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In-form Bulldogs a big test Chris Lawrence welcomes on Friday night
By Wayne Cousins
Monday 2 July 2012 3:07 PM
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Playing the ‘form’ team of the Telstra Premiership in the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs on the back of two straight losses has Wests Tigers centre Chris Lawrence licking his lips in excitement.
Lawrence has welcomed the challenge of playing the second placed Bulldogs at Allianz Stadium this Friday night.
“We will know where we are at. It is a big challenge for us and as football players, you look forward to those big challenges so everyone is going to be really keen to get out there,’’ Lawrence said.
“Their whole side is in form and they are going to be very dangerous so we are going to have to turn up if we expect to win.”
Lawrence admitted the bye last weekend had come at a good time for the eighth-placed Wests Tigers following disappointing losses to the Sydney Roosters and Newcastle.
“Where we sit on the ladder at the moment has not been mentioned because if we don’t turn around the way we are playing, it won’t matter,’’ Lawrence said.
“We have just got to keep training hard and get those fundamentals right that got us those seven wins in a row. The seven wins were achieved by sticking to our structure and sticking to things we know are going to work.
“For the last two weeks, we would stick to the game plan for certain sections but then there would be 15-20 minute periods where we would go away from that. That’s when we have let in points and made mistakes, so it is about sticking with what we know is going to work and have faith in it.”
By Wayne Cousins
Monday 2 July 2012 3:07 PM
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Playing the ‘form’ team of the Telstra Premiership in the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs on the back of two straight losses has Wests Tigers centre Chris Lawrence licking his lips in excitement.
Lawrence has welcomed the challenge of playing the second placed Bulldogs at Allianz Stadium this Friday night.
“We will know where we are at. It is a big challenge for us and as football players, you look forward to those big challenges so everyone is going to be really keen to get out there,’’ Lawrence said.
“Their whole side is in form and they are going to be very dangerous so we are going to have to turn up if we expect to win.”
Lawrence admitted the bye last weekend had come at a good time for the eighth-placed Wests Tigers following disappointing losses to the Sydney Roosters and Newcastle.
“Where we sit on the ladder at the moment has not been mentioned because if we don’t turn around the way we are playing, it won’t matter,’’ Lawrence said.
“We have just got to keep training hard and get those fundamentals right that got us those seven wins in a row. The seven wins were achieved by sticking to our structure and sticking to things we know are going to work.
“For the last two weeks, we would stick to the game plan for certain sections but then there would be 15-20 minute periods where we would go away from that. That’s when we have let in points and made mistakes, so it is about sticking with what we know is going to work and have faith in it.”
