Maguire in a rage over poor Tigers
HELL hath no fury like a disappointed Michael Maguire and even an almighty halftime spray from the Tigers coach could not stop his side slumping to a sluggish 26-20 defeat to the Warriors on Friday night.
The Tigers got out to an 8-0 lead with two early tries but went off the boil badly afterwards as the Warriors out-hustled, out-enthused and outplayed them at the SCG.
It was easy to see why Maguire lashed out at a chair in anger during his speech at halftime.
When Moses Mbye opened the scoring after a wonderful offload from Luciano Leilua and David Nofoaluma added the joint venture’s second soon thereafter it seemed like a repeat of the 48-0 belting of Brisbane two weeks ago.
But what followed for the rest of the match was uninspired attack, questionable defence and a lack of attention to detail.
Basic errors were the Tigers’ undoing and they showed little of the ferocity or fight of last week’s valiant effort against Parramatta.