RMC - Round 3, Wenty V Asquith

Ron Massey Cup Round 3, 2014

Wentworthville Magpies V Asquith Magpies @ Ringrose Park

Report and Photos © Bryden Sharp (Rugby League News)

Asquith's Jeco Marketo stopped by the Wenworthville defence.

Wentworthville Magpies      26

Asquith Magpies                   20

 

Wentworthville Magpies won their third straight match beating Asquith 26-20 at a rain drenched Ringrose Park.

The opening to the match provided both teams with good opportunities to score points but numerous attacking raids came up fruitless. With rain clouds building at the back of the ground points were going to be of high importance. Asquith produced the first points of the match with an Aaron Groom grubber finding Adam Kalcina to open the scoring. Jack Hawkins raised the flags from a tough angle taking the score to 6-0. Wentworthville’s hit back was immediate with Groom trying a chip and chase which only resulted in his chases slipping over. This allowed Henry Raiwalui a free run to the ball, the fullback then turned the ball off to Saia Tanginoa who raced 75 metres to score the Magpies first try of the afternoon. Seven minutes later Asquith clawed the lead back with Hawkins sliding across wide out. The field position was gifted by some poor ball control from the home side. Hawkins pushed his kick wide leaving the score at 10-6. Wentworthville stole the lead when a Walter Vaeau flick pass found a flying Taunaola Kei who barged his way across the line to score. Danny Howard converted giving Wentworthville the lead for the first time in the match. Asquith took the lead just prior to the break with Brendan Hurd showing to much strength close to the line. Hawkins’ conversion made it 16-12 at the games break.

A mini monsoon engulfed the ground as the players were in the sheds. The temperature dropped quickly and the rain was blowing in sideways. This didn’t effect Wentworthville with Raiwalui sliding across to score just after the break. An error from the kick off gifted Asquith good field position. The visitors made Wentworthville pay with Mick Pearsal crossing in the corner after some quick hands along the backline. The game then turned into a real struggle. Most at the ground lost count of the errors. Both sides were guilty of squandering possession when in good field position. It took a 73rd minute try to Tanginoa to swing the pendulum back in favour of the home side. Wentworthville finally took advantage of the error count Asquith were providing. Wentworthville rounded out the match with a try to Justin Lemalu who collected a Brendan Waters kick to score as the siren sounded. Wentworthville’s coach Chris Yates wasn’t getting carried away with the result saying “I’ve been involved with Rugby League for a long time and lost games that i should have won so today makes up for those matches.” He went onto say “we will take a win like that early in the season but a lot of improvement is needed.”

 

More photos from the match can be found here

 

 

Wentworthville 26 (Saia Tanginoa 2, Taunaola Kei, Henry Raiwalui, Justin Lemalu tries; Danny Howard 2, Brendan Waters goals) d. Asquith Magpies 20 (Adam Kalcina, Jack Hawkins, Brendan Hurd, Mick Pearsal tries; Hawkins 2 goals) at Ringrose Park. Referee: Drew Oultram. Touch Judges: Jimmy Oliveira, Todd Smith, Penalties: 8-5 Wentworthville Half-time 16-12 Asquith. Goal-kickers: Danny Howard (Wentworthville) 2 from 4, Brendan Waters (Wentworthville) 1 from 1, Jack Hawkins (Asquith) 2 from 4

When they scored:

13^th minute:     Asquith 6-0 (Kalcina try, Hawkins goal)

17^th minute:     6 all (Tanginoa try, Waters goal)

24^th minute:     Asquith 10-6 (Hawkins try)

34^th minute:     Wenty 12-10 (Kei try, Howard goal)

38^th minute:     Asquith 16-12 (Hurd try, Hawkins goal)

45^th minute:     Wenty 18-16 (Raiwalui try, Howard goal)

48^th minute:     Asquith 20-18 (Pearsal try)

73^rd minute:     Wenty 22-20 (Tanginoa try)

80^th minute:     Wenty 26-20 (Lemalu try)

 

Asquith's Jack Hawkins

Wentworthville Magpies

1          Henry Raiwalui

2          James Tuitahi

3          Jake Butler-Fleming

17        Ethan Tangira

5          Saia Tanginoa

6          Brendan Waters

7          Sam Gorman

8          Justin Lemalu

19        Lionel O’Malley

10        Nathan Armit

11        Danny Howard

12        Valu Nasio

13        Walter Vaeau

Interchange

14        Blake Cook

15        Solo Lasalo

16        Will Bugden

24        Taunaloa Kei

Asquith's Steve Tavita

Asquith Magpies

1          Jack Hawkins

2          Michael Radocay

24        Jeco Marketo

4          Adam Kalcina

15        Mick Pearsal

6          Brad Wall

7          Aaron Groom

8          Joel Tubbs

9          Luke Jay

14        Brendan Hurd

16        Bryce Holland

12        Petros Thanos

13        Joel Latham

Interchange

17        Steve Tevita

18        Ina Papera

21        Ben Fisher

23        Francis Tuigamala