Post by padds on Mar 26, 2021 12:07:11 GMT
Match of the Day was the late kick-off and saw last year’s Grand Final losers Trafford Metro take on current 100% league leaders Byron Brewers at Craven Park Still missing Tony Gigot and Fouad Yaha, Hull had to replace Tesi Niu, who was injured last week. Jesse Arthars stepped in and Kelma Tuilagi took the place of young gun Paul Alomoti, who was rested. Michael McIlorum returned at hooker with James Segeyaro moving to looseforward. For Byron Tevita Tatola and Ben Garcia were injured and replaced by Liam Knight and Patrick Herbert. Youngster Starford To’a moved to standoff to allow Philip Sami to move to the wing. Byron had won their first 4 games and Hull had a 2/2 record.
Trafford started aggressively wanting to put the league leaders under pressure, but were a bit overzealous and gave away a penalty after 2 minutes for a dangerous tackle. Jamayne Isaako kicked his 18th goal of the season. Trafford missed a good chance early on when Matty Lees dropped the ball with the line at his mercy. A minute later Byron was caught offside and Lee Gaskell kicked the goal. The return of McIlorum was a telling factor for Metro and he led them around the park enthusiastically. On 17 minutes the Brewers were penalised for a head high tackle and a superb penalty by Jake Trueman gave them field position which allowed Brad Singleton the room to break the defensive line and send in Kelma Tuilagi for a try on his seasonal debut. Gaskell added the 2 and Trafford were looking set. They were well on top, but couldn't find the finishing touch to a few decent moves. Jamayne Isaako was waging a one man war on the Metro and he won his 3rd Man of the Match in 5 matches. There was no further scoring ans Trafford led 8-2 at the break.
Facing the possibility of a first defeat this season Byron were getting a bit raggy and were penalised for a play the ball infringement on 2 minutes. Gaskell obliged and Trafford led by 8. The Brewers had a try disallowed by the video ref and Trafford cashed in on this stroke of luck as Jaeman Salmon, playing his first game of the season threw an outrageous dummy to go in under the sticks. Gaskell kicked his 4th goal of the day and Metro led by 14. Solid defence from both sides meant there was no further score until Isaako put up a bomb on the last tackle and out jumped the defence to score his 2nd try of the season. He converted the try , but it was too late for Byron and Metro saw out the game 16-8 to inflict Byron’s first defeat of the season.
The early kick-off saw Surfers Paradise Punks play Partick Pirates at Carrera. Both sides boasted a 2/2 record. Brisbane have a roster of 71 players, so Surfers Paradise are always going to have a competitive side. This week Hamiso Tabuai-Fido dropped down from the Raiders to replace Adam Pompey and Robbie Mulhern came in for Mark Nicholls. Cameron Smith was promoted to Brisbane and Robert Lui took his place. Partick were unchanged.
Marata Niukore started the ball rolling after a quarter of an hour when the Pirates let a bomb bounce and he was the first to react. Benji Marshall converted and tries followed at regular intervals by Jacob Miller and Peter Mata'utia, both goaled by Marshall. 18-0 at the break and it looked a big job for Partick.
Surfers started the second stanza like their big brothers normally do scoring in the first minute. Nene MacDonald was the next to get his name on the scoreboard, followed by Corey Oates. Marshall goaled both and the score was 30-0, which it stayed at. The only blot on the Punks easy win was a serious injury to Brad Parker, who will miss 5 weeks, but they have enough players to cover any injuries.
At the Campbelltown Stadium Mandurah Maples entertained Kensington Highrollers. The Maples had started the season well with 2 wins, but had lost their last 2, while Kensington broke their duck last week. Reuben Cotter was missing at halfback for Mandurah, with Sean O’Sullivan stepping up. Veteran Kane Liinnett was also absent. Joey Lussick dropped down from Adelaide to replace Thomas Deardon and Josh Asiata moved of the bench to take the place of Briton Nikora..
