A brief introduction...

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A brief introduction... Mar 13, 2018 3:53:02 GMT

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Post by happybadger on Mar 13, 2018 3:53:02 GMT

...and there might be a couple of people who remember that I once was in ASRL, in Wagga Wagga...and then left with little or no explanation...

...I could explain why, but fortunately, I don't have to do more than copy and paste the transcript from the Sunday Footy Show - Grand Final Edition from a year ago...

With Brad Fittler and Andrew Johns, I'm Peter Sterling...

...and wow! That's all I can say about the FFBRL Grand Final!

BF: If you out there in the audience were wondering what took us so long to do this programme, well, you didn't see the game, did you?

AJ: I believe Nine will have the replay on pay per view for $9.99 next Saturday - if you think that's too much, you should have watched it at the Telstra or on the telly when you had the chance!

PS: We're going to go into the analysis in great and overdone detail in a little while, but first, I have something to say...

<Brad and Andrew nod knowingly>

...if you're wondering where the Ponte Preta manager was during the celebrations, sadly, the director didn't show that on the broadcast, but I knew where to look for the camera feeds isolated on each of the managers, Drew of the Mu'a Saints, and Theo of the Billy Goats.

If you had seen both of those isos, you would have guessed that Mu'a had won. Watching Theo on the bench, he had what one might call the "thousand yard stare", seemingly seeing nothing. And I knew exactly why.

You might remember I spent some of my childhood in Wagga Wagga, and started my playing career there. When Theo moved an ASRL side to Wagga Wagga nearly 15 years ago, I was quite happy to see that.

However, one day, he wasn't there.

I was at a loss, but I had my career to get on with, and I didn't think about that until I saw him at the MCG in his first home game with the then Scoregasms in 2015, against Mu'a Saints. He had changed somehow, not in how he approached the game, but there was something about his demeanour, something weighing him down, and that was even before the game began.

I did get a chance to talk with him, off the record, and he did give me permission to tell about it now.

If you've ever lost a loved one, a child, a sibling, a parent, it is very difficult sometimes to get past that. If you're caring for someone close to you, someone with a serious illness, it's even more so.

Had I known that while he was in Wagga Wagga, he was dealing with the terminal illness of his mother, who had been ill with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for six years, and he had been her primary carer, I could have offered some support. I felt that I had failed him, because I should have seen the signs that he was depressed. When I told him that, he replied, "How could you have seen it, when I didn't?"

His mother passed away in 2003, during his EIRL championship season in Wolverhampton, and right before he came to the ASRL. He was struggling for several years before that with depression, but he didn't see it, nor did anyone else. So, knowing that, it was very understandable why he left rugby behind as he did.

I asked him why he came back, and the look in his eyes told me two things - he didn't leave because of any part of rugby league, and he desperately wanted not to leave, but could not stay at that time. He told me that it took a call from a friend who wanted him to take on a side in the FFBRL that was the difference, that he wouldn't have ever asked for the opportunity, because he was ashamed at the manner of how he had left before.

I heard you, Brad, tell me that if there was a theme song to represent Theo's year in FFBRL this year, it would have been "Mack the Knife." And Andrew, you said it would have been "Let's Face the Music."

But I saw Theo in the tunnel at the Telstra, waiting to enter the field of play before the Grand Final, and the stadium management chose to put ribbons for each team based on national colours - red for Tonga's Saints, yellow for Brasil's Billy Goats. I saw him shudder, trying to not lose control of his emotions - for it had been over ten years since his only major success in rugby, and I knew full well the feeling that he had - 'can I succeed once more?'

So, when I saw him sobbing on his bench after the game had ended, I was not surprised about that. Nor was I surprised that Drew ran across the pitch, because he, too, knew what Theo felt.

If there's a song that epitomizes what Theo felt, you wouldn't have known of it, Brad, nor you, Andrew.

It's something I remember full well, because I felt a similar feeling, as a player, after winning my third NRL Grand Final - and it wasn't a ten year gap, either.

