The Griffith Blacks aren’t in need of any extra motivation to perform this week against Wagga City but they’ll get it anyway when the club holds its annual ladies day.
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Whilst the women of the club will be honoured and thanked for all their hard work on Saturday, the first grade side will be looking to bounce back from a massive 99-3 defeat at the hands of Wagga Ag.
Like last week, Griffith will field a new-look lineup on the weekend.
Kieran McNabb, Luke Ratu and Dan Bozic are three big ins for the Blacks.
Blacks coach Willie de Meyer has then opted for a mix of players from across the club to fill the rest of the side.
de Meyer admitted the line-up for this weekend was experimental but after last week he knew this was the road he had to take.
“This weekend will be the test and if all bodes well, we’ll do the same thing next week,” de Meyer said.
de Meyer said all the players that had been chosen for the new-look side deserved to be there.
“We’ve promoted some lower grade players who will play in the forwards,” de Meyer said.
“We still have an exceptional backline and with the forwards, we have gone for a bit of mobility with the new faces.
We still have an exceptional backline and with the forwards, we have gone for a bit of mobility from the new faces.
- Griffith Blacks coach Willie de Meyer
“We haven't relied on the blokes that we had on board at the Leeton game, it’s a little bit of a rebuilt side.
“We think we have the right mix of blokes who have showed a fair bit of commitment.”
The Blacks performances thus far in 2016 have been as inconsistent as the the lineup.
Two blowout scorelines have been mixed with a strong win and a tight loss with injuries playing a part.
Going off form, Griffith are due for another strong performance.
de Meyer said training numbers still weren’t where they needed to be due to shift work but the enthusiasm was there.
“The blokes that were at training [on Tuesday] were all positive,” de Meyer said.
“We should be able to see more of them [players] at tomorrow [Thursday] night’s training and get a bit more of a feel how the whole club is feeling.” The match will be played on Exies No. 2 and start a 3.15pm.
