NSW CAS: Trinity looking for consistency over 70 minutes ahead of Barker clash
Trinity kickstarted their 2019 CAS campaign with a 26-19 victory over St Aloysius’ on Saturday but coach Nick Pay said his side will need to produce a far more consistent performance this weekend to challenge Barker at Hornsby.
“We wanted to try and blow Aloys off the park in the first 15 minutes and we were able to do that but then we let them back into the game,” Pay told Rugby News.
“With a team like Aloys, if you give them an inch, they’ll take a mile and they made life pretty difficult for us.
“In saying that, past Trinity teams may have lost that game, but this group was able to bounce back and finish the game off well.”
Trinity led 12-0 after 10 minutes but allowed Aloys to play their way into a match that quickly turned into an arm wrestle and while the home side held on to claim an opening round win, Pay said it was far from a polished performance.
“We had a few opportunities to take penalty goals and push 10 points ahead but we didn’