Lancefield is on the board for the first time in the Riddell District Football League season.
The Tigers have endured a tough start to the season, with coach Ashley Manning resigning after two rounds and no luck on the field.
In recent weeks, the Tigers had shown some encouraging signs and on Saturday, against Broadford, they came away with the four points.
The Tigers overcame a slow start to overrun the Kangaroos for a 8.15 (63)-7.5 (47) win.
For Tigers coach Cameron Wight, victory was sweet relief.
“I’m very happy to get one on the board,” he said. “We were really nervy before the game. I was really happy with our second half. Hopefully, we can build from there.”
The Tigers didn’t look like winners early on – they trailed the Kangaroos, also without a win, by 32 points at quarter-time.
Wight said it had been frustrating as they’d really made a focus on starting games well.
“I’ve been trying to get across to the boys, we need to start well in every game,” he said.
“We were really flat-footed. It’s something we have to work on. We’re yet to play a full four quarters of football.”
While against a lot of the top teams the Tigers’ hopes of a win would have been gone, they worked their way back against the Kangaroos.
They kicked the only goal of the second quarter, before producing a strong third quarter and then running away with it in the last.
“We were lucky to get a few shots on goal in the third quarter,” Wight said. “I think they ran out of legs a little and we put a spare man back in defence in the third quarter.
“We kicked three or four goals to trail by six points going into the last quarter.”
Jon Kent kicked three goals in the win, while Myles Dorman was named best on ground.
Wight is hoping the win is something his players will build on during the rest of the season.
The former AFL ruckman, who won’t return to the field this season after doing an ACL in round one, said he was slowly getting used to the coaching role he will perform for the rest of the season.
“It was tough when it [Manning leaving] first happened but everyone is getting around the club,” he said.
“More people are showing up to training and the camaraderie is there. From now until the end of the season I want to build a real culture.
“It’s a new role and it’s something I can build into.”
In other results, Diggers Rest and Macedon had big wins, the Sunbury Kangaroos held off Wallan, Romsey continued its good form against Rupertswood and Riddell accounted for Woodend-Hesket.
