Swire Shipping Fijian Drua head coach Mick Byrne believes his team would have opted for the three points to avoid giving away a bonus point to Moana Pasifika in the 24-17 win over the Pacific Islanders yesterday.
Many fans questioned why the Drua didn’t take the three points, but coach Byrne sees it as a learning opportunity for his side as they look ahead to their next match.
“If we had time over again, we probably take the three points but with seven minutes to go we were going to get five points out of the game, Moana will get through it.
“The victory was there at the end of the game, and we learn as we move forward and that’s what will keep us through; we’re meant to keep improving,” Byrne said.
Despite Mesake Doge receiving a yellow card, Byrne praised the team’s improved discipline.
“Last week I think I said that the discipline was good. I think we’re just continuing to work on that. I think for us we just must keep making sure that we continue to play our game and unforced errors we had a few early on.
“You know the first couple of years as we were building lots of things we have to get right back to where we were like two seasons ago. Now we’re in our third year and we’re starting to talk about other things in the game which is complex for us to be we just got to learn from trends,” Byrne added.
Drua captain Meli Derenalagi believes it was a physical game.
” It was a tough and physical match for us lots of learning we take for our next round,” Derenalagi said.
