Rus and co rue loss

IT was the moment when it all started to sink in for Cranbourne’s Matt Rus, as Beaconsfield’s Damien Szwaja, Nick McPherson and Damien Johnston celebrate Szwaja’s last-quarter goal that sealed the 2014 Casey Cardinia league premiership. Rus, and several of his Cranbourne team-mates had seen it all before, with Saturday’s grand final loss the third in a row for the boys from Casey Fields after tasting the ultimate success in 2011. For more on the biggest day on the local football calendar, see page 51 in Sport in this week’s Cranbourne News. 127665 Picture: JARROD POTTER