Qbn 8-12-60
Southport 17-13-115
Went to the game pretty keen to see how the young Tigers who have become the most improved team in the East would fair against one of the powerhouse clubs of Queensland. Conditions I thought would have suited the home side but it was evident early that the bigger bodies of Southport would be difficult to compete against for 4 quarters.
1st term (after the opening 6 minutes) was a pretty even affair but unfortunately for the Tigers the visitors kicked 3 quick goals to start the match. SP showed plenty of pace and had clean skills as they shot out of the blocks to open a pretty hand lead early in the term. But credit to the Tigers who slowly started to get back into the match and only found themselves 2 goals down at the first change. Baxter was dominant for SP, Keil was getting plenty of it and Weymouth worked tirelessly in the ruck. For Qbn the usual suspects rose to the top in Griggs and Daniher working hard.
Qbn 1-3-9
SP 3-3-21
2nd term again was a hard fought affair with both sides showing desperation in cold wet conditions at DFP. The game became an arm wrestle with neither side giving an inch and the visitors would have been happy going into the sheds with a 16 point advantage. For SP, Baxter continued to find the footy and look dangerous around the goals, Burge was finding plenty of the footy with his hard running, Knights showed flashes of brilliance and Keil continued to get plenty of it. For the Tigers Conroy started to get into the game and Griggs and Daniher were doing their best to keep the home side in the contest.
Qbn 4-8-32
SP 7-6-48
3rd term is often described as the premiership quarter and in the first 15 minutes the cream rose to the top. SP totally dominated this period. Their work rate running back and moving forward was outstanding as they blasted the contest out of the water with a 7 goal blitz. In all the visitors kicked 8 goals for the term but the 7 goals in 15 minutes effectively killed the game as a contest. SP had winners all over the ground. Keil, Weymouth, Milani (who kicked 3 for the term), Wise, Seddon and Knight all contributed in a dominant term. Credit to the Tigers who after being shell shocked by the 15 minute burst held firm for the rest of the term to stem the bleeding. Under enormous pressure Roy Jaques was doing a great job on the dangerous Hughes and Daniher, Griggs and Conroy continued to rack up the stats but it was left to too few to do too much.
Qbn 5-11-41
SP 15-10-100
Injured playing coach K.Klemke was livid with his charges at the last break and obviously asked for more effort from his side and credit to the Tigers they battled well in the last term and out scored the visitors 3 goals to 2. Both sets of players looked very tired come siren time and while the margin was 55 points in the end, the game was a better contest than the scoreboard may suggest.
Qbn 8-12-60
SP 17-13-115
Goals SP - Baxter 4, Milani 3, Hughes, Knight 2, Screech, Whish Wilson, Flagg, Seddon, Burge, Mallan 1
Best SP - Seddon, Kiel, Weymouth, Mills, Wise, Knight, Baxter
Goals Qbn - Franchi, Fruend, Griggs 2, Kavanagh, Bryce 1
Best Qbn - Griggs, Daniher, Conroy, Jaques
This game showed me that their is a definite gap between East and North. SP had bigger bodies, their work rate and willingness to help each other was tremendous, they were cleaner moving the football and always out numbered the Tigers at contests. The game will be a great lesson to the Tigers who for large chunks of the game gave as good as they received to their opponents and when you consider 10 of SP's goals game in 21 minutes (3 goals in the first 6 minutes of the first term and 7 goals in the first 15 minutes of the third) the Tigers more than matched SP for 80% of the game.
The lesson they should take away from not just this week but last week against the Swans is that against the very best sides they need to maintain the effort for 4 quarters because any lapses will be punished.
For mine the Tigers are 12 months away from competing with the competitions heavy weights but when you consider where they were just last season they are rapidly on the improve. They showed today that their best is good enough but they need to do it for longer and share the work load better.
Well done to SP, the came here to play in foreign conditions and got the job done. They will be hard to beat if they play as they did in the first 15 minutes of the third term.
I am already hoping these 2 sides meet in the future to see if the Tigers do improve.
Qbn 8-12-60
Southport 17-13-115
Went to the game pretty keen to see how the young Tigers who have become the most improved team in the East would fair against one of the powerhouse clubs of Queensland. Conditions I thought would have suited the home side but it was evident early that the bigger bodies of Southport would be difficult to compete against for 4 quarters.