But, I will close with one piece of advice for anyone watching: if you know of someone caring for someone, long-term - do everything in your power to make certain that they care for themselves, too, because they won't see that they're wearing down until it's too late.

We'll be back in a few moments...

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A brief introduction... Mar 13, 2018 3:59:17 GMT

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Post by happybadger on Mar 13, 2018 3:59:17 GMT

And, here's the FFBRL Grand Final that Peter, Andrew, and Brad were referring to:

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Game played at Telstra Stadium
Attendance: 35199

Weather is miserable.

Mua Saints Ponte Preta Billy Goats
1 Corey Norman 1 Jonny Lomax
2 Ratu Marika Koroibete 2 Kris Welham
3 Chris Riley 3 Liam Farrell
4 Peter Fox 4 Willie Manu
5 Kane Linnett 5 Justin Hodges
6 Jarrod Sammut 6 Ben Westwood
7 Cooper Cronk (C) 7 Daly Cherry-Evans (C)
8 Chris Bailey 8 Keith Galloway
9 Andrew McCullough 9 Josh Hodgson
10 Andrew Fifita 10 Zeb Taia
11 Iosia Soliola 11 John Bateman
12 Shaun Fensom 12 Ryan Hoffman
13 Feliti Mateo 13 Stefan Ratchford
++Interchange
14 Justin Horo 14 Daniel Tupou
15 Joel Thompson 15 Daryl Clark
16 Micky Paea 16 Aaron Woods
17 Michael Jennings 17 Andy Lynch

0:00 Mua Saints Kicks off

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 35 m line

0:57 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 60 metres gained
Great run by Willie Manu
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Great defence by Mua Saints
Fair catch taken in-goal by Mua Saints
Mua Saints takes 20 m tap

Ball on Mua Saints 20 m line

1:51 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, -2 metres gained
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Kick and chase by Mua Saints
Ball rolls over dead ball line

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 20 m line

3:01 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 42 metres gained
Bad defence by Mua Saints
Short kick by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball taken by Mua Saints

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

3:15 Mua Saints: 2 tackles, 1 metres gained
Sloppy play by Mua Saints
Cooper Cronk knocks-on
Ball turned over to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 11 m line

3:45 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 3 tackles, 8 metres gained
Great defence by Mua Saints
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Great defence by Mua Saints
Ben Westwood knocks-on
Ball turned over to Mua Saints

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

4:26 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 85 metres gained
Bad defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball taken safely in field of play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 5 m line

5:04 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 12 metres gained
Sloppy play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Kick and chase by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 12 m line

5:56 Mua Saints: 6 tackles, 45 metres gained
Good backline movement by Mua Saints
Ball turned over to Ponte Preta Billy Goats on 6th tackle.

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 43 m line

6:43 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 24 metres gained
Sloppy play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Short kick by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball taken by Mua Saints

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

7:05 Mua Saints: 2 tackles, 32 metres gained
Good backline movement by Mua Saints
Chris Riley knocks-on
Ball turned over to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 42 m line

7:32 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 3 tackles, -4 metres gained
Sloppy play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Zeb Taia knocks-on
Ball turned over to Mua Saints

Ball on Mua Saints 46 m line

8:10 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 49 metres gained
Bad defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Mua Saints puts kick into the in-goal
Kane Linnett scores a try for Mua Saints
SCORE: 4 - 0
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9:10 Ponte Preta Billy Goats Kicks off

Ball on Mua Saints 21 m line

9:28 Mua Saints: 3 tackles, 3 metres gained
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ponte Preta Billy Goats penalised for head-high tackle.
PENALTY to Mua Saints
Cooper Cronk kicks for touch

Chris Riley suffers minor injury.
INTERCHANGE: Daniel Tupou ON - Keith Galloway OFF

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 23 m line

10:04 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 13 metres gained
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball taken safely in field of play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
INTERCHANGE: Justin Horo ON - Chris Riley OFF

