Coaches Comments Game 10 Vs. Marist Black

It was nice to win 2 in a row for the first time this season. We played Marist Black beating them 31 to 27. Wayne continues to keep his try scoring average high touching down 4 times. It was good to see Finau get over the line for 1 try also. James M converted 3 of the tries we got.

Once again it was pleasing to see the team be a bit more cohesive in their play. We still need to be watchful of not kicking the ball forward in the scrums and at times the rucks but overall it was a satisfying win against a good team. Ryan had a good game at halfback directing the forwards well in the malls which earned him the player of the day award. He has been improving every game throughout the season.

Kerain played well making some runs on the wing which earned him the manager’s award. Caleb also earned the managers award for his good play and defence.

James N also did well at the fullback making some good covering tackles.

As always at training we continue to concentrate on tackling and our fitness. We will also be working on making sure we turn in the contact area so we can present the ball to the team. As I said in my last comments we need to protect the ball for the next phase of play.

See you all at training and please remember to bring your boots and mouth guards.

Clint

Coaches Comments Game 9 Vs. Silverdale Green

It was a good win for us on Saturday against Silverdale green we won 29 to 15 with Wayne again scoring the tries with five touch downs and James M converting 2 of them.

Michael Cooper had a good game at number 7 getting around the field and managing a few charge downs as well as some good runs, earning him the player of the day. Mere had a good game blocking well in the rucks and malls so she got the managers award.

Terry and I were proud of the team we played well in the forwards wining a lot of the opposition’s ball. The backs ran well also with everyone playing well on defence and making their tackles well mostly.

It has been helpful that we are getting more of the team at practice and both Terry and I hope it continues through to the end of the season. It was good to see Connor back playing out on the wing he ran well after returning from breaking his arm.

Logan gets an honorary "that’s hard but dumb award" as he dislocated his thumb during the game and didn’t say anything choosing to put it back in by him-self to stay on the field.

Coaches Comments Game 8 Vs. ECB

East coast bays won 45 to 37 but both Terry and I were proud of the team. ECB had fielded a lot of J1 players as well as (we queried a year nine player) in their side, so to come as close as we did was very pleasing. Wayne again our try scoring machine dotted down 5 times. The Team as a whole played well and if we continue with the same kind of play wins will start to come. James Mayber was our player of the day making some good runs and tackles as well as making 5 conversions in the game

CJ got the managers award as he has improved in his lineout throwing as well as playing better in the scrum. He has been getting a few tight heads for the team which is good to see.

We need to continue to improve in our rucks learning to turn on contact to set up the next phase; this is some of the things we will be concentrating on at practice. As always tackling and fitness still applies.

Game 9 vs. Silverdale Green The Photos

I'm having trouble with these photos being so far into the season I have really gotten to know most of the boys so I'm feeling pretty darn proud of them all. Each week I take between 250-350 photos after I weed out the blurry, boring and duplicates (Wayne scoring, again- yawn- Just kidding!!!) I have around 50 - 70 photos left. At the start of the season I did my best to pick out the best 20 or so photos. Now I just look at them all and there's a little voice in my head saying "Oooohh but that's such a great picture of (insert any of 21 names in here) I CAN'T delete that one!" And so here we are with 50 some photos- it's cool though you've got more chance of seeing your number 1 player! Talking about seeing players- CONNOR! It's great to have you back on the field carrying the ball and not just the drinks!!!

Game 9 vs. Silverdale Green The Movie

Check out Mere's awesome charge down- that earned her Managers Pick today- she rocks! It wouldn't be the same team without you "one-and-only-girl"!

Game 8 Vs. ECB Black The Movie

One of my fave movies so far- a classic Wayne try! :-) Kieran tells me that Wayne now has 33 tries from 9 games that's an average of 3.6 per game- he should clock up a half century by the end of the season. And at the rate that James is now kicking conversions- that's a LOT of points on the board. Enjoy!

Game 8 Vs. ECB Black

Very late with the photos this week. These are from the game last week. We played at Greville- which is an interesting field- the boys looked like they were going to run off the end into nothing.