RMC - Round 5, Windsor V Burwood

Ron Massey Cup Round 5, 2014

Windsor Wolves V Burwood North Ryde United @ Windsor Sporting Complex

Report and Photos © Bryden Sharp (Rugby League News)

Burwood's Barry Nathan runs into the Wolves' defence.

Windsor Wolves                   46

Burwood North Ryde           12

Thursday night football made a stunning return to the foot of the mountains with Windsor christening their newly built grandstand with a comprehensive 46-12 victory over Burwood North Ryde.

The loss sinks Burwood North Ryde to their 5th consecutive defeat leaving them the only team without a win this season. Coaches Aaron Zammit and Andrew Emelio must be left scratching their heads week after week considering the calibre of players they have at their disposal. As for Windsor they turned in a well oiled first forty minutes extinguishing any chance Burwood North Ryde had skipping out to a 28-0 half time lead.

Burwood North Ryde enjoyed the early field position landing numerous unsuccessful raids on the Wolves line. Windsor made the first visit to the tryline disturbing United’s nest at the 11 minute mark. Good quick hands resulted in Chris Aunese-Scanlan crossing wide out. On the back of a penalty the Wolves sent the ball the opposite way which saw Nayah Freeman slide across wide out. The Wolves were howling when 37 year old veteran Hutch Maiava powered his way across next to the sticks. Two tries before the break sent the Wolves to the sheds with a commanding 28-0 lead. Eli Makaui showed great skills laying on a nice pass before wrapping around to collect the final ball to score next to the posts. Thirty seconds before the break a Wolves grubber looked like it was in a pin ball machine before the ball was swooped on by Tom Eisenhuth for the try. Iain Riccardi raised the flags for the fourth time in the match leaving his side with a commanding lead at the games break.

Burwood North Ryde made the perfect start to the half with Mitch Henderson collecting a Jackson Garlick grubber kick. The joy for the visitors was short lived with Windsor crossing seven minutes later. The try was highlighted by some very good hands which was finished by Freeman in the corner. The game was brought to a halt in the 58th minute with Tarek El Masri stretchered from the field with what looked to be a serious sternum injury. This didn’t stop Windsor with the Wolves crossing through Mitch Clark. The Wolves went 40 points clear after a Mitch Boss grubber was collected by Liam Ayoub. The play was well worked with no one near Ayoub as he touched down under the sticks. Daniel Cooper converted both of the four pointers. Taking the score to 46-6. The match then turned into a comedy of errors with countless scrums being packed in the final 10 minutes of play. Burwood North Ryde finished the match on a high with Sione Kite showing to much strength close to the line.

 

Windsor Wolves 46 (Nayah Freeman 2, Chris Aunese-Scanlan, Hutch Maiava, Eli Makaui, Tom Eisenhuth, Mitch Clark, Liam Ayoub tries; Iain Riccardi 5, Daniel Copper 2 goals) d. Burwood North Ryde 12 (Mitch Henderson, Sione Kite tries; Barry Nathan 2 goals) at Windsor Sports Complex. Referee: Phil Sung. Touch Judges: Rohan Best, John Woods, Penalties: 7-3 Windsor Half-time 28-0 Windsor. Goal-kickers: Iain Riccardi (Windsor) 5 from 6, Daniel Cooper (Windsor) 2 from 2, Barry Nathan (Burwood) 2 from 2

 

When they scored:
11^th minute:     Windsor 6-0 (Aunese-Scanlan try, Riccardi goal)
15^th minute:     Windsor 10-0 (Freeman try)
27^th minute:     Windsor 16-0 (Maiava try, Riccardi goal)
30^th minute:     Windsor 22-0 (Makaui try, Riccardi goal)
40^th minute:     Windsor 28-0 (T Eisenhuth try, Riccardi goal)
44^th minute:     Windsor 28-6 (M Henderson try, Nathan goal)
51^st minute:     Windsor 34-6 (Freeman try, Riccardi goal)
60^th minute:     Windsor 40-6 (Clark try, Cooper goal)
64^th minute:     Windsor 46-6 (Ayoub try, Cooper goal)
74^th minute:     Windsor 46-12 (Kite try, Nathan goal)

Windsor Wolves

1          Daniel Cooper
2          Nayah Freeman
3          Kieran Croft
4          Solofa Silipa
5          Chris Aunese-Scanlan
6          Matt Boss
7          Eli Makaui
8          Hutch Maiava
9          Daniel Foster
10        Matt Eisenhuth
11        Tom Eisenhuth
12        Iain Riccardi
13        Ryan Tramonte (c)
Interchange
14        Pat Hollis
15        Mitch Clark
16        Liam Ayoub
22        Fairouz Elknader
 
Burwood North Ryde
1          Mitch Henderson
11        Scott Williams
2          Jayden Auston
4          Samiu Latu
5          Joe Kavoa
6          Josh Phillips
7          Tom Henderson
8          Tarek El Masri
9          Jackson Garlick
10        Sione Kite
18        Ali Musri
12        Joe Flint (c)
13        Barry Nathan
Interchange
14        Ajay Vaivaka
15        Mitch Devine
16        Volkan Isik
25        Blake Dunscombe