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St Albert's College are going through a re-build but things certainly looked like they were coming together when they accounted for the Barbarians in a 24-nil shut out.
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Saturday's round five New England Rugby Union fixtures were halted temporarily with lightning threatening but once they did manage to take the field, Albies proved their mettle.
They managed to keep the Baa Baas scoreless and coach Niel van der Linde was impressed with their attitude, namely in defence.
"We have been re-building the team this year and we have been working hard on the defence," he said.
"I though the defensive side has been good so it was good to see that.
"It was just a lot of effort really, that is what it came down to in the forwards.
"They largely stuck to the game plan."
Although happy overall, van der Linde did highlight "impatience" as one of their areas to improve.
"They got a bit impatient at times, I think we blew a few tries through impatience," he said.
"When we had them on the ropes, going through the phases, impatience cost us a bit but that is part of building a new team."
It was their second win for the season after posting a victory against Tamworth in round four.
And it was what the reigning premiers were looking for after a huge turn over of players from their premiership winning teams.
van der Linde said they are hoping things will click at the pointy end of the season.
"We are planning to hopefully come good at the end of the season," he said.
"It is going to be a slow build this year.
"There's talent there but I was just looking for the effort.
"We dropped a lot of players and brought a lot of players in and it is just players putting players in the effort."