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BURT STARS AS EELS PROVE TOO STRONG FOR ROOSTERS
Saturday 1 March 2008
Fullback Luke Burt has capped a solid comeback from knee surgery scoring 14 points in the Pirtek Parramatta Eels 34-18 win over the Sydney Roosters in their NRL trial match at Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium Gosford.
Burt scored a try and kicked five goals from six attempts as the Eels ran out comfortable six tries to three winners.
Head coach Michael Hagan said Burt’s performance was one of a number of highlights to come out of the match.
“He (Burt) was a bit nervous before the game, as was Nathan Cayless, but I think that will do him the world of good to get through it and get through it well,” Hagan said.
“We came here to get our preparation in order for round one and I think we’ve gone a fair way down the track as far as that goes.
“I still think we’ve got a bit of improvement in how we want to play, but there were some very positive things in there for us.
“I think we’ll get better, that’s the exciting part of it, but we need to get that balance right.
“We came up with a couple errors, turnovers on play one, that’s going to really hurt us in premiership games, but if we get that balance right we’ll be in with a shout.”
The return of Burt and captain Nathan Cayless will warm the heart of Eels supporters, with both playing strong games.
A Burt 40-20 in the opening minute of play gave the Eels field position and they soon capitalised, Eric Grothe getting on the end of a Jarryd Hayne break to score in the corner.
Showing no ill effects from the knee reconstruction that cruelled his 2007 campaign Burt converted from the sideline to make it 6-nil to the Eels after as many minutes.
After a sustained period of Roosters attack, during which wing Joel Reddy bundled opposite number Amos Roberts into touch on no less than three occasions, the Eels went in again for a 10-nil lead.
Working the short side Grothe neatly put Hayne away for the try in the 22nd minute of the half.
The Eels next was pure class, Feleti Mateo making the most of the tiring Roosters defence to break the line before firing a pinpoint pass to Brett Finch, who in turn found the waiting arms of Josh Cordoba who scored next to the posts.
Burt’s second conversion of the night made it 16-nil to the Eels approaching half time.
The Roosters policy of targeting the right wing paid off just before the break, Roberts on the end of a bullet like pass from Braith Anasta to score out wide for Craig Fitzgibbon to convert for a 16-6 half time scoreline.
Weller Hauraki scored to extend the Eels lead to 22-6 eight minutes into the second half, the second rower juggling the ball before shrugging off the tackler to score.
Burt was again on song with the conversion as the Eels lead began to look comfortable.
A blockbusting run from Matt Keating laid on their Eels fifth try midway through the half, Burt capping a big comeback game by sprinting 30 metres to score under the posts.
The Roosters hit back almost immediately, Anthony Minichiello steaming onto a short ball to score, Roberts nailing the conversion to make it 28-12 with 13 minutes remaining.
Another Roosters four pointer scored and converted by Roberts made the match interesting at 28-18 with 11 minutes left to play, however the win was put beyond doubt five minutes from time when Mark Riddell scored for the Eels from Dummy half, the conversion taking the final score along to 34-18 in favour of Parramatta.
PIRTEK PARRAMATTA EELS 34
Tries: Eric Grothe, Jarryd Hayne, Josh Cordoba, Weller Hauraki, Luke Burt, Mark Riddell
Goals: Luke Burt 5/6
SYDNEY ROOSTERS 18
Tries: Amos Roberts 2, Anthony Minichiello
Goals: Amos Roberts 2/2; Craig Fitzgibbon 1/1
At Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Crowd: 8143
Half time: Eels 16-6
EELS V ROOSTERS – AS IT HAPPENED
6th Minute – The Eels open the scoring through a try to Eric Grothe, converted by Luke Burt. Eels 6-nil.
22nd Minute – Jarryd Hayne scores the Eels second try. Burt misses the conversion. Eels 10-nil.
32nd Minute – Josh Cordoba scores to finish off a neat team try for the Eels. Burt converts. Eels 16-nil.
38th Minute – Amos Roberts scores for the Roosters. Craig Fitzgibbon converts. Eels 16-6.
