By Michael Nunn (QRL correspondent)
Finals are here in the Hasting Deering Colts and it’s an exciting top eight that will now play off for the right to be premiers for 2022.
In a strange twist of finals fate, Tweed Seagulls and Brisbane Tigers played last week in the last round and will line up again in Week 1 of the finals.
Tigers won 42-12, so they will be keen to get at the Seagulls again and inflict some more damage to a wounded bird.
The Tigers had a finals intensity start to the game and never gave it back with three tries in the first 18 minutes.
It was 18-0 at half-time and that’s a lot to overcome. The Tigers finished with 58 per cent of the ball and that led to eight tries.
Tweed were forced to tackle their way out of trouble and made 84 more tackles and conceded seven penalties that kept giving the ball back to the Tigers.
Caleb Hodges was a solid performer for the Tweed with 127 run metres and one line break for a try right at the end.
Tweed need to get the ball in Tom Weaver and Jaylan De Groot’s hands as much as possible and in good attacking areas.
Weaver has 99 points this year and De Groot has 17 tries; it’s Tweed’s forwards job to get them in position to be able to influence the game.
Tweed will need to turn it around this week or they are finished for 2022.
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