Success is nothing new for Sarah Stewart and Bridget Horsley, who are the latest Brothers leaguetag players to join the 100 club.
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Horsley played her 100th game for the club two weeks ago and Stewart will reach the milestone in the major semi-final against Gundagai at Anzac Park on Sunday.
Twins Naomi and Kara Price are the only other Brothers players to reach the mark, adding to the impressive figures the leaguetag team can boost.
Brothers are shooting for a fifth-straight premiership, having not lost since the corresponding fixture four years ago.
The impressive streak covers 72 games but both girls aren’t focusing too hard on the numbers.
“We don’t really keep track of it and when you look at the results there is heaps of close games in there as well,” Stewart said.
“There are plenty of games where we have had to come from behind to win so it’s not like we’ve smashed every team every week.
“The competition is getting better and better and we have to work hard week by week to make sure we don’t take any game lightly or for granted.”
At the tender age of 17, to play 100 games is a massive achievement for Horsley.
She started playing for Brothers taking on the boys, but quickly found her feet against women with plenty more life experience.
Describing her 100th game as an great experience, Horsley believes a lot of the clubs success comes down to the close-knit group.
“It’s a good team to play with, with good coaching staff,” Horsley said.
“I love the girls and it is like family.”
In their last 100 games Brothers have only lost nine times and their overall record stands at 114 wins, four draws and 15 losses from 133 games.
It’s a record any club in any sport would be envious of but the team tries to take it in their stride.
“It could be this week that it ends or 100 games from now so we don’t really worry about it,” Stewart said.
Stewart believes one of the keys for their long term domination of Group Nine has been their ability to keep exploring their limits.
“We’ve been building every year, working on combinations and trying to develop, get better each year and not rest on our laurels and rely on what worked for us last year but try to keep pushing the limits,” Stewart said.
“So far so good but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will continue for us in finals.
“Anything can happen in finals but we are confident in our ability and will be looking to get the job done on Sunday.”
