Bout time for an update

I've been a-thinkin... it's a bloody good thing that we chumped those Cobras back in Round 3. I'm sure this is a widely held view within the BPL community.

But for us, it means that we can go out against any team thinking "we may not be expected to win, but we're gonna have a crack". I'm sure there are a few more victories for us just around the corner.

Tonight's match against the Dojo was a measuring stick to our improvement. They played their same old game, making things look easy, with hammers, long hucks and great arial grabs. I can only recall one unforced error (of the fumble variety). They played their zone all night, which is something we now play well against. The final score was 15-8, but I think we had a solid performance.

Point's were more or less traded until 3-3, when Dojo took a time out. It was obvious that they needed to turn up the intensity, otherwise we'd stay right with them. A combination of errors on our part and being burnt long saw the score balloon out to 7-3, followed by a Heroes time out, Half Time at 8-3 and a Dojo time out at 9-3, due to our defence really tightening up.

Myall was all over the park tonight with his usual massive grabs. He must have scored 5 points, but was also pivotal in moving this disc through the cup. Once that was achieved, we were able to run, with Dojo unconcerned about our long play. The final score was 15-8.

We were solid as a team tonight, and are really cutting down on unforced errors and drops near our end zone. Tom's threw some beautiful hammers that he had been practicing, often to Gav. We are starting to back ourselves, our style of play and ability. In the past few weeks, there has been an exciting passage of the game where Heroes really tightens on D. After this, the points usually flow. When all these things come together...