" Albury Steamers survived a stuttering start to before firing up to send a depleted Waratahs home with a 50 point to 10 flogging."
The talk in the dressing room was of getting their foot on the Tahs throat early and keeping them under pressure for the full 80 minutes. Things didn't quite work out like that as Tahs had the first scoring opportunity with an unsuccessful shot at penalty goal after 2 minutes. The Steamers then bombed several scoring opportunities as well as conceding tight heads on their first 2 scrum feeds. This fumbling start allowed the Tahs to get some rhythm leading to a good try in the 16th minute. The conversion went wide but it was not looking good for the Steamers with Tahs taking an early 5 - 0 lead.