Ron Massey Cup and True Blue Chemicals Sydney Shield

Thursday, 3 July 2014

TBCSS - Round 8, Auburn V Blacktown

True Blue Chemicals Sydney Shield Round 8, 2014

Auburn Warriors V Blacktown Workers @ Lidcombe Oval

Report and Photos © Bryden Sharp (Rugby League News)

Blacktown's Joe Iosefa goes on a run to the line.

Blacktown Workers 34
Auburn Warriors 24

Blacktown Workers won their first match of the season with a tough 34-24 victory over the winless Auburn Warriors.

The match was between 2nd last and last with both sides yet to register a win in 2014. Both sides have been competitive in matches this season but have failed to win a match. Blacktown were boosted by the inclusion of Joseph Iosefa. Iosefa’s introduction to the match sparked Blacktown into action. The hard running centre added a new dimension to Blacktown’s attack which contributed to them getting the two points. Former 1st grader Eddie Su’a was named on the bench for Blacktown but was a late withdrawal from the match.

The Auburn Warriors registed 1st points of the match after just 37 seconds of play with Zakir Slaimankhel racing away to score under the sticks. The ball was spread wide with Aaron Pene sending Slaimankhel on a long run to the line. On the back of three consecutive penalties Blacktown hit back through Will Key. Key was the benefactor of a good ball from Toni Sassine. The introduction of Iosefa proved a master stroke from Blacktown coach Leon Latulipe with the big centre laying on a four pointer with his 1st touch of the ball. Iosefa handed the ball off to Sassine after a strong powerful run to the line. Auburn the stole the lead back with Sonny Tupouolo diving over from dummy half. The home side stretched their lead to a converted try after great vision from half Guy Hamilton. Hamilton put in a lovely crossfield kick which was taken by an unmarked Ziggy Kamoa for the try. Blacktown reduced the half time deficit to just two points with Iosefa going on another strong charge before sending a long ball out to Daniel Smith who crossed in the corner.

Auburn were first on the scoreboard for the 2nd stanza with Sam Seau crossing after three repeat sets on the Workers line. Blacktown then produced a perfect twenty minute period running in four tries to none extinguishing any chance the home side had. The 1st of the four pointers came after a Reece Grkinic crossfield kick was spilled at the back which saw Daniel Cassone win the race to the loose ball. Blacktown took the lead on the 60 minute mark with James Allison going on a determined run to the line. The visitors’ lead was out to ten when Yahia Masri ran off a good short ball from Grkinic. Grkinic then grabbed a well deserved four pointer with the hooker catching the Warriors markers on the hop to score the match winner. Auburn crossed for a consolation try to Michael Munday in the dying minutes.

More photos from the match can be found here

Blacktown Workers 34 (Will Key, Tony Sassine, Daniel Smith, Daniel Cassone, James Allison, Yahia Masri, Reece Grkinic tries; Thomas Vella 2, Blake Goodman goals) d. Auburn Warriors 24 (Zakir Slaimankhel, Sonny Tupouolo, Ziggy Kamoa, Sam Seau, Michael Munday tries; Guy Hamilton 2 goals) at Lidcombe Oval. Referee: Josh McGowan. Touch Judges: Phelix El Kek, Steve Bourke, Penalties: 11-7 Blacktown Half-time 16-14 Auburn. Goal-kickers: Thomas Vella (Blacktown) 2 from 4, Blake Goodman (Blacktown) 1 from 3, Guy Hamilton (Auburn) 2 from 5

When they scored:

1st minute: Auburn 6-0 (Slaimankhel try, Hamilton goal)

15th minute: Auburn 6-4 (Key try)

22nd Minute: Blacktown 10-6 (Sassine try, Goodman goal)

29th minute: Auburn 12-10 (Tupouolo try, Hamilton goal)

38th minute: Auburn 16-10 (Kamoa try)

40th minute: Auburn 16-14 (Smith try)

48th minute: Auburn 20-14 (Seau try)

52nd minute: Auburn 20-18 (Cassone try)

60th minute: Blacktown 24-20 (Allison try, Vella goal)

67th minute: Blacktown 30-20 (Masri try, Vella goal)

73rd minute: Blacktown 34-20 (Grkinic try)

77th minute: Blacktown 34-24 (Munday try)

Auburn Warriors

Blacktown's Toni Sassine.

