Monday sports debrief | February 26, 2024 | Illawarra Mercury - video Dailymotion

Mercury sports reporters Mitch Jennings and Agron Latifi look back at all the sports action from the weekend.

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00:00 Well it's Monday, debrief time for the Illawarra Mercury Sports Department, a huge weekend

00:04 of action.

00:05 Great to see all the footy codes starting to get the ball rolling as we head into winter.

00:10 Agron Latifi, there was a lot to like about the weekend, but what's that got for me?

00:14 Michelle Hayman, are we seeing a fresh fairy tale heading towards the Olympics?

00:17 I'm hoping so, and I think so.

00:18 I mean, that was a highlight for me, seeing her come on, seeing her score a goal.

00:24 And she did really well.

00:25 I mean, Sam Kerr's missing, we need her.

00:27 And how good was it to see two other Illawarra products score a goal in, Caitlin Ford and

00:31 Mary Fowler?

00:32 Yeah, indeed.

00:33 Wollongong 3, Uzbekistan 0, a banner from heaven.

00:36 If Michelle Hayman can get along on that fairy tale, we'll have a lot of fun riding it.

00:40 The other thing caught my eye definitely was the Dragons, the Bully Boy Dragons.

00:44 They came out there against the Tigers in Mudgie.

00:45 Now it was just the Tigers, who many think are going to have their struggles this year,

00:49 but what stuck out for me, Gronny, was the physicality, the intent, Ben Hunt laughing

00:54 and smiling.

00:55 Whatever way you look at it, it is only a trial, but I like to like hitting into round

00:59 one.

01:00 For sure.

01:01 You can only beat who's in front of you.

01:02 I mean, they're looking much better than they were this time last year.

01:06 Shane Flanagan's got them believing, and I think that they're in for a good season.

01:11 Yeah, that shades of the Cronulla era fighting over a bone, so if they can play that way

01:15 for the rest of the year, it'll be good to see.

01:18 Everything else making news on Monday morning, the Steelers, Day of Steel, they go 2 of 2.

01:21 Steve Ball, Tasha Gayle sitting top of the ladder, Kyma Sevens, Bert Bampton Cup, it's

01:26 all there at the Illawarra Mercury Sport website.

01:29 Get over and check it out.

01:30 We'll see you this weekend.

01:32 Definitely.

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