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 16 m line

10:18 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 2 tackles, 58 metres gained
Bad defence by Mua Saints
Ben Westwood knocks-on
Ball turned over to Mua Saints

Ball on Mua Saints 26 m line

10:49 Mua Saints: 4 tackles, 9 metres gained
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ponte Preta Billy Goats penalised for head-high tackle.
PENALTY to Mua Saints
Cooper Cronk kicks for touch

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 22 m line

11:48 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 17 metres gained
Sloppy play by Mua Saints
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Mua Saints puts kick into the in-goal
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball taken safely in field of play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Iosia Soliola suffers minor injury.
INTERCHANGE: Micky Paea ON - Andrew Fifita OFF

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 5 m line

12:15 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 16 metres gained
Great defence by Mua Saints
Kick and chase by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
INTERCHANGE: Andy Lynch ON - Ryan Hoffman OFF

Ball on Mua Saints 37 m line

13:13 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 58 metres gained
Bad defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball taken safely in field of play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
INTERCHANGE: Joel Thompson ON - Feliti Mateo OFF

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 5 m line

13:54 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 39 metres gained
Good forward play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Kick and chase by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball picked up in in-goal by Mua Saints

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

14:29 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 41 metres gained
Poor defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Mua Saints kicks and finds touch
SCRUM: Ball to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 10 m line

14:54 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 1 tackles, -1 metres gained
Great defence by Mua Saints
Justin Hodges knocks-on
SCRUM: Ball to Mua Saints

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 9 m line

15:47 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 4 metres gained
Lacklustre play by Mua Saints
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball taken safely in field of play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 2 m line

16:15 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, -3 metres gained
Lacklustre play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Kick and chase by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 38 m line

16:29 Mua Saints: 1 tackles, -2 metres gained
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Iosia Soliola knocks-on
Ball turned over to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 36 m line

17:08 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 10 metres gained
Sloppy play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Short kick by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball taken by Mua Saints

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

17:50 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 46 metres gained
Good forward play by Mua Saints
Kick and chase by Mua Saints
Ball rolls over dead ball line

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 20 m line

18:29 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 4 tackles, 44 metres gained
Good forward play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Stefan Ratchford knocks-on
SCRUM: Ball to Mua Saints

Ball on Mua Saints 36 m line

19:10 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 8 metres gained
Sloppy play by Mua Saints
Kick and chase by Mua Saints
Ball picked up in in-goal by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 10 m line

19:36 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 8 metres gained
Sloppy play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Kick and chase by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 29 m line

20:15 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 65 metres gained
Bad defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball taken safely in field of play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 12 m line

21:01 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 83 metres gained
Great line break by Zeb Taia
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Great defence by Mua Saints
Fair catch taken in-goal by Mua Saints
Mua Saints takes 20 m tap

Corey Norman suffers moderate injury.
INTERCHANGE: Feliti Mateo ON - Corey Norman OFF

Ball on Mua Saints 20 m line

21:43 Mua Saints: 3 tackles, 4 metres gained
Lacklustre play by Mua Saints
Shaun Fensom knocks-on
Ball turned over to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 24 m line

22:33 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 6 metres gained
Sloppy play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Great defence by Mua Saints
Ball taken safely in field of play by Mua Saints

Ball on Mua Saints 4 m line

22:41 Mua Saints: 1 tackles, -2 metres gained
Sloppy play by Mua Saints
Ponte Preta Billy Goats penalised for offside.
PENALTY to Mua Saints
Cooper Cronk kicks for touch

Andy Lynch suffers minor injury.

