Ron Massey Cup/Sydney Shield 2016

[rightleftin]

Wests has recovered from an 18-6 deficit after 20 minutes to beat Auburn 38-18 in RMC.

In the Sydney Shield Wests SS, fielding 9 players from the Tigers NYC squad beat Auburn, with 4 players from the Bulldogs NYC squad by 46-6.

Over on the north shore Belrose took on an experiencedEast Campbelltown lineup. Neither side had played a trial and after a 16-16 deadlock at half time, East Campbelltown held out for 8 consecutive sets before conceding the lead and then struck back quickly. Belrose captain coach James Mortimer slotted a field goal in the 76th minute and then a try on full time stretched the margin to 29-22.

 

[magpie4ever]

Geez Rightleftin don't know how you do it, seemingly at every game.

But here is one for you, talking to a person in the know at Hills, apparently 20 year old Scott Hogan has pulled the pin on Hills and league to peruse an external career that I'm led to believe might involve the odd future game of union. Don't know if there is more to it or not.

Reckon Hills might do it tough this year, without his X factor, had a look over the records from last year and this young bloke played 15 games (12 wins, 2 loses, 1 draw) last year (including the Grand Final) and scored 22 tries - he missed 9 games (3 wins, 6 losses) from suspension and injury.

Last year I always believed Hills had a soft underbelly around defense and he pulled a few games out of the jaws of defeat by some freakish tries.

Don't know if there is a replacement, maybe McCallum.

That Windsor team yesterday was an ordinary commodity (although I have a high opinion of f**kas as a footballer) so it could be a long season for the Bulls.

 

[magpie4ever]

Still have no hard details on Wright, Mahoney and Boustani.

 

[Tigers1986]

Wests showed some brilliance today. Add in Mullaney to that RMC squad and they'll be right up there.

 

[Broncos93]

Geez Rightleftin don't know how you do it, seemingly at every game.

But here is one for you, talking to a person in the know at Hills, apparently 20 year old Scott Hogan has pulled the pin on Hills and league to peruse an external career that I'm led to believe might involve the odd future game of union. Don't know if there is more to it or not.

Reckon Hills might do it tough this year, without his X factor, had a look over the records from last year and this young bloke played 15 games (12 wins, 2 loses, 1 draw) last year (including the Grand Final) and scored 22 tries - he missed 9 games (3 wins, 6 losses) from suspension and injury.

Last year I always believed Hills had a soft underbelly around defense and he pulled a few games out of the jaws of defeat by some freakish tries.

Don't know if there is a replacement, maybe McCallum.

That Windsor team yesterday was an ordinary commodity (although I have a high opinion of f**kas as a footballer) so it could be a long season for the Bulls.

Does that mean you'll follow Hogan to union, Magpie? You've always seemed to followed him more than the team, or the competition, itself.

 

[magpie4ever]

Does that mean you'll follow Hogan to union, Magpie? You've always seemed to followed him more than the team, or the competition, itself.

If it is played at a local ground near me, I might pop down.:lol:

What not allowed to talk about players individually, if memory serve me right I would suggest you mention a few players as well.

Think I've mentioned 5 or 6 players over the last few post, is there anything I've posted that is off the mark.

 

[rightleftin]

Geez Rightleftin don't know how you do it, seemingly at every game.

But here is one for you, talking to a person in the know at Hills, apparently 20 year old Scott Hogan has pulled the pin on Hills and league to peruse an external career that I'm led to believe might involve the odd future game of union. Don't know if there is more to it or not.

Reckon Hills might do it tough this year, without his X factor, had a look over the records from last year and this young bloke played 15 games (12 wins, 2 loses, 1 draw) last year (including the Grand Final) and scored 22 tries - he missed 9 games (3 wins, 6 losses) from suspension and injury.

Last year I always believed Hills had a soft underbelly around defense and he pulled a few games out of the jaws of defeat by some freakish tries.

Don't know if there is a replacement, maybe McCallum.

That Windsor team yesterday was an ordinary commodity (although I have a high opinion of f**kas as a footballer) so it could be a long season for the Bulls.

It is too hot for me. I didn't go to any games this weekend. I listened to 2 games on the radio and followed other scores on the internet where several clubs run twitter updates.

I think McCallum may have been fullback for the Australian schoolboys but Hills are going to have to do better. I thought Windsor was a certain 2 points.

The Hills Sydney Shield are looking much better than a few weeks ago with Moses Manu - NSW Cup/RMC for Wenty last year, Brad Horder - played all the trials in RMC and Sione Tonga - full season in Windsor RMC last year.

I understand that long time Windsor president Dick Prior is now associated with Hills. He may deliver a few more players over the next few months.

 

[magpie4ever]

It is too hot for me. I didn't go to any games this weekend. I listened to 2 games on the radio and followed other scores on the internet where several clubs run twitter updates.

I think McCallum may have been fullback for the Australian schoolboys but Hills are going to have to do better. I thought Windsor was a certain 2 points.

The Hills Sydney Shield are looking much better than a few weeks ago with Moses Manu - NSW Cup/RMC for Wenty last year, Brad Horder - played all the trials in RMC and Sione Tonga - full season in Windsor RMC last year.

I understand that long time Windsor president Dick Prior is now associated with Hills. He may deliver a few more players over the next few months.

Wasn't there mention that Brad (??) Prior was going to coach Hills?

Yeah, Hills S/S side did great to win (didn't see the game) from the trial against Blacktown (which I did see) but the scoreline 46-26 odd was a concern it was NYC touch football.

