Parramatta Eels Holden Cup & Junior Reps Thread Part III

[Noise]

Did Joey enter school a year early? He played his second season of SG Ball this year which would usually fall in line with Year 12.

No but generally in each grade there are people who are born over two years (if that makes sense) So some kids in year 12 turn 17 where others turn 18. The cut off date is about June 30. Joey must have been one of the younger ones.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Did Joey enter school a year early? He played his second season of SG Ball this year which would usually fall in line with Year 12.

SG Ball is under 18s. Those born in the first half of the year would turn 17 in year 12 and therefore still be eligible for SG Ball in the first year out of school.

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Also, I found Troy Dargan - he's playing Sydney Shield for Guildford. This is his second week back from injury, and he scored tries in both games. Last week they put 50 on Cabramatta, who are close to the bottom of the table.

He played against Wenty in the Shield game but wasn't named initially, I think that was the week before Cabra.

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Joey T finished year 12 last year which is why he's not there.

Thanks for that.

I am kinda glad that we don't have many players in St Patty's Blacktown. They seem to go through each year destroying teams in the pool games but when they get to the mentally tough ones in the finals they seem to struggle a fair bit. They're only kids so pressure will get to the a fair bit but I'd prefer to see close score-lines with good footy rather than just one team destroying and not giving the other team an opportunity.

 

[Noise]

Thanks for that.

I am kinda glad that we don't have many players in St Patty's Blacktown. They seem to go through each year destroying teams in the pool games but when they get to the mentally tough ones in the finals they seem to struggle a fair bit. They're only kids so pressure will get to the a fair bit but I'd prefer to see close score-lines with good footy rather than just one team destroying and not giving the other team an opportunity.

Heaps of schools have pulled out of the GIO Cup in recent years. In the 90s and early 2000s (Commonealth Bank Cup, Arrive Alive, etc)almost every second school fielded a team and it was a knockout comp with certain schools seeded into the later rounds. Now the only schools who seem to enter are the ones stacked with rep players (which means a lot less schools). All other schools see it as pointless to enter because they will just get flogged and injured. It is not good for junior league IMO.

There is also the CCC Cup which has resulted in a lot (not all) of Catholic Schools pulling out of the GIO Cup. This has a player points system where your rep players are given a certain value and your overall team value must be close to the opposing team.

 

[theicemandanno]

Josh curran is in yr 10 and won't play. Cop the tip, he is a u16 nsw rep and will more than likely be playing on the northern beaches in 2016. Many of the pbb boys aren't at parra, and from their own mouths, the club is heavily stats based and ruthless in cutting players mid season.

 

[Forty20]

Parramatta kicking off today, running towards the clubhouse.

Good tackle from Twal and Aloiai first up, driving the Penrith runner backwards.

The visitors quickly attack our right edge before centreing the ball for a kick which French takes on the first bounce.

 

[Forty20]

Abbas Miski leaves a defender on the ground and draws the first penalty of the day. The Penrith player is in some discomfort and the trainer attends to him. Not sure if it is his knee or hip that is causing him strife but he is struggling.

 

[Forty20]

He is cradled off over the shoulders of two trainers as play resumes with the Eels finding touch 7m short of halfway.

Aloiai steams in for the tap hit up. Oloapu follows with a good carry but on the next play but Tom Amone's short pass at the line is off target and gets scooped up by the Panthers.

Amone goes a little way towards redemption with a bell ringer of shot but Penrith make the most of the unexpected possession by getting to the last tackle and sending a bomb towards the posts. Think it is fullback vs fullback here in the contest and Bevan just about gets the ball plucked from his mits as they both go up for it and Penrith end up scoring under the posts.

The conversion is successful.

Penrith lead Parra 6-0

5min gone.

 

[Forty20]

Madness from the kickoff!

Penrith let the ball bounce and it takes a wicked turn to the deadball line. They barely get there in time and are then driven into touch for all money but the touchy doesn't raise his flag! The ball is then offloaded and Penrith survive on their 1m line before getting a penalty for offside defenders. Bullshit!

Penrith end up rucking it out and bombing French once again, who takes the ball easily this time around before the Eels get their second penalty of the game.

 

[Forty20]

Solid carry from Raeli before we attack down the left looking for French but he is pulled down by a good tackle. Oloapu takes a crash ball down the same edge before Dylan Izzard rolls it dead in goals. Way too much power on that grubber.

Seven tackle set for Penrith and on the back of a lot of second phase ball the Panthers get into our red zone before a great tackle by Twal on their fullback forces the ball loose and ends a particularly long run of play.

