Intrust Super Cup: Round Round 10 – Tigers vs Falcons

Falcons get the 2 points against fellow Storm feeder club

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Sunshine Coast Falcons coach Sam Mawhinney said it took a big team effort to finish on top of fellow Melbourne Storm feeder club Brisbane Tigers in Round 10.

Falcons debutant Wyatt Reynolds scored two of the Falcons’ five tries, with the Falcons running away 28-18 winners at Totally Workwear Stadium.

“It was a pretty ugly game to be honest, but sometimes you’ve just got to find a way and grind it out…. after a disappointing few weeks it was nice the boys found a way,” Mawhinney said.

“At half-time I just spoke about completing our sets and having better ends to our sets… we were just sort of rolling down the field okay in the first half, but we had pretty ordinary kicks and run options on the last, so we just needed to tighten those up a bit.

“We saw signs that Tigers were a bit fatigued and they had a couple of injuries, so they were under the pump. We just needed to complete and build a bit of pressure, which the boys did.”

Cooper Johns, Luke Polselli and Nat McGavin were the other try-scorers for the Falcons. Zac Taibi, Brenko Lee, Michael Purcell and Ioane Seiuli crossed for the Tigers.

“I thought there were some pretty good contributions from everyone today,” Mawhinney said.

“Everyone’s got to be accountable within the 17… Wyatt Reynolds on debut got two tries, which is pretty special.

“Tepai Moeroa debuted for us and he was outstanding, I thought, off a pretty short build up. Kurt Baptise was dynamic through the middle… I thought he was the difference today.”

The Falcons will face Townsville Blackhawks in Round 11.

“Townsville are a strong side… they’re always strong, Townsville, so we’re probably fortunate we’re going to play them down here,” Mawhinney said.

“They’re strong through the middle and they’ve got pretty classy halves in (Shaun) Nona and (Kyle) Laybutt. They’ve got pretty good threats across the park so we’ll have to make sure we’re completing and defending well.”