With a new squad together and about 8 players unavailable, we didn't click and it was a bit scrappy, but I thought we acquitted ourselves well against a pretty good opponent. The real positives were the body work and strength we showed against bigger opponents and in general our tackling and pressure was great. The best aspect of the game is that we got better as the game went on and showed great commitment and endurance in the physical aspects.
There is plenty we could do better. I guess with the scoring shots being pretty equal (21-20) we won our share of the ball, but they were probably a bit cleaner with their skills and had bigger marking targets. All of this points to us getting better from here as several players have only had a few training sessions and we threw people around in their positions a fair bit.
This week we will have a fuller squad available for the game against Mazenod and we look forward to putting it together a bit better.
Last Modified on 01/05/2009 13:08