Warrnambool and District league outfit Panmure has demonstrated the ability to capitalise on momentum this season.
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The A-grade team - which finished seventh two years ago - has pushed 2019 grand finalists, Nirranda and Merrivale this year.
They've been able to get on a run in both encounters.
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The Bulldogs enjoyed a 13-goal to seven third-quarter blitz against Nirranda in round three.
It was almost enough to win the game as they went down by two goals.
A similar surge came against the Tigers on Saturday.
The Bulldogs were down by eight (34-25) early in the final quarter.
A few minutes later it was 36-32 and Panmure looked a chance to steal victory. It lost 41-34.
Coach Josie Ellerton has noticed the Bulldogs' "surge" and knows it's something to build on.
She said her group, which is 3-2 after five rounds, had taken lessons from playing the Blues and Tigers.
"I think just the physicality, we'll need to bring and just the fitness - the ability of those two teams to run out the game," Ellerton said.
"We can surge, but rather than surge and then drop off, we need to not make it a surge but a full-on consistent effort.
"So probably that and just fast ball movement."
Panmure hosts Kolora-Noorat in round six with the Power coming off its first victory of the season.
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