The Kookaburra turned out for his beloved Tudor Wests, and helped them stage a second half fight-back to pull off a 4-all draw with Kiwis.

Tudors couldn’t have asked for a better start, scoring inside the first 30 seconds, but Kiwis replied with three unanswered goals to lead 3-1 at half-time.

“The start and the end of the first half we played well, it was just middle the part where we dropped our bundle,” Tudors coach Sam Lobsey said.

They stopped communicating, made turnovers in the midfield from silly pass options, and weren’t reacting quick enough in defence.

Feeling like the had played some good hockey, the talk at the break was about focusing on what they did at the start and the end of the half, and trying to play the full 35 minutes, which Lobsey thought they did.

He said having Willis made a big difference.

“He gave us more freedom in the midfield,” he said.

“He is obviously a strong player defensively and in attack. His ability to run with the ball going forward, allowed a few of us a bit of extra space and room.”

Lobsey was one to benefit.

He pushed up front and scored three of Tudors’ four goals.

“I got some nice balls through from Matt and Will Finch,” he said.

Two of Finch’s resulted in goals. Lobsey also made mention of some of their young guys - Josh Irvine, Richard Lord, and Noah Pitt.

After a really promising first half, Kiwis captain Josh Worpel said it was disappointing to only finish with a draw.

“We didn’t play well in the second half,” he said.

“We got a bit complacent. That probably hurt us in the end.”

The first half they virtually picked up from where they finished against South United the previous week.

The “passes just stuck” and they held possession well.

“We tried running it too much in the second half,” Worpel said.

That led to turnovers.

They also weren’t marking tight enough and weren’t effective with their press.

Worpel was quick to put forward Luke Wilson as one of their best. He was “awesome” for them in the midfield and well supported by Antony Doolan.

NSW U21’s reps Isaac Farmilo and Ehren Hazell were then dynamic for Workies as they thumped South United 9-2.

Farmilo slotted six of them, and with Hazell upfront just “tore them apart” as coach Andrew Farmilo put it.

“Once again it was an excellent first half,” he said.

“We were up 5-nil at half-time.”

He could only recall Souths having a couple of circle penetrations, Workies’ ball movement and speed doing the damage.

They were equally as good in defence.

“We probably dropped off a bit in the second half,” Farmilo said, although they still managed to score four goals.

Hazell finished with one, with Nick Chaffey netting a double.