The reality of tough weekly football came home to the Harbour Hibiscus when they simply ran out of gas last weekend against a very good looking Counties Manukau side. Head Coach Bill Wigglesworth commented "Counties sent a message to the competition today, especially in the second half. They will be a front runner for sure." Wigglesworth goes on to say "I was pleased with our girls though, especially in the first half. We played a very structured game with effective kicking, pinning them back and with a 5-3 deficit with only a couple of minutes of the first half to go, I thought we could do something pretty special." Counties scored on the stroke of half time though to give them a 10-3 lead and in the break, clearly changed their tactics and kept the ball in hand, running very direct. "The second half saw a lot of defense from us. Whilst we were good in patches we started to leak points and the score blew out".
The Hibiscus play Canterbury this week at Windsor Park at 1pm with the U19 mens team playing after them at 2.30pm. "Canterbury will be another good test of where we are at. There is no question this team has heart, and if we can put it together we will be competitive" Results to date and standings can be found here
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