Excellent carry from Amone takes us into the Panther's half on the last where ZDC bombs it. A good kick chase pins Penrith on their 10m line. Better set from Parra.

 

[Forty20]

Sort of a half chance for Penrith maybe? They spread it wide down their right early in the set but their centre drops the offload but somehow toes it ahead. Oloapua is awake to the play on call and shepherds the ball into touch.

Parra pick up a penalty straight away from the scrum as Fairouz Elkander is held down for far too long in the first tackle. Time comes off as another Panther hits the deck. Looks like an issue with his right knee.

 

[Forty20]

Fuimaono taps it and goes from the restart of play. Twal strides back in field on the second and is followed by a left edge spread to Josh Aloiai who drives his legs to the line before he is brought down.

We tip it on from Amone to Twal next under the posts before Grant has a fart from dummy half which brings up the last where Zach's grubber is too heavy. Failing to build pressure on our kicks at the moment.

 

[Forty20]

Josh Grant has been left behind after tackling a big unit and is coming off with for a concussion test. Penrith exploit the man advantage by raiding our left edge but we scramble well and Penrith are deadset allowed to pass from the ground! The crowd bays out their displeasure and the Eels then concede a penalty in the ruck.

WE hold out in the following set but are pinned in goals on the last with a grubber. Penrith with the momentum now.

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

I'll be down there soon, into a couple of chip rolls. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.

 

[Forty20]

Holy crap! What a tackle from Dockar-Clay! Gafa is beaten on the wing from a cutout pass and ZDC somehow gets across in cover to save a certain try!

Two tackles later French is perfectly positioned to clean up the grubber and get into the field of play.

Msiki and Elkander get into the middle for useful carries but Clay's clearance kick from his 40m mark finds the fullback on the full.

The Panther continue to offload with great frequency and it half opens up our left edge in this set but the scrambling effort continues to be good enough before Zach Dockar-Clay cleans up the bat down from the Panthers kick on the last.

Simple set from Parra as they work the ruck coming out of their red zone before we finally get a good kick away on the last that finds the ground inside the Penrith 20m zone. A good kick chase follows.

Alas Penrith find space down our right edge with quick hands with a half break. Parra recover and Penrith roll the ball in behind our left on the last where French is again on hand to clean up.

Some great work from Abbas Miski, Dylan Izzard and Jeff Markus working the ball over halfway is all undone on the last where Dockar-Clay's terrible kick cops a deflection that sees the ball fly behind ZDC. The Panther who deflected it pushes through regathers it and offloads to his #6 that races off to the line.

That one hurts.

The conversion is good.

Penrith lead 12-0

24min gone.

 

[Forty20]

I'll be down there soon, into a couple of chip rolls. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Haha, good stuff!

 

[Forty20]

The class of Penrith is showing now as they murder us with second phase play. They tear us up down our right initially before offloads take them to our left edge where we are direly short and they are odds on to score before French absolutely pole axes the winger as he dives into the corner and blasts him into touch. Tremendous shot but the ref quickly signals a penalty for a shoulder charge which means French now has a 200pt charge levied against him after this game. What a try saver though.

Penrith continue to vary their attack across both edges. We defend resolutely down our right but face an overlap down our left several tackles later but Miski is able to bat down the ball to save a try.

In the next set we are able to force an error down our right when Gafa jams their centre and the quick pass goes astray.

Huge carries from Aloiai and Markus now! Aloiai definitely should have drawn a penalty for getting held down but Markus does it afterwards anyway.

And Crap-nuggets! Elkander has made a mistake in the play-the-ball from the first tackle. Deary me.

 

[Forty20]

Penalty to Penrith now as they get a prime chance to attack our line.

There is a blatant knock on that the ref somehow misses by it is caught by the touchy fortunately. Parra hold on.

Miski takes the carry from the scrum win. Fuimaono jumps out of dummy half after him.

Aaron Pene steams in for a carry afterwards and gets knocked off his feet from a great-but-oh-so-illegal shoulder charge and Parra get the penalty.

Elkander and Tepu-Smith get the first carries before French runs it down the left but is taken. Jeff Markus takes a crash ball at the posts to bring up the last. We have them to the left and Zach wants it right and grubbers it straight to their winger. Awful conclusion to the set.

Parra are done midway through the following defensive set for markers not staying aligned.

 

[Forty20]

Penrith pick up six again when Miski gets a hand to pass and they go onto to score when their #16 absolutely flies onto the ball next to the uprights and just careens past Josh Grant and Tepu-Smith. French is in behind them but has no chance to stop the rampaging prop.

Too easy after a pretty stoic defence unfortunately.

The conversion is good.

Penrith lead Parra 18-0

35min gone.