Lincoln Smith 100 games for Maitland

Lincoln Smith after his 100th grade game for Maitland.

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00:00Yeah, won't forget that one. They say milestone games, don't forget them. But yeah, definitely won't.

00:05It's probably the toughest game I've played in a long time, to be honest. But yeah, no, she's a tough one, alright.

00:11But we didn't have a score until, what, ten minutes to go.

00:15Yeah, no, she was a dead set grind. Going into half-time nil all, we knew we'd be in for it.

00:21Like, we always knew it was a tough outfit. We knew it was going to be a grind today, because they were sitting top three.

00:26No, that was our plan the longest, to grind it out. We had a few boys go down, and we just knew it was going to be a tough thing.

00:33We don't make excuses at this club, so we just knew that we had to get the job done still.

00:37And yeah, thanks to the Iceman Lambie, we got it done.

00:40He was pretty good at the end.

00:41Yeah, he's been killing it lately. He's on a tear. It's good this time of the year.

00:44You can never count him out. We've been putting a few blinders together now, and we'd love to see it.

00:49He's our lead playmaker in our team, and when he's firing, we're all firing.

00:52And Matt, what has it been to you to play 100 club games?

00:55Mate, I love this club. They've done so much for me. It was so good, Mattie, getting me back to the club.

01:00And yeah, it's been a tough, tough task. I've had a few injuries. I've come out from injury lately, and had that opportunity.

01:07Got back into my back row spot today, and wasn't really expecting it.

01:10But no, it's awesome. I love this club. I appreciate everything they do for me.

01:16And especially, this is a great group of boys. Yeah, it's just an awesome thing to play with your mates every weekend.

01:22And we've got a special group here. And yeah, all the boys really got around it and made it a big day for me.

01:27And I tell you what, I don't think I'll ever forget that one, winning by one.

01:30The semi-final football has come early.

01:33Yeah, it was. That's what it felt like. The intensity was up there. And yeah, toughest game we've played all year.

01:38And it's nice. It's nice to get a few of those before we get into the business end.

01:41But yeah, we know what we're ready for now. It's the first and last time we play entrance.

01:45We could see them in the finals, grand final. We don't know yet.

01:47But no, it's just nice to get that one out of the way. Shows that we can stick in for a grind.