Griffith Swans fall to Wagga Tigers in Riverina Football League

The Wagga side was able to get the first two of the afternoon before Henry Delves was able to hit the scoreboard before another two to the visitors and one to James Toscan saw the Tigers leading by 12 at the first break.

Sam Daniel and Tom Powell got the Swans off to a strong start to bring the scores level before the Tigers kicked the next two. Delves kicked his second before the Tigers restored their advantage, but a smart snap to Kahlan Spencer brought the Swans to within five points at the main break.

A third to Delves and a second to Daniel saw the Swans heading into the final term with a three-point advantage.

Three straight to the Tigers had them threatening to run away with the game, but after Delves kicked his fourth, the Wagga side was able to kick two late goals to wrap up the 13.8 (86) to 9.10 (64) win.

Swans coach Greg Dreyer was happy with the way his side fought their way back into the game but knows there is still plenty of work that needs to be done.

"It was a good fightback because we were able to dig in and then kicked on to get in front," he said.

"We allowed them to kick the last two goals in the third quarter, and that gave them the roll-on. The effort is still good, but it was frustrating.

"It was the inconsistency that will come with a young side. It is just about being patient."

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There were a number of sloppy errors that proved costly for the Griffith side, and Dreyer was left a bit frustrated by some of their execution coming out of defence.

"We really let ourselves down with skill errors," he said.

"There were probably four or five goals that came off our skill errors, and that just kills us. You work so hard with the footy and to turn it over like that.

"It's an unforced error, and they are able to capitalise on our bad play rather than it being their good defence."

The Swans coach wants his side to use this disappointment as motivation as they work to their next clash in two week's time.

"We have to take our medicine and go back and practice," he said.

"You can't be ranting and raving but just need to identify what went wrong, and let's use the disappointment as a bit of motivation.

"Train hard over the next fortnight, and no one's spot is guaranteed now because we have lost two games in a row."

The Swans will have next weekend off before preparing for another tough road trip when they head to Coolamon to take on the Rovers.

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