This game was a tale of 2 halves. Mandurah dominated the first half and debutant Sean O’Sullivan took advantage of sloppy defence to mark his 1st game with a try. Tuimoala Lolohea missed the goal, but converted a penalty conceded by the Highrollers for a dangerous tackle.
Mandurah extended their lead in the first minute of part 2 when Brad Takairangi scored his first try of the season. At 12-0 it looked all over for Kensington, but you never know with McElroy’s charges. The game drifted towards a 12 point victory for the Maples, but suddenly the Highrollers woke up. With only 5 minutes left the Maples were celebrating a winning bonus, but James Batchelor had other ideas, as he broke through the Mandurah defence with ease and went 30 metres to touch down under the sticks. Marc Sneyd added the 2. The Maples kicked off and from the resulting play the ball Herbie Farnworth went 40 metres down the wing before being dragged down. A quick play the ball and a floundering Mandurah defence allowed Emre Guler to crash over. Sneyd again obliged and the scores were level. Kensington should have won it as Shawn Blore knocked on with a clear run to the line and the game ended in a tie, with both sides ruing a victory that never was.
After watching their seniors thrashed by Sydney South Lancs Saints played Balmain Storm at Langtree Park. The Saints stood on 2/2 for the season while Storm were 0 from 4. South Lancs were missing Mikolaj Oledzki, Morgan Smithies and Jordan Rapana through injury, but still looked strong enough to see off bottom placed Balmain, who had Zane Musgrove, Nat Butcher, |Danny Richardson and Ashley Taylor out.
Balmain kicked off and the Saints were caught offside almost immediately. Anthony Milford, taking over kicking duties slotted the penalty, and Storm had the start they wanted. They extended their lead on 13 minutes, when Jai Field made a great break to send in Albert Hopoate for the 4 pointer. Milford added the goal for Balmain to lead 8-0. Storm were now in complete control, but lack of confidence from losing all their games resulted in no further addition in the first stanza.
It was painful to watch in the second half, as again South Lancs offered very little in this one-sided match and Storm increased their lead after an hour when good forward play led to the ball going wide and winger Jai Field strolling in for another easy try. Milford goalled again and added the extras when James Roberts scored after good work by Connelly Lemuelu. Jordan McLean added a fifth try, made by a great break by Corey Allan. Inexplicably Milford missed the conversion and spoiled his 100% record. The stats made painful reading for South Lancs, especially the astronomic number of tackles they made, 280 in 80 minutes, unheard of in today's game. Shows the dominance of Balmain. Record keepers were searching their archives to see if this was the first time a coach had lost both PL and RSC games in the same round, being nilled in both. It made it even worse to accept as both Sydney and Balmain were basement dwellers. An inquiry behind closed doors will be called for, as this is not good enough from Jim Green’s charges. Just to rub salt in their wounds Joe Mellor added to Saints walking wounded.
Alice Springs Dingoes played Sunshine Coast Fury at Barlow Park. Alice were 2/2 while Sunshine coast boast a 3/1 record. Cody Ramsay returned at fullback for the Dingoes while Luke Metcalf and Jack Howarth dropped out for the Fury, replaced by Kobe Hetherington and Brendan Pakura. Juwain Compain made his debut.
It was a slow start to this game, as Sunshine Coast were using quite a few youngsters, who were trying to impress. Alice suffered an early setback when prop Eddie Blacker limped off. This was later reported not as bad as it looked and he will be out for a fortnight. The Fury look heart from this and scored when young gun Reece Walsh scored an excellent solo try. He received the ball in his own half and raced away. As the cover defence closed in on him, he put up a high bomb and was the first to collect and score. Jake Clifford missed the conversion, his first failure this season. Both sides were being adventurous, but lacking leadership, and the only other score in the first half was a try by Reece Hoffman, made by Clifford. Adam Keighran converted and Sunshine Coast led 10-0 at the break.
