CHARLES Sturt University coach Brett Garrett says the club was relieved to shake off the wooden spoon position with a hard-fought win on Saturday.
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The Bushpigs pushed themselves off the bottom of the Farrer League ladder when they fought off a persistent Coleambally to win by 23 points in front of a big home crowd at Peter Hastie Oval.
The home team got an early three-goal lead on the Blues and led by 39 points at the main break.
Coleambally made it interesting by kicking six third-quarter goals to be within eight points at the last change, but CSU held on to win 15.6 (96) to 10.13 (73).
Garrett was thrilled with the result.
“It’s good to get a win finally, get off the bottom of the ladder, that’s for sure,” Garrett said.
“Our first half was really good but we probably let them back in it after that.
“They kicked something like six goals to one in the third quarter and we thought we were in real trouble.
“We fought it out pretty well which was good to see.”
It was CSU’s first win since round three and it sent Coleambally crashing back to the bottom of the ladder.
Clint Shields and Stu Hinze kicked three goals each while gun onballer Wayde Archibald was best on ground for the Bushpigs.
Tristian Robinson and Ash De Clifford enjoyed big games, while Tom Fuller and Carl Pound were good for Coleambally.
The Blues lost coach Andrew McGown late in the game, who had to be stretchered off injured.
The Bushpigs scored the win in front of the players’ families, many of whom travelled to Wagga for the annual parents’ night on Saturday.