Ball on Mua Saints 29 m line

23:17 Mua Saints: 3 tackles, 27 metres gained
Good backline movement by Mua Saints
Shaun Fensom knocks-on
Ball turned over to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 44 m line

24:07 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 3 metres gained
Sloppy play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Kick and chase by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

24:44 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 65 metres gained
Great run by Feliti Mateo
Ponte Preta Billy Goats penalised for stripping the ball.
PENALTY to Mua Saints
Jarrod Sammut scores penalty goal
SCORE: 6 - 0

25:44 Ponte Preta Billy Goats Kicks off

Ball on Mua Saints 25 m line

26:38 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 70 metres gained
Great run by Ratu Marika Koroibete
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball taken safely in field of play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
INTERCHANGE: Michael Jennings ON - Shaun Fensom OFF

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 4 m line

26:55 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 4 tackles, 82 metres gained
Bad defence by Mua Saints
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Ponte Preta Billy Goats has try disallowed by video ref.
Mua Saints takes 20 m tap
INTERCHANGE: Keith Galloway ON - Willie Manu OFF

Ball on Mua Saints 20 m line

27:37 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 19 metres gained
Lacklustre play by Mua Saints
Mua Saints kicks and finds touch

40/20 Kick. Scrum feed to Mua Saints

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 18 m line

28:12 Mua Saints: 2 tackles, 13 metres gained
Good backline movement by Mua Saints
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Short kick by Mua Saints

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 10 m line

28:53 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 43 metres gained
Great run by Justin Hodges
Mua Saints penalised for offside.
PENALTY to Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Daly Cherry-Evans kicks for touch
Ball finds touch 5 m out

Ball on Mua Saints 5 m line

29:59 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 0 metres gained
Great run by Justin Hodges
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Great defence by Mua Saints
Fair catch taken in-goal by Mua Saints
Mua Saints takes 20 m tap

Ball on Mua Saints 20 m line

30:29 Mua Saints: 2 tackles, 47 metres gained
Bad defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Joel Thompson is forced into touch.
SCRUM: Ball to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ratu Marika Koroibete suffers minor injury.

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 33 m line

30:53 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 1 tackles, 26 metres gained
Good forward play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ben Westwood is forced into touch.
SCRUM: Ball to Mua Saints

Kris Welham suffers minor injury.
INTERCHANGE: Aaron Woods ON - Zeb Taia OFF

Ball on Mua Saints 41 m line

31:52 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 48 metres gained
Good backline movement by Mua Saints
Ponte Preta Billy Goats penalised for offside.
PENALTY to Mua Saints
Cooper Cronk kicks for touch
Ball finds touch 11 m out

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 11 m line

32:48 Mua Saints: 4 tackles, 6 metres gained
Great line break by Michael Jennings
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Jarrod Sammut knocks-on
Ball turned over to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 10 m line

33:33 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 0 metres gained
Lacklustre play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Kick and chase by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 50 m line

34:13 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 31 metres gained
Poor defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Mua Saints puts kick into the in-goal
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball taken safely in field of play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 5 m line

34:53 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 75 metres gained
Bad defence by Mua Saints
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Great defence by Mua Saints
Ball taken safely in field of play by Mua Saints

Ball on Mua Saints 12 m line

35:15 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 83 metres gained
Bad defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball taken safely in field of play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 2 m line

35:39 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 37 metres gained
Poor defence by Mua Saints
Mua Saints penalised for offside.
PENALTY to Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Daly Cherry-Evans kicks for touch

Ball on Mua Saints 33 m line

36:21 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 28 metres gained
Bad defence by Mua Saints
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Great defence by Mua Saints
Ball taken safely in field of play by Mua Saints
INTERCHANGE: Daryl Clark ON - Josh Hodgson OFF

Ball on Mua Saints 16 m line

36:59 Mua Saints: 4 tackles, 32 metres gained
Poor defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Kane Linnett knocks-on
Ball turned over to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 48 m line

37:58 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 17 metres gained
Lacklustre play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Short kick by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball rolls over dead ball line
INTERCHANGE: Willie Manu ON - John Bateman OFF

Ball on Mua Saints 20 m line

39:09 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 56 metres gained
Great run by Feliti Mateo
Short kick by Mua Saints
Ball taken by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
INTERCHANGE: Shaun Fensom ON - Andrew McCullough OFF

