RMC - Round 2. Cabra V Burwood

Ron Massey Cup Round 2, 2014

Cabramatta Two Blues V Burwood North Ryde United @ New Era Stadium

Report and Photos © Bryden Sharp (Rugby League News)

 

Cabramatta's Derek Peachey tries to break the United defence.

Cabramatta                          26

Burwood North Ryde           6

Cabramatta made it two from two with a hard fought win over Burwood North Ryde in an error filled match.

 

Both teams were greeted with a heavy track due to massive amounts of precipitation in the lead up to the match. Both teams were guilty of spilling the steeden in good attacking positions. Burwood squandered to much possession to win the match which frustrated coach Aaron Zammit. Cabramatta were the better of the sides but had their issues with ball control throughout the match

After a dour opening to the match, which was marred by some very poor ball control, Burwood North Ryde landed the first blow on the scoreboard. Some good second phase play for the visitors resulted in Matt Evans streaking away to opening the scoring. Evans showed a good turn of pace out sprinting the fullback to score. Aldridge raised the flags giving his side a 6-0 lead. The introduction of massive prop Tifa Iuta proved a master stroke from coach Jason Williams with the man mountain touching down with his first carry of the ball. Iuta showed great strength to score next to the sticks. Iuta nearly had his 2^nd with Cabramatta’s next use of the ball but somehow Burwood managed to hold him up over the try line. Cabramatta found the front three minutes prior to the games break with Pierce Sapsford running off a nice Saxon Fischer-Gray ball to score. The try came on the back of some very simple errors from the United side.

Ten minutes after the break Burwood were finally starting to mount some pressure on the Two Blues defence. With Burwood deep on the attack David Farkas latched onto an intercept which saw the half back race 80 metres untouched to extend Cabramatta’s lead to 14-6. Six minutes later Samiu Latu was sent to the sin bin when frustrations boiled over after another Burwood drop ball. The game was put out of reach for the visitors when Henry Taufaao powered his way across the line. The abundance of possession for the home side finally reaped some dividends. Cabramatta sunk the boot in with one last four pointer to Iuta. Iuta capped off his 10 out of 10 performance with another dominate run to the try line. Hala Katoa raised the flags for the third time in the match taking the final score to 26-6.

 

 

More photos from the match can be found here

 

 

Cabramatta 26 (Tifa Iuta 2, Pierce Sapsford, David Farkas, Henry Taufaao tries; Hala Katoa 3 goals) d. Burwood North Ryde 6 (Matt Evans tries; Kurt Aldridge goal) at New Era Stadium. Referee: Todd Smith. Touch Judges: Peter Crombie, Richard Daizli, Penalties: 11-7 Cabramatta Half-time 10-6 Cabramatta. Goal-kickers: Hala Katoa (Cabramatta) 3 from 5, Kurt Aldridge (Burwood) 1 from 1

 

When they scored:
19^th minute:     Burwood 6-0 (Evans try, Aldridge goal)
24^th minute:     6 all (T.Iuta try, Katoa goal)
37^th minute:     Cabra 10-6 (Sapsford try)
50^th minute:     Cabra 14-6 (Farkas try)
63^rd minute:     Cabra 20-6 (Taufaao try, Katoa goal)
77^th minute:     Cabra 26-6 (T Iuta try, Katoa goal)

 

Cabramatta

Burwood's Michael Bani.

1          James Anthony
2          Brett Manning
3          Hala Katoa
4          Derek Peachey
5          Henry Iuta
6          Bobby Goulding
7          David Farkas
18        James Lovick
9          Luke Srama
8          Pat Lennard (c)
11        Brad Croad
12        Max Napa
13        Henry Taufaao
Interchange
10        Eddie Lavulo
14        Saxon Fischer-Gray
16        Tifa Iuta
17        Pierce Sapsford 

Burwood North Ryde

1          Michael Bani
2          Tuiniua Paiaaua

Cabramatta's Saxon Fischer-Gray.

23        Matt Evans
4          Joe Uluibau
5          Samiu Latu
6          Josh Phillips
7          Tom Henderson
8          Volkan Isik
9          Kurt Aldridge
17        Levi Johnson-Lau
11        Scott Williams
12        Joe Flint (c)
14        BJ Nathan
Interchange
13        Ajay Vaivaka
16        Tarek El Masri
20        Ishan Isik
25        Jackson Garlick