Wangaratta Rovers - the team which didn't win a game last year - is in the top five.
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"I would have fallen over in shock if you had told me that at the start of the year," coach Daryn Cresswell laughed after the gritty 11.6 (72) to 8.15 (63) win over Corowa-Rutherglen.
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The Roos will rue a lost opportunity after posting 23 scoring shots to 17, and restricting the Hawks to only four goals after quarter time.
"Full credit to Corowa, they closed us down," he said.
Raven Jolliffe kicked four goals and Dylan Stone two, with Sam Carpenter and Tristan Lenaz superb.
Roos' Tyson Logie and Rohan Davies booted two, with Jack Bates terrific.
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