By Pittsy
The Roccocos Bar and Bistro Noosa Tigers head into the Easter break with a fit and healthy list and ready to make their mark on the 2018 Division 1 HART sports cup. The 2017 runners up have recruited extremely well over the off season with 6 or 7 of them on show against Surfers Paradise last weekend and whilst the Gold Coast got away with a 14 point win there was something very different about the way the Noosa boys went about it.
The full ground press was actually adopted by both teams and while Surfers held sway for most of the day Noosa’s third quarter was particularly impressive. Templeton, Hill and Fitzpatrick (all stars in 2017) were able to get behind the oppositions defensive structure and become very dangeous. The tigers were rusty, especially in the first half with this being their only true pre-season hit out due to recent wet weather cancellations.
However I’m sure Sammy Faure will be more than happy taking a fit and raring to go list into round one when Noosa travel to Brisbane to play Springwood on Saturday 7 April. I’m sure also making coach Faure happy would be the strong showing of gun recruits Stack and Holt who were standouts against Surfers along with the ever impressive Aaron Laskey who was just everywhere on the weekend, and as old Dougy Murray says, “he always plays well”. There are no games with the Easter break upon us but can’t wait to see how the start of the season unfolds.
Springwood apparently have lost a heap of senior players down the road to Beenleigh. However the Tigers will still approach them with plenty of caution, having been one of only three teams the Noosa boys lowered their colours to last year.
There are great meals and a terrific vibe at the Noosa tigers every Thursday night so get down to our Weyba Road headquarters and watch our 2018 seniors go through their paces.
Go tigers
