Wangaratta Rovers are likely to seal their first top three finish in almost a decade if their COVID-ravaged team win at home against Corowa-Rutherglen on Saturday.
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The Hawks have almost an entire squad out of action through the two senior grades.
"We did a count last night (Thursday) and we had 17 players unavailable, predominantly for restrictions reasons," football operations manager Barry Sullivan offered.
Rovers have a massive contingent from Melbourne, albeit many are local juniors, along with a handful from Sydney and the Gold Coast.
It means the club will field a young team, including debutant Josh O'Donohue.
"When we announced that it was just rapturous applause," a proud Sullivan declared.
When we announced that it was just rapturous applause.
- Barry Sullivan on Josh O'Donohue
"Josh is one of the people that I really admire for what he's been through, his resilience, he had his mum pass away unfortunately, he had a really serious injury which prevented him playing pretty much all this thirds (under 18s) when they were very successful," Sullivan said.
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"He's just remained so upbeat, he works harder than anyone else on the track, he deserves his selection and is a good-news story for us."
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