FORSTER-Tuncurry must defeat Old Bar in next Sunday's Group Three Rugby League clash at Tuncurry to get their season back on track.
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Coach Phil Adamson said this after watching his side go down to Taree City at the Jack Neal Oval. Taree won 32-16 after the Hawks led 10-8 at halftime.
"Everything has been good - training's been good and the attitude has been good, but we're just not doing it on the field,'' Adamson said.
The Hawks have now suffered three consecutive losses.
Adamson said there were some positives to emerge from the clash against the Bulls.
"Luke Ross got through a full game and I thought he was one of our best, but he just didn't see enough ball. We had opportunities on the edges but we just didn't take them,'' he said.
He said captain and front rower Matt Kirkland aggravated a leg injury last week at training but Adamson hopes he'll be fit for the clash against the Pirates.
"And we should have Keda Moylan back as well,'' he added.
Moylan also watched from the sideline because of a shoulder injury.
The Hawks had a welter of possession in the first half yet only led by two points at the turnaround. However, Adamson said they should have carried on from there.
"We were disappointing in the second half, we just didn't control the ball and we gave away a heap of easy penalties,'' he said.
"Taree got a roll-on and we weren't able to come back from there.
"We tried Riley (Glover) out at five-eighth today after Keda pulled out with injury, but we lost a lot of spark out of dummy half, so we shifted him back to hooker in the second half.
"Taree came here with a good game plan and they slowed things down. Now we have to go back to the drawing board this week,'' Adamson said.
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