SHE finished season 2020 as the the leading goal scorer for the Bathurst Giants women, but there is one major which Hailee Provest relishes more than any other.
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It was the one she kicked in Saturday's AFL Central West women's grand final.
The Giants led the Dubbo Demons by just five points at the start of the fourth quarter and what was already a physical contest intensified further as both sides were desperate for a goal.
With four minutes left on the clock the Sherrin found its way into the arms of Giants small forward Provest and she did not hesitate to then put boot to ball.
From the right pocket she took a snap over her shoulder. It found the mark to put the Giants 11 points ahead.
It was the moment Provest knew the game was won and it was clear from the embraces she got from her team-mates that they knew it too.
"I thought 'You've got to go for this Hailee, if it goes in, it goes in, if it doesn't it will go to someone else and they'll get a shot'," she said. "So I just went for it, most of my goals this year have been snaps so it was better than a set shot.
"Once I got that snap I thought 'That's it, that's done it there'. I didn't think there was enough time for them to come back and we had the wind on our side in that quarter.
"I knew we had it then after I kicked that and then Liv [Johnston], she just sealed the deal with her goal."
It had been tough going to Provest to that point as the Demons fought hard to say in the contest, Cassandra Kelly at one stage putting a brutal bump on the forward.
But Provest was the one celebrating as the final siren sounded. It was the second year in a row she got to have a premiership medal around her neck and also made amends for the seven-point loss to Dubbo in the 2018 decider.
"It feels better than last year, I think back-to-back is always going to feel better. We're just a really good group of girls, we really worked hard for it this year and I think it was great to get this victory, to seal the deal and show that we're the team to beat," she said.
"It was also good payback for the 2018 grand final too."
Provest finished the season with 13 majors to win the Giants' women's leading goal kicker, while Sam Sloan (20) picked up the men's honour.
