The Suns were having just their second game in the TAFL after two decades in recess.

They had just 17 players for their first game, a 200-point flogging by the Inverell Saints in Moree in the opening round.

After a bye, the Suns turned up at Tamworth against the Swans with 22 and proceeded to kick three goals straight in the first quarter for a four-point lead and only trail by one kick at halftime.

That the Swans kicked six goals in the third term and then eight in the final quarter for a 19.9 123 to 7.5 47 win was disappointing for  O’Sullivan.

He and his side had run out of legs by the second half.

O’Sullivan was helped off late in the game, after kicking three booming goals, with a bad case of cramps.

“We just fell away in the second half,” O’Sullivan said.

“But it was a real good effort. All the boys played well.

“We  had a lot of players who hadn’t played before too and  they will only improve.”

O’Sullivan hails from Perth and works in Moree for the Clontarf Foundation.

“I haven’t played for 10 years,” he grinned.

“I played mostly rugby but when Moree (Suns) started I thought I’d help out.”

The 27-year-old has a number of first-timers in his squad as well as utilising some of the young students who are also involved in the Clontarf Foundation, a program run to use sport as a tool for improving the lives of young indigenous boys.

On Saturday, O’Sullivan was a standout for the Suns while Rhys Smith, Max Bienke and Joe Hinchcliffe all impressed.

Swans stalwart Gavin Knee spearheaded the winners while the fleet of young quick players – Thomas Kelly, Brad Walters, Thomas Byrnes and Jordan Jeffriess-Tapper – excited. 

Big and burly Chris Wilson also intimidated and bounced around well too.

In other games, Tamworth Kangaroos beat Narrabri Eagles 15.18 108 to 11.16 82 while New England Nomads kicked 19.15 129 to the Gunnedah Bulldogs’ 9.9 63.