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 10 m line

39:43 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 3 tackles, 48 metres gained
Bad defence by Mua Saints
Forward pass by Daly Cherry-Evans
SCRUM: Ball to Mua Saints

Daryl Clark suffers minor injury.
INTERCHANGE: Zeb Taia ON - Daryl Clark OFF

Ball on Mua Saints 42 m line

40:00 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 26 metres gained
Poor defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Short kick by Mua Saints
Ball picked up in in-goal by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

***HALF TIME***
Mua Saints 6 Ponte Preta Billy Goats 0

40:00 Ponte Preta Billy Goats Kicks off

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

40:32 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 36 metres gained
Good backline movement by Mua Saints
Mua Saints kicks and finds touch
SCRUM: Ball to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Feliti Mateo suffers minor injury.
INTERCHANGE: Chris Riley ON - Chris Bailey OFF

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 10 m line

41:42 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 65 metres gained
Great run by Justin Hodges
Short kick by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball taken by Mua Saints
INTERCHANGE: Ryan Hoffman ON - Aaron Woods OFF

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

42:28 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 38 metres gained
Great run by Jarrod Sammut
Mua Saints kicks and finds touch
SCRUM: Ball to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 20 m line

43:17 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 2 metres gained
Great defence by Mua Saints
Kick and chase by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

44:07 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 48 metres gained
Poor defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Kick and chase by Mua Saints
INTERCHANGE: Andrew Fifita ON - Joel Thompson OFF

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 10 m line

44:51 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 4 tackles, 85 metres gained
Bad defence by Mua Saints
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Great defence by Mua Saints
Short kick by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
INTERCHANGE: Josh Hodgson ON - Daniel Tupou OFF

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

45:16 Mua Saints: 2 tackles, 45 metres gained
Bad defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Chris Riley knocks-on
Ball turned over to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 45 m line

45:44 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 3 tackles, 52 metres gained
Great run by Liam Farrell
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Ponte Preta Billy Goats has try disallowed by video ref.
Mua Saints takes 20 m tap

Ball on Mua Saints 20 m line

46:25 Mua Saints: 4 tackles, 37 metres gained
Good backline movement by Mua Saints
Kick and chase by Mua Saints

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 10 m line

47:17 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 31 metres gained
Poor defence by Mua Saints
Mua Saints penalised for offside.
PENALTY to Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Daly Cherry-Evans kicks for touch
Ball finds touch 1 m out

Ball on Mua Saints 1 m line

47:44 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 3 tackles, -4 metres gained
Bad defence by Mua Saints
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Great defence by Mua Saints
Daly Cherry-Evans knocks-on
SCRUM: Ball to Mua Saints

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

48:41 Mua Saints: 4 tackles, 55 metres gained
Great run by Justin Horo
Andrew Fifita knocks-on
SCRUM: Ball to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 35 m line

49:37 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 8 metres gained
Sloppy play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Kick and chase by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 19 m line

50:19 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 44 metres gained
Poor defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Short kick by Mua Saints
Ball taken by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 10 m line

50:53 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 82 metres gained
Great line break by Stefan Ratchford
Mua Saints penalised for offside.
PENALTY to Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Daly Cherry-Evans scores penalty goal
SCORE: 6 - 2

51:53 Mua Saints Kicks off

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 28 m line

52:24 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 45 metres gained
Poor defence by Mua Saints
Short kick by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball taken by Mua Saints

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

53:03 Mua Saints: 4 tackles, 2 metres gained
Sloppy play by Mua Saints
Jarrod Sammut knocks-on
SCRUM: Ball to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 12 m line

54:06 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 7 metres gained
Great line break by Stefan Ratchford
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Great defence by Mua Saints
Ball taken safely in field of play by Mua Saints

Ball on Mua Saints 16 m line

54:34 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 79 metres gained
Great line break by Iosia Soliola
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball taken safely in field of play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 18 m line

54:49 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 2 tackles, 25 metres gained
Good backline movement by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ryan Hoffman knocks-on
Ball turned over to Mua Saints

