Sat 29 April Review: Pre-season hit out
It must be time for winter sport, because right on cue the rain came to water our burgeoning rugby superstars! The Penugins don't care about the weather though, because we're ready to go no matter what is thrown at us!
Today's games were an awesome chance for our heroes to put on the park the work they've been putting in at training, and did they what. Our Penguins defence in one on one situations was superb, with Noah, Michael and Josh getting stuck in. It wasn't bad in one on three situations either, with Jack the perpetual motion machine nailing player after player. When our opposition teams did manage to get wide, we had them covered there too, with Joey, Maddox and Alex making sure the opposition weren't going to sneak away easily without a Penguin there to deal with!
Speaking of Jack, both he and Joey showed the benefit of a good pass opening up space for our team mates - when our heroes start to consistently throw good passes, great things will happen!
One thing the Penguins are going to be known for this season is their clean out. While we still have work to do, when we decided to clean out the opposition knew it! Riley, Drew, Mason and Hugo all put in some massive work at the clean out, creating space so we could use our wheels on the outside.
So all and all a great last hit out before the real deal of the tackle box and regular season games roll on next Saturday. Penguins rugby looks like it'll be a fantastic team to watch and support this 2017 season!
And now, a preview of our team chant, to be unveiled at training on Tuesday:
P - E - N - G - U - I - N - S
I will, you will, we'll do our best!
[we are] penguins
[We Are] Penguins
[WE ARE] PEN-GUINNNNSSSS
Today's games were an awesome chance for our heroes to put on the park the work they've been putting in at training, and did they what. Our Penguins defence in one on one situations was superb, with Noah, Michael and Josh getting stuck in. It wasn't bad in one on three situations either, with Jack the perpetual motion machine nailing player after player. When our opposition teams did manage to get wide, we had them covered there too, with Joey, Maddox and Alex making sure the opposition weren't going to sneak away easily without a Penguin there to deal with!
Speaking of Jack, both he and Joey showed the benefit of a good pass opening up space for our team mates - when our heroes start to consistently throw good passes, great things will happen!
One thing the Penguins are going to be known for this season is their clean out. While we still have work to do, when we decided to clean out the opposition knew it! Riley, Drew, Mason and Hugo all put in some massive work at the clean out, creating space so we could use our wheels on the outside.
So all and all a great last hit out before the real deal of the tackle box and regular season games roll on next Saturday. Penguins rugby looks like it'll be a fantastic team to watch and support this 2017 season!
And now, a preview of our team chant, to be unveiled at training on Tuesday:
P - E - N - G - U - I - N - S
I will, you will, we'll do our best!
[we are] penguins
[We Are] Penguins
[WE ARE] PEN-GUINNNNSSSS
Michael's mum Mel has uploaded some great action shots of the team from this morning onto the facebook group page: Pakuranga Penguins Parent's Page. Thanks Mel!
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