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SS Wrap part 2
The Auburn Warriors dented the Hills District Bulls faint chances of playing finals with a 42-28 win at Crestwood Reserve last Sunday.
The Warriors won yet another high scoring Shield match with an overwhelming period of attack in the first 20 minutes.
After Warriors winger Sebastian Nelson opened the scoring in just the second minute, Bulls centre Edric Holmes replied to level scores at 4-all – that was as close as the home side got for the rest of the match.
Nelson completed his double, while half Josh Farrant and back rower Ben Mitchell got four-pointers as the Warriors exploded out to a 22-4 lead with Eric Ruka converting all three tries.
Bulls Centre Todd Sartor got the Bulls second try in the 24th minute, before a Ruka penalty goal on the stroke of half-time gave the Warriors a 24-8 lead at the break.
The Bulls supporters got into the match when the home side started the second half on fire – scoring two tries in the first five minutes of the second period.
Anthony Overton scored from the first set of six of the second half, before winger Ash Johnson posted his 12th try of the season to bring the Bulls back to 24-18 with Jason Wehbe’s conversion.
However, the Warriors responded immediately from a Bulls turnover when Daniel Petralia scored for Ruka to convert and re-extend the Auburn lead to 30-18.
Two well-worked tries in four minutes – to centre Jake Gleeson and a second try to the livewire Farrant – settled the issue for the Warriors. Ruka converted both tries on the way to seven goals from eight attempts that gave the Warriors a match winning 42-18 lead with just over 10 minutes left.
A second try to Holmes and a converted try to Jordan Tongahai in the last 10 minutes saved some face for the stunned Bulls outfit.
St Marys maintained their position in the top four with a hard fought 28-14 win over Guildford at McCredie Park last Sunday.
Inspired by coach Luke Swain coming out of retirement to play in the second row to boost injury-hit numbers, the Saints got an early lead when centre John Tuliatu opened the scoring with his first try.
Tuliatu completed his double before half-time, while fullback Jarrad Petero and centre Shane Hunt got tries in reply for the Owls to keep the home side in the hunt.
Winger Jake Ennis completed a double for the Saints in the second half – including the last try to secure the two points for the Saints, while opposite winger Peter Scanlan got the other St Marys four-pointer.
Hooker Julian King got the other Guildford try to keep the Owls in the contest before the Ennis double sealed the Saints’ win. Former Penrith Panthers NRL Premiership winner Swain played strongly in the minutes he was on the field.
Finally, Mounties continued their trail of destruction across the Sydney Shield with a remarkable 82-nil annihilation of Western Suburbs at Campbelltown Stadium last Saturday.
Mounties scored 15 tries in their demolition of the Magpies – with eight tries in the first half for a 42-nil half-time lead, and seven more in the second half for good measure.
Mounties backrower Luke Speechley opened the scoring with two tries from the first three sets of the match to open up a 10-nil lead after four minutes – and from there the match became a procession.
Centre Wayne Dargan had a hat-trick of tries by half-time on his way to four majors, and winger Maiko Sivo completed his hat-trick either side of the break on his way to four tries.
This took the Shield’s leading try scorer to 25 tries for the season in just 15 games played. Jake Horton scored a try and kicked 11 goals from 15 attemtps for a personal tally of 26 points to take his tally to 270 for the season.
Mounties’ trouncing of Wests sees them keep their six point lead at the top of the table from the Seagulls and St Marys, with a further five point gap to Belrose in fourth spot.
Asquith’s win finally opens their account for the year at the bottom of the table on two points – meaning that all teams across the three NSWRL Senior Open Age Competitions will finish with at least one on field win for the season.
This weekend sees another full round of matches with Asquith kicking off the weekend at 11am on Saturday at North Sydney Oval when they take on the Peninsula Seagulls. There is one other match on Saturday, with the five remaining games of the round on Sunday.
The pick of the Sunday action sees Wentworthville playing Guildford at Ringrose Park.