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 43 m line

55:52 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 38 metres gained
Great line break by Andrew Fifita
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Fair catch taken in-goal by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ponte Preta Billy Goats takes 20 m tap

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 20 m line

56:38 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 66 metres gained
Great line break by Ryan Hoffman
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Great defence by Mua Saints
Ball taken safely in field of play by Mua Saints

Ball on Mua Saints 7 m line

56:52 Mua Saints: 3 tackles, 35 metres gained
Good backline movement by Mua Saints
Andrew Fifita knocks-on
Ball turned over to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 42 m line

57:35 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 36 metres gained
Good forward play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Zeb Taia scores a try for Ponte Preta Billy Goats
SCORE: 6 - 6
Try converted by Daly Cherry-Evans
SCORE: 6 - 8

58:35 Mua Saints Kicks off

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 25 m line

58:59 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 3 tackles, 33 metres gained
Poor defence by Mua Saints
Daly Cherry-Evans knocks-on
Ball turned over to Mua Saints

Ball on Mua Saints 42 m line

59:41 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 37 metres gained
Bad defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ponte Preta Billy Goats penalised for offside.
PENALTY to Mua Saints
Cooper Cronk kicks for touch
Ball finds touch 10 m out

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 10 m line

60:19 Mua Saints: 3 tackles, 5 metres gained
Good backline movement by Mua Saints
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Kane Linnett is forced into touch.
SCRUM: Ball to Ponte Preta Billy Goats
INTERCHANGE: Chris Bailey ON - Micky Paea OFF

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 10 m line

60:56 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 7 metres gained
Sloppy play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Kick and chase by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

61:54 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 73 metres gained
Great run by Peter Fox
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Mua Saints has try disallowed by video ref.
Ponte Preta Billy Goats takes 20 m tap
INTERCHANGE: Andrew McCullough ON - Michael Jennings OFF

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 20 m line

62:32 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 3 tackles, 36 metres gained
Good backline movement by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Kick and chase by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

63:28 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 85 metres gained
Bad defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball taken safely in field of play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 2 m line

63:48 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 21 metres gained
Great defence by Mua Saints
Mua Saints penalised for offside.
PENALTY to Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Daly Cherry-Evans kicks for touch
Ball finds touch 16 m out
INTERCHANGE: Joel Thompson ON - Chris Riley OFF

Ball on Mua Saints 16 m line

64:08 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 1 tackles, 11 metres gained
Bad defence by Mua Saints
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Great defence by Mua Saints
Kris Welham is forced into touch.
SCRUM: Ball to Mua Saints

Keith Galloway suffers minor injury.

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

64:38 Mua Saints: 2 tackles, 0 metres gained
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Forward pass by Andrew Fifita
SCRUM: Ball to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

65:33 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 5 metres gained
Great defence by Mua Saints
Mua Saints penalised for dangerous tackle.
PENALTY to Ponte Preta Billy Goats
SINBIN: Ratu Marika Koroibete
Daly Cherry-Evans kicks for touch
Ball finds touch 5 m out

Ball on Mua Saints 5 m line

66:17 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 0 metres gained
Bad defence by Mua Saints
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Great defence by Mua Saints
Ball taken safely in field of play by Mua Saints
INTERCHANGE: Daniel Tupou ON - Zeb Taia OFF

Ball on Mua Saints 15 m line

66:45 Mua Saints: 4 tackles, -3 metres gained
Sloppy play by Mua Saints
Ponte Preta Billy Goats penalised for offside.
PENALTY to Mua Saints
Cooper Cronk kicks for touch
INTERCHANGE: John Bateman ON - Josh Hodgson OFF

Ball on Mua Saints 38 m line

67:04 Mua Saints: 1 tackles, -3 metres gained
Great defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Kane Linnett knocks-on
Ball turned over to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 35 m line

67:24 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 1 tackles, 26 metres gained
Good forward play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Justin Hodges scores a try for Ponte Preta Billy Goats
SCORE: 6 - 12
Try converted by Daly Cherry-Evans
SCORE: 6 - 14

