Junior Reps Round 2 Results: Year young players impress in Harold Matts fixture

Round two of the junior representative season has concluded with both the Harold Matthews and Tarsha Gale Cup teams suffering defeats.

Meanwhile, the SG Ball match between the Bulldogs and Victoria Thunderbolts was cancelled due to Victoria going into a stage-four restrictions five-day snap lockdown due to COVID.

Both teams were given one point each as a result of the cancelled fixture.

Tarsha Gale

The Bulldogs Tarsha Gale Cup team suffered an 18-8 loss to the Cronulla Sharks on Friday night. The girls started very well by playing positive football and scored the opening try of the match, but a change in the conditions forced a number of errors and the team struggled to play wet weather football. The basic errors gave the Sharks opportunities to take advantage of the Bulldogs mistakes and put points on the board. To the girls credit, they played with more intent than last week, were more physical than last week and forced enough errors out of the homeside to win the match, however inexperience at crucial times proved the difference between winning and losing. It was a much improved performance from the week before and the team will take plenty away from the result having showed they can compete with the top sides in the competition when they complete with the football.