NSW Tour

[aussies1st]

New South Wales has opened its rugby union tour of Europe with a 94-3 win over the Czech Republic national team in Prague.

The Waratahs scored 14 tries, eight of them in the first half at the completion of which they led 52-3.

Captain and inside centre Shaun Berne scored three tries in the first half while the Waratahs kickers converted all but two of the tries.

The next match of the tour is against the Romania Barbarians at Constanta on Wednesday.

Nine different players scored a try for NSW during a match which was played in mild and overcast conditions at the bagia Athletics Stadium in front of 4,000 spectators.

Berne apart, three other players crossed the Czech line twice, outside centre Clint Eadie, winger Tim Wright and lock Kingsley Seale.

The other tryscorers for NSW were flankers James Campbell and Mark Howell, five-eighth Sam Norton-Knight, No.8 Hugh Willoughby and winger Chris Siale.

Fullback Peter Hewat kicked six conversions and replacement back Daniel Halangahu three.

Norton Knight looks to have done well but its hard to tell with the quality of the opposition.

 

[ozbash]

what grade is this nsw team ?
havnt heard of many of them.

 

[Jackal Dog]

Most of the first choice players are missing (Rogers, Tuqiri, Turinui, Freier, Dunning, Vickerman, Kanaar, Polata-Nau, Baxter) so yeah it is pretty weak but at least is has Norton-Knight and Hewitt!

 

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Romanian Barbarians 14 NSW 31
A first-half facial injury to captain Tim Donnelly has marred the Waratahs' European tour win in Constanta, Romania.

The Waratahs scored five tries to two, but five-eighth Donnelly was taken to hospital.

Initial tests revealed swelling, but cleared Donnelly of a fractured cheekbone.

NSW led 12-0 at halftime following tries to flanker Will Hunt and winger Peter Playford.

No.8 Tom Egan added another try on the hour.

Both teams scored two tries in the last few minutes, with replacements Clint Eadie and James Campbell crossing for NSW and flanker Stelian

NSW faces arguably the toughest match of its tour on Sunday against the Romanian national team in Bucharest.

http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,16904582-23217,00.html

Not the best game for NSW and they lost Donnelly.

 

[bayrep]

It looks like a tougher game. Pity there are no highlights. Well done NSW in going and playing somewhere different for a change.

 

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NSW 58, Romania 20
Prolific fullback Peter Hewat bagged 28 points as the NSW Waratahs produced a sizzling second half performance to beat Romania in Bucharest.

The Waratahs scored nine tries to two to maintain an unbeaten record through the first three matches of their tour of Eastern Europe.

Hewat, who set new NSW Super 12 try and pointscoring records this year, notched three tries, five conversions and a penalty.

NSW trailed twice in the first half at 12-13 and 19-20, before piling up 32 unanswered points after the break.

The Waratahs led 26-20 at halftime.

Five-eighth Sam Norton-Knight and hooker Al Manning both scored two tries, while captain and centre Shaun Berne and reserve back Peter Playford each crossed once for the tourists.

NSW concludes its tour with a match against the Russian national team in Moscow next Saturday.

Good to see Sam getting some tries. Out of this tour he must be favourite for the 10 until we see what Rogers does.

 

[Mal Meninga]

Chris Siale got injured, disappointing because he's really talented.

 

[bayrep]

It sounds like it was Fitness that was the undoing of Romania

 

[Mal Meninga]

Plus Romania, much like every other country the Waratahs are playing, are completely useless.

 

[Jackal Dog]

Wow Romania recently played decent against Scotland they lost something like 17-36 so are Scotland really that crap now?

 

[blackfriday]

yeh scotland came last in six nations didnt they? the sub on one glassgow paper read: 'two things can be seen from the moon: the great wall of china and the gap in scotland's defence'

daniel halangahu is a class pivot and probably takes the line on better than norton-kinight. peter hewat is scoring like nuts (albeit against butchers and plumbers) but what does he have to do to get into the wallabies?

 

[Timbo]

I'm working with a Scotsman atm, apparently the overall profile of the game has gone throught the floor over there recently. Sad really.

Anyway, these results from Eastern Europe are hardly a shock, really.

 

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Peter Hewat has now scored to most points for a Waratah in one season.

NEW South Wales fullback Peter Hewat achieved the highest individual season points tally in the history of the Waratahs as he helped his team complete a clean sweep of its four-match rugby union tour of eastern Europe with a 47-18 win over Russia in Moscow.

Hewat entered the game requiring 13 points to overhaul the mark of 238 set 12 years ago by former Waratahs skipper Matthew Burke 12.

Hewat achieved exactly the tally he needed on the stroke of halftime, when he converted his own intercept try after earlier kicking three conversions.

Hewat, who this year established NSW Super 12 try- and point-scoring records, finished the game with 17 points from a try and six conversions.

http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,17008175-23217,00.html