By MARK CASHMAN

Rugby’s a game of two halves and that certainly was the case as Randwick continued their good run at the start of the Shute Shield with a 42-0 win of the Western Sydney Two Blues on Saturday.

A scan of the scores suggests that the Galloping Greens did it easy, but for the first 40 minutes that certainly wasn’t the case.

The scores were all locked up at 0-0 at the halftime break with the Two Blues missing out on a couple of penalty chances and having a try disallowed just before the break.

But after oranges it was a completely different story with Randwick running in six tries and getting some real pay out of their henchmen that included Maurice ‘Mozza’ Longbottom, Tristan Reilly and the Frenchman Hugo Camp.

“The Two Blues started really well and gave it to us in the first half and to be honest were unlucky not to have scored a few tries,” Randwick coach Ben McCormack said.

“We looked like we didn’t really want to be there and had a fair few blokes dodging the tough stuff.

“At the break we regrouped at half time and changed tact a little bit and played a much better second half.”

McCormack praised the efforts of Dylan Pietsch on the wing, Kristian Jensen at 12 and George Hendry at tighthead prop.

“We got great impact and energy from our bench again. Mozza, Tristan Reilly, Hugo Camp and debutant Ben Housten (Colts Ones last year) all got good minutes and picked up the tempo of the game when they came on,” he added.

Two Blues coach Joel Rivers said he loved their first 40 minutes.

“They did a great job in the first half but our execution in attacking 15 metres out is poor,” Rivers said.

“In that first 40 we missed two penalty goal attempts and screwed up a rolling maul that should have seen a try scored but they did everything that was asked of them in the first half.

“Our discipline was an issue at time and that saw us play a man down for 30 minutes of the 80 and you can’t beast a team like that when you are short handed.

“Execution and effort is our focus points, both of which need improvement every week. Our reserves couldn’t match their reserves. We are definitely still a work in progress.”

RANDWICK 42 (Fred Dorrough, Triston Reilly, Dylan Pietsch 2, Maurice Longbottom 2 tries, Dorrough 5, Locky Miller 1 conversions) d WESTERN SYDNEY TWO BLUES 0 at Lidcombe Oval.

IMAGE: RANDWICK RUGBY