Sydney Bulls 28 (S Jolly, D Vicelich, C Smith, P Winterstein, C Salem tries, S El Masri 2, N DeBartolo, C Smith goals) beat Wenty 18 (S Mowbray, M O’Grady, B Bailey tries, Mowbray 3 goals) at Crest Stadium
There were 4 players making their debuts for the Bulls and 5 for Wenty. In addition, former PNG international and Qld Cup player, Kevin Prior made his JBC debut after spending 2 seasons in A Grade.
The Bulls scored first and shortly thereafter failed to capitalise on a second opportunity. Wenty started to get on top when Prior and Mark Fakahua were injected into the game. Wenty led 12-6 at the break.
The Bulls came out with all guns blazing in the second stanza, with halfback, Luke Millwood, looking more at home, engineering some classy raids that saw the Bulls go to an 18-12 lead. Wenty struck back through Bailey but 2 more tries to the Bulls sealed the result.
Puna Rasaubale showed that he was born to be a Bull by chipping and regathering after the full time siren and then putting up a bomb. Fortunately the Wenty counter attack was closed down. Puna also managed to get himself put on report.
Bulls
1 Dane Gilmore
15 Samer El Masri
5 Danny Barakat
4 Nathan Ford
3 Wes Naiqama
6 Steve Jolly
7 Luke Millwood
17 Jamie Judge
9 Nathan DeBartolo
10 Puna Rasaubale
12 Paul Winterstein
13 Chris Smith
2 Chris Salem
8 Dean Vicelich
11 Khalid Deeb
14 Tom Mansour
15 Anthony Mansour
Wenty
1 Steve Mowbray
2 Daniel Bell
3 Mark Luland
4 Chris Newton
5 Nathan McMahon
6 Aaron Fluke
7 Mark O’Grady
8 Luke O’callaghan
9 Ben Bailey
10 Brad Capovilla
11 Adam Capovilla
12 Brett Sargent
13 Darren Lang
14 Keiron Herring
15 Kevin Prior
18 Daniel Howard
19 Mark Fakahua