 

[rightleftin]

Wasn't there mention that Brad (??) Prior was going to coach Hills?

Yeah, Hills S/S side did great to win (didn't see the game) from the trial against Blacktown (which I did see) but the scoreline 46-26 odd was a concern it was NYC touch football.

You are right that was posted some time back but it has not transpired, however, Brad who coached Windsor for a few years now, is Dick's son so it appears that the insertion of Brent Kite as coach may not have been universally supported at Windsor. The team manager has moved to Mounties, resulting in a decimation of the Wolves twitter operations, together with the head trainer.

 

[Broncos93]

If it is played at a local ground near me, I might pop down.:lol:

What not allowed to talk about players individually, if memory serve me right I would suggest you mention a few players as well.

Think I've mentioned 5 or 6 players over the last few post, is there anything I've posted that is off the mark.

Just having a laugh mate! Didn't mean anything by it.

 

[magpie4ever]

Just having a laugh mate! Didn't mean anything by it.

none taken

 

[Joker44]

Geez Rightleftin don't know how you do it, seemingly at every game.

But here is one for you, talking to a person in the know at Hills, apparently 20 year old Scott Hogan has pulled the pin on Hills and league to peruse an external career that I'm led to believe might involve the odd future game of union. Don't know if there is more to it or not.

Reckon Hills might do it tough this year, without his X factor, had a look over the records from last year and this young bloke played 15 games (12 wins, 2 loses, 1 draw) last year (including the Grand Final) and scored 22 tries - he missed 9 games (3 wins, 6 losses) from suspension and injury.

Last year I always believed Hills had a soft underbelly around defense and he pulled a few games out of the jaws of defeat by some freakish tries.

Don't know if there is a replacement, maybe McCallum.

That Windsor team yesterday was an ordinary commodity (although I have a high opinion of f**kas as a footballer) so it could be a long season for the Bulls.

I heard he is joining the Army/Navy. Didn't see the game on the weekend but McCallum should be a very handy player at RMC level . I was told Hutch Maiava played for Hills SS on the weekend??
Asquith losing to Guildford surprised me, didn't notice too many names from the Guildford team did see they signed former Parra and Super League player Mat Ryan. Asquith team that was named seemed pretty strong

Wenty RMC team they named was one of the strongest teams I have seen in a while. Showed on the scoreboard

 

[magpie4ever]

I heard he is joining the Army/Navy. Didn't see the game on the weekend but McCallum should be a very handy player at RMC level . I was told Hutch Maiava played for Hills SS on the weekend??
Asquith losing to Guildford surprised me, didn't notice too many names from the Guildford team did see they signed former Parra and Super League player Mat Ryan. Asquith team that was named seemed pretty strong

Wenty RMC team they named was one of the strongest teams I have seen in a while. Showed on the scoreboard

Spot on, that is what I was told - hence, the union comment.

Really thought him and McCallum would have been a deadly combination in attack - anyway, not to be the case.

Watched the game on Saturday, McCallum played well - but it was a bit of really hot than drifted out of the play.

Blacktown was a surprise, hard to judge the strength of St Marys but given how Blacktown had lost a shiltload of players since the start of the trials (as someone posted) it seems a good win.

 

[rightleftin]

RMC

Windsor 28 (J Wormleeton, M Sini, J Goring, L Jackson, A f**kas tries; A f**kas 4 goals) def Hills 24 (G McCallum, A Weston, D Makaore Boyce, D Baumann, D Syme tries; L Walker 2 goals)
Guildford 30 (L Ngalute, L Wolfgramm, A Pene, A Bush, M Ryan, T Shelly tries; Wolfgramm 3 goals) def Asquith 16 (A Nichols-O’Neil, S Buttel, A Groom tries; A Kalcina 2 goals)
Cabramatta 58 (I Montgomery 2, H Muller 2, C Smith, L Sopi, B Haraki, K Niko, A Ellaz, J Jackson, J Graham tries; Graham 7 goals) def Kingsgrove 6 (S Tupouniua try, J Gasovski goal)
Blacktown 28 (W Taaga 2, B Batiste, R Coates, A Pritchard tries; K Horton 4 goals) def St Marys 16 (J Tuliata, G Daniela, S Jones tries; J Butfield 2 goals)
Wentworthville 38 (W Roper, R Gillett, Y Gordon, J Butler-Fleming, B Cook, J Galloway, M Mamary tries; D Izzard 3, W Roper 2 goals) def Mounties 14 (J Martin 2, A Mulia-Malau tries; S Aiga goal)
Western Suburbs 38 (J Wheelhouse 4, J Bonnell, B Waters, D Craig, D Haarris tries; S Galant 3 goals) def Auburn 18 (B Dakuwaqa 2, W Solway tries; A Demetriou 3 goals)

SS

Hills 44 (M Kalia 2, J Flavell 2, M Manu 2, N Betar, A Johnson, J Brennan tries; B Horder 4 goals) def Windsor 26 (D Brown 2, D Barnes, M Tomkins, C Carl tries; R Downtown 3 goals)
Guildford 48 (J Gammidge 2, D Matterson 2, J Tramontana, T Oloapo, J Pasene, M Soultan, P Talanoa tries; J Maree 6 goals) def Asquith 14 (J Palmer, Alex Modderno, Anthony Modderno tries; A Papera goal)
Peninsula 28 (J Pickering 2, S Palmer, J Gearin, B McGrady tries; L Martin 4 goals) def Cabramatta 22 (R Rohahau, D Harris, J Webb, S Ahkiau tries; J Gray 3 goals)
St Marys 46 (J Vaegaau 2, P Salevao 2, U Toomalatai, P Scanlan, I Quinimacawa, Z Roberts, M Taupau tries; G Toomalatai 5 goals) def Blacktown Workers 30 (D Cassone, K Mitnari, T Sassine, D Filimona, L Lufe, J Letele tries; A Seini 3 goals)
Mounties 36 (F Dibley, DJ Purcell, J Martin, B Chahoud, S Wilder, J Sajnovic tries; J Horton 6 goals) def Wentworthville 10 (H Lohia, J Miller tries; D Sisifa goal)
Western Suburbs 46 (R Loelu 2, N Walker 2, J Doolan 2, K Atlinson 2, P Roberts tries; Loelu 5 goals) def Auburn 6 (L Tearpra try; T Harvey goal)
Belrose 29 (A Halstead 2, C Bate, R Mawhinney, M Slavin tries; J Mortimer 4 goals; Mortimer field goal) def East Campbelltown 22 (J Eggleton, M Faleafaga, C Moustakas, B Baker tries; Baker 3 goals)

 

[rightleftin]

Western Suburbs Magpies vs Auburn Warriors
#SydneyShield
Last year’s Sydney Shield wooden spooners looked anything but, as Wests demolished Auburn 46-6 at Campbelltown.
The Magpies looked dangerous from the get go and were on the board inside three minutes after Auburn knocked down a certain try scoring opportunity, Jai Doolan the beneficiary as Wests took advantage of an enormous overlap on the right flank for a 4-0 lead.
Wests were in again inside ten minutes, James Mirceski breaking through some feeble Auburn defence before offloading for Paul Roberts who finished off the final 40 metres of the trip before Roman Ieolu backed up off anther Mirceski break, Ioelu converting both tries from bang in front.
Wests posted their fourth try at the 24 minute mark, a Daniel Roberts grubber bouncing fortuitously into the arms of Kurt Atkinson who duly fell over the line, Roman Ieolu converting for a 22-0 lead which Wests took to the break.
Wests began where they left off in the first half, a long looping ball finding Jai Doolan in plenty of space, Doolan showing great strength to avoid being bundled into touch before grounding for his second try and a 26-0 lead after three minutes of the second stanza before Auburn registered their first try three minutes later, some soft defence allowing Lima Teaupa to touch down to reduce the deficit to 20.
Despite notching their opening try, Auburn looked disinterested, and their apathy cost them dearly, Blake Cavallaro’s grubber in goal rebounding and holding up just long enough for Kurt Atkinson to get through for his second try, the margin back out to 26.
Wests were finding plenty of space on the wings, Niall Walker finally seeing some football after Wests tired of going right, the left winger going over untouched before Roman Ioelu helped himself to his second on the same side off a delightful short ball from Godfred Agyemang.
With a man in the bin for dissent, Auburn dropped right off, and Niall Walker took full advantage by scooping up a loose ball and going 80 metres to touch down for his second, Roman Ioelu making the final margin a healthy 40 points.
WESTERN SUBURBS 46 (Jai Doolan 2, Kurt Atkinson 2, Roman Ioelu 2, Niall Walker 2, Paul Roberts tries; Roman Ioelu 5 from 9) defeated AUBURN 6 (Lima Teaupa try; Tom Harvey 1 from 1)
#RonMasseyCup
A four try blitz in seventeen minutes to begin the second half was underlined by an incredible four try brace for Jayden Wheelhouse as Western Suburbs toppled Auburn 38-18.
Returning after a season in England, Magpies rake Dayne Craig was first to touch down after some neat passing found Auburn unable to match the speed of Wests’ play, Shannon Gallant adding the extras after six minutes.
Auburn struck back after 14 minutes, a Wests attacking raid breaking down with the loose ball travelling 90 metres the other way after Ben Dakuwaqa picked up the scraps, Addison Demetriou tying it up from in front.
Auburn hit the lead nine minutes later as Wests were caught short in the middle on the last, Will Solway powering his way over from close range for a 12-6 advantage.
Auburn added to their lead after 25 minutes, taking advantage of a 12 man Wests lineup which had Tala Mapesone in the bin for a professional foul, Ben Dakuwaqa grabbing his second on the left flank as the Magpies failed to number up.
Despite being a man short, Wests found some sloppy Auburn marker defence napping, Brendan Waters scoring in his first appearance back in Western Suburbs colours before Jayden Wheelhouse took a great offload from Inno Inosesio to touch down, Wests back to within two points at halftime.
Wests opened the second half scoring, an incredible floating ball from Tom Grealy dropping on to the chest of David Harris, who somehow had nothing but daylight in front of him. From the restart, Wests then headed downfield at pace, Jayden Wheelhouse grabbing his second at the end of a perfect set by the home side.
Wests must have heard one hell of a speech from coach Nathan Waters, as they were proving unstoppable. A short ball putting Jay Bonnell over adjacent to the uprights before Jayden Wheelhouse was put away on the left side for a hat trick.
Wests were finding space with ease, and another left side venture brought more joy for the home side, Jayden Wheelhouse spinning around in a tackle to claim his fourth of the day and a 20 point victory for the Magpies.
WESTERN SUBURBS 38 (Jayden Wheelhouse 4, Dayne Craig, Brendan Waters, David Harris, Jay Bonnell tries; Shannon Gallant 3 from 8) defeated AUBURN 18 (Ben Dakuwaqa 2, Will Solway tries; Addison Demetriou 3 from 3)

