Big day for subbies yesterday.
Great to drive past Hassell park and see plenty of action on the old home of rugby with DIV 3 finals
Out at Rothwell a try on the bell denied the Breakers the win in what was a brutal physical contest. They will use that disappointment, dust themselves off and go again at Concord against Hills.
2nds were in control for long periods but didn’t get the big calls and will regroup to take on Epping, a team they’ve beaten twice this season.
Colts led at halftime but were out enthused by a very good St Pats outfit in the 2nd half. Some silly errors cost them big time and they’ll no doubt work on that this week.
3s and 4s into the GF.
Chatting to some Briars and St Pats boys there was plenty of talk re Epping. I’m not buying into it, they have played all season and the end result will be what it will be.
Clubs with all grades in finals are always up against it coming up against clubs with only a few grades who can run fresh 8 man bench’s. St Pats were able to run 3 or 4 from last week’s Barraclough in 2s which helped with their depth.
A big week of recovery before the boys go again. Great that there will be 5 clubs represented out at Concord. Maybe we will hear more passionate west is best chants?
On a side note, I’d like subbies to provide guidance on how fields are selected for finals series going forward. Newport would have loved to have had the opportunity to host the Majors.
Allegedly, clubs were approached about hosting the semi finals.
I have no idea on how, or when, the approach was made.
I would have loved to have hosted at Epping as well. Could have been good for the club’s bottom line.
Addressing SubbiesSoftie’s concerns, it’s been spoken about ad nauseum. It is what it is and it’s not like we’ve pulled the wool over anyone’s eyes and smacked either competition. Happy for you to seek me out at Concord this Saturday and discuss…..
Our Stockdale team on Saturday was made up of:
4 x 2023 Barraclough players
1 x 2023 Robertson (colts) player
2 x returning players who’ve had a number of years off
3 x new players to the club and the game of rugby
2 x 2023 Stockdale players
2 x 2023 Blunt players
1 x new player to the club
Hardly the ‘stacked’ team you are insinuating.
Again, you know who I am, find me at concord and I’m happy to go over it with you.