The Seagulls A-grade side is searching for its first win after going down 20-10 to Bilambil at Bilambil on Sunday.
Darryl Fisher’s side competed hard, having to do a lot of defence, but appeared to lack cohesion which is understandable as the coach had 13 changes in his side from the first round clash (they had a bye in round two) as he tries to give the large squad of 30 a chance to push for permanent positions early in the season.
“We didn’t get much chance to hit the playing paddock in the pre-season with a trial washed out and a lot of the guys playing in ISC trials, and some guys had only played half or one game,” Fisher said.
“So I made a commitment to run as many players as we could early on to give them a chance to show what they could do.
“The effort has been terrific but we made a lot of errors. The good thing was we defended them really well, but when you make 60 tackles more than the opposition in the first half it is going to show in the last 20 minutes.”
The Gulls were 8-4 behind at half-time and hung in well for much of the game but Bilambil got on top in the final 15 minutes,
Prop Josh Harvey was the Seagulls best with a gutsy effort up front, while Sione Alofi and Jonty Van Der Schear also competed well, in a solid all-round effort.
The A-grade side plays Tugun at home this Sunday in a curtain-raiser to Intrust Super Cup clash between Tweed and Sunshine Coast.
Bilambil 20 (McNamara 2, Garrett tries; Rhodes 4 goals) beat Tweed Heads 10 (Kevin Reed, Jonty Van Der Schear tries; Mackenzie Reid goal)
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