The Tigers continue to win in a variety of fashions against their state foes as the Rugby Union Tasmania season carries on.
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Earlier in June, Launceston showed its fierceness in a 55-5 demolishing of the Glenorchy Stags at Royal Park.
"The boys played really well," Tigers president Isaac Anderson said.
"I think we edged out wide against them. Winger Vincent Bell - every time he got the ball he was out wide and was really imposing.
"We do have some fairly quick outside backs and we did some good work in the forwards to be able to recycle the ball and get it to them [wingers] early.
"They were able to get a lot of tries in and create a lot of breaks which was really pleasing."
After playing on and off for a couple of seasons, Anderson said it was great to see Bell suiting up regularly and dominating on the wing.
"It's been really good to have him full-time this year," Anderson said.
"He's our leading try-scorer at the moment and is running at about two tries per game ... he's having a very good season."
On the other side of the ball, Anderson credited his team's defence and their ability to once again limit the opposition to a low total.
"To only let them in for one try; it was a very wet game of football so it was really pleasing to see us play how we did," he said.
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On Saturday, the Tigers faced harder competition in the form of a hungry Burnie Emus side. However, Launceston emerged victorious over the coastal visitors 29-5.
"That was a very tough match actually ... I think the score probably didn't reflect how hard the match was," Anderson said.
"Ultimately, our scrum in particular set a really good platform for us to get the win. It disrupted Burnie's ball and created some really important turnovers during the game."
Unlike the game against Glenorchy, it was the Tigers' inside backs who proved to be the difference-makers in the contest.
"They were probably our most dangerous weapon in that game," Anderson said.
"Burnie had some pretty good wingers, so they were able to shut down Vinnie and other wingers to a certain point, so our inside backs played really well."
Launceston faces a number of challenges to its supremacy in the coming weeks, starting with a hot Taroona Penguins team that downed a solid Devonport Bulls team to leapfrog into third place.
"Taroona have gotten better since we played them in round one," Anderson said.
"It's going to be a really tough game for us this Saturday. We'll need to be strong around the ruck because Taroona are a dangerous team there."