Latrobe Valley Express | IT’S over. For the first time in 1485 days, Gormandale Football-Netball Club has celebrated a win in senior football.

The Tigers earned the right to sing the song after defeating Yarram, 16.17 (113) to 14.6 (90) in Round 3 of the North Gippsland Football-Netball League last Sunday.

It was the Tigers’ first senior football win since Round 1, 2022.

A long, bumpy road to this point, second-year coach Shane Duncan watched on as the final quarter transpired alongside two long-time clubmen, injured player Chris Potalej and assistant coach Stuart Passalaqua.

Potalej, who has missed the last two games after sustaining a concussion in Gormandale’s Round 1 draw against Traralgon-Tyers United, coached the Tigers to its last win before this.

While Duncan described a majority of his emotions upon the final siren at Yarram Recreation Reserve being excitement, Potalej candidly said there was a lot of relief in finally snapping a four-year losing streak.

“It’s just good to get the monkey off the back and just have that win,” he told the Express.

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