Ron Massey Cup 2014

[slickrabbit]

Asquith coach Simon Clarke has been doing a lot of recruiting to bolster the depth of the Magpies squad for the upcoming season. At the back end of last year they had a quarter of their Shield side backing up to play Cup, some playing 80 minutes in both. They are entering another senior team into the Manly/North Sydney comp this year, so will have plenty of depth to call on this time around.

What they need is quality RMC players not A Grade backups...they also need to be smart about which fringe Norths NSW Cup players they go for. No point getting the ones who won't play many games for them.

 

[slickrabbit]

Any results from the OAMPS trials?

 

[MountainMan]

Mounties 84 - Campbelltown Eagles 6

Wests Magpies 26 - Windsor Wolves 16

 

[MountainMan]

Peninsula Seagulls 46 Blacktown Workers 10

 

[shooter44]

Week 2 OAMPS Cup

Saturday @ Lidcombe Oval

SS Wentworthville MAGPIES V Hills District - 12:00
RMC Western Suburbs MAGPIES V Wentworthville MAGPIES - 1:45
SS Mounties V Auburn WARRIORS - 3:30
RMC Mounties V Burwood Nth Ryde UNITED - 5:15

Saturday @ Norford Park

SS Cabramatta TWO BLUES V Asquith MAGPIES - 3pm
SS Penninsula SEAGULLS V Guildford - 3pm
RMC Cabramatta TWO BLUES V Kingsgrove COLTS - 5pm
RMC Blacktown WORKERS V Asquith MAGPIES - 5pm

 

[Sharkie Army Gorilla]

Finally got draws for RMC & Syd Shield

Up on NSWRL site

 

[shooter44]

All games are at Norford Park tomorrow. Lidcombe closed by council

 

[st george dragons]

good to see the draw finally up.

Had a quick look at the draw. Go the Magpies! lol. I forgot that there were 3 Magpies teams in the comp.

And good to see that Kingsgrove have set out their home grounds from now. Late year, some games of them were chosen at the ''last minute''. Good to have both Kogarah Oval and Hurstville Oval being involved.

Also good to see Belmore Oval being used for 3 games for the Auburn club. I've been there many years ago as a child for soccer matches, but sadly not for Rugby League games, so this may be the best opportunity for me to attend a game here.

 

[Sharkie Army Gorilla]

Looking at the 1st week of the OAMPS cup I have noticed a lot of team changes.


Kingsgrove have lost their two best players.

Brett Manning - Cabra
Petros Thanos - Asquith

Wests have recruited well

Rusty Bristow - Vulcans
Junior Vaivai - Cutters
Nu Akeripa - Retirement

 

[slickrabbit]

Looking at the 1st week of the OAMPS cup I have noticed a lot of team changes.


Kingsgrove have lost their two best players.

Brett Manning - Cabra
Petros Thanos - Asquith

Wests have recruited well

Rusty Bristow - Vulcans
Junior Vaivai - Cutters
Nu Akeripa - Retirement

Kingsgrove again doing what they do best. lol

Wests have a strong budget. Should be able to attract top level players due to that. Whether the culture is there to hold them is another aspect. Training 4dys a week puts a lot of players off pretty quickly.

 

[slickrabbit]

Who's playing who and where today?

 

[shooter44]

Asquith Magpies have signed former Wentworthville front rower Francis Tuigimala

 

[Footy Tragic]

Could be tough year for Cabra this year from wot I've seen around the joint and their loss to Kingsgrove last week.
Haven't seen one player from their GF win 3 years ago at training

 

[slickrabbit]

Could be tough year for Cabra this year from wot I've seen around the joint and their loss to Kingsgrove last week.
Haven't seen one player from their GF win 3 years ago at training

Beat Colts 44-24 rnd1, but I think it's fair to say that that is a poor result, as most top clubs have put 80+ on them in the past. Can't imagine Colts have improved that much in 2014.

 

[slickrabbit]

Some interesting results on the weekend.

Cabra were tipped to account for Auburn - not even close

Mounties tipped to easily deal with Workers - defense anyone?

BNRU were tipped to get a close one against Colts - ouch! 0-3 and dead last!

Magpies and Guilford only one that was close to prediction, but wrong way around - Wests with their budget SHOULD be better

Wenty were tipped to run away with it against Asquith - Perhaps they forgot to pull their pants up first?

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Early days though. Anything can happen, I guess...

 

[Broncos93]

Some interesting results on the weekend.

Cabra were tipped to account for Auburn - not even close

Mounties tipped to easily deal with Workers - defense anyone?

BNRU were tipped to get a close one against Colts - ouch! 0-3 and dead last!

Magpies and Guilford only one that was close to prediction, but wrong way around - Wests with their budget SHOULD be better

Wenty were tipped to run away with it against Asquith - Perhaps they forgot to pull their pants up first?

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Early days though. Anything can happen, I guess...

Asquith were ahead until 8 minutes from full-time, when Wenty scored in a scrappy half filled with drop ball from the rain. Ended up getting another try on full-time after a lucky ricochet on a grubber kick. But Asquith more than held their own and maybe even unlucky not to get anything out of the game.

 

[Broncos93]

Has anyone seen much of the Peninsula Seagulls play? They seem to be accounting for most Shield opposition quite comfortably. I wonder if, after a bit of recruitment, they're up for a move into Ron Massey next season?

 

[Sharkie Army Gorilla]

Has anyone seen much of the Peninsula Seagulls play? They seem to be accounting for most Shield opposition quite comfortably. I wonder if, after a bit of recruitment, they're up for a move into Ron Massey next season?

I have seen them play. Their defence, up until last weekend was their only problem. They have a very good back line which produces points. They lead 26-0 against Auburn and nearly let it slip. Definitely would compete with some of the weaker sides in RMC.

Also heard former Balmain Tigers player Michael Withers is playing for Hills District. He would be about 38 years old. Dunno if its just a rumour.

Asquith beat Kingsgrove tonight in the catch up round 2 match 36-6

 

[Broncos93]

Hearing a few whispers about Peninsula possibly moving to RMC next season. Their coach Tim Gee believes that on their day they could compete with some NSW cup teams.

Any predictions for finals contenders come September?

 

[Baxter]

Entrance Tigers are not entering 2015 Massey Cup