Saavanah Bourke
The Gold Coast Airport women’s Tweed Heads Seagulls refuse to drop their heads after another tough loss in the BMD Premiership.
The Seagulls showed plenty of promise in the first half, but a classy Central Queensland Capras outfit hit back in the second 35 to claim a 22-10 victory in Rockhampton on Saturday.
It was Seagulls winger Brooke Saddler who opened the scoring early for Tweed, crossing for the first try of the game five minutes into the contest.
But the ladder leaders wasted no time to get on the board, with forward Kailah Rogers making her way over the line a little over 10 minutes later.
A cut out ball from half Jada Ferguson gave young Seagulls star Chantay Kiria-Ratu a prime opportunity for Tweed to get back in front, gifting the Seagulls a 6 point lead heading into the sheds at half time.
But the points for the Seagulls would unfortunately stop there, and just five minutes into the second half the Seagulls couldn’t stop Capras fullback Tamika Upton from breaking through the defense line and helping Central Queensland level the score.
It was a tight contest after that and wasn’t until 23 minutes later another try came from the Capras, this time through winger Bree Spreadborough.
Central Queensland would seal the match just 5 minutes later, when forward Kristine Vaalepu found another 4 pointer for the Capras.
Seagulls head coach Spencer Taplin said he refuses to give up on his side, and knows they are capable of producing a 70 minute performance.
“We are doing all the right things and I have faith in our program, but at the end of the day you’ve got to be at your best for the entire game to get the win,” Taplin said.
“We were right in the game until those two quick tries near the end blew out the score.”
The Seagulls have a bye this weekend and won’t play finals, but will have a prime opportunity to finish the season on a high when they face Souths Logan Magpies in an NRL curtain raiser at Cbus Super Stadium on May 22.
“We need to finish it how we want to finish it.
“I said to the girls wouldn’t it be cool if we finish the season playing to the potential, I know they can on the big stage.”
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