Red Alert - Regs lose to Code Blue

Put the finals preparations on hold - the Regulators fall apart in second half.

After a promising first half which saw the Regulators in the unusual position of being up 14-5, Code Blue stormed back to record a seven point win (39-32).

Maybe they're used to coming from behind, maybe it was the late game - whatever the reason the Regulators lost and what seemed like a possible finals surge has turned into another season of panic now for the Yellow and Blue team.

A bye this week should help heal the gaping wound of a loss against a clearly inferior opponent. Lets see if they can regroup and win the remaining six games. If they do, there's still hope of a top four finish in the very competitive and even F grade season.

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A huge 15-2 run in the second half propelled the Regulators to a memorable win last night. All the available Regulators were in top form and looked like they could beat anyone. It looks like this group is finally working each other out as they prepare for a finals push.

Matt Leonard showed any knockers what the team has missed with a dominating display inside against some large opponents. A combination of hook shots, pull up jumpers and drives kept the scoreboard ticking over, and on the other end he displayed some nice board work.

Paul Lochland showed he's shaken off the decade long rust of not playing comp ball with another confident all-around game. Roopa and Lochland combining to create a turnover was just one of many highlights for this young backcourt duo. The fact is - the game was well decided before that turnover - this is dizzy stuff folks.

But the game was far from a walkover, early on the Regulators were struggling with turnovers, bad shots and swiss cheese defence. Matt Owens was whistled for a tech after some yibbidy yibbada with the ref. They were lucky to escape the half five points down and there were no signs things would change in a hurry.

But that's exactly what happened, crisp passing, fierce defence, dead-eye shooting, fast breaks and some fair-dinkum hard yakka stunned the opposition and after Roopa finished the run with a sweet rainbow jumper - the Super Naturals had to call a timeout. This did little to stem the flow and the Regulators finished it off like a Peter North money shot.

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Regulators vs Stayers preview

The Stayers are good - but are they Regulator good?

That question should be answered around 10pm tonight. The Regulators (4 wins - 3 losses) will field their entire 7-man roster for the first time all year and if the Stayers can overcome that - then they dear readers are the sheeeaaaaat!

Digs makes his long awaited return after a dubious contract clause had him spending time in Italy. After the Regulator board bought out the $75.78 mil contract, he was flown home (economy) and greeted by a legion of devoted fans at 4am 2 weeks ago.

'Yeah it was a fucked scenario, but I'm here now! Lets do this!' Digs said in his press conference.

The two bench positions allows for a few different Regulator styles, small ball, tall ball, run n' gun or shoot and hope.

A full match report will be posted tomorrow.

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Tied at the half - The Reg's cop it sweet

After two games the Regulators are 1-1 following a second-half collapse last monday night to Dirk Digglers 32 - 15.

Clawing their way back to 9-all at the half with defense and ball control - the Regulators threw all their hard work away to only score 6 points in the second half.

'We only scored 6 after half time last week, and to do that again feels pretty shit,' team captain Digs said at the post-game press conference, 'it doesn't help when they have a huge dude in the middle and we're working with a spare parts team who haven't played much together.'

Both teams showed plenty in the first half, and something had to give - unfortunately it was the Regulator offensive game.

The Regulators did have some positives from the loss, fill in Bryan played with heart and fit in well. New recruit Paul added some good drives that couldn't be converted and the team showed some character after falling into an early 9-2 hole.

Two key players will be back in two weeks follwing the bye, then on 10 June, Digs will be back and hopefully the full 8-man roster will be ready to wreck shop.

Regulators kick off season with nail-biter

The relieved Regulators (including team mascot Dillon) after the win.

The Regulators last night used their get out of jail free card to defeat Team-Xtreme 23-19 in an un-impressive performance.

After a solid start running away to an 8-2 lead thanks mainly to some impressive offensive ball movement and tight defense, the Regulators ended the half leading 17-8.

With 14 minutes remaining and the score at 21 –10 the lights went out at the Albert Park stadium, an incident akin to the St.Kilda v Essendon match at Waverley Park in the mid 90’s. When play resumed and the lights back on, Team-Xtreme made a second half surge using the incident to their advantage for a quick 9-0 run.

With a minute and a half to go and the scores at 21-19, it looked as though the Regulators were about to pull defeat from the jaws of victory when Ben Torrance nailed 2 timely free throws after a signature drive to the basket to put the win beyond the grasp of the pumped up Xtreme side.

Rueben showed plenty early in the match, but an undisciplined technical foul with 4 minutes remaining took the shine off an impressive performance.

The surprise package of the evening came from Simon who showed he is worth every dollar of the big money it took to bring him out of retirement. Roopa and new recruit Paul, although not troubling the scorers were tight in defence and forced plenty of turnovers and were instrumental in the victory.

Andrew and Ben were both well below their best but did enough to ensure the team came up with the points in the end.

When questioned about the victory, captain Andrew replied, “It was a game of 2 halves”.

With the Matts’ Leonard and Owens in Asia on national duty and due to return early next month, the Regulators can only improve as the season progresses, and may even come out of the wilderness to compete in their first finals campaign in quite a few years.