In their 2nd outing of the season, the young Saints had the chance to show what they could do against a good Stockward Park side. After winning the toss, captain Lawrie Pashley elected to kick off, a great chase saw the Colts recover the ball and work their way into the opposition 22. After sustained pressure the colts endeavor was rewarded with a penalty in front of the posts. A show of ambition and intent saw the Cots turn down the chance of 3 points and instead elected to put the ball into the corner, unfortunatley the line-out was lost and it saw Stockward Park come away with the ball and drive up the pitch. 20 minutes of battles in the midfield from both sides unable to break the deadlock. Great work around the ruck from the Colts back row of Jay Lilley, Lawrie Pashley and George Alexander saw Stockward's attempts to build pressure fail. Stockward Park however did eventually break the deadlock, managing to get on the outside of the Saints defence and run in under the posts. 0-7 Stockward. Stockward did cross again in a closley contested first half to leave the score at the break 0-14 in their favour. Saints started the 2nd half brightly but again struggled to convert in the final 3rd. After some sustained pressure Saints did finally get the breakthrough and Captain Pashley crossed to give Saints their first score of the season. The match continued to be a tightly contested affair with both teams taking it in turns to apply pressure. Saints however could not add to their score whereas Stockward Park managed to take advantage of the saints narrow defence and crossed 3 more times giving the scoreline a flattering 5-33.
For a side still new to playing together, it was a good performance and with a few tweaks the young Saints will only get stronger over the course of the season. There are some strong performers throughout the team and they will grow into leaders. Heads up and lets move onto the next job!!!