NZ wins again making it four wins in a row

NZ perform the Haka for Japan

NZ played against a in form Japan team this morning needing this to win the group to finish 9th. The Team once again showed some passion to break the line and score the goals that were needed. Mark Turner was at his best scoring 5 goals with Rob Vazey scoring 2, John Bardo 1 and Dean Fitness 1. The greatest acheivements go to the goalies as we had the referees awarding 5 direct penalties against our team. This creates a hard game when you are unfortunately playing hard and then being dealt poor decisions, but only 2 out of the five were scored.. Well Done both Goalies. Also Mark Turner and Rob Vazey both got sent off with Blue cards, and Alley Langridge, John Bardo getting yellow cards. This made it very hard on the coach Russell Clark's heart...

The team now are reflecting as a team and as always it was only a lapse of 6 minutes in one game that cost the team the chance to be playing in the semi's. This is dissapointing and alittle heart wrenching when we knew we can beat that team and were goals up. The top NZ goal Scorers are as follows: Mark Turner 16, Rob Vazey 6, Alley Langridge 5, Tony Deller 5, John Bardo 4, Dean Fitness 4, Rohan Singh 3, Isaac Fraser 1.

The team Stats were:

Placed 9th

8 games played, 4 Wins, 4 Loses

44 goals for

48 goals against.

Thanks to all you that have followed our progress, it is great knowing we have supporters, along with our Management team Russell Clark Coach, Roger Bedford Travelling Manager and Vicki Bardo Team Manager.

Thanks again to you all for a very enjoyable trip.