 

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RMC Round 2

Mounties v Concord Burwood Wolves
Aubrey Keech Reserve, Saturday 12 March
3:00pm
Referee: Todd Smith Touch Judges: Feras Karem, Nathan Loveday
MOUNTIES 1 JOHN KENNEDY 2 ALOFI MATAELE 3 EDDIE AIONO 4 BYRON FRUEAN 5 JORDAN MARTIN 6 MAURICE KENNEDY 7 CHAD PORTER 8 TEPAI TEPU SMITH 9 KURT ROBINSON 10 JACOB MAYER 11 MITCH KENNEDY 12 BLAKE RITCHIE 13 MICHAEL MORRIS 14 BRANDON RAELI 15 MATTHEW WHITEHOUSE 16 JARROD BRACKENHOFER 17 VINNY NGARO 18 ALLEN MULIA MALAU 19 WILLIE MATAKA 20 MITCH BEGGS-MOWZCAN COACH MARK SPEECHLEY
CONCORD BURWOOD 1 ALEX ZAROUNAS 2 SAM LATU 3 SCOTT WILLIAMS 4 MARVIN SLAVIN 5 CAMERON EYLES 6 BLAKE NICHOLS 7 WILLIAM KELLY 8 DIAMOND CHARLIE 9 CRAIG McMURRICH 10 INOKE VUNIPOLA 11 JOE FLINT 12 RODNEY MASON 13 ANDREW ARTEMI 14 TJADEN McLEAN 15 ANDREW HART 16 TEVITA VAVE 17 BRENDON TARRANT COACH NYKE AARON ZAMMIT & MICHAEL HABIB


Blacktown Workers v Hills District Bulls
H.E. Laybutt Fields, Saturday 12 March
3:00pm
Referee: Jeff Hartup Touch Judges: Darren Van de Moosdyk, Tim Robinson
BLACKTOWN 1 HENRY RAIWALUI 2 CALEB AEKINS 3 WILLIAM BUTLER 4 WES TAAGA 5 CALEB AEKINS 6 TIGER VATUVEI 7 BRAEDEN BATISTE 8 RODNEY COATES 9 JOSH GRANT 10 LOCHLAN PIPER 11 TAKAI MOEAKIOLA 12 KURT HORTON 13 ANDREW PRITCHARD INTERCHANGE 14 MAX NAPA 16 JAKE ATTARD 15 SENE TALA 21 JUSTIN LEMALU 20 MIKE FILIMONA
HILLS DISTRICT 1 GERARD MCCALLUM 2 LIAM WALKER 3 JORDAN TONGAHIA 4 TOM YOUNG 5 SIONE TONGA 6 BRAD CLARKE 7 DEVON MAKAORE BOYCE 8 MICK HAWKINGS 9 LIONEL O’MALLEY 10 TIM ROBINSON © 11 DAVID BAUMANN 12 JOSIAH TAMASI 13 TROY ADAMS 14 SEAN WALPOLE 15 JAKE BRENNAN 16 EDEN SYME 17 ADAM SPICER COACH PAUL GRIFFIN AND MARK MAHONEY


Guildford Owls v Western Suburbs Magpies
McCredie Park, Saturday 12 March
3:00pm
Referee: Ryan Jackson Touch Judges: Ryan Walters, Faye Lehane
GUILDFORD 1 JEREMY KING 2 JULIAN KING 3 JOSH CAMEROUX 4 FRANCIS TUISILA 5 LESLIE NGALUAFE 6 LARARUS BROWN 7 LOPETI WOLFGRAMM 8 AARON PENE 9 TYRONE SHELLY 10 CALEB HUNT 11 MATTHEW RYAN 12 SAXON MARKETO 13 HARMONY HUNT 14 MATTHEW RICKARD 15 PAUL TUIGAMALA 16 JOSH MAREE 17 CALEB KASIANO COACH PAUL FLETCHER
WESTERN SUBURBS 1 SHANNON GALLANT 18 JOHN TOHI 3 JACKSON WILLIAMS 4 INNO INOSESIO 5 JAYDEN WHEELHOUSE 6 JAY BONNELL 7 BRENDAN WATERS 8 ANDY FIAGATUSA 9 DAYNE CRAIG 20 JORDAN GRANT 11 DAVID HARRIS 12 WESLEY LOLO 13 DANIEL RAKVIN 14 LUKE WILLIAMS 15 MATT EISENHUTH 10 BILLY TSIKRIKAS 17 JIM LAULILII 19 JAMES MIRCESKI COACH NATHAN WATERS


Auburn Warriors v Windsor Wolves
Windsor Sporting Complex, Saturday 12 March
6:00pm
Referee: James Vella Touch Judges: Lyndsay Packer, Ryan Thomas
AUBURN 1 NESI MATAITONGA 2 BEN DAKUWAQA 3 ADDISON DEMETRIOU 4 JACKSON KULI 5 ABRAHAM ELZAKHEM 6 MATT HALALILO 7 TRAVIS EDWARDS 8 BRANDON LUAMANU 9 JAMIE CLARK 10 WILL SOLWAY 11 HALA AKAOULA 12 WILL MITCHELL 13 WILSON FAANOI 15 RICHARD COOREY 16 FORREST PAUL 17 PAT MAFI 18 YEHYA MASRI COACH DARREN MAROON
WINDSOR 1 SAM McKINLAY 2 DANIEL BROWN 3 MARLI SINI 4 JAMES GORING 5 LACHLAN JACKSON 6 AARON f**kAS 7 SAM ELWIN 8 SAM HOLLIS © 9 LUKE ATCHISON 10 GUY HODGINS 11 ZAC JONES 12 PETER BETROS 13 KAIN HOWARTH 14 RYAN TRAMONTE 15 ZAC WATKINS 16 17 JORDAN STRATTON 18 BRANDON NANGAITI 24 WELLINGTON ALBERT COACH BRENT KITE


