The Tigers have managed to get a close victory over Junee on Saturday at Laurie Daley Oval, a result that originally went Junee’s way in round 1. The Tigers are now ready to sink in their claws as finals approach.
Coach Hayden Ashcroft said the team still have a lot to work on even if the result is positive.
“It was not our best performance, but it was still pleasing to come away with the win,” he said.
“There were too many mistakes creeping into our game; we found ourselves in a bit of a rut, to be honest. It was a miserable day, but we just need to be better.
“Junee came up with a few mistakes themselves. We’re far from our best at the moment, but defensively, we were good. We turned them away a number of times. Junee were always going to be a hard team to beat, so to come away with 2 points over them is a positive.
“We need to work on game awareness and how to close games out. We have been really good at it in previous weeks; we’ve just found ourselves with some injuries and some positional changes.
“I’m certainly not concerned, however. We will be able to respond and run with it; we have a good opportunity for us to improve as we play Tumut at Anzac Park this weekend.
“All our conversions were successful from Corey Wilson. With Sailusi being injured, it was nice to have him play up for us. It is an important thing, often overlooked, but against Cootamundra we didn’t convert a goal, so to have him step up and be able to fill that void for us is really good.
“Given some more time and some opportunities, he’s just going to get better every week.
“We have had a few injuries, but we’ve been pretty solid. Compared to other sides, we’ve been fortunate enough that we haven’t had too many. There have been some opportunities for some people to step up, but overall, we have maintained our team.”
The Tigers will play Tumut this Saturday at Anzac Park.
Jack Murray
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