KING Valley has a point to prove in the Ovens and King and this week they went a long way to doing just that.
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Hosting an undefeated Bonnie Doon outfit, even at home, was never going to be easy, but the Kangaroos dominated much of the day to run out 16.9 (105) to 12.12 (84) victors.
Despite losing players to injury throughout, it was the kind of fight that Roos coach Hayden Murray has been trying to instil at the club.
“King Valley has always been known as a good club, a family club, we just need to change things on the field a bit,” Murray said.
“Like not accepting an honourable loss or losing games we should be winning — not being happy until you feel it and we felt it on the weekend. And that’s what it’s going to take if we’re going to turn a few heads in this competition.”
Murray said there was a focus on “respecting” their opposition and putting in the hard yards ahead of every game.
“It’s about playing the percentages and if you don’t do that you will get hurt,” he said.
“We started very well and pretty much had the game done by half time, in those conditions it would have been hard to come back for any side.”
Murray said while it was a team effort, the back line was particularly strong.
“Josh Roman has been flying — he beats his opponent and hurts them on the rebound,” he said. “Then there’s the bloke beside him, Daniel Bruce, and next to him Adam Williams who’s been a rock for us.”
The Roos lost one of their most consistent players, Adam Evans, in the third term to injury, while losing Murray in the final quarter to hamstring trouble.