There’s another old saying in England “a game of two halves” and it certainly applied to this match.

Due to holidays and injuries both sides only had 11 players each, so there were no substitutions to interrupt the flow of the game. In the first 5 mins the Cobras found themselves in the unusual position of being 2-0 down before they had even had a shot at goal. Slowly they worked their way back into the game and when one of Harrison Benn’s lethal corners found the back of the net to make it 2-1 it appeared the momentum was back with Russell Vale. However Tarrawanna caught us flat footed at the back for the third consecutive time regaining their two goal cushion with a 3-1 lead. Most teams would have capitulated after this set back but not our little Cobras. In the few minutes left leading up to HT, a free kick from Harrison Benn somehow stayed out but in the goal mouth scramble that followed Jordan Errington was on hand to tuck the ball away 3-2. Then right on the very stroke of HT, Jordan Errington burst into the box and from an acute angle lobbed the keeper to pull the game back to 3-3.

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This was a long way short of our best performance of the season but I take part of the blame for changing the team every ten minutes and upsetting the rhythm in an attempt to rest players for Sunday’s Semi Final. Although the team looked lethargic on the night we did score five goals, collected another 3 points, maintained our winning streak and position at the top of the league. It was a shame our normal fluent passing was off, our tackling was non-existent and our movement was static because there was a good crowd at Cawley Park to cheer the lads on. It was the Cobras first competitive match under floodlights so maybe they were nervous or had their minds on the Semi Final, who knows?

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The best team doesn’t always win in a cup match (ie Barcelona v Chelsea – Semi Champions League) but in this instance you would have to say Kiama deserved to reach the final just on “perseverance” alone. Poor referee time keeping aside (3 minutes short both halves and no 5 minutes of injury time when the Kiama keeper broke his wrist) did cost us 11 minutes of playing time but I don’t think it would have changed the result…..it was just not our day!

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Sunday saw the Russell Vale VIPERS go up against Helensburg at the Cawley Park Cauldron for a mid morning  hit up.

The Vipers had a full squad hitting the pitch as we had players returning from injury to give ensure we had plenty of subs, throughout the game.

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