Half Time – Eels 16 (Eric Grothe, Jarryd Hayne, Josh Cordoba tries; Luke Burt 2 from 3) led the Roosters 6 (Amos Roberts try; Craig Fitzgibbon 1 from 1)
48th Minute – Weller Hauraki scores for the Eels. Burt converts. Eels 22-6.
62nd Minute – Luke Burt scores for the Eels, and converts his own try. Eels 28-6.
66th Minute – Anthony Minichiello scores for the Roosters. Roberts converts. Eels 28-12.
69th Minute – Roberts scores his second for the Roosters, and converts his own try. Eels 28-18.
73rd Minute – Mark Riddell scores for the Eels. Burt converts. Eels 34-18.
Full Time – Eels 34 (Eric Grothe, Jarryd Hayne, Josh Cordoba, Weller Hauraki, Luke Burt, Mark Riddell tries; Luke Burt 5 from 6) defeated the Roosters 18 (Amos Roberts 2, Anthony Minichiello tries; Amos Roberts 2 from 2, Craig Fitzgibbon 1 from 1)
EELS HOLD OUT ROOSTERS IN TOYOTA CUP TRIAL
Parramatta scored a gutsy 39-34 victory over the Sydney Roosters in their Toyota Cup trial match at Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium.
The Eels led 28-12 at the break but found themselves trailing by two points midway through the second half following a determined Roosters resurgence.
In the finish second half tries to Tim Mannah and Daniel Mortimer – who finished with two for the match – and a field goal to Tony Williams was enough to see the Eels run away to a seven tries to six victory.
PARRAMATTA 39
Tries: Daniel Mortimer 2, Owen Lauofo, Domenic Nasso, Shaun Cox, Joe Mataele, Tim Mannah
Goals: Tony Williams 3/5, Luke Mottinelli 2/2
Field Goals: Tony Williams 1
SYDNEY ROOSTERS 34
Tries: Galu Teo 2, Tom Symonds, Alan Heldslinger, Rohan Ahern, Jake Friend
Goals: Ben Cronin 5/6
http://www.parraeels.com.au/news/news1704.shtml
Saturday 1 March 2008
Fullback Luke Burt has capped a solid comeback from knee surgery scoring 14 points in the Pirtek Parramatta Eels 34-18 win over the Sydney Roosters in their NRL trial match at Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium Gosford.
Burt scored a try and kicked five goals from six attempts as the Eels ran out comfortable six tries to three winners.
Head coach Michael Hagan said Burt’s performance was one of a number of highlights to come out of the match.
“He (Burt) was a bit nervous before the game, as was Nathan Cayless, but I think that will do him the world of good to get through it and get through it well,” Hagan said.
“We came here to get our preparation in order for round one and I think we’ve gone a fair way down the track as far as that goes.
“I still think we’ve got a bit of improvement in how we want to play, but there were some very positive things in there for us.
“I think we’ll get better, that’s the exciting part of it, but we need to get that balance right.
“We came up with a couple errors, turnovers on play one, that’s going to really hurt us in premiership games, but if we get that balance right we’ll be in with a shout.”
The return of Burt and captain Nathan Cayless will warm the heart of Eels supporters, with both playing strong games.
A Burt 40-20 in the opening minute of play gave the Eels field position and they soon capitalised, Eric Grothe getting on the end of a Jarryd Hayne break to score in the corner.
Showing no ill effects from the knee reconstruction that cruelled his 2007 campaign Burt converted from the sideline to make it 6-nil to the Eels after as many minutes.
After a sustained period of Roosters attack, during which wing Joel Reddy bundled opposite number Amos Roberts into touch on no less than three occasions, the Eels went in again for a 10-nil lead.
Working the short side Grothe neatly put Hayne away for the try in the 22nd minute of the half.
The Eels next was pure class, Feleti Mateo making the most of the tiring Roosters defence to break the line before firing a pinpoint pass to Brett Finch, who in turn found the waiting arms of Josh Cordoba who scored next to the posts.
Burt’s second conversion of the night made it 16-nil to the Eels approaching half time.
