North Ballarat A grade netball Annie McCarten speaks after round 17 BFNL netball match against Redan. Video by Rachel Jackson

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00:00So it looks like North Ballarat is a pretty confident game from the start today.

00:03I mean you got up to a lead early and then just kind of continued it on.

00:06Yes.

00:07How did you feel about today's performance?

00:08Yeah, no, it's good.

00:09Reden, they're such a good team.

00:10Like if you looked at the scoreboard, people say, oh, you know, 15 goals, but the girls

00:16had to really work hard.

00:17They make you work hard for every ball and it's sort of like you've just got to wear

00:21them down, which the girls did.

00:24I did change positions.

00:26I just went to have a look at a few things and the girls settled in well, but we'll take

00:31a lot away from that game.

00:32It was good to have a good hard hit out before we have to buy nets round.

00:36Yeah, of course.

00:37I noticed you were rotating some of the wing attack, all attack, ball attack.

00:40Is that something that you usually do?

00:41I usually don't.

00:42I had to look after, Bridie was coming back from an injury, so I had to look after her

00:47and I just wanted to sort of, you know, rotate and rest her and then just have a look at

00:53a couple of options in case there's different matchups as the finals come ahead, you know?

00:58Yeah, I was actually really impressed.

00:59I think they handled that super well, even, you know, coming out to midcourt from shooting,

01:03they were still feeding the ball back in so well.

01:05Exactly right.

01:06Like for Maddie, our goal shooter, come out to wing attack, she did a wonderful job, but

01:10she, you know, she's got that brain to know, you know, where to move and work from and

01:15to feed the ball into the goal.

01:17And young Eb, Eb done a good job back there in goal shooter.

01:21Yeah, definitely.

01:23So I thought, you know, Redan still played, they did some great defensive pressure over

01:26the ball, especially down the north attacking end.

01:28Exactly right.

01:29Why do you think they were able to handle that so well?

01:31Yeah, I think, well, if we don't put the ball up high to the, because Erin, in goalkeeper,

01:37she's beautiful tall height on her.

01:39If we keep the ball sort of lower, that's how we can sort of work the ball in better

01:43that way.

01:44Yeah, definitely.

01:45So as you say, you've got the bye next week and then finals are just around the corner.

01:47Yeah.

01:48How are you feeling about the preparation going into that?

01:50Because obviously, you know, you're defending the title.

01:51Yes.

01:52Is there any pressure that sort of comes with that?

01:54Not really.

01:55It would have been nice to have a game next week, but I mean, that's the way it goes.

01:58So we'll just have to work a little bit harder at training to make up for that game we lose.

02:03But no, we, it's sort of like, you sort of feel it a little bit, you think, oh, finals.

02:09But once we sort of get going and get back out there, you sort of settle back into the

02:12routine again.

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