Kingsgrove Colts V Auburn Warriors @ Hurstville Oval
Report and Photos © Bryden Sharp (Rugby League News)
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| Kingsgrove's Dwayne Brown tries to evade the Warriors' defence. |
Auburn Warriors 38
Kingsgrove Colts 26
The Colts will look back on the match as the
one that got away. Leading 26-16 the Colts were left to rue two crucial
refereeing calls which in the end cost them the match. Auburn scored on both
occasions taking them to a 28-26 lead with 10 minutes left to play. Two late
tries to the Warriors took the score out to 38-26.
Kingsgrove made the perfect start to the match with Dave Vagau stretching out to score after just four minutes of play. Kingsgrove had the great field position after forcing an Auburn error in their own half. The Warriors hit back on the back of a penalty. The ball was run on the last with Hala Akaoula showing to much strength close to the line. Kingsgrove recaptured the lead after an Abbas Miski crossfield kick was spilt by the Warriors which left Coleman Edmond the simple task of falling on the ball to score. Auburn 2nd phase play was causing havoc with the Colts defence with their next four pointer going through numerous sets of hands before Chris Binge touched down for the four pointer. Kingsgrove shot themselves in the foot once again allowing the Warriors good field position on the back of another penalty. From the ensuing set Lindon McGrady sent John Sila over in the corner. Right on half time Addison Demetriou slotted a penalty goal leaving Auburn ahead 16-14 at the break.
It was a resurgent Kingsgrove Colts outfit
just after the break with Demetriou doing it all himself to score a well
deserved four pointer. Kingsgrove went ten clear when Edmond caught the
Warriors markers sleeping sliding across from acting half. Auburn then camped
themselves on the Colt’s line for a number of sets but the Colts’ defence was
rock solid repelling everything that the Warriors threw at them. It took a
dodgy call from the officials to allow the Warriors back into the match. It was
a good run from the scrumbase which saw McGrady slice through to go on a long
run to the line. Auburn were held up over the line in the 68th
minute but this didn’t halt their momentum with Sila grabbing his double on the
next play. The game was put out of the Colts reach at the 77th
minute mark when Binge reached out to score next to the sticks. The lead up
runs from Tupou Longi and George Tsikrikas were superb. The Warriors crossed
the line once more when the Colts attempted a short drop out only to see the
ball take a horrible bounce into the waiting arms of Heka Nanai who went the
required 15 metres to score.
More photos from the match can be found here
Auburn Warriors 38 (Chris Binge 2, John Sila 2,
Hala Akaoula, Lindon McGrady, Heka Nanai tries; Chris Binge 5 goals) d. Kingsgrove
Colts 26 (Coleman
Edmond 2, Dave Vagau, Addison Demetriou tries; Demetriou 5 goals) at Hurstville
Oval. Referee: Ryan Jackson. Touch
Judges: James Vella, Peter Crombie-Brown; Penalties: 7-4 Auburn Half-time 16-14
Auburn. Goal-kickers: Chris Binge (Auburn 5 from 7) Addison Demetriou
(Kingsgrove) 5 from 5
When they scored:
4th minute: Kingsgrove 6-0 (Vagau try, Demetriou
goal)
11th
minute: 6 all (Akaoula try, Binge
goal)
19th
minute: Kingsgrove 12-6 (Edmond try,
Demetriou goal)
28th
minute: 12 all (Binge try, goal)
34th
minute: Auburn 16-12 (Sila try)
40th
minute: Auburn 16-14 (Demetriou goal)
43rd
minute: Kingsgrove 20-16 (Demetriou
try, goal)
49th
minute: Kingsgrove 26-16 (Edmond try,
Demetriou goal)
60th
minute: Kingsgrove 26-22 (McGrady try,
Binge goal)
68th
minute: Auburn 28-26 (Sila try, Binge
goal)
77th
minute: Auburn 34-26 (Binge try, goal)
80th
minute: Auburn 38-26 (Nanai try)
Kingsgrove Colts
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| Auburn's Chris Binge. |
1 Dwayne Brown
14 Chase Williams
3 Jordie Hedges
19 Misieli Vaikeli
5 Coleman Edmond
6 Jason Briot
7 Abbas Miski
23 Dave Vagau
9 Rhys Norman
10 Jade Ferguson
11 Matthew Douglas
13 Addison Demetriou
16 Shaquille Blair
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| Auburn's John Sila. |
Interchange
2 Fred Colina
8 Vasili Tsikrikas
17 Calvin Mulipola
20 Iona Atoni
Auburn Warriors
1 Fiteli Fatai
2 John Sila
3 Heka Nanai
4 Matt Utai
5 Sione Kaiveleta
16 Chris Binge
6 Lindon McGrady
8 Sione Tovo
9 Luke Ferry
10 Tupou Longi
11 Hala Akaoula
12 Jamie Stanley
13 Jordan Bowles
Interchange
14 Joe Mua
15 Jordan Hall
17 George Tsikrikas
18 Jason Tuulau
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