THE final minor round game for the 2024/25 season was upon us on Saturday as North took on the Roos at the Alma Oval.

Thirty-nine-degree weather with strong winds greeted the players when they arrived at the ground, and when Tobias Hack won the toss he wasted no time in informing South skipper James Green that North would be having first use of the Alma wicket.

Veteran in Codie Howard opened the...