NOR-West Jets pushed Macquarie Uni for most of the game before going down by 38 points at Bensons Lane last Saturday.
Coach Brendan Howden was happy with the Jets' efforts against the 2000 premiers.
With nine senior players unavailable through injury or work commitments, our depth was stretched to the limit," he said.
But we finished the game strongly and won the last quarter, as we've done in four of the five games this year. Fitness is a strength of the team this year."
Uni's gun forward Phil Cianci was kept quiet by John Schoenmaker, with the help of Clint
Gardner, in another impressive display.
David Wilson, in a tagging role, reduced the opposition's effectiveness around the packs, while Nick Cain marked everything that came his way.
Andrew Turtle, a Jets under 18 player, made his senior debut for the club and performed extremely well.
The Jets only trailed by three points at quarter time, despite kicking into a slight breeze.
Big Andrew Johnson, in his first game for the season, dominated the centre bounces, and the Jets took the ball into their forward 50 10 times for the second term, only to be turned back by the brilliance of the students' defence.
The Jets take on Manly at home this week in a must-win match before facing three tough games on the road.
Final Score: Macquarie University 14.11 (95) def Nor-West Jets 8.9 (57).
Best Players: Nick Cain, Clint Gardner, Rob Phillp, John Schoenmaker, Gerard Smits and Andrew Johnson.
Goal Kickers: Fraser Thomson (3), Andrew Spring (2), Peter Kyle, Chris Laing and Mick Earl.
Last Modified on 27/11/2010 15:43
