On a sunny day with a brisk breeze, our Tigers took on a desperate Surfers Paradise down on the glitter strip and whilst wasteful with the footy in the first quarter, there was no sense of dread as the boys headed out for the second 7 points down trailing 4.4 to 3.3 but sadly we troubled the scorer rarely over the next two quarters.
Without a couple of key players going into the match and losing Luke Tyrell early and with Jay Reynolds severly limited coming into the match it was not a sparkling Noosa performance and with 3 matches to fine tune things before the business end of the season, our boys will need to stick tight and work together in the coming weeks.
It wasnt that we didnt have enough ball but we certainly put team mates under the pump with poor options.
Even in the last quarter our boys strung some goals together and looked like they might threaten, but a Surfers steadier put out the fire before it took hold.
With a couple of players back next weak and with the bond and character these boys share I am sure they can turn it around in time to secure the vital 3rd spot on the ladder
Ben Evans, Cubby, Brad Kearney, Rizza, Ryan Sawers and Shaun Maxfield all led the way and Rabbit and Mick Gafa were the only multiple goal kickers with 2 each
Noosa 3.3 4.4 4.9 8.10 (58)
Surfers 4.4 7.12 9.14 11.17 (83)
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In the Reserves our boys must have suffered from not travelling by bus to the Goldie as our first half produced no goals and we trailed by 29 points at the major break.
The first quarter was pretty even and Surfers led by 6 points at 1/4 time and an absorbing tussle looked likely. Four goals to none in the next 20 minutes set us on a path most likely towards a hiding.
At half time the group all just identified what was lacking and set about putting it right when they took to the green stuff for the second half.
And out of the blocks they came and after kicking the first 4 goals of the 3rd term, it looked like they Tigers were back. Two late ones from Surfers however took the Demons to the last break 3 goals up and it looked like they had killed off the visitors challenge.
The last quarter was all Noosa and only time (and a big tree) prevented our boys taking the Choccies, having to settle for a draw which giving the circumstances was a pretty damn good effort.
Maxy was the only multiple scorer with three and picking best players almost impossible but again the likes of Theo, Justin Claney, Chayse, Clossy, Maxy, Jack, Gabe and Gas (when out there) led the way at some stage.
Noosa 0.2 0.5 4.6 8.7 (55)
Surfers 1.2 5.4 7.6 8.7 (55)
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Last Modified on 20/08/2009 14:00