Daylesford coach Carly Luke talks after her club's grand final win

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00:00First to do it, so much happened in that game. How do you feel?

00:04I feel relief more than anything. I think, like, these girls are just amazing.

00:12There were so many points in that game where I was like, wow, we've blown this.

00:16To come back, to have the grit and the heart to come back and take that at the last minute was just incredible.

00:23I'm just so proud of them and what it means to the club. This is our first ever flag, ever, ever.

00:28I don't even have the words to explain it. It's just awesome.

00:34I think I heard someone in the crowd say something about how big the dog is, it's about four times bigger than a dog.

00:38I think that was so true of them today.

00:40100%, that last intercept that Olivia Leonard took, she's probably the shortest player on our team.

00:45She's just a big game player, just always stands up when we need her to.

00:49She's only liked to go toe-to-toe with very, very experienced players, VNL players.

00:55Girls that have won premierships before, I'm just so proud of her.

00:59I think it's extra special because she is a born and bred Bulldog.

01:02She has played at Dales her whole life, just like Romy.

01:04Romy Street, I thought was massive for us. She was massive for us.

01:08Just so composed and that's what we need in those games. I'm just so proud of them.

01:13I think that's what makes this such a truly great team.

01:16The depth that we have when we need someone to stand up because something's not working, someone else does stand up.

01:24I think that's the real strength of our team.

01:26The heart and the fact that we have so many players that can play different positions so that when something's not working,

01:31we can move things around and they just stand up in those big moments.

01:34I think that's what really got us across the line today.

01:36I think it's also a huge credit to yourself as well.

01:38What have you done with the club in the space of three years of being there? You should be so proud.

01:43I really am but it's not just me, it's a lot of people who are involved behind the scenes.

01:48I believe that we could do something pretty amazing.

01:54I'm not really a coach, I'm not really a technical coach. I've never done coaching before I got here.

01:59But I think I can really bring people together and I think that's what this is about.

02:03To be a great netball team is one thing but to really want to win and build for each other is another thing.

02:08Just building on what you'll do next season, I've noticed so many new recruits already.

02:14It's really important to me, given where the club's come from and they haven't really had that success at the senior level,

02:19that this is not just a one-hit-wonder thing.

02:21Obviously we've had two grand finals in a row which is great and now we've won one.

02:24The key is now to keep that momentum going and keep that success going and really try and spread it across the grades.

02:31My goal next year is to have four senior teams in finals and two playing in grand finals.

02:35I'm already setting those goals, I've been thinking about it this week.

02:37I've already started doing some of the hard yards with recruits but that's just what you've got to do to stay at the top.

02:43Well I can't wait to see it, congratulations.

02:45Thank you, thank you so much.