Strive For Greatness
Frank Row (1)
I agree to a point
WA clearly had size , athletic and talent advantage but for what is effectively a State Team their decision making just wasn't consistently good enough
They should have easily put another 20 points on
Credit to Gold ( again to a point ) for fighting hard and showing their trademark grit and determination and had they made their last conversion there is a try in it with 6 or 7 minutes to play ( which in the remaining period ) WA had a decent passage and crashed over to put it beyond doubt.
Funny team Gold.
Their set pieces in the games I saw of them didn't really come together ...they weren't especiially dominant at the breakdown ..or have massive consistent power to punch the line ..( good occasional efforts here and there ) but they still found a way to get it done and managed to find a collective doggedness to hang around in games
Well done on a good campaign Gold - and all QLD Teams for that matter . It should set all the boys up well for strong School and Club seasons
100% Right GO, at times it looked Monty Python like, It might be fair to note although this Tuesday game was a surprise to both teams it definitely would have to benefit WA who basically had another 2 days of footy camp, trainings, team talks etc., while gold had planned to train Wednesday & players attended School as normal Monday, Tuesday. WA’s 10 days to eat, sleep, play footy compared with Gold 1 game & 2 trainings in the last 14 days.
Before we bring up the 6 games in 10 days it might be also fair to note some gold players had Met North/West trials Tuesday, which involved 4 or 5 games Tuesday before the Semi Final at 7pm.
Before we question their loyalty to the team etc. we must remember JGC is only a pathway & their choices to do these other events were made well before Sunday (when the dates were changed). Choose not to attend these events after selection can cost any future participation at rep school level in any sport.