NSW Cup V Newtown

[roopy]

Could anyone who went tell me the lineup - Uate, Taufua, White, Vuna, Stig, Joel Edwards, Paulson - did any of them get a run?

 

[Flange1]

From memory, the team lined up something like this

1. Jacob Jenkinson
2. Teason Faavele-Eli
3. Con Mika
Cooper Vanu
4. Tanu Wulf
5. Kieran English
6. Marvin Kirwana
7. Mathew Sharp
8. Matt White
17. Lui Toimoana
10. Tim Natusch
11. Michael Young
13. Jacob Ling

Interchange:
14. Faitotoa Asa
15. Hanan Laban
18. Jon Tupou
Tyne Owen

Vast improvement over last weeks effort against the tiggers. It is glarinngly obvious that the islanders in the team cannot concentrate or have the skills to play 20 let alone 80 minutes of footy. What seems to be the Knight's policy of importing islanders in front of local juniors is clearly not working. It's not working on the field, its not working off the field ( there are a lot of off field discipline problems with the islanders) and there is a lot of long term supporters who have had enough. Newcastle people that go to see the 3 grades play go to see local kids progressing through the grades. Not this crap that they are throwing up.

On the positives, Lingy closley followed by Timmy were the standouts from the game. Lingy capped off a great defensive/offensive effort with a try under the post by running a great line and was held up for another.

Whitey had a strong game as well as Youngy until he was hit badly in the family jewels and was assisted carefully from the field. I think Marv had a tooth knocked out. Timmy was looking for it in the head of a Newtown player, while the trainers were searchin for it on the ground.

Can't believe Cooper vuna has played 1st grade. Runs more yards sideways and backwards than forward.

The boys seemed obviously pleased with there performance by nearly knocking off the Jets.

 

[roopy]

It's not Islanders - it's second rate players from Sydney.
Our local Islander kids are fine.

 

[Pumba]

CENTRAL KNIGHTS FALL SHORT IN CLOSE FINISH
Tony Delany - League Unlimited

Newtown have survived a fast finishing Central Newcastle Knights outfit 24-22 in their round 20 New South Wales Cup clash at EnergyAustralia Stadium.

The fourth placed Jets defended their way to victory hanging on to a two point lead to cement their place in the top four.

Newcastle's Michael Young got the ball rolling for the home side when he crossed inside the first five minutes after good lead up work from Cooper Vuna.

Newtown replied just minutes later when fullback Don Johnson beat his opposite number on the way to the try line to level the score six all.

Newcastle took advantage of the windy conditions when a kick for touch gained an amazing seventy metres, setting the platform for Newcastle's next try in the ensuing set when Knights replacement Matt Sharp broke a Danny Howard tackle to make it 10-6 Newcastle.

The windy conditions prevented either side from gaining any quality field position from their kicking game with both sets of halves putting the ball into touch on the full on a number of occasions.

Newtown gained the ascendency late in the 1st half when Danny Aleeytovo scored in the corner after former Knights, Sean Rudder threw a great cut out pass for the winger to give the Jets the lead 12-10 going into half time.

A double to Rudder followed shortly after half time and the Jets looked to have the game in the bag at 24-10 but the home side refused to lie down building some good pressure off the back off some strong running and hard hitting defence from their young forward pack.

The Knights fought their way back with a try in the corner to Cooper Vuna from a wayward kick. Teason Faavele-eli converted from touch to make it 24-16.

The home side made it back to back tries when Jason Schirmack crossed under the posts with just nine minutes remaining.

Central Newcastle looked to have stolen the game from the visitors when Tim Natusch looked to have slammed the ball down late in the match but was ruled to be held up by Referee Gavin West.

The Jets hung on for the final 5 minutes with Newcastle peppering them with a series of raids on their line to give the foundation club a 24-22 victory.

Link

 

[roopy]

ha ha - whoever wrote that has 'oldtimers' disease as bad as me - He called Jacob Ling 'Jason Schirnack' - which is easy to do i suppose - they are both very similar in playing style and potential, and both play lock.

I'm kicking myself i missed this game - I'd love to know who played and how the went - and that article doesn't say much.

 

[Adsy]

ha ha - whoever wrote that has 'oldtimers' disease as bad as me - He called Jacob Ling 'Jason Schirnack' - which is easy to do i suppose - they are both very similar in playing style and potential, and both play lock.

I'm kicking myself i missed this game - I'd love to know who played and how the went - and that article doesn't say much.

I thought Schirnack played back to back games. :crazy: