It may have been a scratchy victory against seventh-placed Currumbin but the 22-16 win has elevated the Seagulls’ A-grade side to second on the ladder ahead of the clash with unbeaten Burleigh Bears on Saturday.
Minus three players who were representing the South-East Queensland rep side and with several others who were out with injury or called to Intrust Super Cup, the Gulls put pressure on themselves early with poor execution, but defended well enough to get the points.
Sione Alofi, Jack Cook and Shem Vaoa were on representative duty, regular ISC wingers Brayden McGrady and Tevita Folau, plus James Toole and Jenan Parish, were late withdrawals with injury while Dave Sheridan and Pheonix Hunapa were called up to the ISC team (Will Zillman was elevated to the Titans’ side).
However, the still competitive line-up coughed up too much possession in the first half particularly by playing without patience and it impacted on the amount of defence the tea had to do.
“Our error count was pretty ordinary in the first half and at one stage we had probably only two sets in 15 minutes which would put pressure on any team,” said coach Darryl Fisher.
“A lot were made early in the tackle count and then we conceded a lot of penalties, a few which were certainly debatable I thought, so Currumbin got a lot of repeat sets.
“But our defence was pretty good and when we did hold the ball and show some patience after working upfield, we scored.
“We will certainly have to improve against Burleigh Bears this Saturday. When we played them in round one (a 28-18 loss) it was the highest standard we’ve played this season and we certainly have to lift to match them because it will be the same again.”
The Gulls led 12-6 at half-time and shot away to 22-10 before Currumbin made it ‘game on’ for the final five minutes after a converted try. With Burleigh beating second-placed Runaway Bay 36-28, the Gulls have moved past the Bay to be second (ladder below), one point ahead of Tugun.
The clash with the Bears kicks off at Pizzey Park at 5.45pm Saturday.
Tweed Heads 22 (Hinton, Murphy, Annand, Gray tries; Jackson 3 goals) beat Currumbin 16.
GOLD COAST A-GRADE LADDER
| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | B | FOR | AGST | PD | PTS |
| 1 | Burleigh | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 316 | 92 | 224 | 21 |
| 2 | Tweed Heads | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 178 | 104 | 74 | 17 |
| 3 | Tugun | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 204 | 130 | 74 | 16 |
| 4 | Runaway Bay | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 204 | 136 | 68 | 15 |
| 5 | Bilambil | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 144 | 180 | -36 | 13 |
| 6 | Southport | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 136 | 154 | -18 | 12 |
| 7 | Currumbin | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 108 | 222 | -114 | 11 |
| 8 | Ormeau | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 54 | 326 | -272 | 7 |
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