Interim Head Coach Darren Hill was keen to focus on the positives following the opening day defeat against the Sandwell Steelers.
The Eagles went down 24-6 at last season’s Division Two champions on Sunday, and speaking afterwards Hill said:
The first game of the season is always an anxious time for a coach, particularly this year as we enter a new division and face a number of teams we haven’t played before.
Whilst the result wasn’t what we hoped for there are a huge amount of positives to take from the game.
Due to a number of unforeseen circumstances we took a fairly new and inexperienced squad with us to Sandwell. All the players will have benefited enormously from the game time and we made some crucial plays in all three phases of the game. Overall I’m pleased with where we are as a team.
Sandwell are a well coached, well organised team and I wish them well for the rest of the season.
The Eagles are back in action this weekend away to Doncaster Mustangs, and Coach Hill is looking forward to seeing a positive reaction from his players:
Traditionally we have always started the season slowly and then built momentum as the season progresses and with some key players returning to action this week we are looking forward to face another new challenge as we travel to Doncaster.
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