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Congrats to Dudley, always a strong club and a hard place to play.

Our thirds nowhere near good enough, could have been much higher score to be fair, whilst Reserve Grade made a decent account of themselves in what was a good contest. A 15 minute horrorshow in the first half of 1st Grade aside, where we deservedly shipped 4 goals, we were competitive for decent patches, particularly throughout the second half. Not good enough though, Dudley extremely deserving of the points and a steep learning curve for our boys.
You could tell there hadn’t been the normal preseason trials Azzurri were a little more rusty and Dudley punished a few mistakes made. Azzurri will improve so should Dudley.
Reggies both teams will be there abouts for the top 4. Azzurri getting 2 penalties helped them but was an entertaining game.
Saw the first half of 3rds. The Azzurri 3rds keeper was the only reason it wasn’t 10-0 at halftime. After watching the other grades I’m not sure how he’s not their first grade keeper. He would of made 20 plus saves and 10 of them top class. He was the clubs best player all day

Good to have football back