Our colts knew as soon as they saw Kalamunda warming up, that they were in for a physical encounter that would inevitably come down to fitness, mindset and willingness to put body on the line . It started off on a windy day at Wanneroo’s ground. Kalamunda eager to rampage with ball in hand for the first 6 minutes of the match putting tremendous pressure on the defensive line of our Colts. Eventually Joondalup winning ball, found their form and began to implement the coaches game plan. With the wind to their back’s, territory was the order of the day after a dominant scrum, Cam Ngatai sent the ball into Kala’s 22. As the arm wrestle played out with the forwards matching the ruthlessness of Kala’s forwards, the ball was released from the foot of a collapsed maul through hands where Ryan McGloin selflessly popped the pass to Shaun Craven to finished off a superb passage of play, with McGloin adding the extra two. (7-0). As the arm wrestle continued, Brothers clearing their line with a shrewd kick from McGloin, Joondalup stole the lineout through the efforts of Dan Howard as the ball transferred through eager backs it was a 2^nd row Ruben Smuts that sealed the move with another try, again the extras added with a brilliant conversion from McGloin (14-0). Kalamunda reverted to what they do best and played their forwards game in the close channels, testing the Brothers defence for a solid 6 minutes along are 22mt line with no quarter ask and none given. On the 20^th minute Kala won a penalty and missed their 1^st opportunity to put points on the board. The pressure from Kalamunda was relentless, occasional relief was offered through clearing kicks but strongly ran back. Joondalup’s resilient defence held strong but eventually possession was turned into points with Kalamunda crossing on the half time whistle ending the half (14-7).