The Roosters policy of targeting the right wing paid off just before the break, Roberts on the end of a bullet like pass from Braith Anasta to score out wide for Craig Fitzgibbon to convert for a 16-6 half time scoreline.
Weller Hauraki scored to extend the Eels lead to 22-6 eight minutes into the second half, the second rower juggling the ball before shrugging off the tackler to score.
Burt was again on song with the conversion as the Eels lead began to look comfortable.
A blockbusting run from Matt Keating laid on their Eels fifth try midway through the half, Burt capping a big comeback game by sprinting 30 metres to score under the posts.
The Roosters hit back almost immediately, Anthony Minichiello steaming onto a short ball to score, Roberts nailing the conversion to make it 28-12 with 13 minutes remaining.
Another Roosters four pointer scored and converted by Roberts made the match interesting at 28-18 with 11 minutes left to play, however the win was put beyond doubt five minutes from time when Mark Riddell scored for the Eels from Dummy half, the conversion taking the final score along to 34-18 in favour of Parramatta.
PIRTEK PARRAMATTA EELS 34
Tries: Eric Grothe, Jarryd Hayne, Josh Cordoba, Weller Hauraki, Luke Burt, Mark Riddell
Goals: Luke Burt 5/6
SYDNEY ROOSTERS 18
Tries: Amos Roberts 2, Anthony Minichiello
Goals: Amos Roberts 2/2; Craig Fitzgibbon 1/1
At Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Crowd: 8143
Half time: Eels 16-6
EELS V ROOSTERS – AS IT HAPPENED
6th Minute – The Eels open the scoring through a try to Eric Grothe, converted by Luke Burt. Eels 6-nil.
22nd Minute – Jarryd Hayne scores the Eels second try. Burt misses the conversion. Eels 10-nil.
32nd Minute – Josh Cordoba scores to finish off a neat team try for the Eels. Burt converts. Eels 16-nil.
38th Minute – Amos Roberts scores for the Roosters. Craig Fitzgibbon converts. Eels 16-6.
Half Time – Eels 16 (Eric Grothe, Jarryd Hayne, Josh Cordoba tries; Luke Burt 2 from 3) led the Roosters 6 (Amos Roberts try; Craig Fitzgibbon 1 from 1)
48th Minute – Weller Hauraki scores for the Eels. Burt converts. Eels 22-6.
62nd Minute – Luke Burt scores for the Eels, and converts his own try. Eels 28-6.
66th Minute – Anthony Minichiello scores for the Roosters. Roberts converts. Eels 28-12.
69th Minute – Roberts scores his second for the Roosters, and converts his own try. Eels 28-18.
73rd Minute – Mark Riddell scores for the Eels. Burt converts. Eels 34-18.
Full Time – Eels 34 (Eric Grothe, Jarryd Hayne, Josh Cordoba, Weller Hauraki, Luke Burt, Mark Riddell tries; Luke Burt 5 from 6) defeated the Roosters 18 (Amos Roberts 2, Anthony Minichiello tries; Amos Roberts 2 from 2, Craig Fitzgibbon 1 from 1)
EELS HOLD OUT ROOSTERS IN TOYOTA CUP TRIAL
Parramatta scored a gutsy 39-34 victory over the Sydney Roosters in their Toyota Cup trial match at Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium.
The Eels led 28-12 at the break but found themselves trailing by two points midway through the second half following a determined Roosters resurgence.
In the finish second half tries to Tim Mannah and Daniel Mortimer – who finished with two for the match – and a field goal to Tony Williams was enough to see the Eels run away to a seven tries to six victory.
PARRAMATTA 39
Tries: Daniel Mortimer 2, Owen Lauofo, Domenic Nasso, Shaun Cox, Joe Mataele, Tim Mannah
Goals: Tony Williams 3/5, Luke Mottinelli 2/2
Field Goals: Tony Williams 1
SYDNEY ROOSTERS 34
Tries: Galu Teo 2, Tom Symonds, Alan Heldslinger, Rohan Ahern, Jake Friend
Goals: Ben Cronin 5/6
http://www.parraeels.com.au/news/news1704.shtml