1 Zakir Slaimankhel

2 Ziggy Kamoa

19 Sam Seau

4 Aaron Pene

5 Sosifa Taufaao

6 Skippy Liparo

7 Guy Hamilton

8 Will Solway

9 Zack Ayad

10 Daniel Tuulau (C)

11 Rajan Opetaia-Halls

21 Marwan Dadoun

20 Sonny Tupouolo

Interchange

12 Nikita Talanoa

14 Michael Munday

18 Jack Mitchell

22 Charles Morton

Blacktown Workers

1 Thomas Vella

2 Daniel Cassone

3 Samuel Tawamacala

Auburn's Guy Hamilton.

4 Matthew Callaghan

5 Daniel Smith

6 Blake Goodman

7 Toni Sassine

8 Stuart McDonald

9 Logan Fahd

10 Yahia Masri

18 Taviuni Mariota

15 Will Key

13 Clinton Strickland (C)

Interchange

16 Joseph Iosefa

19 Reece Grkinic

25 James Allison

RMC - Round 6, Colts V Mounties

Ron Massey Cup.

Round 3. Kingsgrove Colts V Mounties

Photos © Bryden Sharp (Rugby League News)

Photos from the match can be found here

Kingsgrove's Calvin Malipola

RMC - Round 6, Burwood V Owls

Ron Massey Cup Round 6, 2014

Burwood North Ryde United V Guildford Owls @ Goddard Park

Report and Photos © Bryden Sharp (Rugby League News)

Guildford's Mark Daoud crosses for a try.

Guildford Owls 22
Burwood Nth Ryde 16

Burwood North Ryde sunk to their sixth straight defeat going down 22-16 against the Guildford Owls at Goddard Park.

Very poor conditions greeted the players with rain and strong winds the order of the day. The match was always going to be a tight tussle and the score line reflected this. Although Guildford enjoyed a 12-0 lead at the break the margin could have been a lot bigger considering the possession they enjoyed. Burwood North Ryde showed great character fighting their way back into the match reducing the Owls lead to just two points mid way through the 2nd stanza. Two tries in the last twenty minutes broke the back of Burwood sinking them to their sixth straight defeat.

Guildford enjoyed a truck load of possession in the opening quarter of the match camping themselves deep in the red zone of the home side. Numerous attacking raids were met with brick wall defence from Burwood repelling all Guildford threw at them. It took an 85 metre effort from Lachlan Roe to register first points of the match. With Burwood deep on the attack a crossfield kick was swooped on by Roe who showed great amounts of speed for a big bloke to out pace the opposition to score. Jason Gray raised the flags for a 6-0 lead. The Owls lead was out to two converted tries seven minutes later when Chris Saab laid on a superb ball to Mark Daoud for the try. Burwood finally enjoyed some ball just before the break but Guildford flexed their defensive muscles negating everything Burwood threw at them. The defence was rewarded with a clean sheet at the games break.

Burwood made the perfect start to the 2nd stanza with a try to skipper Joe Flint after just six minutes of play. Flint showed great strength to power his way across after the ball was run on the last tackle. Burwood reduced Guildford’s lead to just two when Samiu Latu chimed into the backline laying on a nice ball to Barry Nathan to cross wide out. The good field position came on the back of three ill disciplined penalties from the visitors. Burwood’s momentum ceased in the 61st minute when Daoud laid on a superb inside ball to a flying Dylan McKeown who raced across the line to score. Guildford ensured the two points were theirs when Saab broke through the United defence before turning the ball back to Harmony Hunt for the match winner. Burwood crossed for a consolation try after a bomb was spilt at the back which saw Mitch Henderson on the spot to clean up the steeden and cross for the final try of the match.

