Yikes! Only a 2-2 draw in a pre-season practise match against a mid-table First Division Ngaruawahia team that hasn't trained together for two weeks today?! (Could have lost 1-2!)
Both WFC goals were soft, the first coming early in the first half from a Ngara own-goal off a well-taken WFC corner kick. From a distance, it almost seemed to be blown in by the wind (but was actually a deflection that ballooned over keeper Danyon Drake), and certainly had no help from WFC once it had left the corner. The second came in the dying minutes to salvage the draw after a debatably off-side cross from a rare run up the right by Josh Thomas, which resulted in the ball somehow finding it's way into the net.
The Ngaruawahia goals, on the other hand, were actually constructed, and then well finished by Herve Kadiya and Tim Kautai. Tim's goal, which gave Ngara the lead 2/3rds of the way thru the second half, came from a great piece of work by Ben Latham, who had swapped to the right after an injury substitution. WFC, on the other hand, seemed to have no idea how to break down the Ngarra defense, and created very few chances on goal once Ngara had remembered how to play together again after the first 20 minutes.
Some pictures from the game can be found on the Ngaruawahia club web sit, and include shots of some of the Auckland/Birko etc guys who have joined the squad.