The Beerwah Bulldogs Reserve Grade team in solid form at halfway point
THE Beerwah Bulldogs Reserves are on target for another tilt at a premiership after their 2024 success.
With the team sitting second on points difference halfway through the season.
The Coolum Colts top the ladder with equal wins but a superior 58 points difference.
Bulldogs reserve coach, Stevie Reay, said he was confident his team can make it into finals again this year, and he was still aiming to finish the regular season on top.
“I most definitely think we can win again this year, we should be excited about the opportunity we’ve got to get there anyway,” he said.
“It’s not every year at the halfway mark you’re sitting at the top of the ladder.
“Every team is a challenge to us, but Coolum are in first place and Caloundra are on third and we get a shot at them over the next few weeks.”
Coach Reay added that while the Bulldogs’ defence has been strong this season, there’s still work to be done with their attack.
“We haven’t lost since our second game, we lost two in a row at the start of the year, which is probably due to grand final hangover and missing a few players from our team,” he said.
“We’re defending really well, but we’re just not attacking as well as we would like to be at the moment.
“We’re scoring an average of 16-20 points a game, but I also think we have kept four teams scoreless in the last seven games.”
Despite players coming in and out of the squad to fill in for the A Grade side, there are a number of standouts in the team.
“We’ve got a good mixture of youth and senior guys; the juniors are finding their feet while the older guys know how to control the game better,” he said.
“Brad Ebdon, Tony Ainsworth, Trae Storr and Jaidyn Styles are just some of our best players.”
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