Footy flashback goes back to the 2015 under 18s grand final between the Leeton Greens and Yanco-Wamoon Hawks

Here is how The Irrigator reported the match at the time:

THREE years in the making and the Leeton Greens have laid claim to the title of 2015 under 18s premiers.

The Greens defeated Yanco-Wamoon Hawks at the EW Moore Oval in Griffith on Sunday in a heated game of rivalry that ended with a victory, 22-14.

Leeton retained consistent ownership of the entire match, showing they were more than capable to pull together in order to defeat their antagonists when it mattered most.

Hostile tackling efforts by the Greens side left little room for the Hawks to take the lead at any time during the match.

The first try for the Greens was scored by Tristan Johnson.

The Greens led at the conclusion of half-time, 12-10.

The first-half of the finals game belonged to Leeton and the young side kept this going in the second. Quick passes and fast running kept the steady winning pace of the game.

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Captain Corey Graham thanked the Yanco-Wamoon team for the great game played, as well as all of the supporters.

"I would also like to thank the under 16s who have stepped up, a big congratulations to you," he said. "It's been a long three years."

Co-coach Andrew Pauls said he was feeling great after the success of the match.

"It's been three years in the making," he said. "We have now made amends.

"Yanco have been our stiff competition all year, today they brought the best out in us. I would really like to thank the other Leeton teams for the support we have received.

"I would especially like to thank first grade.

"They have had one of the worst years, but they still came to support us, and it went so much towards our win."

Tries for Leeton were scored by Bas Blackett 2, Johnson 1 and Rhys Wilesmith 1. Billy Dickinson made all four conversions successful. Josh Fisher was named best player on ground.