Force go down 29 -24 to Emerging Ireland
My personal match summary:
That was an interesting game.
First up credit to Emerging Ireland. They were disciplined, accurate, fast, cohesive, organised and well drilled, and were deserved winners in the end.
Great learnings for the Force team. They were caught out early by EI but managed to pull their heads in and scamble well to get within a score of them by full time.
Despite the officials appearing to still have their P plates, the Force tried hard to work within the boundaries they set, but Ireland adapted a bit better.
As always I will focus on the postives:
Reed Princep, what a leader, led by example and got the team back into the game and almost home. The Force's best off season re-signing.
Divad Palu, since I first saw him in a club game early this year, I have been impressed, he really appears to have something to offer. Big body centre just what the doctor ordered.
Justin Landman, is putting up his hand for a "contract" of some sort, liking what I am seeing.
Nic Dolley is going to prove to be a decent acquisition.
Titi Nofoagatotoa another great little cameo, hope he gets some more game time against DHL WP.
Coby Miln, again like last week getting caught out a bit by playing against opposition a level or two up from what he is used to. However, he really looks to have a lot of upside potential. Another I think has earned and is worth signing on some sort of "contarct". He appears to have the rugby IQ just needs to be an environment where he is nurtured correctly and Cron is just that type of coach.
As expected the pack looked more stable with some of the more experienced players starting.
I think this team together with the Wallabies still to return and players like Pasitoa, Moli and HJH (Harry Johnson-Holmes) to return from injury will give a good account of themselves in 2025.