The second half was very much like the first half, with a lot of intention but no execution. The Dingoes got on the score sheet on the hour as a kick into goal was reached first by James Donaldson. Mason Lino couldn’t convert. Alice couldn’t add to this score and Fury put the game to bed with a try by Greg Leleisiuao. Keighran couldn’t convert and South Coast held on to win 14-4. Fury join Byron at the top of the league.
Trafford started aggressively wanting to put the league leaders under pressure, but were a bit overzealous and gave away a penalty after 2 minutes for a dangerous tackle. Jamayne Isaako kicked his 18th goal of the season. Trafford missed a good chance early on when Matty Lees dropped the ball with the line at his mercy. A minute later Byron was caught offside and Lee Gaskell kicked the goal. The return of McIlorum was a telling factor for Metro and he led them around the park enthusiastically. On 17 minutes the Brewers were penalised for a head high tackle and a superb penalty by Jake Trueman gave them field position which allowed Brad Singleton the room to break the defensive line and send in Kelma Tuilagi for a try on his seasonal debut. Gaskell added the 2 and Trafford were looking set. They were well on top, but couldn't find the finishing touch to a few decent moves. Jamayne Isaako was waging a one man war on the Metro and he won his 3rd Man of the Match in 5 matches. There was no further scoring ans Trafford led 8-2 at the break.
Facing the possibility of a first defeat this season Byron were getting a bit raggy and were penalised for a play the ball infringement on 2 minutes. Gaskell obliged and Trafford led by 8. The Brewers had a try disallowed by the video ref and Trafford cashed in on this stroke of luck as Jaeman Salmon, playing his first game of the season threw an outrageous dummy to go in under the sticks. Gaskell kicked his 4th goal of the day and Metro led by 14. Solid defence from both sides meant there was no further score until Isaako put up a bomb on the last tackle and out jumped the defence to score his 2nd try of the season. He converted the try , but it was too late for Byron and Metro saw out the game 16-8 to inflict Byron’s first defeat of the season.
The early kick-off saw Surfers Paradise Punks play Partick Pirates at Carrera. Both sides boasted a 2/2 record. Brisbane have a roster of 71 players, so Surfers Paradise are always going to have a competitive side. This week Hamiso Tabuai-Fido dropped down from the Raiders to replace Adam Pompey and Robbie Mulhern came in for Mark Nicholls. Cameron Smith was promoted to Brisbane and Robert Lui took his place. Partick were unchanged.
Marata Niukore started the ball rolling after a quarter of an hour when the Pirates let a bomb bounce and he was the first to react. Benji Marshall converted and tries followed at regular intervals by Jacob Miller and Peter Mata'utia, both goaled by Marshall. 18-0 at the break and it looked a big job for Partick.
Surfers started the second stanza like their big brothers normally do scoring in the first minute. Nene MacDonald was the next to get his name on the scoreboard, followed by Corey Oates. Marshall goaled both and the score was 30-0, which it stayed at. The only blot on the Punks easy win was a serious injury to Brad Parker, who will miss 5 weeks, but they have enough players to cover any injuries.
At the Campbelltown Stadium Mandurah Maples entertained Kensington Highrollers. The Maples had started the season well with 2 wins, but had lost their last 2, while Kensington broke their duck last week. Reuben Cotter was missing at halfback for Mandurah, with Sean O’Sullivan stepping up. Veteran Kane Liinnett was also absent. Joey Lussick dropped down from Adelaide to replace Thomas Deardon and Josh Asiata moved of the bench to take the place of Briton Nikora..
This game was a tale of 2 halves. Mandurah dominated the first half and debutant Sean O’Sullivan took advantage of sloppy defence to mark his 1st game with a try. Tuimoala Lolohea missed the goal, but converted a penalty conceded by the Highrollers for a dangerous tackle.
