Beasties suffer from second round syndrome again in disappointing loss to Warringah 

Photo: Karen Watson After tearing the defending premiers apart in the second half at University Oval in round one, many were talking Eastern Suburbs up as the team to beat in 2019.  In round two, they took on a Warringah side who were belted by Norths a week prior.  The smart money was on the visitors and not even the most optimistic of Hillbillies would have predicted what came next.  “Our execution was just way off, we had too much drop ball and unfortunately it was exactly what we did in the second round last year. We had a very off day,” Easts coach Pauli Taumoepeau told Rugby News.  Warringah also looked like a different side and controlled proceedings from the opening whistle, scoring four tries in a comprehensive 37-14 victory.  For the second straight year, Easts failed to fire in round two after a big opening round win.  “Right from the first kickoff, we didn’t execute our kickoff plan. We wanted to try and skin them out wide and the opportun
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