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It was only a matter of time before the World Cup absentees and an ever growing injury list took its toll and what a time for it to happen against the top side in the comp with you comming 2nd!!!
The under 20's were always going to struggle against a physically strong and well drilled Uni side with Tyral and Kaye both promoted to the firsts and with the former missing at the back the opposition had a field day in the air scoring its first goal with a header and dominating everything else at head height. It was probably Balmains worst performance of the season as far as tecnique went but the ever present Balmain heart left the score a respectful 2-4 with 2 goals from Aguire. On a brighter note for Coach Kaltenegger his partner Mel managed to find a new stable for her Horse "Crapbag".

The First grade game was the one all had been waiting for, with a point seperating the 2 teams at the top. Though depleted the Tigers still fielded a strong squad but were very wary of Uni's midfield duo of Crumplebucket and Wimple. The game, as expected began at a frenetic pace with both teams swapping phone numbers as contact wasn't a problen when the tackles were excecuted. The first 30 minutes saw a few half chances but nothing until Mitch Bonus was caught fannying about on the ball by the ankle tapping Wimple. Robbing him of the ball he took 2 strides before unleashing a 20 yard pile driver that hit the top corner...1-0 Uni! like james bonds drink Balmain were shaken but not stirred and rallied putting pressure on the Uni goalmouth but just as it seemed they were getting back into the game a long punt upfield by Uni defender Hoffenbonk resulted in Jaegr comming for a ball he was only going to struggle to get to and the speedy Crumplebucket nipped in and scored from an acute angle right on half time..Uni 2-0 In Hindsight that was game over! The second half started with another Uni chance but then Balmain started to apply pressure with some clever approach play but Uni were just too well organised and Balmain offered little in penertration. As the game drew to a close Coach Andrews was left to lament that 2 mistakes cost us against a good side and had we held them to 0-0 with 20 to go, Who knows what might of happened?
So, It took 12 rounds for both of our grades to taste defeat which in its self is a great effort and later at the pub the mood was positive with the lads raring to get into the next game.