SATURDAY’S draw against Armidale has been described by Inverell Hawks president Gary Lavender as the one that got away.
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Two late tries saw Armidale dodge a bullet, but Lavender thinks the two tries and the drawn game were not the full story.
“There were at least five disallowed tries through the game and they sort of broke our backs a bit,” he said.
“I’d say a bit of frustration came out. We’re not overly pleased but we’ll take the one point.
“It was the game we should have had, but you can’t say ‘if we’d done this, or if we’d done that’. It’s just one of those things. We were in a position to have it all wrapped up with only a few minutes to go.”
Lavender said he thought the lack of a little bit of fitness and a lapse in concentration may have cost the Hawks, who are running in third spot on the ladder after last week’s round.
“We want to stay in third so we get a home semi-final,” he said.
Lavender admitted the Hawks have a couple of tough games coming up. The first one is against Tingha at Tingha this coming weekend. Then they go up against the Moree Boars at Varley Oval, who are sitting in fourth place, just two points behind the Hawks on the ladder.
“We’ll put the draw behind us now and just focus on this weekend’s game,” Lavender said.
“There’s great rivalry out there with Tingha, with the two towns being close and the players knowing each other and whatever.”
Lavender thought the Mushrooms Remembrance Day would be a special weekend for the Tigers.
“They have been short of players, but I’m sure they’ll have an abundance this weekend coming up,” he said.