Wesley Vale’s playing coach Daniel Freshney inspired one of the most memorable NWFA comebacks of recent years when he coaxed his team to beat the odds and win back-to-back premierships at Ulverstone on Saturday....
When captain Josh Holland led the Kangaroos onto the ground against the minor premier
Motton Preston, Wesley Vale had the odds stacked against it. It lost almost half the players from last year’s premiership team, included several who were unproven on the big stage and was overran to the tune of 54-points by Motton Preston in a semi-final a fortnight earlier.
Yet another complication faced Freshney at quarter time when Wesley Vale was down by 22-points after being comprehensively outplayed. Freshney reminded his players they were in the position he so desperately wanted to avoid.
“We had spoken several times during the week about stopping a repeat of the semi-final when Motton Preston held us scoreless to quarter time,” Freshney said.
