Tara Murray
Melton Wolves continue to fight through the challenges in the Gridiron Victoria men’s division 2 competition.
It’s been a tough start to the division 2 season for the Wolves with just one win from the first seven matches.
Wolves vice-president Bryan Brown said the group continues to push through everything thrown at them.
“We always have a struggle to recruit and retain players,” he said. “Everyone has been really good.
“They guys that we have kept playing and they love it. They keep coming back for the right reasons.”
Brown said injuries haven’t helped their cause either.
They had to forfeit one game at half time due to the number of injuries that they had.
“It was more from the coaching standpoint,” he said. “At the halfway mark we only had 13 healthy players, so it was about the welfare as we didn’t want to get more injuries.
“The guys would have been happy to play on.”
Brown said the club was still looking to add more players to their squad, both experienced and those who had never played before.
He said the biggest thing about gridiron was that you could have a number of different body types and abilities.
“We’re low on numbers and only just had enough to put a team in the competition,” he said. “We’re playing on a wing and prey most weeks.
“The ones that have come this year have been bitten by the bug and they keep wanting to play.”
“There are so many different positions on the field that require different abilities.
“You’ve got some players who are six foot and north of 120 kilograms and then skilled runners who are a lot less than that.”
The Wolves had a bye on the weekend with the Melbourne Cup weekend.
Brown said it came at a perfect time to allow the group to regroup and go again for the second part of the season.
The side trains on Tuesdays and Thursdays at MacPherson Park.
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