Johannesberg Hyenas Vs. Sunshine Coast Wizards

Sunshine Coast Wizards have blown away Johannesberg in their quest for the 04/05 Premiership.

Sunshine Coast put their foot down in the first minute of play with a Trent Clayton 4 points, followed by a Joe Williams conversion. In the 7th minute Hyenas took an broke the line and ran 70 metres George Carmount popped the ball out in the Hughes tackle and ran 80 metres then handed the four point to Riley Brown before fullback Hanse Gibbs got a chance to save the try. Joe Williams converted and the Wizards led 0-12. The next couple of sets where less then average with plenty of handling errors, however; in the 11th Hyenas Braam van Straaten broke the line with a chip and chase of his own to score under the posts. This try was later denied due to not having control of the ball while scoring. With some stirn defence from both sides, the half finished at 0-12 in favour of the Wizards.

Both sides looked focused coming into the second half and the first points of the second half came from a David Seage kick return which no one could stop in the 49th minute but Williams couldn't convert. From here it was on coming traffic with a George Carmount try in the 53th then a Luke Williamson in the 73rd.

Sunshine Coast seemed too focused for the Hyenas with the final score of 26-0.

Johannesberg: N/A
Sunshine Coast: David Seage, George Carmont, Trent Clayton, Luke Williamson, Riley Brown. Williams 3/5
PoM: James Croaker 3, Trent Clayton 2, David Seage 1



Hunter Bantams Vs. Kensington Highrollers

A sold out crowd turned up to Energy Australia for the much antisipated match between local hero's Hunter against Kensington.

The game began in exciting fashion with plenty of kick returns, line busts and big hits, however; it wasn't til the 21st minute that points were actually put on the board. Hunter fullback Brad Watts put one over the posts after Barry Eaton was penalised for holding a player down. It was this momentium that brought the next points from the kick off with a Willie Manu bust 70 metre bust which found the support of Tyran Smith. Watts was unable to convert. Barry Eaton was redemed for previous penalities after creating some magic to put Kyle Bryant over in the 33rd. Eaton converted and the sides were level 6-6, however; Highrollers centre Jack Isaac left the fied with a niggling knee injury and the sides went into the half on equal terms.

Nobody knows what coach Fowler told his boys at halftime but the side was fired up. In the initial minutes of the second half Hunter winger Beau Mundine was penalised for fighting with Matt Dunning which caused Dunning to leave the field with a broken nose. The intensity continued as Highlanders fell and the next to fall was Elia Tuqiri. The Highlanders looked in trouble until Lenny Beckett dashed 89metres to score under the posts and Eaton converted, putting the away side 6-12 in the 48th. Hunter slowly was beginning to crumble and hope was fading UNTIL Hunter won the scrum feed after a Adrian Vowles knock on which lead to an unconverted Willie Manu try. Watts slotted one over after a play the ball infringement in the 64th then a converted Brad Commins try in the 66th put Hunter back in the lead.

It was now Kensington who was getting frustrated. Lucas Solbat was sin binned in the 71th for a vicious head high tackle and Watts slotted over a penality goal to extend the lead to 20-12. The final minutes remained uneventful and Hunter fans went up with a roar at fulltime.

Hunter: Brad Commins, Tyran Smith, Willie Manu. Brad Watts 4/7
Kensington: Lenny Beckett, Kyle Bryant. Eaton 2/2
PoM: Willie Manu 3, Jamie Feeney 2, Brad Watts 1