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“THE
DEN” – Tiger Tales |
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Tiger Tales contains articles written by the players and are
usually featured in the PL’s Newsletter |
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Tiger Tales from Issue 3 of the Newsletter written by Ben Molyneux: Well,
as you all know by now, or witnessed last week, the Tigers had a MASSIVE win
over Brookvale. While it was only one game, it had special significance for
some of the veterans in the Tigers squad. Whilst there was plenty of
celebrations on Saturday night, I managed to catch up with a few of the team
to find out what the game meant for them and their thoughts on the big win (comments
in order of veteran-ness - ie. Age): Eddy Fong (aka Fongy) -
"Great win, but I wasn't as surprised as some. I knew they were
beatable, and that we have the team to do it - just look at the depth on the
bench. It's opened up the premiership once again." Justin Rainbird (aka
Birdman) - "That is why I play
the game and train for months and months. All the off-season weights training
to build up my massive legs really paid off. If all the hard work only means
you win ONE game per season, you just hope it is Brooky."
Ashley Mathieson (aka Asha) - "It was a hard struggle, always is against Brooky and usually we fail at the final hurdle after
leading, but some how the team played out the 90 minutes and got the
chocolates… considering I have never beaten Brooky
(pauses and wipes tears from his eyes)… it still hasn’t set in
yet and everyone from parents, coaches and other teams that I have run into
have being saying “well done”, “you beat Brooky” etc… and all this is why you
play… this is the reason why I didn't retire last year... it's the
reason why I love the game so much... to win the big games… and we
did… and I scored." Adam Townsend (aka Townsy) -
"My life has been shattered. One moment, I am celebrating one of the
biggest wins of my illustrious career, then the next thing I know, the mighty
Canaries ( Dave Sutherland (aka Sutho) -
"I've got around one player in the last ten years and it happened
against Brooky, only to be brought down in the box
and no penalty awarded! I know we won, but I was robbed." Nick Rainey (aka Rains) - "I thought the game was always in our
control. I thought the defense really stood out,
particularly Timmy Sheather (tough job keeping Brooky
scoreless). I thought the crowd was first class... great support from family
and friends. My hand is still tired from signing so many autographs! The
Tigers are within striking distance of the lead... season turner!" John O'Leary (aka Pommie) -
"The game meant a lot to me especially because I took such a major roll
in how the two winning goals were constructed! Running the ball 30m into the
opposition territory and feeding Ash onto Nick - I showed such great
intuition. Then picking out Ash's head from the corner, swung with pace and
spin from the new boots - not that it was hard to hit Ash's head. Also, we've
never had a clean sheet against Brooky, which is a
credit to the defence which has become really solid since I moved to the
midfield. Made my weekend that win. GO
THE MIGHTY TIGERS!!! COME TO THE DEN AND YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE!!! |
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