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From the Hawkesbury " your guide"
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LEAGUE: Nightmare forgotten
Thursday, 8 June 2006
A HORROR month was put to bed on Sunday, when the Windsor Wolves overcame The Entrance, defeating the powerful Central Coast team on its home ground.
The Wolves didn't seal the match until the 31st minute of the second half, but added a flurry of points just before the final siren to win 40-16.
Captain and hooker Brett Finn put a month of frustration over his fitness and his side's form behind him to spark a second-half resurgence that put the Wolves on top. He barged over for two late tries as the scoreboard began to tick over.
And while the final tally read seven tries to three, the match was locked 10-all at half-time, which became 16-all with 20 minutes to play.
It was young replacement prop Joel Paton who broke the deadlock, crashing over close to the posts to hand Aaron Mercer a simple conversion that established a six-point buffer.
Spurred on by the taste of victory, Finn stepped up the tempo: making huge metres up the centre of the ruck from dummy half, before sealing the victory with four-pointers in the 71st and 75th minutes.
The Wolves' halves merry-go-round continued, with fullback Chan Ly given an opportunity in the number seven and Ben Stewart continuing to show why he deserves to stay in the five-eighth position.
Ly showed enough promise to be given another opportunity in the halves, and with Dan Randall dominating at the back, his absence from the back three was minimised.
The Wolves took the lead for the first time after 45 minutes of play, when Randall produced a piece of individual magic that swung the ascendancy back Windsor's way.
Randall fielded a grubber kick on his own try line, stepped two tacklers and sped off on a 100m run, motoring away from some desperate cover defence before diving over under the posts.
Mercer's stock continued to rise, with the tall, athletic centre scoring two tries and kicking six goals, for a personal contribution of 20 points.
As important as its ability to score points was Windsor's discipline in the face of some dirty play by The Entrance.
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DESPITE their team's recent poor form, five Windsor Wolves players will travel to New Zealand this month with the Jim Beam Cup representative team.
Prop Tito Nuimata, hooker Brett Finn, centre Aaron Mercer, winger Dan Randall and fullback-cum-half Chan Ly will fly to New Zealand on June 19 to take part in a round-robin tournament in New Zealand, against a NZ residents' team, Queensland Country Rangers and NSW Country.
They'll play NSW Country on Tuesday, June 21, NZ residents on Saturday, June 24, and Queensland Country Rangers on Wednesday, June 28.
The final is on Saturday, July 1.
The Jim Beam Cup will continue while the players are overseas. Wolves centre Mark Butler has been one of the form players of the past two seasons, but recent injury woes and a quiet 2006 conspuired to keep him out of the team.
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Wolves capitulate
Friday, 26 May 2006
THE absence of senior players hit Windsor in epedemic proportions last week, as the Jim Beam Cup side crashed to its second consecutive loss, this time to the cellar-dwelling Cabramatta.
Centre Mark Butler and prop Shenelle Haumono were ruled out with injury, while skipper Brett Finn played with a serious shoulder injury, such was the Wolves' plight.
Cabramatta had not won this season before its 34-14 thrashing Windsor, and just last week sacked coach Jason Alchin, making the Wolves' loss even more embarrassing.
Windsor went behind by six points after as many minutes, and never looked like winning the match, despite levelling the scores through winger Dan Randall after 10 minutes.
The final result flattered the Wolves, who were behind 34-6 before adding some late consolation points. Randall scored two tries, but on the end of a backline that saw little quality ball, his impact was limited.
Poor ball handling plagued the Wolves. The side may have been hampered by a lack of intensity after last week's bye, but that is something they'll have to counter, with another spare weekend.
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Sounds like a tough kid and shows some ticket, rep duties and his captaincy indicate a level of maturity and I reckon he's going to take this chance at the sharks and really put in. He has been linked with the storm for the past few seasons but obviously hasnt been given a go behing Cameron Smith. Should Kingston or Kearney leave a gap for Finn I think he will give it a red hot go and really step up. Let's not forget that Kingston who has been one of the form hookers in the comp this season for mine was playing the same level as Finn only last season with Newtown. Finn is representing at that level and so obviously as the ability to make an impact at NRl level.
I wish him all the best and his signing can only be a positive to add to our depth in the hooking role.