Kingsgrove Colts v St Marys
Jubilee Oval, Sunday 13 March
12:00pm
Referee: Kieren Irons Touch Judges: Andrew Wheeler, Faye Lehane
COLTS 1 JORDAN CHONGSUN 2 ALI CHAHINE 3 HARRY MULLIGAN 15 ZAC CARDASSILARIS 5 JUSTIN GASOVSKI 6 BARWOO FISHER 7 NICK CORNISH 8 ISAAC CRICHTON 9 HAYDEN WARREN © 10 SUKAMANU RAKI 11 SITILI TUPOUNIUA 12 MARK ATAYA 13 TRISTIAN ALVARADO 14 RYAN MONAGHAN 21 OFA FELILA 22 LASHUAN PULIVAATI 23 MAHMOUD SROUR COACH SAM AYACHE
ST MARYS 1 RAY LESOA 2 CHRIS AUNESE-SCANLAN 3 TOM EISENHUTH 4 GEOFF DANIELA 5 LUKE NADURUTALO 6 JAKE BUTFIELD 7 SAM JONES 8 MIKE TOVIO 9 PETER NAY 10 PAEU PUA 11 LAKHEM AIONO 12 SONNY TUIGAMALA 13 JARED CANNON 15 JAMIE HILL 16 VETA HENRY SEUMANU 18 MITCH SIMPSON 19 JOSH BUTFIELD COACH BRAD DREW


Wentworthville Magpies v Cabramatta Two Blues
Ringrose Park, Sunday 13 March
1:00pm
Referee: Joshua McGowan Touch Judges: Mathew Treneman, Jimmy Oliveira
MAGPIES 1 WILL ROPER 2 NICHOLAS WALKER 3 JAKE BUTLER-FLEMING 4 YILEEN GORDON C 5 ROYDON GILLETT 6 JACK MADDEN 7 ZACH NICHOLLS 8 JESSE MALCOLM-DINSDALE 9 SAM GORMAN 10 MITCHELL STANFIELD C 11 ADRIAN HA’ANGANA 12 DANIEL HOWARD 13 BLAKE COOK 14 DYLAN IZZARD 15 STACEY TANGIRA 16 MATTHEW DOUGLAS 24 MITCHELL MAMARY COACH CHRIS YATES
CABRAMATTA 1 DANIEL ABOU-SLEIMAN 2 BRENT ANDERSON 3 ISAAC MONTGOMERY 4 CORIN SMITH 5 LEVY SOPI 6 BRENDAN HARAKI 7 GRAYSON GOODWIN 8 TREYVAN LEVLVAI 9 JEREMY SAFI 10 HARRISON MULLER 11 TAREK EL MASRI 12 KENNY NIKO 13 AHMED ELLAZ 14 JAKE JACKSON 15 TAKU SIMON 16 FRED PAKUTOA 17 TESI TALIAULI 18 PAT LENARD 19 DION HARRIS COACH EDDIE FLAHEY


ASQUITH MAGPIES BYE

 

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SS Round 2

Mounties v Belrose Eagles
Aubrey Keech Reserve, Saturday 12 March
1:00pm
Referee: Darian Furner Touch Judges: Feras Karem, Mitchell Currie
MOUNTIES 1 FINLAY DIBLEY 2 SAM AIGA 3 DJ LOKENI PURCELL 4 LOUIS VAIOTU 5 BLAKE RITCHIE 6 SHANNON CHAPMAN 7 JAKE WALSH 8 TERE GLASSIE 9 JOHN MARTIN 10 DAYNE VETTE WELSH 11 BEN CHAHOUD 12 JOE NAPOLETANO 13 SAGE WILDER 14 JEREMY FULLER 15 PHOENIX VAIOTU 16 BEN WHITEHOUSE 17 RUSTY BRISTOW 18 PAULA KAUFUSI 19 EDDIE TAVITA 20 SONNY BRISTOW 21 PATRICK DUMONT 22 RICHARD TIMOTI 23 FAIRHOUZ ELKANDER CO-COACHES GARY BURGESS & GRANT MITCHELL
BELROSE 1 CHRISTIAN BATE 2 RYAN MAWHINNEY 3 DAMIAN RETI 4 ANDY HALSTEAD 5 BRANDON SAU 6 LUKE BETTS 7 JAMES MORTIMER 8 BEN PICKERING 9 DAVID MARANDO 10 ADAM SAUNDERS 11 JOSH NICHOLLS 12 BEAU ABRAHAMS 13 SHEM GRIEVE 14 KENNY SZEREMETA 15 TOM BETTS 16 CHARLES BUTROSE 19 CODY ABRAHAMS 21 CHARLES BUTROSE COACH JAMES MORTIMER


