K Rock Football | Torquay coach Dom Gleeson believes the consistency of personnel in the club’s midfield has been key to its climb into second spot on the Bellarine ladder.

The Tigers held off a final-quarter surge from an injury-hit Barwon Heads to claim a 42-point victory at Howard Harmer Oval, 18.13 (121) to 12.7 (79).

The victory was Torquay’s third consecutive, and followed back-to-back losses to Drysdale and Queenscliff that had the two-time reigning premier sitting outside the top five at the end of May.

“It certainly helps with an injury list that’s slowly starting to get healthy,” Gleeson told K rock Football.

“We look at our midfield group, and we’ve got Mackenzie Burns as our starting ruck this year after losing Ed McCoy.

“But then we’ve got Matty Boag, who we’re able to leave in the middle: James Darke’s fully fit, and Nathan Mifsud.

“Then we’ve had Patty Hughes for the last four weeks, so it certainly helps having that consistency in the middle."

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