Our intensity and pressure was there and that instance in the last quarter where the ball was in our half forward line in the last quarter and we could have had at least 4 or 5 holding the balls but the ump forgot to blow his whistle was just superb, and even though the ball spilt to the Hawks and they goaled I was so so proud of the lads.
I think the real turning point for the RFC will be when we are in a position to maybe pinch a game against better opposition that we make sure we win the 50/50 possessions. We had an opportunity after taking the lead in the third quarter to keep up the momentum by winning the centre bounce. We then proceeded to give Hawthorn easy possessions when the better teams in the competition would have stepped up and ensured they followed up with a another goal to gain the ascendancy. After we hit the front it didn't seem like we knew what to do from that point on, i suppose that comes from being a perennial loser for so long.
In the last quarter whilst we didn't receive one of fifty free kicks that could have been paid during the half forward line scramble it was Hawthorn that managed to win the clearance, we just have to find a way to win those sort of game breaking contested passages. Maybe a fit Cogs would have been the ideal person to get the clearing handball out of the pack that might have resulted in a goal, thats where we are still missing a really strong in and under player like him. Overall strength in this sort of situation is still a big weakness, we get thrown aside during attempted tackles too easily but when we do tackle a player i believe our tackling technique is not quite there as we continually fail to pin the handballing arm therefore allowing opposition teams easy clearances when by rights we should have been winning free kicks for holding/dropping the ball.