68:24 Mua Saints Kicks off

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 35 m line

69:21 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 60 metres gained
Great line break by Daniel Tupou
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Great defence by Mua Saints
Ball taken safely in field of play by Mua Saints

Ball on Mua Saints 14 m line

70:00 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 39 metres gained
Great run by Feliti Mateo
Kick and chase by Mua Saints
Ball picked up in in-goal by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
INTERCHANGE: Michael Jennings ON - Andrew McCullough OFF

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 10 m line

70:39 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 6 tackles, 18 metres gained
Lacklustre play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball turned over to Mua Saints on 6th tackle.
INTERCHANGE: Aaron Woods ON - John Bateman OFF

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 28 m line

71:09 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, -4 metres gained
Lacklustre play by Mua Saints
Short kick by Mua Saints
Ball rolls over dead ball line

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 20 m line

72:18 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 75 metres gained
Bad defence by Mua Saints
Ponte Preta Billy Goats is attacking the line
Great defence by Mua Saints
Fair catch taken in-goal by Mua Saints
Mua Saints takes 20 m tap

Ball on Mua Saints 20 m line

73:04 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 31 metres gained
Poor defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Kick and chase by Mua Saints
Ball picked up in in-goal by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 10 m line

73:41 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 33 metres gained
Poor defence by Mua Saints
Kick and chase by Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

74:38 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 41 metres gained
Great run by Peter Fox
Kick and chase by Mua Saints

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 16 m line

74:55 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 2 tackles, 3 metres gained
Great defence by Mua Saints
Ben Westwood knocks-on
SCRUM: Ball to Mua Saints

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 19 m line

75:35 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 14 metres gained
Good forward play by Mua Saints
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Mua Saints puts kick into the in-goal
Mua Saints has try disallowed by video ref.
Ponte Preta Billy Goats takes 20 m tap
Ratu Marika Koroibete returns from SINBIN

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 20 m line

76:40 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 5 tackles, 34 metres gained
Good forward play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Kick and chase by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball picked up in in-goal by Mua Saints

Ball on Mua Saints 10 m line

77:12 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 1 metres gained
Sloppy play by Mua Saints
Mua Saints kicks and finds touch
SCRUM: Ball to Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Ball on Ponte Preta Billy Goats 29 m line

78:05 Ponte Preta Billy Goats: 6 tackles, 25 metres gained
Good forward play by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Ball turned over to Mua Saints on 6th tackle.

Ball on Mua Saints 46 m line

78:48 Mua Saints: 5 tackles, 49 metres gained
Bad defence by Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Mua Saints is attacking the line
Feliti Mateo scores a try for Mua Saints
SCORE: 10 - 14
Try converted by Jarrod Sammut
SCORE: 12 - 14

79:48 Ponte Preta Billy Goats Kicks off

*** FULL TIME ***
Mua Saints 12 Ponte Preta Billy Goats 14

Stats:
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Mua Saints
Tries -
Feliti Mateo
Kane Linnett
Goals -
Jarrod Sammut 2 ( 2 )
Corey Norman ( 1 )

Ponte Preta Billy Goats
Tries -
Justin Hodges
Zeb Taia
Goals -
Daly Cherry-Evans 3 ( 3 )

Player of the Match Awards
3 points : Justin Hodges (Ponte Preta Billy Goats)
2 points : Feliti Mateo (Mua Saints)
1 point : Stefan Ratchford (Ponte Preta Billy Goats)

Penalty Count
Mua Saints- 7 : 6 -Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Possession (%)
Mua Saints- 51 : 48 -Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Time in Opposition Half
Mua Saints- 41 : 39 -Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Handling Errors
Mua Saints- 12 : 9 -Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Completion Rate (%)
Mua Saints- 70 : 69 -Ponte Preta Billy Goats

Tackles
Mua Saints- 235 : 239 -Ponte Preta Billy Goats

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