Wangaratta veteran Daine Porter says club deserved loss against Hawks

The Pies suffered a shock 14-point loss to their arch-rivals.

"I think it was probably good to have a loss, a bit of a reality check," he said candidly.

"It probably just shows we need to work a bit harder, Rovers really showed us up with their spread and they rebounded really well from half-back, we didn't run hard enough with them."

Wangaratta's star-studded team started the season as the red-hot favourites, with plenty suggesting they would go through undefeated.

"There's probably five or six sides on their day can knock us off, so we've got to be on every week," Porter added.

The midfielder himself was 'on' against Rovers, featuring in their best and spending extended periods in the midfield against boom Hawks' recruit Tyler Roos.

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