The Auburn Warriors dented the Hills District Bulls faint chances of playing finals with a 42-28 win at Crestwood Reserve last Sunday.
The Warriors won yet another high scoring Shield match with an overwhelming period of attack in the first 20 minutes.
After Warriors winger Sebastian Nelson opened the scoring in just the second minute, Bulls centre Edric Holmes replied to level scores at 4-all – that was as close as the home side got for the rest of the match.
Nelson completed his double, while half Josh Farrant and back rower Ben Mitchell got four-pointers as the Warriors exploded out to a 22-4 lead with Eric Ruka converting all three tries.
Bulls Centre Todd Sartor got the Bulls second try in the 24th minute, before a Ruka penalty goal on the stroke of half-time gave the Warriors a 24-8 lead at the break.
The Bulls supporters got into the match when the home side started the second half on fire – scoring two tries in the first five minutes of the second period.
Anthony Overton scored from the first set of six of the second half, before winger Ash Johnson posted his 12th try of the season to bring the Bulls back to 24-18 with Jason Wehbe’s conversion.
However, the Warriors responded immediately from a Bulls turnover when Daniel Petralia scored for Ruka to convert and re-extend the Auburn lead to 30-18.
Two well-worked tries in four minutes – to centre Jake Gleeson and a second try to the livewire Farrant – settled the issue for the Warriors. Ruka converted both tries on the way to seven goals from eight attempts that gave the Warriors a match winning 42-18 lead with just over 10 minutes left.
A second try to Holmes and a converted try to Jordan Tongahai in the last 10 minutes saved some face for the stunned Bulls outfit.
St Marys maintained their position in the top four with a hard fought 28-14 win over Guildford at McCredie Park last Sunday.
Inspired by coach Luke Swain coming out of retirement to play in the second row to boost injury-hit numbers, the Saints got an early lead when centre John Tuliatu opened the scoring with his first try.
Tuliatu completed his double before half-time, while fullback Jarrad Petero and centre Shane Hunt got tries in reply for the Owls to keep the home side in the hunt.
Winger Jake Ennis completed a double for the Saints in the second half – including the last try to secure the two points for the Saints, while opposite winger Peter Scanlan got the other St Marys four-pointer.
Hooker Julian King got the other Guildford try to keep the Owls in the contest before the Ennis double sealed the Saints’ win. Former Penrith Panthers NRL Premiership winner Swain played strongly in the minutes he was on the field.
Finally, Mounties continued their trail of destruction across the Sydney Shield with a remarkable 82-nil annihilation of Western Suburbs at Campbelltown Stadium last Saturday.
Mounties scored 15 tries in their demolition of the Magpies – with eight tries in the first half for a 42-nil half-time lead, and seven more in the second half for good measure.
Mounties backrower Luke Speechley opened the scoring with two tries from the first three sets of the match to open up a 10-nil lead after four minutes – and from there the match became a procession.
Centre Wayne Dargan had a hat-trick of tries by half-time on his way to four majors, and winger Maiko Sivo completed his hat-trick either side of the break on his way to four tries.
This took the Shield’s leading try scorer to 25 tries for the season in just 15 games played. Jake Horton scored a try and kicked 11 goals from 15 attemtps for a personal tally of 26 points to take his tally to 270 for the season.
Mounties’ trouncing of Wests sees them keep their six point lead at the top of the table from the Seagulls and St Marys, with a further five point gap to Belrose in fourth spot.
Asquith’s win finally opens their account for the year at the bottom of the table on two points – meaning that all teams across the three NSWRL Senior Open Age Competitions will finish with at least one on field win for the season.
This weekend sees another full round of matches with Asquith kicking off the weekend at 11am on Saturday at North Sydney Oval when they take on the Peninsula Seagulls. There is one other match on Saturday, with the five remaining games of the round on Sunday.
The pick of the Sunday action sees Wentworthville playing Guildford at Ringrose Park.
