The Geurie Goats have made it three wins from as many rounds to start off the season with bonus points from each encounter with a 29-nil victory over the Trangie Tigers.
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Coach Paul Hausia said travelling to Trangie and coming away with a win is not an easy task, but leaving the Tigers to no points was a great defensive effort.
“It was a tough game, Trangie didn’t give it to us on a silver platter, we had to work for it,” Hausia said.
“We didn’t get away with the game until the end of first half, that’s how hard the boys had to work for it.
“Keeping Wellington and Trangie – both really strong, well-drilled teams – to nil is a credit to my guys.
“We’ve been working hard with defence this year and we’ll continue doing that.”
The game started fairly evenly with both sides in an arm wrestle for possession with a strong display of defence from both.
Geurie opened the match with first points through a slick display of individual brilliance from the flying Fijian Nemani Ramoce, conversion by Moavuka Kavefiafi.
Geurie were for the remainder of the half in control as the ball was moved around with their second try from the backs as Moavuka Kavefiafi busting the line from the set piece lineout and converting his try.
Demesio Elia was next to score giving the Goats a handy lead into half time 22-nil.
The second half Trangie fought back and held possession for most of the half but were held by the Goats’ defence.
Nemani Ramoce scored the only try of the half with Geurie running out 29-nil victors over Trangie.
Special mention goes to Geurie’s front row who held Trangie scrum, Peter Clyne, Paul Hausia, Chris Wilcox and Brad Meyers who busted holes through the Trangie defence.
Three points went to Nathan Simpson who also took out Players Player for another destructive display in both defence and attack.
“He played out of his pocket that bloke – he’s quick off the board and unfortunately for Trangie’s five-eighth Nathan was his worst nightmare,” Hausia said.
Two points went to Chris Wilcox and one point to Hugh Edwards who controlled the ruck well from half back and sacked his opposite nine better than Chuck.
“Chris was a late pull-in, he hasn’t played rugby for a few years but he played really well, he’s a good ball runner,” Hausia said.
“Hughie played half for us on the weekend and did a fantastic job leading the forwards around.”
He said while Geurie boasts blokes who can score tries from anywhere on the field, there are still ares in need of work in moving forward.
“Defence is one of them but our biggest thing is we need not to rush and think we can score out of every single play, we need to be patient,” Hausia said. “We need to be a lot tighter in defence, but attack we need to be more patient. The game against Trangie showed that if we’re patient, holes will appear.”
Round 4 is against Coolah at Geurie on May 5 from 3.15pm.
