Cabramatta Two Blues V Mounties @ New Era Stadium
Report and Photos © Bryden Sharp (Rugby League News)
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| Cabramatta's Tifa Iuta runs into the Mounties' defence. |
Mounties 34
Cabramatta 22
Mounties spoiled Cabramatta’s 95th year anniversary
celebrations with a come from behind 34-22 win at New Era Stadium
The match was tipped to be an almighty battle
with both sides looking to cement places in the top eight. The early going was
like any local derby, tough and brutal. There was plenty of feeling in the
match with both forward packs muscling up early on. The early momentum was with
the visitors but the first real opportunity came at the 14 minute mark when
Hala Katoa nearly scored in the corner. Only some good cover defence from
Mounties repelled the try. Mounties had their share of possession on the Two
Blues line but squandered a number of chances while attacking. Cabramatta
opened the scoring after 19 minutes of play with the pommy connection of James
Anthony and Bobby Goulding combining for the first try of the match. On the
back of a penalty Anthony broke away before linking up with Goulding who
crossed under the sticks. Nine minutes later Jamie Blewitt went flying through
a hole to score next to the sticks. Saxon Fischer-Gray provided the final ball
which saw Blewitt cross the line. Mounties registered their first points of the
match with Braeden Batiste putting Brady Cheshire over wide out. Mounties then
produced a perfect set after points with the visitors going 100 metres to score
through Theo Leato. Cabramatta answered straight back with Aaron Teariki
powering his way across the line to score although the put down looked dicey.
Much like the first half the opening to the 2nd
stanza was a tight affair. Both sides had chances but failed to capitalize on
their opportunities. Mounties were first to cross the stripe with Batiste
showing good footwork to dance his way across after 52 minutes. This was the
start of a purple patch for Mounties with two more tries in the space of eight
minutes swinging the pendulum their way. The first came three minutes after the
Batiste four pointer with Uila Ape-Esera crossing wide out. Brett Lahey
converted from a tough angle giving his side a four point lead. The next came
after a Cabramatta error coming off their own line. Mounties made the home side
pay with Chad Grant showing to much strength to score. Cabramatta set up a
grandstand finish with Eni Folau powering his way across to reduce the lead to
a converted try. Mounties set the result
in concrete with Leato bagging his 2nd just before the fulltime
siren.
More photos from the match can be found here
Mounties 34 (Theo Leato 2, Brady Cheshire,
Braden Batiste, Uila Ape-Esera, Chad Grant tries; Brett Lahey 4, Mitchell Beggs
1 goals) d. Cabramatta 22 (Bobbie
Goulding, Jamie Blewitt, Aaron Teariki, Eni Folau tries; Goulding 3 goals) at New
Era Stadium. Referee: Damian Briscoe.
Touch Judges: Peter Crombie-Brown, Matt Damaso, Penalties: 7-6 Mounties Half-time
18-10 Cabramatta. Goal-kickers: Brett Lahey (Mounties) 4 from 5, Mitchell Beggs
(Mounties) 1 from 1, Bobbie Goulding (Cabramatta) 3 from 4
When they scored:
19th minute: Cabra 6-0 (Goulding try, goal)
28th
minute: Cabra 12-0 (Blewitt try,
Goulding goal)
32nd
minute: Cabra 12-6 (Cheshire try, Lahey
goal)
35th
minute: Cabra 12-10 (Leato try)
38th
minute: Cabra 18-10 (Teariki try,
Goulding goal)
52nd
minute: Cabra 18-16 (Batiste try, Lahey
goal)
55th
minute: Mounties 22-18 (Ape-Esera try,
Lahey goal)
60th
minute: Mounties 28-18 (Grant try,
Lahey goal)
72nd
minute: Mounties 28-22 (Folau try)
80th
minute: Mounties 34-22 (Leato try,
Beggs goal)
Cabramatta
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| Mounties Braeden Batiste. |
1 Shannon Gallant
5 Hala Katoa
3 Pierce Sapsford
4 Vinnie Uelese
2 James Anthony
6 David Farkas
7 Bobbie Goulding
8 Mitchell Simpson
9 Saxon Fischer-Gray
10 Eni Folau
11 Brad Croad
12 Morris Higham
15 Aaron Teariki
Interchange
13 Kruse Robinson
14 Jamie Blewitt
16 Henry Iuta
17 Tifa Iuta
Mounties
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| Cabramatta's Kruse Robinson. |
1 Theo Leato
22 Mason Harrison
23 Fred Pakutoa
4 Dave Cahalane
5 Uila Ape-Esera
6 Braeden Batiste
7 Brett Lahey
8 Kaine Matthews
20 Jason Antonelli
10 Adam Tangata
11 Brady Cheshire
12 Grant Lahey
16 Jacob Mayer
Interchange
9 Mitchell Beggs
15 Jason Green
17 Dayne Vette-Welsh
18 Chad Grant
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