps and spoils and a couple of big clearances when he needed to. He had a ripper every game.
01:31 And Jack, who else did you think played well today?
01:34 Yeah, Hamish and Rick Harrison were good. They played well, half back and midfield. They had some really high and technical and good lines.
01:45 No worries. Thanks very much guys. Congratulations.
01:48 (Cheering)
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