South Perth Easily Into Grand Final
South Perth Lions easily won their way through to the Grand Final and were too good for Rockingham Sharks blitzing them 80 to 4. They looked fresh after the weeks break and will be hard to stop in the Grand Final. They have proved a well drilled side losing only one game in the regular season.
South Perth came out in the first half determined to go straight through to the Grand Final and did it convincingly. They built slowly but with purpose and it was a 90 run by Carlin Millar at the 35 minute mark which started a flurry of points just before half time. It was followed by a 60 metre try by John Crawford and then another quick break resulting in the second try for Dave Sainty which blew the score out to a 36 to 4 half time lead.
Until he was taken off with injury early in the second half Sainty was the best for the Lions in what was a very even team effort. Michael Guthrie finished with 22 points.
In the first semi final North Beach Sea Eagles took Fremantle Roosters apart with a convincing 60 to 10 win. The Sea Eagles made their mark in the first ten minutes going to a 16 nil lead before the Roosters were able to settle. Shortly after Fremantle posted their first score and got the score back to 16 – 6, but the rest of the first half was controlled by the Sea Eagles highlighted by a 60 metre run by Tyron Cranston who scored under the posts just before half time.
The second half saw the Sea Eagles run out a tame finish as the Roosters were unable to threaten. It was disappointing for the Roosters who had finished strongly in the second half of the year. Multiple try scorers for the Sea Eagles included best player Marcus Carney, Ben Dickson and Luke Walker, with Tyron Cranston putting in another good game with a total 16 points for the game.
Next week will see North Beach take on Rockingham at Charles Riley Reserve in North Beach in the Preliminary Final with the winner going through to the Grand Final to meet South Perth.
