Ballina flogs the Royal
The touring team, competed in the Armidale 15s over the weekend, and in a pleasing set of results, didn’t drop a game on the Sunday.
The boys enjoyed a night of movies and popcorn on the Friday night, with early nights in anticipation of the big games ahead. Saturday night was a more celebrated affair, after the win against Robb, the squad enjoyed a few sherbets in the bar before retiring to bed before midnight.
The team had a strong win against Robb College, with perfect decision making on the field being the factor between victory and defeat.
The other two games of the weekend were played in great spirit, and while we were lacking the numbers of the other squads, including field 6 props on the field due to injury during the last game, the positives outweighed the negatives and all coaches were happy with the performances. Unfortunately we couldn’t repeat our performances against Armidale and Tamworth, but several individual performances were well above expectation.
Player of the tour was Andrew Burke, who led the team in all aspects of his game, even wearing a salt overdose from the popcorn on Friday night, special mention needs to go to our coaches, Hooran and Dok who both played significant game time. Youth played up a storm at 5/8 and Eli was dominant at no.8.
The guys would like to extend a thanks to the Royal Hotel in Armidale, they provided with excellent facilities and anyone visiting the town can’t go wrong in the Royal. Thanks also to Armidale Rugby Club for hosting the event, whlilst we didn’t leave with the cash the squad had a great time.
