...so anyway, Wests defeated Uni in prems yesterday. Uni got ahead early. Led at 1/2 time. Wests pegged them back to record what appears to be a comfortable win, but I think they got quite the fright.
Great game to watch.
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...so anyway, Wests defeated Uni in prems yesterday. Uni got ahead early. Led at 1/2 time. Wests pegged them back to record what appears to be a comfortable win, but I think they got quite the fright.
Great game to watch.
watched the Neds-Kala game on podcast,Neds down to 13 with yellows at one stage;the Kala #4,their captain i presume,was constantly whinging to the ref about everything except the weather;while he was doing this Neds were scoring tries
Fulvio I find this news courtesy of Dizzy quite disturbing, I will disregard your post because it's full of legitimate reasons and we don't allow that.
On to Uni v Wests and the Scarfies tore into Wests and at one stage were leading 25-12 just after halftime. Have a good set piece and some very very quick outside backs.
Wests awoke from their Easter egg eating slumber and tightened up their game and after some energy draining pick and go's started to open up the scarfies. It became one way traffic but Wests wouldn't have been happy with such a slow start and if Uni had any type of impact off the bench they could of easily shut the game down.
Was quite impressed with Uni and think they could be there or thereabouts come September. Wests have a few deficiencies in vital positions and need to work on them in the coming weeks in order to give the all conquering Panasonic Palms a decent run for their money.
Fulvio what are thoughts on your reserve grade winning their last 3 game's and racking up a hundred points in each of them.
Serious answer first.
We have had a strong second grade at our club for 4 or 5 seasons now, and this year the team is even stronger, as a result of a number of our colts graduating through the system, and as a result of the club recruiting a number of quality players, some of whom made firsts and some now in seconds. You will remember that our colts too have been strong over the past several seasons.
I know our seconds are a very good team, but In any other season they would not be 40 points better than any other, let alone 100.
I think that the reserves standard has dropped considerably in all the other teams we have played to date, with our standard having appreciated. That's due (in my opinion), not only to the player calibre we have, but to our coaches and coaching style.
We have Gerry, the Associates premier grade coach from last year running our seconds, and I think our players are attuned and more receptive to his style and programs. Gerry, Donny and Lex have an excellent rapport with each other, and the committee have shown good judgment in letting them run the show, with some suggestions and a lot of help, but no interference.
Also, our two senior teams train together and against each other and the players are interchangeable from grade to grade without disrupting either, and I would include some of our colts in this.
Importantly, we don't seem to have egos interfering with what is happening, as has happened in the past. If a player is dropped he knows why, and what to do to fix it.
I'm not saying this to big note our club, and we are due to lose a few games in both grades as we hit the big boys in the Comp., including Joondalup, but I am really pleased with what I have seen so far this season.
Not serious answer, we intend to enter a second First grade side in the Premier Comp next year, to take Cottesloe's place, and we are establishing our credentials.
Hi dizzy having watched the video of the game and then looked at the teamsheet on rugbywa ,can you tell me who 18 ,20 and 24 are because they are not on your sheet which is published . Cuts both ways