Braybrook got a valuable win in the race for finals spots in the Western Football League division 2 competition, upsetting North Footscray on Saturday.
The Brookers sit outside the top five at the halfway mark of the season, after a slow start with a new group.
Needing a few results to go their way, they got the first of that on Saturday when they beat second placed North Footscray.
Coach Geoff Maddern it was a good day for them on Saturday.
“The boys played well on Saturday,” he said. “There were ebbs and flows.
“It was a game of momentum. One team had it and gave it up and then the other would have control.
“We just happened to be in front when the game ended.”
On the scoreboard, there were no more than three goals between the teams all day.
The Brookers trailed by two points heading into the final quarter.
Four goals to three in the final quarter helped them seal a 12.13 (85)-11.14 (80) win.
Bradley Busuttil, Justin Condo and Stephen Mihelakos-james kicked two goals each in the win.
Maddern said Jayden Danaher, the two Condo brothers, Matthew and Justin, and Travis Foulds were among the best for his side in the win in a good even performance.
The Brookers sit seventh on the ladder, a game outside the top five.
Maddern said while it would give the group some confidence, it is only one game.
“We dropped a couple of games that we would have liked to have done better in,” he said.
“We’re hopeful that we will be better in the second half of the season than we were in the first half.
“We are looking for that consistency. We know our best is OK, our worst we are getting beaten.
“We have to be more consistent access the whole day.”
Maddern said he felt the group was finding their feet together know after taking a little while to gel together.
He said it’s a really tight knit group.
The Brookers face West Footscray this Saturday.
Maddern said it would be another challenge against the third placed Roosters.
“I said at the start of the season all the teams have recruited pretty well and it would be a pretty close season.”
West Footscray enters the match on the back of a 25.13 (163)-7.5 (47).
Matthew Turcinovich kicked eight goals in a best on ground performance.
Fraser Johns was named Laverton’s best in the loss.
In division 1, Parkside beat Newport, Yarraville Footscray beat Altona, while Spotswood suffered a loss to Albion.
