THE Beerwah Bulldogs A Grade side have won two from two games in the 2023 season, beating the Kawana Dolphins in a tough match 22-6.
Beerwah Bulldogs coach Brett Hill said he was extremely happy with his team’s improvement in their defence during their April 1 game against Kawana, who were a hard team to face.
“It was a really tough game, they kept us under pressure, but we kept up with them and I was really proud of the boys,” he said.
“They absolutely improved, I think Kawana had six dropouts and we had to defend our line six times in a row, and they only scored a try when we were down to eleven men.”
Samuel Fullerton, James Hill and Kai Busiko were among those who scored tries during the first and second half of the game, with a 75 percent conversion rate for Mathew Kidd.
Hill praised Rowin Jardine’s efforts in the game, but reiterated how proud he was of the team’s performance, despite a few sin bins during the second half allowing a six pointer from the opposition.
“Everyone was pretty good, but our front rower Rowin Jardine did the hard yards in the middle and that was really good,” he said.
“We were 10 nil at half time, and then we scored after we held them out so that was a really good effort, and we scored right at the end there, it was a really tough game, it was really close.
“They really dug in in their defence, their attitude was really good, they never got frustrated with all the penalties we got, we got penalised a fair bit, so I think our lack of frustration really helped.”
Beerwah now have a bye over the easter holidays and will be back to battle it out against the Noosa Pirates on April 15 at 6pm in the Bulldogs’ first home game for the year.
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