IT was a case of déjà vu for the Hamilton Kangaroos, going into the Western Victoria Female Football League senior women’s grand final as heavy underdogs, but the blue and white destiny reigned supreme for the second straight year.

The Kangaroos travelled to Reid Oval to face South Warrnambool, having gone down to the Roosters in each contest during the season, but a contested ball dominance set the team up for its 13-point win on Sunday.

Kicking with a slight wind advantage in the first term, the Kangaroos kicked two goals to one, with strong contested work the basis of the first half which saw the blue and white lead by two points at the main break.

Dominating territory in the second half, the Kangaroos created plenty of scoring chances in the third term, kicking 1.4, before holding on to record a 5.9 (39) to 4.2 (26) premiership win.

Roos captain, Emily Pitts, who played a strong game on the wing, highlighted by a blistering final term run, said it was an amazing feeling to go back-to-back.

“I honestly didn’t see it coming, but the girls have done an amazing job all year and it is really good to be a part of this team,” she said.

“It is unfortunate Pat is not coaching next year, but he will still be around the place, so this one was for Pat.”

Mimi Chun was awarded the best on ground medal for her efforts in the ruck, also slotting a goal alongside Roos teammates, Tess Andrews, Caroline McGrath, Elise Thurman and Leah Drendel who each kicked one each.

Pitts said the theme for the finals paid of in a big way.

“Our main motto for the finals was ‘live by the sword, die by the sword’, so just putting it all in and having no regrets and that’s what we did today,” she said.

Pat Sherlock coached the team to a second consecutive season, and will step aside for the 2024 season, but was proud of the way the team worked for each other to get the win.

“We spoke about the moments, about making them and grabbing them, you might have one moment or you might have 25,” he said.

“Pittsy’s moment here on the wing, she just took the game on and realised it was her moment.”

Despite taking an 11-point lead into the final term, Sherlock avoided temptation to play an extra defender behind the ball, choosing to continue attacking.

“We knew South was a high-scoring fast-moving team and so we had to attack,” he said.

“We had to fight fire with fire and it was either going to go our way or it wasn’t, but we stuck with it in the end.

“That is the live by the sword and die by the sword, we are here to make an exciting brand of footy to watch and so we didn’t want to slow it down, we wanted to make a spectacle.”