THSHS collected some significant scalps this year and showed they had a formidable sting in their tail early in this match. This school has had good results in this com over the past six years, as this was their third final appearance in that time. They were well beaten by Augies in the semi last year.
I don't know the manner in which they defeated Eddies and Oak Hill, two teams with strong Union tradition that would have been well drilled in heaven's game strategies and techniques, I would be interesting to hear from some that saw those matches.
I do remember with some disdain commentators suggesting a teams forwards were to achieve parity and the match would turnout ok. It would have been easy for those two teams (Eddies and Oaks) to be drawn into THSHS's game style, which would have given Hill's the parity their backs required. The Brookvale team it seems, got caught in that net early as well. Subsequently both of the Hills tries were scored from handling errors that were turned into effective attack. After that Saints opted to play a more direct rugby style of game, controlling the set piece and using their forward pack to repeatedly cross the advantage line and quick recycling. Pretty no, but no frills rugby that worked, and their four tries were scored as a result of this policy (even the try scored wide by their backs).
Getting over the chalk has been St Augustine's Achilles heal this year. It cost them in their ISA match against Oak Hill and is probably the reason Quick Hands has been tagging them the way he has been. "The weakest St Augustines team for some time". the team found a way to address that in this final.
The team was handed more than 24 medals yesterday all the players earned them, the coaches managers physios and other supports deserved them
