Wests Magpies V Wentworthville

[Bricey]

Wests Magpies play wentworthville on sunday, Leichhardt Oval - 1pm

Coverage of this match is available on 2gb www.2gb.com

winner of this match goes into a prelim final against Canterbury

 

[Bricey]

Balmain ryde/eastwood will play the winner of Newtown Jets and Windsor wolves at Leichhardt Oval next weekend for a spot in the Grand Final

 

[Die-Hard p/t Jet Fan]

I will be there. But why the f**k the Jets who finished 3rd and won on the first week have to play at LO i'll never know.

 

[madunit]

probably using the same f**ked up finals format as the NRL

 

[madunit]

Actually it's regarded as a neutral ground for both sides I think. They appear to be using the old NSWRL finals system.

Home grounds would have only been used in week 1.

 

[Die-Hard p/t Jet Fan]

It geniused though, you would have at least double the fans at Henson. Obviously it's easier for Jets fans to get there than wolves fans. But for me it's the difference between walking and driving, or about 6 beers less fun.

 

[TheFrog]

The above couple of posts might explain why the Jets folded as a top grade team nearly 30 years ago.....if their supporters complain about having to play a neutral ground match against Windsor at Leichhardt.

While I'm here, wouldn't this particular semi-final have reached an appreciative audience if it had been played at the SFS on the same bill as the respective senior teams?

 

[madunit]

It would have been however I don't think the NSWRL can afford to play at that ground, especially when these games don't draw very big crowds.

So they play at Suburban Neutral venues which are as centralised as much as possible.

Sure it may not seem smart or make sense, but until the NRL makes the effort to help these lower grades, then things like this will continue to happen.

 

[Stagger eel]

go Wenty...

 

[Bricey]

Joel Caine calling the game....he sounds pretty good.

2gb also doing the 2nd game from 3pm Newtown V Windsor

 

[Bricey]

25 minutes gone, Western suburbs 6, wentworthville 4

 

[Bricey]

1/2 time

Wests 12, wenty 10

 

[Bricey]

Full time, Wests 20 def wenty 14

Windsor 34 def Newtown 18

Next weekend's preliminary finals
Wests V Canterbury
Balmain Ryde/Eastwood v Windsor Wolves

Both matches at Leichhardt Oval

 

[Reek_Havoc]

Well don't Magpies.

 

[hybrid_tiger]

Good to see Daine Laurie living up to expectations for Penr...I mean, Windsor.

 

[Bricey]

Good to see Daine Laurie living up to expectations for Penr...I mean, Windsor.

http://www.nswrl.com.au/default.asp...and-windsor-book-place-in-week-four-of-finals

The Western Suburbs Magpies and the Windsor Wolves have booked their tickets through to the NSW Cup Grand Final Qualifiers and will now face the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Tigers respectively.The Magpies ground out a 20-14 win against Wentworthville while the Wolves produced one of the greatest comebacks in NSWRL history to defeat the Newtown Jets 34-18 in front of a healthy crowd at Leichhardt Oval.
The Wolves looked shot when volatile forward Daine Laurie was sent off after a scuffle with Ray Moujalli early in the second half but the 12-man Wolves outfit scored 32 points to 4 with Laurie off the field in what veteran Rugby League caller Ray Hadley called "the most amazing game he has seen in many years".
"We had Shane Elford pull out late and ,with Daine off the field, we knew we just had to do something special," hat-trick hero and Windsor winger David Simmons said.
"Balmain Ryde-Eastwood will be a really tough game for us next week but this win will give us a huge amount of confidence."
Western Suburbs Coach Leo Epifania would be happy his side escaped with the win because at times they looked patchy.
In a game for the purists, the Wests men claimed the victory with the weight of posession and Epifania will want a repeat defensive performance from his men who look impenetrable at times.

 

[alien]

Wests v balmain grand final with Wests winning