Roos coach Peter German hailed the impact of his counterpart Georgie Bruce in breathing new life into the Roos on the court.

"They've been a really successful operation," German said.

"When you talk about culture, it comes year after year and Georgie's built that over a six-year period.

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"The real disappointing thing is that they're in their prime, in their premiership window, but an ankle injury (to Sophie Hanrahan) cost them the 2019 premiership, there was no season last year and they finished on top in A and B grade this year but weren't able to finish off the season.

"They've been able to build something special and our footballers really respect that.

"The most disappointing thing, for me, is that we weren't able to get a finals series where we could see the the town and the club getting behind our netballers."

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