HNL grand final preview with Gemma Coburn and Ellen Cook

Hume Netball League grand final preview with Howlong's Gemma Coburn and Jindera's Ellen Cook.

Transcript

00:00I'm Georgia Smith from the Border Mail and here at Wubundru we have Gemma Coburn from

00:05Howlong and Ellen Cook from Jindra.

00:07So we'll start with you Ellen ahead of the Grand Final, how's everyone feeling heading

00:12into Saturday?

00:13Yeah, team morale is really high, we're really excited for Saturday, obviously Grand Finals

00:21are really special, they don't come around very often and we're really excited for the

00:27prospect of what Saturday can bring to us and the challenge that Howlong are going to

00:32provide.

00:33They're as hungry and as experienced as we are so it's going to be a great game on Saturday.

00:38And you guys have been just a draw but otherwise undefeated this season and you've got, is

00:44it five or six netball sides in on the weekend as well?

00:48Are you expecting a lot of support here at Wubundru?

00:51Yeah, it's going to be a big day for the club, not only just the A grade but we do have six

00:56netball teams in and a football side so it's going to be a big day, expect lots of red,

01:00white and blue around the ground.

01:03And yeah, so technically undefeated, we did draw with Ausbon throughout the home and away

01:07season but it's been, and to get the win on Saturday I think would just top off a great

01:13season and the hard work that we've put in throughout the season.

01:17And Gemma, you guys were here last year, it wasn't quite the result you were after but

01:21I guess does it make you a little bit more determined to get there this year?

01:24Yeah, definitely.

01:25I think probably on reflection over the last few weeks, we're probably going into Saturday

01:32with a little bit of a different mindset, you know, like we're really concentrating

01:35on our game and what we need to do to win rather than focusing on individual players

01:40and trying to shut down what might be brought to us.

01:43So we're really just focusing on what we need to do as individuals and as a team.

01:47Yeah, and it's been just about, just over 50 years I think since how long's last A grade

01:52premiership, so how special would it be for you guys, the team, to be able to break that?

01:57Ah, amazing.

01:58Like, we've obviously been defeated last year, we are really hungry to go that one

02:02step further and over the last three or four years we feel like we've really been building

02:06towards that.

02:07So we just need to execute on Saturday and yeah, hopefully we can do the club proud.

02:12Well, good luck to both of you.