NRC Wk 3: ‘Big T’ Breaks Perth’s Spirit As Rams Get Off the Mark
by Paul Cook -
They wanted a dry deck and on a sunny afternoon in Adelaide, the Greater Sydney Rams finally got their wish and used it to good effect, breaking through for their maiden win with a 44-34 defeat of Perth Spirit yesterday.
A fast start had them 10-0 up by the end of the first quarter before Spirit clicked into gear, three tries in a row taking them to a 21-10 half-time lead. Some harsh words in the sheds fired the Rams up for the second stanza and human ‘wrecking ball’, Taqele Naiyaravoro, soon helped himself to his second try of the match but it was the Perth based side that still held sway 26-15 with just over half an hour to play.
Cue Rams skipper Jed Holloway, the talismanic 21-year-old leading from the front to cross from long range once again and kick-start a 10 minute, four-try salvo from his side to t