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Mick Bryne: Need to Control and Play Smart

The Swire Shipping Fijian Drua were outsmarted, outmuscled and outplayed, by the New South Wales (NSW) Waratahs in their Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific clash at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Aus­tralia, on Saturday night.
22 May 2023 17:06
Mick Bryne: Need to Control and Play Smart
Waratahs blindside flanker Will Harris holds up Swire Shipping Fijian Drua flanker Vilive Miramira while Selestina Ravutaumada comes in to support at the Allianz Stadium, Sydney, on May 20, 2023. Photo: Leon Lord

The Swire Shipping Fijian Drua were outsmarted, outmuscled and outplayed, by the New South Wales (NSW) Waratahs in their Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific clash at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Aus­tralia, on Saturday night.

This was the gist of Drua head coach Mick Byrne’s interview after making his assessment on their 32-18 loss.

“I credit the Waratahs on their game management,” he said.

 

Byrne said the Jake Gordon­ captained side played smart rug­by while the same could not be said about the Drua.

“We’ve (Drua) to be able to do the same sort of thing,” he point­ed out.

“We’ve (Drua) to learn how to control the game instead of just playing the game.”

 

Byrne said the loss was very frustrating because they failed to score points from the opportuni­ties they had.

“It was a tough game and very physical.

“There have been a lot of learn­ings on making use of every op­portunity and how to manage our game. We’ve (Drua) to keep stepping up.”

 

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Story by: leonec@fijisun.com.fj

 



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