“In his normal post-match interview, Coach Wilson expressed his feelings about this Season XVII opener at The Tin Spur;

"We started well with the new signings getting in some early KOs and to score early too was a great moment for the fans. The heat really got to the players though and that affected our tactics from the kick-off.

Unfortunately, just before they equalised, JJ got his strategy confused, or else we would have kept them out before the break. He won't be happy to watch that back.

Rafa and Tommy laid down some hurt on the 'Backs' blitzers, which gave us renewed hope in the second and Clyde did exactly what we wanted to see from him, which was to be a ball hawk and snatch up anything loose in the opposition back field.

It's a shame we couldn't keep Campbell out at the end, but when Trever injured Tommy, that sort of put paid to my plans on how to get our hands on Campbell. But, fair play to the lad, he's done everything right in keeping hold of the ball.

I'm gutted that Tommy and Hendo miss out next week; I don't know what he thought he was doing at the end there, but I won't accept that showboating in the future and CJ knows that. My commiserations to the Mims family too - to die on his debut, tripping over his first dodge, is just typical Unicorns luck and that's been our problem for the past three seasons it is these kinds of senseless deaths that cripple our roster."”