If that is what we are capable of in our first pre season game then the omens for the rest of the season look good.
Firstly we looked a lot fitter than Cas. Only fa alogo to me looks like he is still away from match fitness. Everyone else looked great. Raleigh did 34 minutes at prop in the first half .
Secondly their seemed to be a lot of aggression from the players and they seemed more up for the game than Cas did.
Some very encouraging signs.
Hodgsons kicking was flawless.
. Some great defence from Cudjoe.
Robinson looked fantastic. opportunist try. Went 55 metres but ran cleverly to keep the defenders at bay. tackled like a trojan. My MOM.Set up the try of the game for Fatz. A lovely little kick on the fifth he re gathered then set Fatz away. He left Shenton ( England international great defender for dead) i am not sure if fatz ran over him or what but as fatz was putting the ball down Shenton was sat on his arris thinking WTF was that
Griffin looked like a man possessed he ran in so hard was superb.
Raleigh and Eorl worked hard. But Patrick stood out for me. seem sto have bulke dup in the close season. Last year i said he ran above his weight . This year his weight has caught up with his effort. look slike he will not be out of his depth in SL.
GIlmour. Class, class, class. Our wide defence looks better with him on the pitch. Got a great try running a great line. Will be a great addition to the team.
The whole pack looked and played with more mobility. Is this due to new players, new tactics, responding to the new changes in the laws. Probably all three . I think we will be stronger defensively this year and will not get caught out wide as much.
LUNT was superb. distribution, tackling and the usual try from 2 feet out. ( we should try to make him run 10 metres for at least one try this season).
Josh griffin got a good try after a good attacking kick not sure who by. However griffin has really bulked up seems to be catching up with his big brother. will not be in the backs for long.
faiumu's running from dummy half was excellent made really good yards.
I Feel a lot happier about the Giants now than i did this time last week.
Well done to the club for hopefully keeping things right on the pitch even though there have been some difficulties of it.