I've seen Trinity just the once, at St Pius, and they're off the pace set by Knox and Barker. It was a strange game: for the first twenty minutes, the Trinity backs looked really dangerous, but the forwards couldn't put together enough phases to create consistent pressure. You felt that with a flow of ball, Trinity would have put on a score. After that the game became scrappier, although one exceptionally good try was scored through the backs. The end result flattered Pius (it was 17-0 with seven minutes to go) but Pius never gave up and Trinity lost its structures towards the end. Plus the referee seemed to be going for a world record for most penalties in 70 minutes (most going to Pius) and that disrupted everyone.
Orly Hatton Ward, in his third year in the side, is the standout. His passing creates space, his box kicking is precise and he has remarkable vision - he knows just where to be all the time. Anyone who beats him to the CAS 1sts jumper will be a very good player. One of the centres, Fraser (who's also a cricketer, and whose father may have been chatting with WLF) looked good too - a hard, elusive runner. But the key forward is probably the hooker, Max Meagher, who went off with a shoulder injury and looks likely to be out for quite a while. And that's Trinity's biggest problem: when there's an injury to a key player, they don't have the depth to cover it.
So: if they keep their best side together, they won't be anyone's pushover, but realistically they're playing off with Cranbrook for fourth place.