Guildford Owls 22 (Lachlan Roe, Mark Daoud, Dylan McKeown, Harmony Hunt tries; Jason Gray 3 goals) d. Burwood North Ryde 16 (Joe Flint, Barry Nathan, Mitchell Henderson tries; Nathan 2 goals) at Goddard Park. Referee: Ryan Jackson. Touch Judges: Nathan Smith, Jay Farlow, Penalties: 12-5 Burwood Half-time 12-0 Guildford. Goal-kickers: Jason Gray (Guildford) 3 from 4, Barry Nathan (Burwood) 2 from 3

When they scored:

25th minute: Guildford 6-0 (Roe try, Gray goal)

33rd minute: Guildford 12-0 (Daoud try, Gray goal)

46th minute: Guildford 12-6 (Flint try, Nathan goal)

54th minute: Guildford 12-10 (Nathan try)

61st minute: Guildford 18-10 (McKeown try, Gray goal)

75th minute: Guildford 22-10 (H Hunt try)

80th minute: Guildford 22-16 (M Henderson try, Nathan goal)

Guildford's Chris Saab.

Burwood North Ryde

1 Mitch Henderson

4 Samiu Latu

13 Barry Nathan

24 Jordan Tongahai

5 Joe Kavoa

6 Josh Phillips

7 Tom Henderson

22 Ilija Radan

25 Blake Dunscombe

10 Sione Kite

11 Scott Williams

12 Joe Flint (c)

14 Ajay Vaivaka

Interchange

15 Mitch Devine

17 Brendan Tarrant

20 Jayson Gerecs

23 Shae Jarvis

Burwood's Jordan Tongahai.

Guildford Owls

1 Jason Gray

2 Leva Li

3 Harmony Hunt

16 Lachlan Roe

5 Suliasi Suli

15 Shane Hunt

6 Mark Daoud

8 Paul Tuigamala

21 Alec Bush

10 Casey Ellis

11 Dylan McKeown

12 Chris Saab (c)

13 Luke Fahey

Interchange

14 Paula Kaufusi

17 Jack Cahill

18 Jack Anderson

19 Sione Tonga

RMC - Round 5, Auburn V Windsor

Ron Massey Cup Round 6, 2014

Auburn Warriors V Windsor Wolves @ Lidcombe Oval

Report and Photos © Bryden Sharp (Rugby League News)

Auburn's Heka Nanai on the charge.

Auburn Warriors 34

Windsor Wolves 26

The Auburn Warriors were pushed all the way in their clash with the Windsor Wolves eventually running out 34-26 winners.

Auburn were looking to cement 2nd spot on the ladder while the Wolves were looking to register their third win on the trot. Both sides had early ball but squandered possession negating any chances they had to cross the line. Auburn crossed early but their lead could have been a lot more. Windsor also threw away possession with poor ball control. Auburn sailed out to a 20-10 half time lead before the Wolves roared into action levelling the scores at 26 all.

Auburn looked to have scored with their first use of the ball but Jordan Hall failed to ground the ball. The 2nd rower was over the line but was very relaxed planting the ball. This didn’t hurt the Warriors momentum with the home side crossing with their next use of the steeden. Auburn put together a well orchestrated set which saw them go 100 metres before Sione Kaiveleta crossed wide out. Windsor then produced a number of chances on the Warriors line but squandered the possession cheaply. The amount of possession the visitors had finally paid off with Matt Boss crossing after 17 minutes of play. Auburn regained the lead on the back of a strong charge to the line by Matt Utai. Windsor looked to have levelled six minutes later but Fairhouz Elknader failed to plant the ball chasing a grubber. Auburn made the Wolves pay with Arthur Little slicing through some poor defence to score. Windsor were their own worst enemy gifting Auburn cheap field position on the back of school boy errors coming off their own line. Auburn made them pay with Jamie Stanley winning the race to a McGrady grubber. Windsor reduced the lead right on half time with Kieron Croft powering his way across wide out.

Auburn were first on the scoreboard for the 2nd stanza with McGrady crossing after 30 seconds of play. The ball was spread wide from the kick off resulting in a long run from Kaiveleta who found McGrady on his inside for the try. The next twenty minutes belonged to the Wolves. They finally started to string some plays together which resulted in three tries. The first came through a monumental effort from Pat Hollis. Hollis carried numerous defenders across the line and some how managed to plant the ball. The Wolves were at it again eight minutes later with Croft bagging his 2nd. The scores were level when Hollis raced through a gap the size of the Sydney Heads to score. Auburn then received a penalty twenty metres out right in front. McGrady sent the ball through the sticks setting up a grandstand finish. The Warriors took the gamble running the ball on the last. The gamble came up trumps with Kaiveleta bagging the match winner.

