“It is mate, to go out on a high, absolutely, that’s three times (a premiership player),” Daine said.

The 31-year-old and Judd, two years older, were the only members left from the club’s last flag in 2008.

“Yeah, I’d say that will be it for me too mate,” Judd said.

“A bit of family time now, so nice way to finish.”

He was named in the Pies’ best.

“If I was a young boy watching footy and had a desire to play at the highest level in country Victoria, I’d tell them to go and watch some videos of Daine and Judd Porter,” coach Dean Stone said.

“I mean the way they compete is second to none, it’s unbelievable.”

It was reliable defender Judd’s 263^rd game, while Daine finished with 264.

Brett Keir holds the club record with 265.

“It’s been one of the biggest parts of my life,” Judd said.

“You’ve got family that you need to move on to now, time to give back to the wife and kids.”

For Daine, it ends 10 years of travel from Melbourne, where he’s racked up more than 100,000 kilometres.

“It means a lot, it’s been such a massive part of my life,” Daine said.

“I’ve met so many of my really close friends here, I’ve played my whole career with my brother.

“I’ll always be a big part of this club, I love the place.”

Midfielder-cum-forward Daine is a three-time best and fairest, who couldn’t have praised the win more highly.

“That’s the best win of the career without a doubt,” he said.

“We all know how good Albury’s been over the last nine years and to come out and do what we did today (Saturday), was just so gutsy.

“Unbelievable, they kept challenging us and we kept responding.”

Judd was one of the club’s youngest ever premiership captains at just 23.

“Look, it (the club) has opened a lot of doors for me,” Judd said.

“From the employment opportunities, I’ve been thrown into leadership positions and been lucky enough to get some skills out of that as well.”

It was Wangaratta’s first finals campaign since 2011.

“In probably the last six or seven years, we’ve probably underachieved,” Daine said.

“We’ve relied on too few, but this year we’ve got 21 even contributors and we’ve got so much faith in our young blokes.”

Wangaratta had shown itself to be the second best team during the second half of the season, but Judd believes it was only in the last month he started to believe.