Ivan Cleary
Ivan Cleary
Ivan Clearyis an Australian rugby league football coach and former player. He is a former head coach of the Penrith Panthers and New Zealand Warriors. As a player, Cleary was a goal-kicking fullback who played club football in Australia and New Zealand, setting a new record for most points scored in a season during the 1998 NRL Premiership...
against aim best match side
Our aim had always been to put out our best side in this match against the Bulldogs.
match performance positive
While the performance in Cairns wasn't what we wanted, the big positive to come out of the match was that we had no injuries.
lose
Win, lose or whatever, you were still going to be disappointed.
chances game half win
I still think we had enough chances to win the game but our first half let us down.
basis few games guys happy individual played
On an individual basis I thought a few guys played well. I'm really happy that we've got two more games to get our game together.
trial
With everything that has happened, that was more than just a trial for us.
game trials
We'll have to tighten up our game a little, that's what trials are for.
allowing came form injury possible strongest
While our form could have been better in the trials, we came through them well on the injury front, allowing us to go with our strongest possible line-up.
bit character fair far happened happy honest performance three trial trials
It's fair to say it was probably more than a trial for us considering everything that's happened during the week. I'm not really happy with the performance to be honest but the three trials we've had so far have showed we've got a bit of character and that's important.
familiar forced improve word
It's been forced on us right from the word go that we have to improve and do that while being without familiar faces.
both fair frustrated indication sides whenever
Whenever you see both sides getting frustrated I think it's a fair indication the ref is having too much involvement.
both earned hard worked
They've both worked hard and have earned selection.
against despite far improvement losing pleased signs success
Despite losing our first two matches, the signs were there that we weren't far away from success so we were really pleased to see the improvement against the Tigers.
boys positive resilient though
A real positive to come out of it though is that we'll find out how resilient our boys are.