Blacktown Workers v Hills District Bulls
H.E. Laybutt Fields, Saturday 12 March
1:00pm
Referee: Joel Mani Touch Judges: Darren Van de Moosdyk, Tim Robinson
BLACKTOWN 1 BLAKE DUNSCOMBE 2 DANIEL CASSONE 3 DANIEL SMITH 4 JON LETELE 5 LOMANO LUFE 6 ALEX SEINI 7 KHODER MITWARI 8 TAVIONA MARIOTA 9 SKIPPY LIPANO 10 ROY TEUKU 11 SENE TALA 12 JOSHUA FRASER © 13 LUKE TELFER 14 DYLAN MAKDESSI 16 VANN WALLACE 23 JAD MAHMOUD 26 GEORGE BASHOUR 27 JOHN LEAPAI 28 BRAD LAWRENCE
HILLS DISTRICT 1 RORY BROWNLY 2 MELI KALIA 3 NICK BETAR 4 PENITA TUAVAO 5 ASH JOHNSON 6 NICK HOLLIDAY 7 BRAD HORDER 8 HUTCH MAIAVA 9 JAZ FLAVELL 10 MOSES MANU 11 JASON GEREKS 12 JAKE FERGUSON 13 SHANE CHALMERS 14 HAYDEN MCWILLIAM 15 TROY DARGIN 16 MITCH ZAMPETIDES 19 FRANK ARCELLA COACH TREVOR SCHODEL


Guildford Owls v Western Suburbs Magpies
McCredie Park, Saturday 12 March
1:00pm
Referee: Mathew Treneman Touch Judges: Ryan Walters, Daniel Luttringer
GUILDFORD 1 JARED PETERO 2 JORDAN PASENE 3 JAMES GAMMIDGE 4 ISZAK TAALILI 5 POASI TALANOA 6 DEAN MATTERSON 7 TODD SAPIENZA 8 ALEC HOBBS 9 JOEY TRAMONTANA 10 FRANK SALU 11 TUI OLOAPU 12 TANGIERE HOKAI 13 JAKE CARLAW 14 MICHAEL MARKUS 15 JAMES TASIPALE 16 BLAKE ASHMORE 17 MOHAMMED SOULTAN 18 MICHAEL LUONG 19 NIFO SEVE COACH TODD MCKEOWN
WESTERN SUBURBS 1 ROMAN LOELU 2 NIALL WALKER 3 GODFRED AYEMBANG 4 PHILIP BROMBAL 5 JAI DOOLAN 6 BLAKE CAVALLARO 7 DANIEL ROBERTS 8 TOM GREALY 9 SENIO TOA 23 HEHEAKO TUIMA 11 KURT ATKINSON 12 ROYCE TOUT 13 RHYS SCIGLIATANO 14 MISIELI VAIKELI 17 TRENT PYE 18 KELSEY COAKES 19 TOA MATA’AFA 20 LENNY SAUNI 22 PIO SOFA COACH GEORGE KULEN

Peninsula Seagulls v St Marys
Forestville Park, Saturday 12 March
3:00pm
Referee: Damien Simes Touch Judges: Jack Hislop, Tom Cambourn
SEAGULLS 1 JAKE PICKERING 2 RICHIE GOODWIN 3 BARRY MCGRADY 4 ENOKA TIME 5 LUKE DRUMMOND 6 JON GRIMES 7 LUKE MARTIN 8 DAMIAN LAWLER 9 JAKE GEARIN © 10 RYAN WHEELER 11 TODD WILSON 12 SANTANA PALMER 13 NICK GRANT 14 JACK JOHNS 16 DAVID RYAN 18 CHRIS WILLIAMS 22 JEREMY WALLACE 23 JOSH HALL COACH CRAIG GOWER / SCOTT PETHYBRIDGE
ST MARYS 1 GORDON TOOMALATAI 2 PETER SCANLAN 3 JOHN TULIATU 4 ALAN EISENHUTH 5 ISOQ QUINIMACAWA 6 BLAKE MILGATE 7 NICK GREENHALGH 8 DEAN ZAMMIT 9 SHANNAN WOOD 10 JOE VAEGAAU 11 TROY BROOKS 12 PHIL SALEVAO 13 ZAC ROBERTS 14 CAM COLLINS 15 CHRIS VAEGAAU 16 MELBOURNE TAUPAU 18 AVATONU TAEFU 19 REUPENA TUIGAMALA 21 URIMA TOOMALATAI COACH LUKE SWAIN


Auburn Warriors v Windsor Wolves
Windsor Sporting Complex, Saturday 12 March
4:00pm
Referee: Darren Burtenshaw Touch Judges: Lyndsay Packer, Amber Fitzgerald
AUBURN 1 JACK GIBBONS 2 SEAN PAUL FENUKITAU 3 AARON VALENTINE 4 FITELI FATAI 5 ANTONIO HALA 6 BRANDON BOUMELHAM 7 JOSH FARRANT 8 JYE CHALLENOR 9 JAIME CROCKER 10 LIMA TEAUPA 11 JACK MITCHELL 12 PENI MISINALE 13 SONNY RUPAPERA 14 JAKE GLEESON 15 TOM HARVEY 16 GEORGE AZZI 17 SHAQ PRIME HURUNUI 18 DANIEL PETRALIA COACH BRAD MORRIN
WINDSOR 1 JAMON WORMLEATON 2 DANYON BARNES 3 PATTYLOMA AUPA’AU 22 JADON NEWSOME 5 SHAUN FITZGERALD 6 CRAIG BROWN 7 BRANDON SMALLWOOD 8 BEN MITCHELL 9 NAT BARNES 10 ROBERT DOWNTON 11 DEAN BARRON 12 MATT TOMKINS 25 LOTA FIAALII 14 BRAYDEN LINDSAY 15 NIKO APELU 23 COREY CARL 24 ETON LINDSAY COACH CHRIS BOYD


