Weekly Advertiser | Natimuk United’s senior footballers pulled off one of the club’s most significant – and dramatic – wins of recent years on Saturday, handing reigning premier Harrow-Balmoral its second loss of the season.

The Rams have not played finals since 2019, but at the weekend they went toe-to-toe with one of the Horsham District Football Netball League’s elite sides – albeit one with a lengthy injury list.

Playing in front of a home crowd, Natimuk United got the first goal on the board less than two minutes into the contest, and led by a point at quarter time.

Behind Mitch Clark’s strong workrate in the midfield, the Rams continued to build, leading by a straight kick at the half and 11 at the final change.

Natimuk United had plenty of other standouts, with small forward Adrianne Lupton lively, Oscar Miller using his big frame to good effect around the ball and ruckman Liam Klowss battling against Harrow-Balmoral veteran Anthony Close.

But the shorthanded Roos had enough firepower of their own to keep themselves in touch, with midfielder Peter Staude leading the way while Close and fellow big man Lachlan Craig kicked two goals apiece.

Both teams had chances to strike an early blow in a tense final term, but Clark hit the post with a running shot soon after a pair of Harrow-Balmoral misses at the other end.

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