TUDOR Wests got back in the winning way with a 4-1 win over South United in their Tamworth men's clash on Sunday.
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Keegan Craven slotted a double, with captain-coach Sam Lobsey and Dave Willis also finding the back of the net as they turned around a 7-nil thrashing last time the two played.
They scored their fourth and final goal with about eight minutes to go after a bit of a scramble in the circle.
"It was a great result," Lobsey said
"I think we were able to dictate the play for a lot of the game."
South did have a few late chances but they were able to snuff them out, their only goal coming via the stick of Chris Massey off a penalty corner.
"For the most part we controlled the ball well and moved it well through the midfield," Lobsey said.
They haven't really had the fluency he would like through through the middle in recent games.
Lobsey was also really happy with the way they were able to get results when they got into the circle.
They earned a few corners and scored off a couple of them, which is something they have struggled a bit with.
Willis was strong for them, Lobsey said.
The back four - himself, Anthony Dyson, Andrew Millman, Jake Sheppeard, and James Haling, who was recently selected in the NSW Masters 40s 1s team to play at the National Championships in Adelaide in October - also played big roles.
"We were able to really set the tone," Lobsey said.
"Our marking was really good."
From the last time Tudors had played South, they were wary of the strike power South have but didn't give them any space.
The showing has Lobsey confident they can push for a finals spot.
Sunday wasn't one of South's better performances for the season.
"We were off the pace a little bit," coach Greg Scott said.
Tudors played with a lot more urgency and had the better of the 50-50 contests.
"We weren't too bad," Scott said. "It was just small things."
Their passing, for instance, wasn't good enough and they made too many turnovers.
They were also prone to trying to play too direct.
"We didn't build up and play with control," he said.
"We still created good chances that on another day they could land."
Massey was his side's best, he said.
As well as scoring their lone goal, he also saved one on the line.
Scott is hoping they can regain the momentum they had seemed to have built before they lost players to representative duties and the bye for the York Cup/Kim Small Shield, and keep themselves in finals reckoning.