Wentworthville Magpies v Cabramatta Two Blues
Ringrose Park, Sunday 13 March
11:15am
Referee: Tim Robinson Touch Judges: Mark Bohan, Darren Burtenshaw
WENTWORTHVILLE 1 DAVID SISIFA 2 MICHAEL BURETA 3 REGAN HAIKA 4 REGAN RONA 5 JEAN- LUC KNOX 19 WALLACE TANGIITA 7 HARRY LOHIA 8 JESSE MAXWELL-OFFEN 9 MAHANGA RATAHI-FRELAN 10 JORDAN TUKERE 11 MICHAEL LEKKAS 20 TEMATA RANGI 13 CHRIS RAKETE 14 JACK MILLER 15 LOUIS MUSSON 16 MATT COLLINS 17 STEVE HOWARD COACH ALEX CHAN
CABRAMATTA 1 JASON GRAY 2 LUKE LAVENDER 3 TERANCE DODD 4 B.J.NATHAN 5 IBUDOC SOLIMONA 6 JAKE WEBB 7 ERNEST ALO 8 PAT LENARD 9 TOM HARRIS 10 ZAC WEDESWEILER 11 DION HARRIS 12 HALA KATOA 13 MIKAERA ORMSBY 14 KISI TAULANI 15 CALVIN MULIPOLA 16 RITCHIE POLAHUA 17 SIUPELI HUIHAHAU 18 SYLVESTER AH KIAU 19 TIM JONES 20 ROD MAPA

East Campbelltown Eagles v Asquith Magpies
Waminda Oval, Sunday 13 March
2:30pm
Referee: Martin Jones Touch Judges: Bradley Kiehne, Brendan Pearson
LIVE broadcast on Triple H FM (Link available via www.triplehfm.com.au)

EAST CAMPBELLTOWN 1 BEN BAKER 2 CRAIG MOUSTAKAS 3 RONNNIE PALUMBO 4 EDWIN CONNOR 5 FUSI TOUTAI 6 MICHAEL STEVENS 7 WAYDE DUNLEY 8 GUY THOMSPON 9 JARRYD EGGLETON 10 JASTON APAOLA 11 MASON TALOLUA 12 AARON TEARIKI 13 JOHN DA SILVA 14 CHRIS FROST 17 MANDELLA FALEAFAGA 18 ROSS MATI-LERFI 20 SAM HOARE 21 ADAM SOULTAN 22 LEROY ISAAKO 23 JOESPH PESA COACH RICHARD BARNES
ASQUITH 1 HAYDEN SPENCER 2 ALEX MODDERNO 3 TYLER SCHRECRS 4 ANDREW OUGHTRED 5 ANOTHY MODDERNO 6 JAKE WILLIAMS 7 BRENDAN STARR 8 PHIL CROSBY 9 DYLAN VAN NORT 10 CHRIS LEONARD 11 JARED PALMER 12 JACK ELDRIDGE 13 AARON PAPERA 14 PAUL KATIA 15 MAX CARTER 16 NATHAN DUNCAN 17 JACK POLLARD COACH INA PAPERA

 

[Sharkie Army Gorilla]

Spot on, that is what I was told - hence, the union comment.

Really thought him and McCallum would have been a deadly combination in attack - anyway, not to be the case.

Watched the game on Saturday, McCallum played well - but it was a bit of really hot than drifted out of the play.

Blacktown was a surprise, hard to judge the strength of St Marys but given how Blacktown had lost a shiltload of players since the start of the trials (as someone posted) it seems a good win.

It was a massive win for Blacktown. They had 15 players unavailable.

 

[Joker44]

SS Wrap Round 1 from NSWRL

Mounties surprised defending Sydney Shield Premiers Wentworthville Magpies with a thumping 36-10 win in the Sydney Shield match of the round at Ringrose Park yesterday.

In an opening round that saw heatwave conditions and an incredible 77 tries scored in the seven matches played, it was the performance of “the Mulga” against their arch-rivals that was the main talking point of the round.

Mounties stunned Wenty with a near-perfect first half in the 30-plus-degree conditions – scoring four converted tries to take a commanding 24-nil lead to the half-time break.

Despite Alex Chan’s defending Premiers mounting a comeback of sorts in the second half, Mounties, led by classy half Brad Speechley, were always in control and ran out comfortable six-tries-to-two winners.

Hills District Bulls coped best with the heatwave at Windsor Sports Complex on Saturday to trounce the Wolves 44-26 in one of many tryfests over the weekend.

With prodigal son Brad Horder pulling the strings at half in his comeback game for the Bulls after a departure from Asquith, Hills District scored nine tries to five to get their season off to a winning start.

Down the road a few hours later on Saturday, Sydney Shield newcomers St Marys posted an historic debut victory when they outscored local rivals Blacktown Workers 46-30.

With prop Joe Vaegaau and second-rower Phil Salevao bagging two tries each, the home side scored nine tries for their first up win.

Guildford Owls scored an easy 48-14 victory over a young Asquith outfit in their match at McCredie Park on Saturday in another contest where the hot conditions saw plenty of points and tries scored.

Nineteen-year-old winger James Gammidge and five-eighth Dean Matterson scored two tries each as the Owls' backline put their Asquith opponents to the sword in the sweltering conditions with a nine-tries-to-three win.

The Western Suburbs Magpies were the other impressive winners alongside Mounties in Round 1 – thrashing the Auburn Warriors 46-6 at Campbelltown yesterday.

