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South Warrnambool's Harry Lee speaks to The Standard about winning the 2023 Hampden league senior grand final and his best on ground accolade.
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00:00 Harry, you're at Premiership Rooster, how does it feel?
00:03 Yeah, I'll just say before, it's been 12 long years to get that, but to have the boys from the very start pretty much be here,
00:12 it's a fantastic feeling. I'm over the moon. I don't really know how to describe it.
00:16 I'm not a very articulate man, but yeah, it's an amazing feeling.
00:21 And the scenes after, the song out there, the song back in there as well,
00:26 in terms of the whole club getting around you guys as well, what's that like?
00:30 Yeah, you've got boys behind you doing the exact same thing. It's just absolute passion that's just showing everything.
00:37 Every supporter, every teammate, every volunteer rides every single bump with this group and it shows.
00:44 And we're so grateful for that because they just allow us to go out there and play footy and put a show on for them.
00:49 And they show up, win, lose, draw, for hailing, what a beautiful day it was today.
00:54 And they're there for us, riding every bump. So it's just amazing.
00:58 Yeah.
00:59 Best on ground medal, you know, really a leader in that back half.
01:03 How do you just feel that you were able to contribute today to the greater team win?
01:08 Well, yeah, I reckon you could have picked about 10, 15, how many people was on the team?
01:14 22. You could pick 22 out there. Everyone played their role and that was the whole thing.
01:17 70 out of 10 efforts. That's what we asked for.
01:20 And every single person did that. So I just couldn't be happier for them.
01:24 Yeah.
01:25 You've led this team as captain along with Liam.
01:28 What was the message to the pump up before the game?
01:31 Because you've not been here before, but to really come out and just...
01:34 Yeah, I took a different approach today.
01:37 I started talking about how much I loved them and got a bit personal in that way.
01:42 So, I don't know. I'm a Carlton supporter.
01:45 So, yeah, no, just pure joy, just how much I love this group.
01:50 And I think that showed because everyone sort of reciprocated in that way
01:54 and told me the same thing.
01:56 And everyone put every single effort out there, did not leave anything out there.
02:00 So, yeah, just excited.
02:01 We've got these celebrations tonight, but I guess really just letting it soak in this whole weekend
02:05 that you guys have done it and...
02:08 Yeah.
02:09 ...primship captains.
02:10 Like I said, it's been building like 12 years, long wait,
02:13 and we've had some pretty disappointing finishes over the last few years.
02:17 Like, there was a few straight sets there, and then there was the agonising close prelim last year.
02:22 So, I think everyone here is going to...
02:25 Yeah, they're going to have a few liquids or a few sherbets or whatever.
02:29 So, I think everyone's just going to let their hair down and enjoy it.
02:33 >> Yeah.
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