Blacktown Workers V Windsor Wolves @ HE Laybutt Sporting Complex
Report and Photos © Bryden Sharp (Rugby League News)
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| Windsor's Hutch Maiava goes on a strong charge. |
Blacktown Workers 20
Windsor Wolves 12
Blacktown Workers triumphed in a physical local derby eclipsing the
Windsor Wolves to the tune of 20-12 at HE Laybutt Sporting Complex.
Blacktown were going into the match with only
one win to their name so a positive result was a must. For Windsor they had the
added incentive that long time figure Shenelle Haumono was celebrating his 150th
match for the club.
Blacktown enjoyed the early ascendancy thanks
to back to back penalties which gifted the home side great field position. They
didn’t waste the gift with Akeripa
Tia-Kilifi showing great strength to get to the try line. The lead was short
lived with Windsor crossing seven minutes later. A simple short ball from Vila
Halafihi sent veteran prop Hutch Maiava through a gap the size of the Sydney
Heads to register 1st points for the visitors. The match then turned
into a real slugfest with both sides guilty of sloppy errors. Windsor seemed to
mount the most pressure but the Workers’ defence stood strong. It took a
Windsor error coming off their own line to once again surrender good field
position. Blacktown made them pay with Jerry Key keeping his try scoring streak
going crashing over wide out. From the kick off, hulking prop John Leapai broke
clear. The prop sold a dummy to the fullback before handing the ball of to a
flying Charlie Latulipe who crossed under the sticks.
Blacktown extended their lead straight after
the break when a Pat Weisner bomb came up trumps. Weisner was the only one who
chased the kick, he managed to take his own bomb one handed before handing the
ball off to Josh Grant. Grant then did a marvellous job sending the ball to a
flying Sakeo Dibeci who crossed in the corner. Windsor hit back fifteen minutes
later when Penrith SG Ball prop Cowen Epere powered his way across on debut.
From then on the match turned into a real dog fight with both sides muscling up
in defence. Windsor had countless opportunities to get back in the match but
poor ball control extinguished any hope of a come back. Blacktown were made to
do a lot of defending in the last twenty minutes and with stood everything the
Wolves threw at them. Blacktown finally recorded their 2nd victory
of the season after coming up just short on a couple of occasions earlier in
the season. Windsor will rue some poor ball control. They Wolves enjoyed enough
ball to win two games but squandered too much football to win the match.
More photos from the match can be found here
Blacktown Workers 20 (Akeripa Tia-Kilifi, Jerry
Key, Charlie Latulipe, Sakeo Dibeci tries; Tia-Kilifi 2 goals) d. Windsor
Wolves 12 (Hutch
Maiava, Cowen Epere tries; Iain Riccardi 2 goals) at HE Laybutt Sports Complex Referee:
Drew Oultram. Touch Judges: Daniel Olford, Andrew Gilchrist, Penalties: 11-6 Windsor
Half-time 14-6 Blacktown. Goal-kickers: Akeripa Tia-Kilifi (Blacktown) 2 from 4,
Iain Riccardi (Windsor) 2 from 2
When they scored:
4th minute: Blacktown 4-0 (Tia-Kilifi try)
11th
minute: Windsor 6-4 (Maiava try,
Riccardi goal)
31st
minute: Blacktown 8-6 (Key try)
34th
minute: Blacktown 14-6 (Latulipe try,
Tia-Kilifi goal)
42nd
minute: Blacktown 20-6 (Dibeci try,
Tia-Kilifi goal)
57th
minute: Blacktown 20-12 (Epere try,
Riccardi goal)
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| Blacktown's Pat Weisner. |
Blacktown Workers
1 John Taaga
2 Regan Haika
3 Byron Fruean
4 Akeripa Tia-Kilifi
5 Sakeo Dibeci
6 Charlie Latulipe
7 Pat Weisner
8 Jake Shearer
9 Josh Grant
10 Pati Eni
19 Iszak Taalili
12 Jerry Key
13 Hamilton Valeupa
Interchange
14 Josh Fraser
15 Nofoa Leapai
17 John Leapai
20 Jordan Strickland
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| Windsor's Mitch Clark. |
Windsor Wolves
19 Nayah Freeman
2 Kauri Aupouri
3 Kieran Croft
20 Solofa Silipa
4 PJ Cartwright
1 Daniel Cooper
7 Eli Makaui
8 Hutch Maiava
9 Vila Halafihi
10 Ryan Tramonte
11 Iain Riccardi
12 Shenelle Haumono
13 Mitch Clark
Interchange
14 Pat Hollis
16 Campbell Battye-Smith
17 Ryan Cusack
18 Cowen Epere
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