I only arrived for the last 10 minutes, thanks to a miscommunication in the time of the game, either way apparently I was there for the best of it, Wenty staged a late 2nd half comeback to get to 16 all after norths had all the early running then a penalty was converted to give norths an 18 - 16 lead. Some nice back line play deep in the opposition half saw Wenty spread the ball to their left edge and score a try. Which was converted to give wenty a 22 - 18 lead with 4 to go. The Magpies had to defend stoutly against back to back sets within their own 10 metre area, a knock on from Norths relieved the pressure and a penalty for Wenty deep in the set saw them set-up an attacking raid deep into enemy territory, another penalty against norths on the Siren saw Skipper Jeremy Latimore opt for the 2 points, Josh Cordoba who was sporting a great shiner under his right eye slotted the conversation.
In speaking with the Magpies captain Jeremy Latimore, he told me that Wenty started poorly due to poor ball control but Jono Wright chimed in saying that the ball was harder to hold than normal, even having it under your arm running it up the ball felt like it would slip away. But the last 10 minutes was the best they played and they started to get a handle on the North Side.
Josh Cordoba's eye was very swollen and he confessed after the game it was restricting his peripheral vision he said as he dabbed blood away from it a good 20 minutes after the players had left the pitch.