George Kulen’s young charges were untroubled and led all day to score an easy eight-try win over the outclassed Warriors – with their exciting backline leading the way.

Fullback Roman Loelu, wingers Niall Walker and Jai Doolan, along with second-rower Kurt Atkinson all scored doubles to place Wests on top of the Shield table after Round 1 on percentages.

The Peninsula Seagulls scored a thrilling 28-22 win over Cabramatta at Forestville Oval on Saturday to give former dual code and dual international star Craig Gower a winning debut as a senior coach alongside former NRL journeyman Scott Pethybridge.

With fullback Jake Pickering a standout, the Seagulls led 16-4 at half-time and then 22-4 against the run of play with the custodian’s brilliant 80-metre solo try.

The Two Blues – led by halfback Grayson Goodwin and determined to start afresh after a well-documented horror 2015 – then stormed back into the game to level up at 22-all with 5 minutes left.

The Seagulls then regained the lead when centre Barry McGrady finished a cross-field kick movement with 60 seconds remaining to score the winning try. The Seagulls held on for one last tackle with their 12 men to secure a five-tries-to-four victory.

Finally, on Sunday at Lionel Watts Reserve, Belrose posted a 29-22 win over East Campbelltown in an all Eagles ‘battle of the birds’ that also went down “to the wire”.

A brilliant Christian Bate try set up by Belrose captain/coach James Mortimer gave Belrose a 16-6 lead before two East Campbelltown tries levelled the scores at 16-all at half-time.

East Campbelltown then gallantly held on for no less than 10 successive sets in defence inside their own 20-metre area for the first 20 minutes of the second half before finally cracking to give Belrose the lead at 22-16.

A superb try to winger Craig Moustakas saw the visitors level the scores at 22-all against the run of paly with 11 minutes left, before a Mortimer field goal and a second try to powerful centre Andrew Halstead right on full-time sealed the win for the home side.





RMC Cup Wrap Round 1

A first-half attacking blitz led the Wentworthville Magpies to an outstanding 38-14 win over defending Premiers Mounties in the Ron Massey Cup ‘match of the round’ at Ringrose Park last Sunday.

With NRL recruits Yileen 'Buddy' Gordon and Adrian Ha’angana leading the way, the Magpies won the match with five first-half tries to take a stunning 28-4 lead at the break, before coasting home to a seven-tries-to-three win.

The loss by Mounties was part of a remarkable round on the opening weekend of the season where both 2015 Ron Massey Cup Grand Finalists were beaten, and a number of comebacks across the weekend produced victories.

The opening round also saw the mercury soar into the low 30s across the weekend, testing the early-season fitness of players in the sweltering conditions.

Four tries to centre Jayden Wheelhouse led the Western Suburbs Magpies to a 38-18 win over Auburn Warriors at Campbelltown Stadium yesterday.

After the Warriors led 18-16 at half time, the class of fullback Shannon Gallant and former Wentworthville half Brendan Waters - on debut for his new club - gave the home side the upper hand in the second half.

In the main match on Saturday, Blacktown Workers came from behind at half-time to topple Ron Massey Cup newcomers St Marys 28-14 in the local derby at St Marys Stadium.

The Brad Drew-coached home side started well and led 10-4 after a tight first half with star recruit Geoff Daniela bagging a first-half try in a strong display.

However, St Marys’ hopes of a dream return to top-flight grass-roots footy were dashed by a powerful Blacktown display in the second half, with winger Wes Taaga scoring a double in the visitors’ five-tries-to-three win.

The Windsor Wolves came from the dead to run down Hills District Bulls 28-24 at Windsor Sports Complex in the most exciting game of the opening round on Saturday.

The Bulls were on target to make their Ron Massey Cup a winning one when they led 14-10 at half-time, and 24-10 10 minutes into the second half.

However, the Wolves, with class five-eighth Aaron f**kas leading the revivial, stormed home with three converted tries in the next 20 minutes to take a stunning 28-24 lead with 10 minutes to play.

The Wolves then hung on in the face of late Bulls attacks in the closing stages to secure their win.

Paul Fletcher began coaching life post-Wests Tigers on a winning note when his Guildford Owls charges were too good for 2015 Grand Finalists Asquith 30-16 at McCredie Park on Saturday.

The Magpies started well and led 10-8 at the half-time break after a tight opening 40 minutes in the hot conditions.

Guildford then scored four second-half tries to gain the upper hand and come away with a solid six-tries-to-three win.

Finally, Cabramatta were far too strong for the hapless Kingsgrove Colts with a 58-6 thrashing at Kogarah Jubilee Oval on Saturday.

Looking to make amends under new coach Eddie Flahey for missing the finals in 2015, the Two Blues had the match won against the outclassed Colts by half-time.

Cabramatta scored six converted first half tries to lead 36-6 at the break, and went on the with job in the second half to post 10 tries.

Concord-Burwood avoided the weekend heat with their first-round bye. They play their first match of the season in Round 2 this weekend.

 

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The top game in the RMC is likely to be at Ringrose Park on Sunday as Wenty, strong winners over premiers Mounties in round 1 take on Cabramatta who had a satisfactory training run with 11 tries.

The interesting game in the Sydney Shield will be at McCredie Park on Saturday when Guildford with 9 Parramatta NYC squad members take on Wests Magpies with 9 Wests Tigers NYC squad members.

Concord Burwood Wolves play their first game in RMC. The side looks weaker than last year and the club has been struggling to secure sponsors. Willie Mason's brother Rod is in the Wolves line up, as is Marvin Slavin, who played SS for Belrose last weekend.