GIANTS coach Leon Cameron was fairly sombre after Saturday night’s four-point loss to the Tigers.
The coach was pleased with the experience the contest gave his young side but frustrated with the result.
"Clearly, you want to be on the other end. Disappointing we lost, clearly, we took it right up to them with such a young team," Cameron said.
"We were going through it this week, we’ve got a lot of kids in our team and we’re really proud for three and a bit quarters, which was great, a great experience to play such a good team like the Tigers down here.
"It’s disappointing to lose a game you’re in a position to win. We’ve got to learn. It’s our fault, credit to them, our fault we lost the game because moments throughout the second half we just needed a little more composure and we didn’t have that, but they kept coming."
Jesse Hogan broke the game open with what looked like a match-winning four-goal turn in the second quarter.
"He did light us up in that second quarter, which is pleasing. I think every game he plays he’s going to slot in for us, he’s hungry and he’s eager, he has buy-in, which is great," Cameron said.
"And if you have that among the group, doesn’t matter if you’ve come from another footy club or you started out your journey at our club, it’s a pleasure to coach. It was good to see him hit the scoreboard again, but equally, he competes in the air as well."
Cameron said the severity of winger Harry Perryman's hamstring injury would be confirmed in the next 48 hours, and he hopes hamstrung pair Nick Haynes and Sam Reid would return next week.
