Set the bar

Talls Clint Robinson and Mick Phelan can cover opposition key forwards, while Scott Heath and Dalton Burns lead a plethora of quality runners out of the backline.

Harrow-balmoral would be hoping for dry finals grounds.

The Roos boast height that most sides struggle to match, with Anthony Close and Todd Lawrence part of a formidable ruck combination and when resting can push forward to provide another avenue to goal.

Phelan or Robinson can also be thrown in the middle to establish a mismatch.

At the big men’s feet lurks one of the Wimmera’s best small men.

Nick Pekin is as tough as they come and along with Will Plush and Bowes Kelly provide plenty of drive around the stoppages.

One of the major aspects we’ve seen with Harrow-balmoral this season is a great deal of fitness in the Roos camp.

In many games this year the Roos have been challenged, but have found another gear and run away with the points after threequarter time.

The Roos have not tasted premiership success for a mind-boggling 10 years but have tasted premiership defeat on five occasions since their big day in 2007.

This mighty team from the region’s southwest rightly enters this finals campaign as premiership favourite and should be celebrating come the end of the season.