Newtown Jets 38 (Tries: U OSullivan 2, B Jones 2, P Rokolati 2, H Wells, Conversions: P Rokolati 5) def Manly (Tries: D Nasso, M Chee Kam Conversions: D Chisholm)
This was a terrible game. As someone has pointed out this team is very hot and cold. Last week we played like champions and yesterday they played like chumps. We were 7th on the table going in to this game and after getting smashed we lay in 9th spot and depending on a couple of results today we might be in 11th spot by this afternoon.
This team is schizophrenic - you really don't know what you are going to get each week. Not one player advanced their cause for first grade selection. Poor discipline, poor ball control and bad defence was the order of the day. Yeah we were missing Jesse & Nick Skinner and the size they bring to the team and we appeared to be getting out-muscled particularly late in the game.
I think 3 or 4 of Newtown's trys came from kicks to our wings. We seemed to get out leaped and I think this is an area the coaches need to work on.
Not too many positives to report on this week. Next week we host the Illawarra Cutters at Brookie. I wonder which Manly team will front up?