More photos from the match can be found here

Auburn Warriors 34 (Sione Kaiveleta 2, Matt Utai, Arthur Little, Jamie Stanley, Lindon McGrady tries; McGrady 5 goals) d. Windsor Wolves 26 (Kieron Croft 2, Pat Hollis 2, Matt Boss tries; Iain Riccardi 3 goals) at Lidcombe Oval. Referee: Scot Murray. Touch Judges: Peter Sciberras, Shane Smith; Penalties: 9-7 Windsor Half-time 20-10 Auburn. Goal-kickers: Lindon McGrady (Auburn 5 from 7) Iain Riccardi (Windsor) 3 from 4, Pat Hollis (Windsor) 0 from 1

When they scored:

5th minute: Auburn 6-0 (Kaiveleta try, McGrady goal)

17th minute: 6 all (Boss try, Riccardi goal)

24th minute: Auburn 10-6 (Utai try)

32nd minute: Auburn 16-6 (Little try, McGrady goal)

36th minute: Auburn 20-6 (Stanley try)

40th minute: Auburn 20-10 (Croft try)

41st minute: Auburn 26-10 (McGrady try, goal)

52nd minute: Auburn 26-16 (Hollis try, Riccardi goal)

60th minute: Auburn 26-20 (Croft try)

69th minute: 26 all (Hollis try, Riccardi goal)

74th minute: Auburn 28-26 (McGrady goal)

76th minute: Auburn 34-26 (Kaiveleta try, McGrady goal)

Windsor's Hutch Maiava.

Auburn Warriors

1 Fiteli Fatai

2 John Sila

3 Heka Nanai

4 Matt Utai

5 Sione Kaiveleta

7 Lindon McGrady

18 Arthur Little

8 Sione Tovo

9 Luke Ferry (c)

10 Tupou Longi

15 Jordan Hall

17 Jamie Stanley

13 Jordan Bowles

Interchange

14 Joe Mua

21 Jason Tuulau

23 Brendan Mafi

Auburn's Joe Mua.

Windsor Wolves

1 Daniel Cooper

2 Adam Betkas

3 Kieron Croft

20 James Thiel

22 Nayah Freeman

6 Matt Boss

7 Eli Makaui

8 Hutch Maiava

9 Vila Halafihi

10 Matt Eisenhuth

11 Ryan Tramonte (c)

12 Iain Riccardi

13 Dave Cowhan

Interchange

5 Chris Aunese-Scanlan

15 Pat Hollis

16 Ryan Cusack

22 Fairhouz Elknader

TBCSS - Round 6, Auburn V Peninsula

True Blue Chemicals Sydney Shield Round 6, 2014

Auburn Warriors V Peninsula Seagulls @ Lidcombe Oval

Peninsula's Tarrant Mariner goes on a long run.

Peninsula Seagulls 42

Auburn Warriors 30

The Peninsula Seagulls continued their dream start to the season with a 42-30 victory over the last placed Auburn Warriors.

Peninsula’s sixth win from as many starts leaves the debutants outright first. The team from the Northern Beaches has the whole competition talking racking up win after win. As for the Auburn Warriors they are entrenched at the bottom of the ladder after their sixth straight defeat. The Warriors have a very young side but are competitive every week. Peninsula set the tone early skipping to a 26-0 lead after just twenty minutes of play. The Warriors clawed their way back just before the break to leave the score at 26-12 as the teams headed for the sheds. The Warriors gave the visitors a scared mid way through the 2nd stanza reducing the lead to just six points. It wasn’t to be with the Seagulls running away with the match 42-30.

