Cobras slither in

The Cobras made their first showing last night with an appearance at the training night for Season 2 of the BPL, along with the 3 of the other 4 teams (did anyone really expect Dojo to be there?).

The night was pretty low key. Started with a jersey presentation and, with everyone kitted out in their sweet new Zone shirts and shorts, a quick warm up and dump-swing-score drill ensued before some mini was played. The main aim of the night was to get people used to playing with people they had never played with. The progress made through the night was quite dramatic, and it was good that we didn't wait until the first round to have this opportunity.

After a bit of intra-team scrimmaging, we then played off against the only BPL team with selections, the Moreton Bay Buggers, on the new porta-fields. Firstly can we say that these lined porta-fields were great. It was so much easier than having stoppages in play to check whether someone was in/out and made it feel a lot more professional. The actual game itself was, as Mike put it, a risky game. Both teams were quite keen to put it long and both team tried a mix up of both zone and man, and tried new combinations on both O and D. Score wasn't kept, but both captains agreed that the game was tight and couldn't pick a team that really ran away with it.

The real deal starts next week with the first game of the season (barring a bye round) so tune in to find out how the Cobras go in losing their real game virginity.