A SCARE was thrown into the St Johns Club Whanganui Metro camp at the weekend when the lads produced a horror second half against Old Boys Marist on home turf at Spriggens Park.
The Metro colts completely dominated in the first spell to produce a 31-3 lead at halftime, but at the sound of the final whistle, the Manawatu side had closed the gap to just 10 points.
While the 34-24 final score was a reasonable buffer in the first match of round two in the Manawatu McDonald's Colts division competition, the camp was not satisfied with the performance.
With both coaches, Darryl Malcolm and Carl Gibson, away watching the NZ Maori v Lions match, it was left to Metro manager Chris Friedel to run the ship.
"We started extremely well, but got a bit of a shake-up in the second spell. It was a very poor second half," Friedel said.