Peninsula opened the scoring after just forty seconds of play courtesy of a Tim Pont four pointer. Pont went on a strong charge and just seemed to beat every defended he came across. Peninsula were at it again with their next use of the ball after a Luke Martin bomb was spilt by Dean Spanos. The ball came flying out straight into the waiting arms of Richie Goodwin who crossed wide out. The Seagulls were flying high when a short side raid came up trumps for skipper Vinny Ngaro. Ngaro went from scorer to orchestrator for the Seagulls’ next four pointer. The 2nd rower laid one on the boot before Rhys Wolloghan won the race to the ball just inside the dead ball line. It was just to easy for the visitors with Tarrant Mariner exposing some weak edge defence powering his way through to score. Peninsula then camped themselves in the Warriors red zone only to be denied by poor ball control. If Peninsula had capitalized on the possession they had the scoreline would not have looked out of place at a cricket match. Auburn finally saw some ball and found the line through Aaron Pene. Auburn took the momentum into the break after a Majed Hammoud grubber found Michael Munday.

Peninsula crossed first after the break with Ngaro powering his way across wide out. Auburn then went bang bang with tries in the 52nd and 55th minutes of play. The first was courtesy of a Munday bomb which was dropped at the back. The ball was then sent along the back line resulting in a try to winger Mitchell Hayward. The Warriors reduced the lead to six when Pene crossed under the sticks. Auburn shot themselves in the foot with errors gifting the Seagulls great field position. The visitors made the Warriors pay with Wolloghan and Oldfield crossing for tries. Auburn finished the match with Dylan Rintoul crossing wide out.

More photos from the match can be found here

Peninsula Seagulls 42 (Vinny Ngaro 2, Rhys Wolloghan 2, Tim Pont, Richie Goodwin, Tarrant Mariner, Ryan Oldfield tries; Luke Martin 5 goals) d. Auburn Warriors 30 (Aaron Pene 2, Michael Munday, Mitchell Hayward, Dylan Rintoul tries; Tyrone Gorman 3, Majed Hammoud 2 goals) at Lidcombe Oval. Referee: Tim Hannon. Touch Judges: Peter Sciberras, Jack Hislop, Penalties: 13-8 Auburn Half-time 26-12 Peninsula. Goal-kickers: Luke Martin (Peninsula) 5 from 8, Tyrone Gorman (Auburn) 3 from 3, Majed Hammoud (Auburn) 2 from 2

When they scored:

1st minute: Peninsula 6-0 (Pont try, Martin goal)

4th minute: Peninsula 12-0 (Goodwin try, Martin goal)

11th minute: Peninsula 16-0 (Ngaro try)

14th minute: Peninsula 22-0 (Wolloghan try, Martin goal)

21st minute: Peninsula 26-0 (Mariner try)

37th minute: Peninsula 26-6 (Pene try, Gorman goal)

39th minute: Peninsula 26-12 (Munday try, Hammoud goal)

45th minute: Peninsula 30-12 (Ngaro try)

52nd minute: Peninsula 30-18 (Hayward try, Gorman goal)

55th minute: Peninsula 30-24 (Pene try, Hammoud goal)

64th minute: Peninsula 36-24 (Wolloghan try, Martin goal)

71st minute: Peninsula 42-24 (Oldfield try, Martin goal)

76th minute: Peninsula 42-30 (Rintoul try, Gorman goal)

Peninsula's Tim Pont.

Auburn Warriors

25 Tyrone Gorman

3 Sosifa Taufaao

19 Dylan Rintoul

4 Aaron Pene

5 Dean Spanos

24 Majed Hammoud

7 Michael Munday

20 Alan Hadad

9 Zack Ayad

10 Daniel Tuulau

15 Wes Talanoa

12 Jack Mitchell

13 Matt Halalilo

Interchange

2 Mitchell Hayward

16 Nick Lisoff

21 Brendan Mafi

Auburn's Tyrone Gorman.

22 Charles Morton

Peninsula Seagulls

1 Jeremy Marshall

2 Richie Goodwin

3 Tarrant Mariner

4 Rhys Wolloghan

5 Ryan Oldfield

6 Luke Martin

7 Andrew Maxwell

27 James Leuluai

9 Harry Berryman

10 Damien Lawler

11 Tim Pont

12 Vinny Ngaro

13 Ben Gorman

Interchange

14 Tom Watkins

16 Alex Asher

23 Sakeasu Veetutu

29 Luke Haddrick