After each of the two goals Echuca skipper Kane Morris kicked during his side’s premiership triumph on Sunday, he arched his back and roared to the adoring green and white faithful.
The first one got his side moving in the third term, where Euroa came at the side hard, to help steady the ship in the side’s 11.12 (78) to 10.6 (66) win.
The second goal came at the 19-minute mark of the last quarter, with his side just one point up and the Magpies coming at them. Hard.
He took a contested mark, 20 metres out and slotted the set shot, leant back, and roared.
He would roar to the crowd again, some 25 minutes later, standing on the grandstand overlooking a thousand of Murray Bombers fans with his hand on the fabled flag.
“To look out to our supporters, that’s who we do it for, the supporters who turn up each week and watch us,” Morris said.
“It’s pretty spectacular, I don’t know how many hugs and kisses I’ve given out and tears I’ve shed.
“I’m sure there’ll be plenty more to come too.”
Morris helped galvanise his side, and his role to lift them in the second term was remarkable considering he came into the game with several broken ribs and several other niggled.
“I was a bit sore with these ribs so I couldn’t really run so I had to push forward and have an impact,” he said.
“I was lucky enough to push forward and kick a few but I couldn’t have done that without the rest of the team playing their role.”
He wouldn’t change a thing though.
“That’s what grand finals are all about, you push on and to win one of these games, you’ve got to dig pretty deep and that’s what the boys did today,” Morris said.
“It’s a great feeling and we’ve been waiting for it for a long time.”
The success of the whole club was something which he said was “awesome”, with four sides heading back up the Murray Valley Highway with premiership cups in their grasp.
Three of the footy sides get up and a netball side it’s awesome.