On a cold and dry Wednesday night the 1st XI team played against traditional rivals HBHS in the final of the Waikato Championship.
The game was played with good intensity with HBHS starting stronger but were rebelled by the backs and goal keeper Simon Morbey. St Paul’s struggled to get their rhythm and seemed a little disconnected on attack between the backs and forwards. However, in the final 4 minutes of the half St Paul’s put together a good sequence of passes with Maks Wyndham –Smith running into the circle and drawing out the HBHS goal keeper. Finally Maks pushed an accurate pass to the Robert Morbey who pushed the ball into the back of goal. St Pauls went into the half time 1 nil up.
In the second half HBHS came back at St Paul’s but St Paul’s defensive skills remained strong and robust. St Paul’s were a little disjointed in their attack and struggled to get the ball into the circle or to the player in space. HBHS tried hard to crawl back into the game but again Simon Morbey denied the opposition any opportunity of scoring.
Finally, thank you for all those who attended and supported us on this important game, and congratulations to the whole team and management on winning the Waikato Championship.
