On a positive note, the win in reserve grade today was our best win of the season in any grade, and the fact that so many of our young guys stood up to be counted is a very positive thing.
Michael Steele was given a chance to start and he tackled his heart out.
Sironen played his best game yet.
Jacob Saifiti earnt his stripes with a great effort.
Ken Tofilau kept the wolfman off the scoresheet.
Koopu and Tupou kept up the pressure when they came off the bench.
Holland and Tuha played their hearts out.
Pat and Chanel were brutal in defence and set up tries with their passing games.
I was listening on the net and Manly spent half the game camped on our line, and the young guys defended their hearts out over and over, and every time we got a chance to score, Levi and Feeney and Carlos did something special and got us over the line.
Manly had won their last 5, including easily beating us last week, and beating some other good sides, so we were supposed to lose today, but the youngest NSW cup side I can ever remember us fielding didn't let them score any tries except for a lucky try off a kick. We had 4 NYC players, and 4 who played NYC last year, and the rest of the side were 2 or 3 years out of NYC. The only old guy we had was George N'daira.
Manly really tried hard and never gave up, but 45-6 was a fair indication of how the young guys dominated them. It really was a breakout game for many of those kids today. I look forward to seeing how they go in the off season and next year.