Quotes by Ivan Cleary

“Its good to get the first one out of the way, obviously not the result we were looking for but as I said a lot of individuals played well so that was promising.”

“On an individual basis I thought a few guys played well. Im really happy that weve got two more games to get our game together.”

“Well have to tighten up our game a little, thats what trials are for.”

“Our aim had always been to put out our best side in this match against the Bulldogs.”

“While the performance in Cairns wasnt what we wanted, the big positive to come out of the match was that we had no injuries.”

“Whatever happens well deal with it and move on just like the Bulldogs did.”

“A real positive to come out of it though is that well find out how resilient our boys are.”

“Its been forced on us right from the word go that we have to improve and do that while being without familiar faces.”

“With everything that has happened, that was more than just a trial for us.”

“Its fair to say it was probably more than a trial for us considering everything thats happened during the week. Im not really happy with the performance to be honest but the three trials weve had so far have showed weve got a bit of character and thats important.”