2025 RM Cup & Sydney Shield

[TigerDen]

So sad

 

[Rugbaleague lover]

I read somewhere that the coach/board member has been banned and charged ?.
Given the board memberships sounds like some friendships have been well and truly ruined

I saw the same thing, what could they have charged him with? The whole board were all best mates… definitely off each others Christmas card lists now..

 

[rightleftin]

St Marys have beaten Glebe in SS by 54-12. The guy on the computer decided to insert everthing by looking at the clock but not adding the 40 minutes for the first half. The score at half time was 24-6 not 54-12.

Same story in RMC. St Marys won 32-14 but the half time score was 10-4 to Saints not 32-14.

 

[rightleftin]

Tangi Hokai has been quick to escape the Cabra situation, crashing over for a try under the posts for Blacktown Workers in the 2nd half today. Brothers won 34-10 after leading 16-0 at half time. There were a few more newcomers for Blacktown today - Javier Pitovao played 29 games in the Q Cup for Sunshine Falcons over the last 2 seasons and played some NSW Cup with the Bulldogs prior to that. The half back today was Mitch Chester who played 6 games for Cabra SS last year as well as 2 games in NSW Cup.

Others in the Blacktown squad include - Peni Tagitimua (Bulldogs RMC), Sam Stratis (ex Wests RMC), Nola Samu (Mounties SS), Jonathon Villar & Jacob Wright (Ryde Eastwood SS), Will Golden (Manly SS), Jared Ross (ex Hills SS), Ibrahin El Chiekh (Moorebank SS), Boston Ligaliga (Wenty A Grade), Jake Murdocca (Blacktown Pats), Brendon Tapuai (Camden Reserve Grade), Ian Nelson & Russell Nelson (ex RAB) and John Finianos (The Oaks Reserve Grade).

 

[TigerDen]

Make a good Shield side

 

[League Unlimited News]

RMC Round 3 results

BYE: Wentworthville Magpies
Glebe Dirty Reds (14) v St Marys (32)
Blacktown Workers (10) v Penrith Brothers (34)
Postponed: Ryde-Eastwood Hawks v Hills Bulls
Postponed: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v Mounties

	Team	P	W	D	L	B	+/-	Pts
1	St Marys	3	2	1	0	0	68	5
2	Ryde-Eastwood	2	2	0	0	0	26	4
3	Cabramatta***	2	2	0	0	0	24	4
4	Brothers	3	2	0	1	0	14	4
5	Wentworthville	2	1	0	1	1	12	4
6	Hills	2	1	0	1	0	28	2
7	Glebe	3	1	0	2	0	-30	2
8	Mounties	2	0	1	1	0	-4	1
9	Canterbury	2	0	0	2	0	-30	0
10	Blacktown	3	0	0	3	0	-108	0

Shield Round 3

BYE: Wentworthville United
Glebe Dirty Reds (12) v St Marys (54)
POSTPONED: Ryde-Eastwood Hawks v Hills Bulls
POSTPONED: Moorebank Rams v Mounties
POSTPONED: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles v Penrith Brothers

	Team	P	W	D	L	B	+/-	Pts
1	St Marys	3	3	0	0	0	58	6
2	Wenty Utd	2	2	0	0	1	43	6
3	Cabramatta***	2	2	0	0	0	64	4
4	Brothers	2	1	0	1	0	34	2
5	Manly	2	1	0	1	0	4	2
6	Hills	2	1	0	1	0	-4	2
7	Glebe	3	1	0	2	0	-36	2
8	Mounties	2	0	0	2	0	-40	0
9	Ryde-Eastwood	2	0	0	2	0	-41	0
10	Moorebank	2	0	0	2	0	-82	0

It's our understanding the NSWRL is yet to decide what happens to Cabramatta's Round 1 and 2 results. In the meantime they remain in the ladder and will just drop down week by week until NSWRL decides.

 

[League Unlimited News]

Round 4 teams

TEAMS: NSWRL Ron Massey Cup - 2025 Round 4 » League Unlimited

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TEAMS: NSWRL Sydney Shield - 2025 Round 4 » League Unlimited

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[rightleftin]

There was an unusual occurrence at Aubrey Keech on Saturday. The No 13's in both of Ryde's teams - Matamua (RMC) and Tumeth (SS) - are both of part of the Tigers top 30.

 

[10$ Ferret]

Whats happening at Glebe SS, anyone watched those games are the opposition running through big lazy forwards or an issue with defense all round ?