1st term (after the opening 6 minutes) was a pretty even affair but unfortunately for the Tigers the visitors kicked 3 quick goals to start the match. SP showed plenty of pace and had clean skills as they shot out of the blocks to open a pretty hand lead early in the term. But credit to the Tigers who slowly started to get back into the match and only found themselves 2 goals down at the first change. Baxter was dominant for SP, Keil was getting plenty of it and Weymouth worked tirelessly in the ruck. For Qbn the usual suspects rose to the top in Griggs and Daniher working hard.
Qbn 1-3-9
SP 3-3-21
2nd term again was a hard fought affair with both sides showing desperation in cold wet conditions at DFP. The game became an arm wrestle with neither side giving an inch and the visitors would have been happy going into the sheds with a 16 point advantage. For SP, Baxter continued to find the footy and look dangerous around the goals, Burge was finding plenty of the footy with his hard running, Knights showed flashes of brilliance and Keil continued to get plenty of it. For the Tigers Conroy started to get into the game and Griggs and Daniher were doing their best to keep the home side in the contest.
Qbn 4-8-32
SP 7-6-48
3rd term is often described as the premiership quarter and in the first 15 minutes the cream rose to the top. SP totally dominated this period. Their work rate running back and moving forward was outstanding as they blasted the contest out of the water with a 7 goal blitz. In all the visitors kicked 8 goals for the term but the 7 goals in 15 minutes effectively killed the game as a contest. SP had winners all over the ground. Keil, Weymouth, Milani (who kicked 3 for the term), Wise, Seddon and Knight all contributed in a dominant term. Credit to the Tigers who after being shell shocked by the 15 minute burst held firm for the rest of the term to stem the bleeding. Under enormous pressure Roy Jaques was doing a great job on the dangerous Hughes and Daniher, Griggs and Conroy continued to rack up the stats but it was left to too few to do too much.
Qbn 5-11-41
SP 15-10-100
Injured playing coach K.Klemke was livid with his charges at the last break and obviously asked for more effort from his side and credit to the Tigers they battled well in the last term and out scored the visitors 3 goals to 2. Both sets of players looked very tired come siren time and while the margin was 55 points in the end, the game was a better contest than the scoreboard may suggest.
Qbn 8-12-60
SP 17-13-115
Goals SP - Baxter 4, Milani 3, Hughes, Knight 2, Screech, Whish Wilson, Flagg, Seddon, Burge, Mallan 1
Best SP - Seddon, Kiel, Weymouth, Mills, Wise, Knight, Baxter
Goals Qbn - Franchi, Fruend, Griggs 2, Kavanagh, Bryce 1
Best Qbn - Griggs, Daniher, Conroy, Jaques
This game showed me that their is a definite gap between East and North. SP had bigger bodies, their work rate and willingness to help each other was tremendous, they were cleaner moving the football and always out numbered the Tigers at contests. The game will be a great lesson to the Tigers who for large chunks of the game gave as good as they received to their opponents and when you consider 10 of SP's goals game in 21 minutes (3 goals in the first 6 minutes of the first term and 7 goals in the first 15 minutes of the third) the Tigers more than matched SP for 80% of the game.
The lesson they should take away from not just this week but last week against the Swans is that against the very best sides they need to maintain the effort for 4 quarters because any lapses will be punished.
For mine the Tigers are 12 months away from competing with the competitions heavy weights but when you consider where they were just last season they are rapidly on the improve. They showed today that their best is good enough but they need to do it for longer and share the work load better.
Well done to SP, the came here to play in foreign conditions and got the job done. They will be hard to beat if they play as they did in the first 15 minutes of the third term.
I am already hoping these 2 sides meet in the future to see if the Tigers do improve.
Qbn 8-12-60
Southport 17-13-115
Went to the game pretty keen to see how the young Tigers who have become the most improved team in the East would fair against one of the powerhouse clubs of Queensland. Conditions I thought would have suited the home side but it was evident early that the bigger bodies of Southport would be difficult to compete against for 4 quarters.
