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Rockingham Sharks forced their way into next weeks Grand Final downing North Beach Sea Eagles after a close tussle at Charles Riley Reserve. The final score at 29 to 22 was due to a greater desire to win by the Sharks.
In a lackluster first half both sides seemed to want to sit back and watch and eventually it was Rockingham who lifted on the back of two penalties which saw Adrian Adams cross the line then convert his own try at the 13 minute mark. Not long after North Beach leveled through a try to Nathan Jones.
From then the Sharks were making all the running with Vakapuna Alantini scoring a double at the 23 and 36 minute mark through strong pushes from dummy half that had no resistance from the Sea Eagles. North Beach never seemed to be in the game and it was a combination of errors and soft play that allowed the Sharks to go into the shed with an 18 to 6 lead
At the restart the Sea Eagles had more purpose and within 4 minutes got the difference back to 6 points after a push over the line from Glen Godecke. They then had the chance to take advantage of the Sharks after Dave Nicholls was sent to the sin bin and it eventually came when Sam Lofts ran the ball under the posts to level the score at 18 all with still 25 minutes to play.
At 64 minutes Stacy Smith crossed for the Sharks and was quickly answered when North Beach leveled again through Tony Merrick.
With the score locked at 22 all and 11 minutes to play, the Sharks ran the ball quickly forward to allow Adams to kick a field goal. They then were able to control the game with the bonus of another try with six minutes to go.
Best players for the Sharks were Dave Tito, Adrian Adams, Dave Nicholls and Stacy Smith with Nathan Jones, Dustin Hume and Marcus Carney the best for the Sea Eagles.
Grand Final is on Saturday 6th of September @ Members Equity Stadium and will see the following match ups take place.
Womens LeagueTag - Rockingham v Kalgoorlie @ 12:30pm
Reserve Grade - Rockingham v South Perth @ 1:45pm
Tooheys Cup 1st Grade - Rockingham v South Perth 3:15pm
In a lackluster first half both sides seemed to want to sit back and watch and eventually it was Rockingham who lifted on the back of two penalties which saw Adrian Adams cross the line then convert his own try at the 13 minute mark. Not long after North Beach leveled through a try to Nathan Jones.
From then the Sharks were making all the running with Vakapuna Alantini scoring a double at the 23 and 36 minute mark through strong pushes from dummy half that had no resistance from the Sea Eagles. North Beach never seemed to be in the game and it was a combination of errors and soft play that allowed the Sharks to go into the shed with an 18 to 6 lead
At the restart the Sea Eagles had more purpose and within 4 minutes got the difference back to 6 points after a push over the line from Glen Godecke. They then had the chance to take advantage of the Sharks after Dave Nicholls was sent to the sin bin and it eventually came when Sam Lofts ran the ball under the posts to level the score at 18 all with still 25 minutes to play.
At 64 minutes Stacy Smith crossed for the Sharks and was quickly answered when North Beach leveled again through Tony Merrick.
With the score locked at 22 all and 11 minutes to play, the Sharks ran the ball quickly forward to allow Adams to kick a field goal. They then were able to control the game with the bonus of another try with six minutes to go.
Best players for the Sharks were Dave Tito, Adrian Adams, Dave Nicholls and Stacy Smith with Nathan Jones, Dustin Hume and Marcus Carney the best for the Sea Eagles.
Grand Final is on Saturday 6th of September @ Members Equity Stadium and will see the following match ups take place.
Womens LeagueTag - Rockingham v Kalgoorlie @ 12:30pm
Reserve Grade - Rockingham v South Perth @ 1:45pm
Tooheys Cup 1st Grade - Rockingham v South Perth 3:15pm