 

[TigerDen]

Glebe have had a high turnover of players to date, with not many of last year's side featuring so far. Fitness was an issue in game 1 being run down after holding a big lead. Games against Saints and Wenty certainly showed defensive weakness out wide.

 

[ALX25]

There was an unusual occurrence at Aubrey Keech on Saturday. The No 13's in both of Ryde's teams - Matamua (RMC) and Tumeth (SS) - are both of part of the Tigers top 30.

Surely been released by the Tigers by now?

 

[rightleftin]

Surely been released by the Tigers by now

I heard that Tigers had offered to pay Tumeth half his remaining contract if he left the club. Dont know what the situation is with Matamua.

 

[TigerDen]

While it's only early days, it looks like Wenty and Saints will dominant SS. Today's game was a ripper, two evenly matched teams slugging it out for the full 80 minutes. While Wenty won the season is only young. As for the other teams, there doesn't seem to be any consistency week to week. Maybe Manly are the smokeys but for the rest there is a a long way to go.Lets see now the season goes by Round 15.

 

[rightleftin]

Ryde Eastwood had to work hard for the win today. The Bulldogs team was strengthened when the NSW Cup bench was sent to RMC for extra game time, with the bye in the higher grade. The Bulldogs repelled the initial forays by the Hawks and then scored the first 2 tries and after Ryde returned serve the visitors pulled away with a fast paced game and when they scored right on half time to lead 24-10 they looked in complete control.

It appears that David Gower had the right words at the break as Ryde absolutely shredded the Bulldogs in the next 20 minutes with miracle offloads all over as 5 tries came (38-24). The Bulldogs finally put together a response and almost grabbed the points with Ryde hanging on 38-34.

Hymel Hunt played his first game in 2025 and Tim Johannsen came back from the Magpies, so the Hawks managed to fit in 5 players with 184 games in NRL or ESL. Brandon Tumeth played SS again.

 

[rightleftin]

Most of the players in the Brothers SS premiership team have left the club, including Noah Nailagoliva, who has returned to Maitland, from where he was selected for NSW U/16's in 2019 - a side that included Wests Tigers' Brandon Tumeth, currently playing SS for Ryde Eastwood. Nailagoliva was signed to play in the powerful Maitland team, following the defection of Alex Langbridge to Wyong.

 

[TigerDen]

Noah was one of the best players in last year's Shield comp, good luck to him. Interestingly Jake Watmough last year's Sydney Shield "player" of the year has been selected in Ryde's SS team this week.

 

[MGA77]

Good too see some night Footy back last couple of weeks

Seems to be a few errors on the RMC ladder anyone know whats happening there?

 

[rightleftin]

Good too see some night Footy back last couple of weeks

Seems to be a few errors on the RMC ladder anyone know whats happening there?

Looks like the teams that are drawn against Cabra are being given both a bye and a forfeit but that hasnt occurred in Shield! Also Cabras wins need to be converted to byes.

 

[rightleftin]

The distribution of Cabramatta players is as follows:

RMC

Kayne Kalache (Eels NSW Cup), Bruce Ward, Puna Fotu, Sione Manokafua (Glebe), Arthur Melham*, James Valevatu, Harrison Leonard (Brothers), Jackson Blatch*, Cooper Smith* (Oakdale Workers), Damien Nati, Ryan Garner, Nathan Vaeluaga (Hills), Lachlan Whitehouse (Hills SS), Cayne Nicholas (St Marys SS), Tangi Hokai (Blacktown Workers), Joseph Nohra (Wenty), Liam Davidson* (Wenty SS)

SS

Mason Ward, Reiven Smallwood, George Stamatatos (Ryde Eastwood), Eddie Markopoulos, Jai langlands Doi, Khalil Rahme (Moorebank), Jordan Roumanous (Glebe), Dean Iro (Blacktown Workers), Lachlan Garner (Hills), Dakota Kakoi, Lennox Risati, Will Shears, Noah Tatoa, Movete Otoota, Kurt Fisher, Kobi Hurford, Sebastian Piukala, Tuvala Palu, Cooper Fuller (Eels Flegg)

* returned to 2024 club.

 

[League Unlimited News]

It's our understanding that the NSWRL - for ladder / competition integrity purposes - will be converting R1 (Mounties) and R2 (Dogs/Moorebank) results from Cabramatta to byes. This should come into effect this week.