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NOW HEAR THIS: Members
of the HMAS Cerberus rugby team that claimed a trophy at the
Kapooka 10s competition.
Photo: CPL Andrew Hetherington |
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After several hard-fought attempts, HMAS Cerberus has finally broken
through to win a trophy at the Kapooka 10s rugby competition.
An inexperienced, but fit and determined Cerberus side defeated the Army
6RAR team 34-5 in the Kapooka Plate final in hot conditions on March 10.
Stand in and first time coach Glenn Martin said he didn’t think his
side was going to win the final.
“I was absolutely surprised. We thought 6RAR would be a lot harder
[to beat] than what they were, but to our boys credit they continued to
build from the start of the day,” he said.
“If we had to play another game on the day we would have played better
than we had played in our last three matches.”
Mr Martin said throughout the competition his team continued to grow as
a playing unit.
“They grew in confidence, they are a team that came together three
weeks before the competition. I am just so bloody proud of them,”
he said.
To get to the plate final the side played three matches, two against Army
teams and one against an Air Force side. Their first round match was against
the Army Sydney Engineers team, who eventually won the Kapooka 10s cup
final.
“We played and lost against the Sydney Engineers 10-5, which put
us in to the plate competition,” he said.
“We then played another Army team, the Incident Response Regiment
and we beat them fairly convincingly 17-5. We then came up against RAAF
STT, which was the last of the pool games and also beat them 17-5.”
Mr Martin said he was impressed with how quickly his side had bonded as
a team in such a short period of time.
The team plans to enter in future competitions utilising a large squad
of about 45 players, who are currently training at Cerberus.
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