2012 Bundy Cup

[Sharkie Army Gorilla]

Wenty lost their 1st sydney shield game for the season aswell

 

[Roland]

Sydney Shield

Round 15

Wenty 24 Cabra 18
Guildford 30 Hills 24
Mounties WOF vs St Johns
Auburn bye

Round 16

Auburn 52 Mounties 42
Guildford 34 St Johns 24
Cabra 28 Wenty 14

Ladder

Wenty 30
Cabra 24
Auburn 22
Guildford 16 (-102)

Mounties 16 (-164)
Hills 12
St Johns 8

All teams have had 2 byes except Hills who have had 4.

 

[Sharkie Army Gorilla]

Sydney Shield


All teams have had 2 byes except Hills who have had 4.

Guildford play St Johns again this weekend, that means they have now played each other four times

 

[Henson Park Hornets]

St Johns played Guildford on Sat in the Sydney Shield and I think they won 34-24, but not 100% on the score.

 

[slickrabbit]

BNRU were once again their own worst enemies in the first half. Poor D, and absolutely poor ball control in the first 20-25mins. Never owned the ruck, and continually trying to pass thier way out of trouble in their own 20m. Gifted Entrance 2 tries from that alone. Once they settled down, and played structured footy, they were strong. Entrance D is the best I've seen all year. Very aggressive. They're my dark horse for the title...

 

[Roland]

Guildford play St Johns again this weekend, that means they have now played each other four times

Mounties play wenty for the 4th time next week and the first 2 games between St Johns and Guildford were also in consecutive weeks.

 

[Roland]

St Johns played Guildford on Sat in the Sydney Shield and I think they won 34-24, but not 100% on the score.

Right score but Guildford won.

 

[Roland]

BNRU were once again their own worst enemies in the first half. Poor D, and absolutely poor ball control in the first 20-25mins. Never owned the ruck, and continually trying to pass thier way out of trouble in their own 20m. Gifted Entrance 2 tries from that alone. Once they settled down, and played structured footy, they were strong. Entrance D is the best I've seen all year. Very aggressive. They're my dark horse for the title...

The no 24 from BRET made a lot of mistakes.

 

[slickrabbit]

The no 24 from BRET made a lot of mistakes.

think you're referring to the halfback. Yeah, tends to go to the line too much and either dies with it, or throws a poor pass at times. These are things, that can be worked on, though, thankfully ;-)

 

[slickrabbit]

Just heard BNRU will have 4 BRET players this Sun, same 2 from last game, and 2 boppers up front, incl Francis Tuigamala. Alipate Noilea, at 5/8 last game, will move back to his more favoured centre position with their regular half, who's been playing NYC, to slot back in alongside Marc Russell. Beau Bovis is also back from suspension. They should give St Johns a big run for their money with this side...

 

[Roland]

Just heard BNRU will have 4 BRET players this Sun, same 2 from last game, and 2 boppers up front, incl Francis Tuigamala. Alipate Noilea, at 5/8 last game, will move back to his more favoured centre position with their regular half, who's been playing NYC, to slot back in alongside Marc Russell. Beau Bovis is also back from suspension. They should give St Johns a big run for their money with this side...

It will be interesting to see what St Johns have. The program is always wrong. Hekka Nanai and Conrad Taakemeoka both went off injured last week and Karl Filiga has played half a game in 2 months.

After the junior reps finished 5 boys from the SG Ball went into the Sydney Shield team but with all the players missing 4 of these boys have appeared in Bundy with Mitch Mamary playing the last 3 games in the front row!

It looks like ex NSW Waratahs back Arthur Little is again unavailable due to work commitments.

 

[Roland]

Round 17

Wenty 52 Mounties 22
Auburn 36 Blacktown 36
Cabra 40 Kingsgrove 22

Today
Entrance v Windsor
BNRU v St Johns

Mounties loss means that Windsor, Wenty, Cabra and the Entrance have all won spots in the semis so it is now a straight contest between Mounties and St Johns.

 

[Sharkie Army Gorilla]

best performance the Colts have put in, if they play like they did last night they may get the cash against Blacktown next weekend

 

[Roland]

Entrance 24 Windsor 22
St Johns 42 BNRU 30

BNRU were given a blueprint for building a competitive Bundy Cup side today. With Balmain Ryde Eastwood having the bye this week in the State Cup, coach Paul Fletcher sent bench forwards Francis Tuigamala and Taiqele Naiyaravaro to BNRU to get another game under their belts.

These guys are Man Mountains. The only other player of similar size would be Pulu from Windsor but he has made only occasional appearances in Bundy; mainly playing State Cup also. Every team needs at least 2 big experienced props if they are going to compete at this level.

St Johns managed to negate this threat in the first half to put on 5 tries to lead 24-4 at half time but they used up a lot of petrol and BNRU stormed back into the game in the second half.

I thought Joe Flint and Matt Mulcahy also excelled for BNRU while Ratu Tagive and especially Junior Roqica had huge games for St Johns. Perhaps some of Juniors' ex Concord Burwood teammates spurred him on from the stands.

For the second week running Taakemeoka could only play the first 20 minutes and Hekka Nanai lasted about an hour before succummimg to his chronic leg injuries. Holo Tonga could not play (RU injury?) but St Johns did not need to play any of the boys from the SG Ball this week.

 

[Roland]

Bundy ladder

Entrance 26
Wenty 25 (+393)
Windsor 25 (+313)
Cabra 25 (+226)
St Johns 24

Mounties 22
Auburn 12
BNRU 6
Blacktown 5
Kingsgrove 0

After round 10 Entance were sitting in 6th spot on 12 points but have now won 7 games in succession, all but one of those games at home.

Final round

Entrance v Mounties
Windsor v Cabra
Wenty v BNRU
St Johns v Auburn
Kingsgrove v Blacktown.

 

[footy912]

Hey does anyone know when the auburn vs st johns game is next weekend? There is conflicting sources.. In the magazine it states saturday at 3pm at lidcombe where as on the website its sunday 3pm

 

[Sharkie Army Gorilla]

Hey does anyone know when the auburn vs st johns game is next weekend? There is conflicting sources.. In the magazine it states saturday at 3pm at lidcombe where as on the website its sunday 3pm

go by the website. it was set down for saturday, if it has been changed on the NSWRL site its usually correct. I always double check on a wednesday or thursday to see if anything has changed

 

[Sharkie Army Gorilla]

Hala Akaoula from Auburn is also a man mountain. I have seen him steam roll sides on his own

 

[Roland]

Yes, forgot about Hala. He is huge.

Sydney Shield

Wenty 54 Mounties 16
Auburn 74 Hills 28
Guildford 40 St Johns 34
Cabra bye

Ladder

Wenty 32
Cabra 26
Auburn 24
Guildford 18

Mounties 16
Hills 12
St Johns 8

The scorers details show that Arthur Little kicked 2 goals for St Johns.

 

[slickrabbit]

BNRU once again shot themselves in the foot in the first half. I think they should just sit out the 1st half and come on for the 2nd. They're mentally weak at times, the way they need to be behind, pressure off, before they start to play. I'm not sure if it's an inexpereince thing, some players just not being up to it, coaching styles, or a mix of them all. They certainly can play once they're switched on, though.