Essay On Mounties
One point.
That is how close Mounties came to a premiership last season, going down 21-20 in a thriller against Illawarra.
The easy answer teams give leading up to the season after going down in a Grand Final is that they have forgotten about the loss, but there is an extra dimension of truth of that for Mounties, as they have plenty of fresh faces within their squad.
Still, with a relatively new squad, Mounties will be one of the teams to beat in season 2017.
“We’ve been good, we’ve got a new group again so we’re finding out feet slowly,” Mounties coach Steve Antonelli tells NSWRL.com.au.
“It won’t be a slow start but it will take time to gel as a team, which is normal when you have a new lot of blokes in your team.”
“I don’t have to manage …show more content…
Sam Duggan is a familiar face at Mounties; a utility who Antonelli describes as incredibly reliable.
Yet another experienced NRL player, Yileen Gordon, will line up for Mounties this year after a stint at Wentworthville last season.
Magnus Stromquist returns to the Intrust Super Premiership NSW after a stint in Intrust Super Cup; the former Wyong Roo is a workhorse with a large skill-set.
THEIR COACH
Steve Antonelli has been the best coach over the past two seasons in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW, taking Mounties to the Preliminary Final in 2015 and the Grand Final last year.
Perhaps 2017 is the year for Antonelli to capture the much-deserved premiership, but Mounties is not his only focus this year.
He is heavily involved in the Canberra Raiders, and actually lives down there for most of his working week while juggling Mounties duties back in Sydney.
“Personally I think I’ve got the best job in the world,” Antonelli says.
“Family-wise it’s hard sometimes because my family is still in Sydney, so I live with Dean Pay, the NRL assistant; I live with his family.
“I’m lucky to have him down there as a mate, and same with Ricky [Stuart], it
That is how close Mounties came to a premiership last season, going down 21-20 in a thriller against Illawarra.
The easy answer teams give leading up to the season after going down in a Grand Final is that they have forgotten about the loss, but there is an extra dimension of truth of that for Mounties, as they have plenty of fresh faces within their squad.
Still, with a relatively new squad, Mounties will be one of the teams to beat in season 2017.
“We’ve been good, we’ve got a new group again so we’re finding out feet slowly,” Mounties coach Steve Antonelli tells NSWRL.com.au.
“It won’t be a slow start but it will take time to gel as a team, which is normal when you have a new lot of blokes in your team.”
“I don’t have to manage …show more content…
Sam Duggan is a familiar face at Mounties; a utility who Antonelli describes as incredibly reliable.
Yet another experienced NRL player, Yileen Gordon, will line up for Mounties this year after a stint at Wentworthville last season.
Magnus Stromquist returns to the Intrust Super Premiership NSW after a stint in Intrust Super Cup; the former Wyong Roo is a workhorse with a large skill-set.
THEIR COACH
Steve Antonelli has been the best coach over the past two seasons in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW, taking Mounties to the Preliminary Final in 2015 and the Grand Final last year.
Perhaps 2017 is the year for Antonelli to capture the much-deserved premiership, but Mounties is not his only focus this year.
He is heavily involved in the Canberra Raiders, and actually lives down there for most of his working week while juggling Mounties duties back in Sydney.
“Personally I think I’ve got the best job in the world,” Antonelli says.
“Family-wise it’s hard sometimes because my family is still in Sydney, so I live with Dean Pay, the NRL assistant; I live with his family.
“I’m lucky to have him down there as a mate, and same with Ricky [Stuart], it