Mandurah extended their lead in the first minute of part 2 when Brad Takairangi scored his first try of the season. At 12-0 it looked all over for Kensington, but you never know with McElroy’s charges. The game drifted towards a 12 point victory for the Maples, but suddenly the Highrollers woke up. With only 5 minutes left the Maples were celebrating a winning bonus, but James Batchelor had other ideas, as he broke through the Mandurah defence with ease and went 30 metres to touch down under the sticks. Marc Sneyd added the 2. The Maples kicked off and from the resulting play the ball Herbie Farnworth went 40 metres down the wing before being dragged down. A quick play the ball and a floundering Mandurah defence allowed Emre Guler to crash over. Sneyd again obliged and the scores were level. Kensington should have won it as Shawn Blore knocked on with a clear run to the line and the game ended in a tie, with both sides ruing a victory that never was.
After watching their seniors thrashed by Sydney South Lancs Saints played Balmain Storm at Langtree Park. The Saints stood on 2/2 for the season while Storm were 0 from 4. South Lancs were missing Mikolaj Oledzki, Morgan Smithies and Jordan Rapana through injury, but still looked strong enough to see off bottom placed Balmain, who had Zane Musgrove, Nat Butcher, |Danny Richardson and Ashley Taylor out.
Balmain kicked off and the Saints were caught offside almost immediately. Anthony Milford, taking over kicking duties slotted the penalty, and Storm had the start they wanted. They extended their lead on 13 minutes, when Jai Field made a great break to send in Albert Hopoate for the 4 pointer. Milford added the goal for Balmain to lead 8-0. Storm were now in complete control, but lack of confidence from losing all their games resulted in no further addition in the first stanza.
It was painful to watch in the second half, as again South Lancs offered very little in this one-sided match and Storm increased their lead after an hour when good forward play led to the ball going wide and winger Jai Field strolling in for another easy try. Milford goalled again and added the extras when James Roberts scored after good work by Connelly Lemuelu. Jordan McLean added a fifth try, made by a great break by Corey Allan. Inexplicably Milford missed the conversion and spoiled his 100% record. The stats made painful reading for South Lancs, especially the astronomic number of tackles they made, 280 in 80 minutes, unheard of in today's game. Shows the dominance of Balmain. Record keepers were searching their archives to see if this was the first time a coach had lost both PL and RSC games in the same round, being nilled in both. It made it even worse to accept as both Sydney and Balmain were basement dwellers. An inquiry behind closed doors will be called for, as this is not good enough from Jim Green’s charges. Just to rub salt in their wounds Joe Mellor added to Saints walking wounded.
Alice Springs Dingoes played Sunshine Coast Fury at Barlow Park. Alice were 2/2 while Sunshine coast boast a 3/1 record. Cody Ramsay returned at fullback for the Dingoes while Luke Metcalf and Jack Howarth dropped out for the Fury, replaced by Kobe Hetherington and Brendan Pakura. Juwain Compain made his debut.
It was a slow start to this game, as Sunshine Coast were using quite a few youngsters, who were trying to impress. Alice suffered an early setback when prop Eddie Blacker limped off. This was later reported not as bad as it looked and he will be out for a fortnight. The Fury look heart from this and scored when young gun Reece Walsh scored an excellent solo try. He received the ball in his own half and raced away. As the cover defence closed in on him, he put up a high bomb and was the first to collect and score. Jake Clifford missed the conversion, his first failure this season. Both sides were being adventurous, but lacking leadership, and the only other score in the first half was a try by Reece Hoffman, made by Clifford. Adam Keighran converted and Sunshine Coast led 10-0 at the break.
The second half was very much like the first half, with a lot of intention but no execution. The Dingoes got on the score sheet on the hour as a kick into goal was reached first by James Donaldson. Mason Lino couldn’t convert. Alice couldn’t add to this score and Fury put the game to bed with a try by Greg Leleisiuao. Keighran couldn’t convert and South Coast held on to win 14-4. Fury join Byron at the top of the league.
