ROUND 21
Cairns 18 lost to Kandy 24
Christchurch 12 lost to Wests 28
Kensington 26 defeated Balmain 0
North West 8 lost to Hunter 24
Pine Rivers 12 lost to Sunshine Coast 24
Rabaul 18 defeated Port Kembla 10
Ryde 18 defeated Hawthorn 16
Souths 36 defeated Birchgrove 14
The Entrance 14 lost to Gisborne 28
ROUND 22
Balmain 30 defeated Sunshine Coast 14
Birchgrove 6 lost to Gisborne 12
Cairns 22 defeated Hunter 20
Hawthorn 4 lost to The Entrance 32
Kandy 14 lost to Pine Rivers 21
Kensington 18 lost to Wests 22
North West 28 defeated Souths 16
Port Kembla 13 defeated Ryde 10
Rabaul 4 lost to Christchurch 36
ROUND 23
Ryde have triumphed in a thriller in today's clash against Christchurch, Tony Tatupu's late try for the home side going unconverted and inching Ryde closer to a maiden finals campaign.
Christchurch: Tony Tatupu and Braam van Straaten 2. Watts 2/4
Ryde: Michael Ventrue and Brian Jellick. Smith 4/4. Moore 1 fg.
PoM Points: Alan Watts 3, Nate Smith 2, and David Berthezene 1.
Gisborne remain one of the teams to beat in an increasingly unpredictable RSC competition, a hard fought 15-8 victory seeing the Heat remain in touch with the league leaders.
Gisborne: James Evans and Darren Porter. Melling 3/3. Brough 1 fg.
North West: Franie Grills. Ferris 2/2
PoM Points: Darren Porter 3, James Evans 2, and Adrian Mirhalov 1.
Birchgrove continue to suffer from last year's semi final hangover, today capitulating to an always hard to predict Hawthorn outfit, 24-16.
Hawthorn: Ryan Dwyer, Julian Huxley, and Demitri Pelo 2. Tatu 4/5
Birchgrove: Jaiman Lowe 2 and David Westley. Vassilakopoulos 2/4
PoM Points: Toori Tatu 3, David Westley 2, and Ben Jeffries 1.
An heroic three try haul from US import Tony Gonzalez has seen Pine Rivers upset Hunter 34-24, and cast some serious doubt over the Bantams' top four aspirations.
Hunter: Dennis Scott, Scott Naylor, Glenn Hall, and Terry Martin. Watts 4/7
Pine Rivers: Tony Gonzalez 3, Frank Miranda, and Mark O'Neill. MacNamara 7/7
PoM Points: Tony Gonzalez 3, Nathan Friend 2, and Brett Finn 1.
Two late tries have seen Kensington move within a single point of the first placed Entrance Tigers, storming home from 17-16 down to record a courageous 26-17 victory over Rabaul.
Kensington: Mohammed Wally Abass, Harry Prince, Pierre Foord, Howard Opan, and Andrew Meads. Rice 3/5
Rabaul: Oscar Tonga, Meli Tuni, and Edelbert Dinha. Tuni 2/3. Tuni 1 fg.
PoM Points: Howard Opan 3, Matt Dunning 2, and Harry Prince 1.
Cairns have won an absolute thriller in their clash against Souths today, the victory in a Queensland derby seeing Cairns move into ninth position and place pressure on eighth placed Wests.
Souths: Gavin Cooper, Michael Fairweather, and Hayden Karena. Rangihuna 2/3
Cairns: Jean-Emmanuel Cassin, Marshal Dalton, and Jace Van Dijk. Gordon 2/3. Olliver 2 fg.
PoM Points: Jean-Emmanuel Cassin 3, Gavin Cooper 2, and Paul Highton 1.
Sunshine Coast have gutsted out a far from convincing 26-22 victory over luckless Kandy today, seeing them also move into a share of second position with Kensington.
Sunshine Coast: Riley Brown 2, Dustin Cooper, Ian Donnelly, and Louis Anderson. Campbell 3/6
Kandy: Trey Matthews, Marc Stcherbina, Monah Elahmad, and Frederic Teixedo. Ross 3/5
PoM Points: Brorten Levy 3, Marc Stcherbina 2, and Dustin Cooper 1.
The Entrance are just one point clear at the top of the RSC ladder, following today's 12 all draw with the lowly Port Kembla Voodoo. With Habib El Mukhtar and Mikhail Mitrofanov in the Falcons' lineup, the Tigers struggled against an enthusiastic Voodoo outfit.
The Entrance: James Little and Samer El Masri. El Masri 2/2
Port Kembla: Tommy Gallaghar and Tomas Larsson. Covell 2/2
PoM Points: Samer El Masri 3, Brad Morrin 2, and Gareth Thomas 1.
A week after upsetting Sunshine Coast, Balmain have crashed back to earth in the form of an embarassing 28-4 thumping at the hands of Wests.
Wests: Nick Parfitt 2, Jason Kent, Berrick Barnes, and David Faimu. Barnes 4/5
Balmain: Terry Campese. Pritchard 0/1
PoM Points: David Faimu 3, Berrick Barnes 2, and Nick Parfitt 1.
RSC Table
1. The Entrance Tigers- 33 +184
2. Kensington Highrollers- 32 +207
3. Sunshine Coast Wizards- 32 +201
4. Gisborne Heat- 30 +74
5. North West Kookaburras- 28 +59
6. Hunter Bantams- 28 +52
7. Ryde Eagles- 26 +109
8. Wests Panthers- 26 +78
9. Cairns White Pointers- 25 +17
10. Christchurch Comets- 25 -12
11. Souths Magpies- 22 -11
12. Balmain Storm- 20 +25
13. Port Kembla Voodoo- 18 -59
14. Pine Rivers Turtles- 18 -122
15. Kandy Jesters- 16 -129
16. Birchgrove Pistoleers- 14 -124
17. Hawthorn Hurricanes- 11 -234
18. Rabaul Rangers- 10 -279
