The Braves steal a win!
The Mighty Braves took on the force that is the Wolumla Bushrangers On the weekend. Again, the Braves were a little undermanned, but welcomed back the eternally youthful and sprightly Sebastian ‘Chilli’ Arrtiatta. He slipped into the front line for both Reserves and Firsts to celebrate the occasion and looked the part. Bemboka were trying to bounce back from an unlucky defeat on Friday night at the hands of the Wailers, so were suitably motivated against the strong Wolumla pack. The Braves found it tough early and possession was not their friend as they were kicking the ball away often under pressure. Wolumla did a bulk of the attacking throughout the game, with the 3 man wall that is the Braves Backline doing some superb work as they have been week in week out. Pez was backing up from Ressies and showed plenty of spirit, Miko defied his ongoing knee ailment and Naro was as strong and challenged as hard as ever. Speaking of hard challenges, it was with much mirth, that Dunko retold the tale of felling the giant that is Rosco during the first half with a mighty hit. He said to look out when we come to Wolumla. He might be ill and unavailable that day...
Under constant pressure from the fast skilful Wolumla outfit, it was the Braves however who scored first when Glen Buzz Brotherton worked his way down into the box and slipped a great ball to the tireless Nick Constable who slotted from point blank range. Nick was later carried off and has a suspected broken ankle- another dodgy call by a doctor... after a Brave goal saving tackle late in the game. Get well soon mate.
So, it was the Braves who stole away with the points- they are visiting Wolumla soon again in a catch up game, so it will be another tight clash. The Braves were well aware that they got 3 points from nothing and really need to sharpen up in their pursuit of a final 4 berth.
Ressies took the field with the last wise words from Coach Dunko to stay deep in defence. They thought they might try doing the opposite though, and paid the price with a couple of break away goals, one which saw Russ ‘The Muss’ Hill injure his troublesome knee which was a real bugger. Unfortunately, it looks to be the end of Muss’s season and it will be a blow to the Ressies midfield. The Braves can look forward to Muss taking a managerial role for the remaining weeks of the season.
Ressies sorted out their transitory defensive problems and steadied the ship at 3-0 which was a shame because the game was lost at that point. Jarred also made his long awaited comeback and was solid along with Adam in the backline. Fox ran his socks off in the midfield as always and Lenno did his best to keep things solid as well.
Back to the drawing board for Ressies, with an outing to
Go you Braves!
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