On the field, we knew we were in for some tough matches and it was an opportunity to see where we were at relative to the Club Championship leaders. Sutherland, Judd and Barbour were extremely impressive in dominating their opposition and a special mention should go to Halligan, most of whom backed up from Sutherland and knocked off Petersham 5th Grade.
Whiddon also played a great match, overcoming no coaches (although they might all find themselves dropped this week since Laurie was the stand-in coach), a 2 hour warm up due to injury, and a field change to take down Pats in relatively convincing fashion and close the gap at the top of the table with a game in hand.
For Burkies, it was a reminder that you need to take your opportunities in the tight games but the boys would be confident of being able to reverse the result in the finals and for Kentwell, it was certainly a game of two halves where after leading at half time, we let the opportunity slip by not aiming up in defence and not treasuring our possession.
Overall, it was a good day for the Blue Giants and the challenge is to continue to improve in the next few weeks because the games are only going to get tougher. That starts by getting down to Tuesday training this week to put yourself in the best possible position as players begin to return from injury and vacation.
