SLICK Swampie midfielder Heath Ohlin confirmed his status as one of the league’s premier onballers with a devastating display in the Hume league decider on Saturday.
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Ohlin thrived on the big stage to be awarded the Des Kennedy Memorial medal for best player on the ground.
The classy midfielder was in the thick of the action all game, relishing the contested situations with his ferocious attack on the ball.
Ohlin, who played his junior football at Wodonga Raiders, also spent one year at Wodonga and Barnawartha before joining the Swampies in 2011.
The 25-year-old said he was thrilled to win his first premiership medal after the heartache of the Swampies past two finals campaigns.
“This is what all the work is for,” Ohlin said.
“This is why you put in the hard yards over the pre-season starting back in November.”
Ohlin, alongside Jamarl O’Sullivan, Simon Hillier, Derek Singe and Sam Murray dominated the midfield and were instrumental in setting up the 45-point victory.
“Our midfield group really put it on ourselves if we were to go anywhere this season that we had to be the driving force,” he said.
“Hillier is a star, Murray is a 17-year-old kid and Singe has come on in leaps and bounds this season.”
Ohlin said while content at Henty he didn’t rule out a return to the Ovens and Murray.
“At some stage I want to go back into Wodonga and have a crack,” he said.
