Saavanah Bourke
The Gold Coast Airport women’s Tweed Heads Seagulls have fallen to their third consecutive loss, after the Brisbane Panthers ran in two unanswered tries in the second half to secure a 20 to 8 victory at Frank Lind Oval on Saturday.
A double from Panthers winger Luisa Sekona opened the scoring for Brisbane early in the match, but the Seagulls hit back through winger Bridget Hoy and forward Zara Canfield to level the score at 8 all heading into the sheds at half time.
But the Seagulls points would dry up there, and Tweed’s poor competition rate and high error count opened the door for Brisbane to cross twice more, this time through centre Clare Akauma and forward Caitlyn Taleni.
Seagulls Heads coach Spencer Taplin said his side did themselves no favours.
“We wasted our opportunities,” he said.
“We had three tries held up and one just short of the line.
“They (Brisbane Panthers) capitalised on our errors.”
The Seagulls ‘silly individual mistakes’ were the ultimate undoing and Taplin says they must be ‘more clinical’ in their finishes if they want to take home two points against the competitions newcomers, the Wynnum Manly Seagulls this weekend.
“We should be able to keep our spine the same for the first time.
“We have had a lot of disruptions to start our season with players in and out.
“This weekend we will see how the girls can respond to that loss and work together on our combinations to get the right result,” Taplin said.
Tweed host Wynnum at home on Saturday, while the Panthers meet Souths Logan Magpies.
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