Again I attended two games, as they both out at St Mary's. The first was Panthers v. Dragons and the other WSAS v. Bulldogs.
Matts
I was really looking forward to the first contest as I have been very impressed with the Dragons Matts team to date, and I was expecting them to give the might of the Panthers a shake up! They did given the score board however the Panthers took the points and IMO they have to be hot favourites now to take out the title (I say this as Parra do not seem to have the powerhouse team like two years ago). I am however hoping the Dragons lads might take a lesson from this loss and improve. After all it was only 2 tries to 1.
With respect to the WSAS v. Doggies game, some might say that this was an upset (but maybe not). This is the second week in a row where the Doggies were severely lacking direction and leadership in the middle of the park, and WSAS seized upon it! Pre-season had the Doggies up there as one of the favourites but they are not the team they had like last year! But for the African winger, Agyemang, the Doggies would have faltered by a larger margin. In fact he saved the Doggies last week with his go forward against the Raiders. For mine the Doggies are out of contention for the title unless their current issue with the halves; they can't keep going to their hooker Alouche (the Australian rep)! The Doggies prop with the corn rolls went well too. Nevertheless full credit to the WSAS boys. They looked dangerous every time they got the ball out to the their backs through the good work of their halves combination. In addition the WSAS front rowers were near unstoppable all afternoon.
SG Ball
Talk about a near cliff-hanger upset! The Dragons almost had the Panthers until the last 10 minutes or so of the game! I would never have dreamed that the Dragons would have led by two points this far into the game. Up until this game I honestly thought the Panther's massive juggernaut pack was going to roll over all that confronted them. A credit to the Dragons for sticking it to them. I had totally written off the Dragons this year and its looks as if I may to eat my words! As they say never turn on your own ... lol!
As with the WSAS v. Bulldogs this was a game that was littered with mistakes from both sides. And don't get me started on the poor refereeing display. If the ref had of taken of his pink shirt I am sure he would have been wearing the #18 SWAS jersey ... LMAO! Anyway SWAS looked great in the first half and an upset was on the cards. But for the hard hitting defence of the Doggies (especially that freak Demetriou) SWAS may have won! The Bulldogs have however changed their line up significantly and it seems to have worked. There was notable improvements in the defence of the back-rowers (why weren't these boys playing for the last two weeks??), and the outside backs finally got some decent ball! The game was another cliff hanger right up until full-time. Unlucky to WSAS!
Regards,
Tuc