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http://hawkesbury.yourguide.com.au
LEAGUE: Nightmare forgotten
Thursday, 8 June 2006
A HORROR month was put to bed on Sunday, when the Windsor Wolves overcame The Entrance, defeating the powerful Central Coast team on its home ground.
The Wolves didn't seal the match until the 31st minute of the second half, but added a flurry of points just before the final siren to win 40-16.
Captain and hooker Brett Finn put a month of frustration over his fitness and his side's form behind him to spark a second-half resurgence that put the Wolves on top. He barged over for two late tries as the scoreboard began to tick over.
And while the final tally read seven tries to three, the match was locked 10-all at half-time, which became 16-all with 20 minutes to play.
It was young replacement prop Joel Paton who broke the deadlock, crashing over close to the posts to hand Aaron Mercer a simple conversion that established a six-point buffer.
Spurred on by the taste of victory, Finn stepped up the tempo: making huge metres up the centre of the ruck from dummy half, before sealing the victory with four-pointers in the 71st and 75th minutes.
The Wolves' halves merry-go-round continued, with fullback Chan Ly given an opportunity in the number seven and Ben Stewart continuing to show why he deserves to stay in the five-eighth position.
Ly showed enough promise to be given another opportunity in the halves, and with Dan Randall dominating at the back, his absence from the back three was minimised.
The Wolves took the lead for the first time after 45 minutes of play, when Randall produced a piece of individual magic that swung the ascendancy back Windsor's way.
Randall fielded a grubber kick on his own try line, stepped two tacklers and sped off on a 100m run, motoring away from some desperate cover defence before diving over under the posts.
Mercer's stock continued to rise, with the tall, athletic centre scoring two tries and kicking six goals, for a personal contribution of 20 points.
As important as its ability to score points was Windsor's discipline in the face of some dirty play by The Entrance.
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DESPITE their team's recent poor form, five Windsor Wolves players will travel to New Zealand this month with the Jim Beam Cup representative team.
Prop Tito Nuimata, hooker Brett Finn, centre Aaron Mercer, winger Dan Randall and fullback-cum-half Chan Ly will fly to New Zealand on June 19 to take part in a round-robin tournament in New Zealand, against a NZ residents' team, Queensland Country Rangers and NSW Country.
They'll play NSW Country on Tuesday, June 21, NZ residents on Saturday, June 24, and Queensland Country Rangers on Wednesday, June 28.
The final is on Saturday, July 1.
The Jim Beam Cup will continue while the players are overseas. Wolves centre Mark Butler has been one of the form players of the past two seasons, but recent injury woes and a quiet 2006 conspuired to keep him out of the team.
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Wolves capitulate
Friday, 26 May 2006
THE absence of senior players hit Windsor in epedemic proportions last week, as the Jim Beam Cup side crashed to its second consecutive loss, this time to the cellar-dwelling Cabramatta.
Centre Mark Butler and prop Shenelle Haumono were ruled out with injury, while skipper Brett Finn played with a serious shoulder injury, such was the Wolves' plight.
Cabramatta had not won this season before its 34-14 thrashing Windsor, and just last week sacked coach Jason Alchin, making the Wolves' loss even more embarrassing.
Windsor went behind by six points after as many minutes, and never looked like winning the match, despite levelling the scores through winger Dan Randall after 10 minutes.
The final result flattered the Wolves, who were behind 34-6 before adding some late consolation points. Randall scored two tries, but on the end of a backline that saw little quality ball, his impact was limited.
Poor ball handling plagued the Wolves. The side may have been hampered by a lack of intensity after last week's bye, but that is something they'll have to counter, with another spare weekend.
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Sounds like a tough kid and shows some ticket, rep duties and his captaincy indicate a level of maturity and I reckon he's going to take this chance at the sharks and really put in. He has been linked with the storm for the past few seasons but obviously hasnt been given a go behing Cameron Smith. Should Kingston or Kearney leave a gap for Finn I think he will give it a red hot go and really step up. Let's not forget that Kingston who has been one of the form hookers in the comp this season for mine was playing the same level as Finn only last season with Newtown. Finn is representing at that level and so obviously as the ability to make an impact at NRl level.
I wish him all the best and his signing can only be a positive to add to our depth in the hooking role.
