With only one week
remaining Congupna has
f inals destiny in its own
hands with a hard-fought
26-point win over Nathalia.
Congupna, which is on
the edge of the final six,
knew it had to win if it
wanted to play finals and,
although it wasn’t its best
performance of the year,
assistant coach Stan Koullas
was happy with the
result.
‘‘We knew what was at
stake,’’ Koullas said.
‘‘Now it is in our own
hands, if we win next week
we get a home final so it’s a
pretty important game.’’
It was an even first half
with six goals apiece, but
Koullas said Congupna
wasted a few opportunities.
‘‘We def initely had our
chances and kicked a lot of
points, so that’s disappointing,’’
he said.
‘‘It is something we have
to work on.’’
After the main break the
kicking woes continued for
Congupna, kicking 1.6 to
1.4 to take a 10-point lead
into the last change.
‘‘At one stage I think we
kicked five or six points in a
row,’’ Koullas said.
‘‘That’s not really good
enough.’’
Congupna kicked away in
the last quarter, kicking the
last four goals of the day to
run out a 26-point winner
and keep its position in the
six.
‘‘It was a really important
win and everyone knew
that,’’ Koullas said.
Koullas paid tribute to
Nathalia which he regarded
as probably the hardest
team they have played all
year.
‘‘It was a real armwrestle,’’
he said.
‘‘They were really hard at
the ball and we were happy
to get the win.’’
Eamon Reeves was the
leading goal-kicker with
three and Shannon
Emmett was named best
afield.
Nathalia was best served
by Nathan Gemmill and
Jarrod Maskell, while Adam
Quarrell kicked two goals