Ballarat coach Ash Baker after win over Lake Wendouree

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Ballarat coach Ash Baker after win over Lake Wendouree on Anzac Day

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00:00Performance today, that second quarter really set the game up for you, didn't it?

00:03Yeah, they did. They did.

00:04Like Lake Wendoree, sorry, we knew they'd crack in pretty hard from the start.

00:09They did. Got a couple of goals on the board.

00:11We were able to work back and kind of neutralise that at quarter time

00:14and then really get into our work in that second quarter.

00:17Didn't feel like there was much of a wind out there,

00:19but it seemed to be the scoring end most of the way, though.

00:21Yeah, it did. I couldn't put anything on it as well,

00:25but it did seem to be the scoring end down this way.

00:27Tell me a little bit about what I noticed watching you guys today.

00:30You seemed to always be in the right position.

00:32There'd be a contest, the ball would spill out,

00:34and it'd spill into one of your guys' hands,

00:35and you were able to gain that territory.

00:37Yeah, and look, it was a territory game.

00:39Yeah, first couple of rounds, we've enjoyed flicking the ball around

00:42and being able to spread, but we couldn't do that as much today.

00:44So just having the guys, yeah, positioned around the stoppages

00:48as a stoppage every game was important for us

00:51so that we could then get some territory going forward.

00:53But I felt that you never really, other than that first quarter,

00:57which was, you know, nip and tuck,

00:59I felt that there was never a moment where you even considered

01:01letting them back into the game, though.

01:02You were able to keep it going for that fourth quarter.

01:04Yeah, yeah, we were.

01:05I mean, to Lake Rinders' credit, they did.

01:07We got the first two, I think it was, at the third quarter,

01:09and then they got a couple back and had some good momentum there

01:12for that middle patch of that third quarter.

01:14They couldn't get a fourth.

01:15They couldn't get a fourth.

01:15I mean, when they got a fourth, they looked like they could score,

01:17but it was your midfield.

01:18Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was.

01:20I mean, I was trying to keep it in our forward half

01:22for as long as we could,

01:23but we were always wearing that slingshot over the back

01:25and in conditions like today.

01:26Yeah, yeah, exactly.

01:27Did you get through unscathed?

01:28It looked like you got through pretty well.

01:30Yeah, we did.

01:31We had a little bit of cramp with young Jack Harwood

01:33in his hamstring,

01:34so we'll just assess whether that's cramp

01:36or anything more sinister,

01:38but we'll assess that over the next couple of days.

01:40And the, obviously, the day itself,

01:42what did you make of the whole day?

01:43Yeah, yeah, it was a fairly significant day for us.

01:47We, a fair chunk of the boys,

01:49were down at the 8 a.m. service

01:50at the Arch of Victory down there this morning

01:52just to take in all that the day has to offer,

01:56and they certainly enjoyed the opportunity

01:58to play on this great day.

01:59Wonderful, mate.

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