Breakaways 7.10.52 Def Wests 4.7.31
“Well, Breakaways’ all I want to be...” We have 1 win under our belts, big thanks and congratulations to all the players who made it for our Grand Final rematch. A special BIG THANKS to all the last minute ring-ins who helped us to our first victory for the season.
With a blazing start, we finished the 1st quarter with a 5 goal: 4-point lead (34 points) which West’s were never able to catch. By the final buzzer, Newtown had a 20point victory, 52:32. It was a great start to the season, but in the words of Darren “Our kicking accuracy has to improve”, so see you all down at training this Wednesday night to commence the improvement!
Unfortunately, Nikki dislocated her shoulder during the game (which was back in the right spot by the end of that quarter) and we wish her a speedy recovery. Hope to see you soon Nikki
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Breakaways 13.14.97 Def Shamrocks 1.0.6
Great centre clearances by the mid field plenty of want for the ball, speed and passion. Pushing the ball down to the forwards the Breakaways were able to capitalise with goals which resulted in good goal to point’s ratio.
Great acknowledgement should go to the defensive line who did not let the Shamrocks push into their attack. With only a few forays by the Shamrocks into their forward line our backs weren’t challenged too much but were there when needed
Breakaways effectively shut down the shamrocks play and forced a penetrating rebound of play back into our attacking half. The defence was so strong that it was noted by the whole team at the half time break.
Big mention goes to our newest Breakaways some of whom took the field for the first time on Saturday. Duck, Emma and Shannon played well and are all keen to return and get their next game under their belt.
A very convincing effort last Saturday by everyone we should all work a little harder on our accuracy. Overall a great result.
The support team included Roxy (message runner), Mason & Iyoshi (water runners), Mon & Emma (flags), Tray (for firing up the BBQ).
Tash
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Dockers 12.9.81 Def Breakaways 4.4.28
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Breakaways 9.13.67 Def Sydney Uni 4.6.30
Sydney Uni were going into this match a formidable unbeaten record so far this year, and some excellent winning form in the pre-season 7’s tournament. Their form posed a big threat to us and it seemed we were keen to make amends following the solid beating handed to us last week.
The Sydney Uni team had a good line-up, with some ex-shamrocks players lining up in key positions for Uni, including the equal golden boot winner, Marie Keating. They also had their fair share of “talls” around the ground… both in the forwards and backs. So, it was going to be a tough match, but one where we wanted to show that we were still a strong side, and one not to be taken lightly!
We played well, and took the lead, but uni were always very close behind… and a turn of play could have put them ahead. It wasn’t til the last quarter when we raced away, and sealed the win 67:30. At the end of the game, our players were definitely worn out, and certainly felt like we’d played a good hard game, but the pain was balanced with the warm feeling of victory – which always helps.
Tash
From Darren: I am very pleased with the all round effort this week. This is first time this year we’ve put four quarters together against a quality side who kept coming at us. Our centers worked well and the backs held very strong, however with more accurate kicking we need not put ourselves under quite so much pressure.
It was great to see the forwards and on ballers go defensive and lock the play into our forward 50 on so many occasions. Great endeavor and more effective tackling were key. Well done!
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