1st term (after the opening 6 minutes) was a pretty even affair but unfortunately for the Tigers the visitors kicked 3 quick goals to start the match. SP showed plenty of pace and had clean skills as they shot out of the blocks to open a pretty hand lead early in the term. But credit to the Tigers who slowly started to get back into the match and only found themselves 2 goals down at the first change. Baxter was dominant for SP, Keil was getting plenty of it and Weymouth worked tirelessly in the ruck. For Qbn the usual suspects rose to the top in Griggs and Daniher working hard.
Qbn 1-3-9
SP 3-3-21
2nd term again was a hard fought affair with both sides showing desperation in cold wet conditions at DFP. The game became an arm wrestle with neither side giving an inch and the visitors would have been happy going into the sheds with a 16 point advantage. For SP, Baxter continued to find the footy and look dangerous around the goals, Burge was finding plenty of the footy with his hard running, Knights showed flashes of brilliance and Keil continued to get plenty of it. For the Tigers Conroy started to get into the game and Griggs and Daniher were doing their best to keep the home side in the contest.
Qbn 4-8-32
SP 7-6-48
3rd term is often described as the premiership quarter and in the first 15 minutes the cream rose to the top. SP totally dominated this period. Their work rate running back and moving forward was outstanding as they blasted the contest out of the water with a 7 goal blitz. In all the visitors kicked 8 goals for the term but the 7 goals in 15 minutes effectively killed the game as a contest. SP had winners all over the ground. Keil, Weymouth, Milani (who kicked 3 for the term), Wise, Seddon and Knight all contributed in a dominant term. Credit to the Tigers who after being shell shocked by the 15 minute burst held firm for the rest of the term to stem the bleeding. Under enormous pressure Roy Jaques was doing a great job on the dangerous Hughes and Daniher, Griggs and Conroy continued to rack up the stats but it was left to too few to do too much.
Qbn 5-11-41
SP 15-10-100
Injured playing coach K.Klemke was livid with his charges at the last break and obviously asked for more effort from his side and credit to the Tigers they battled well in the last term and out scored the visitors 3 goals to 2. Both sets of players looked very tired come siren time and while the margin was 55 points in the end, the game was a better contest than the scoreboard may suggest.
Qbn 8-12-60
SP 17-13-115
Goals SP - Baxter 4, Milani 3, Hughes, Knight 2, Screech, Whish Wilson, Flagg, Seddon, Burge, Mallan 1
Best SP - Seddon, Kiel, Weymouth, Mills, Wise, Knight, Baxter
Goals Qbn - Franchi, Fruend, Griggs 2, Kavanagh, Bryce 1
Best Qbn - Griggs, Daniher, Conroy, Jaques
This game showed me that their is a definite gap between East and North. SP had bigger bodies, their work rate and willingness to help each other was tremendous, they were cleaner moving the football and always out numbered the Tigers at contests. The game will be a great lesson to the Tigers who for large chunks of the game gave as good as they received to their opponents and when you consider 10 of SP's goals game in 21 minutes (3 goals in the first 6 minutes of the first term and 7 goals in the first 15 minutes of the third) the Tigers more than matched SP for 80% of the game.
The lesson they should take away from not just this week but last week against the Swans is that against the very best sides they need to maintain the effort for 4 quarters because any lapses will be punished.
For mine the Tigers are 12 months away from competing with the competitions heavy weights but when you consider where they were just last season they are rapidly on the improve. They showed today that their best is good enough but they need to do it for longer and share the work load better.
Well done to SP, the came here to play in foreign conditions and got the job done. They will be hard to beat if they play as they did in the first 15 minutes of the third term.
I am already hoping these 2 sides meet in the future to see if the Tigers do improve.
Excellent report ABH. I was concerned for the Tigers when SP ran out with the bigger bodies for a contest in the wet/ slippery conditions. Thought too their fitness and ability to flood and apply the press was as good as I have seen. Incidently I was talking to one of the many Ainslie "forward scouts" watching and he agreed they have similar problems with the size and fitness of the Nth boys.
Tigers are transitioning from a young ordinary side to being competitive for most of the game now. Even in their wins they do lapse at stages and this is part of that learning process I guess. One player who really impresses me is Andrew Swan. He has some changers at times but he really attacks the ball,plays on talls and smalls, is holding down key back positions and is coming off a knee reco.
Think next week v Ainslie will be a great game but those keen Ainslie fwd scouts might have stolen all the Tigers moves!!!
