Latrobe Valley Express | Pressure can be very quick in this game, no matter the competition.

It just so happens that the Mid Gippsland Football-Netball League competition has applied the screws very early, with close encounters again the order of the day in Round 2 at the weekend.

Newborough 12.9 (81) def Yinnar 11.10 (76)

These two teams came off contrasting first round clashes, Newborough a narrow two point loser to reigning premier Fish Creek, and Yinnar, comfortable 52-point winners over Toora.

That however was Round 1, and the Bulldogs, on their home ground, wearing their Anzac Day jumpers and in front of a healthy home crowd, looked clear favourites to win this encounter.

They did, but it took a mighty final term from the home side to do so, nudging ahead of Yinnar at the final whistle 12.9 (81) to 11.10 (76).

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