Tamworth Magpies lose but self-belief builds

21st May 2014

THEY mightn’t have snared the points but Saturday’s second-half fightback against Narrabri might jolt Tamworth Magpies into believing they  can compete with the top sides.

Co-coach Ross Duncan certainly hopes so.

“We’ve got the team to push most teams,” Duncan said.

It’s just a matter of having that belief. That’s starting to come.

After giving Scone a scare the previous week, the Magpies won the second half and put the second most points on the Blue Boars this season.

And while the Blue Boars never looked like losing, for some of the game the Magpies outplayed them. 

Again though, they let their opposition get too much of a head start.

They coudn’t get a lot of traction into the game in the first half.

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