Birchgrove and Katherine have proven inseparable after eighty minutes of play, a 20 all draw the best the two sides could manage in Sydney today.
Birchgrove: Clint Greenshields, David Howell, and Paul Wood. McLean 4/4
Katherine: Peter Owens, Luke Harlen, and Simon Haughton. Adams 1/1. Muller 3/3
PoM Points: Clint Greenshields 3, Jeff Preston 2, and Scott McLean 1.
Cairns have absolutely blown Balmain off the park in their clash today, the Storm looking like the side of yesteryear as they were easily beaten 44-14.
Cairns: Balin Cupples 3, Michael Gordon, Karl Johnson 2, Ben Solomon, and Frank-Paul Nuuasala. Martin 6/8
Balmain: Yileen Gordon, Fletcher Holmes, and Alwyn Simpson. Penningrove 1/3
PoM Points: Craig Stapleton 3, Yileen Gordon 2, and Jace van Dijk 1.
Gisborne have showcased their defensive stability in today's match against Hawthorn, the Heat too much for the Hurricanes on their way to a 16-2 away win.
Hawthorn: None. Delaney 1/1
Gisborne: Adrian Mirhalov 2 and Chuck Randall. Cummins 2/3
PoM Points: Chris Leikvoll 3, Adrian Mirhalov 2, and Paul Noone 1.
The clash between Johannesburg and Glen Innes today has proven to be an absolute thriller, the Magpies picking up the club's first ever win with a 25-20 win in front of a small but hostile South African crowd.
Johannesburg: Drew Campbell, Mick Moran, and Simon Grix. Wilson 4/5
Glen Innes: Michael Lett, Wayne Bennet, David Shillington, and Lelea Paea 2. Rovelli 2/6. Rovell 1 fg.
PoM Points: David Shillington 3, James Aubusson 2, and Simon Grix 1.
George Carmont continues to dominate the Rising Star Conference, the Kiwi centre dominating in Kensington's 16-12 victory over Hunter.
Kensington: Aaron Barba, Chris O'Young, and Jack Isaac. Rice 2/3
Hunter: Jamie Feeney and Dennis Scott. Campbell 2/3
PoM Points: George Carmont 3, Matt Petersen 2, and Chris O'Young 1.
Wests barely raised a sweat in their clash with hapless Northern Territory today, scoring a comfortable 16-6 away win.
Northern Territory: Darren Mason. Forwood 1/1
Wests: Michael Bond, Greg Eastwood, and Sam Perret. Barnes 2/3
PoM Points: Scott Anderson 3, Nick Parfitt 2, and Berrick Barnes 1.
It was all one way traffic in Port Kembla's win over North West this afternoon, the Voodoo shaking off their losing hoodoo with a strong 30-10 win.
Port Kembla: Jamie Jones-Buchannan, Franco Luullai, Magro Boyd, Maurie Fa'asavalu, and Jackson Marrick. Dorahy 1/1. Murrell 4/5
North West: Matthew Cooper and Corin Barry. Fisher 1/2
PoM Points: Jamie-Jones Buchannan 3, Magro Boyd 2, and Scott Murrell 1.
Ryde weren't troubled at all in their home tie against Port Hedlands this morning, running in late tries to securea 34-12 victory.
Ryde: Alex Moore, Ken Rogers 2, Brian Jellick, and Ivan Bennet. Smith 6/7. Moore 1 fg. Ventrue 1 fg.
Port Hedlands: Simon Friend and Till Mason. O'Loftus 2/2
PoM Points: Ken Rogers 3, Maxim Romanov 2, and Alex Moore 1.
Sunshine Coast have posted their first win of the new season, putting Western Suburbs to the sword for a big 30-10 win in front of a big Sunshine Coast crowd.
Sunshine Coast: Dustin Cooper, Trent Salkeld, Anthony Quinn, Kevin Brown, Kade Snowden, and George Rose. Brown 3/6
Western Suburbs: Ben Kusto and David Montabe. Montabe 1/2
PoM Points: Anthony Quinn 3, Dustin Cooper 2, and Trent Salkeld 1.
The Entrance have scored a big win in their clash against Wodonga today, looking slick as they ran away to a 28-4 win.
Wodonga: Nick Shaw. Dobson 0/1
The Entrance: Trent Cutler, Trevor Thurling, Brendan Dean 2, and Cameron Phelps. Dean 4/5
PoM Points: Trent Cutler 3, Cameron Phelps 2, and Brendan Dean 1.
YAY
At least the juniors are winning
See that's how the Central Coast do it. We breed a winning culture from the bottom up. Let's keep it going... maybe I'll promote you all!
Team W L D For Against +/- Points
1. The Entrance 2 0 0 50 16 +34 4
2. Wests 2 0 0 50 16 +34 4
3. Gisborne 2 0 0 30 14 +16 4
4. Kensington 2 0 0 42 26 +16 4
5. Ryde 1 0 1 42 20 +22 3
6. Sunshine Coast 1 0 1 38 18 +20 3
7. Cairns 1 1 0 56 28 +28 2
8. Port Kembla 1 1 0 44 33 +11 2
9. Hunter 1 1 0 21 16 +5 2
10. Hawthorn 1 1 0 24 26 -2 2
11. Northern Territory 1 1 0 28 34 -6 2
12. Glen Innes 1 1 0 35 42 -7 2
13. Port Hedlands 1 1 0 35 48 -13 2
14. Balmain 1 1 0 34 56 -22 2
15. Birchgrove 0 1 1 32 40 -8 1
16. Katherine 0 1 1 34 46 -12 1
17. Johannesburg 0 2 0 20 34 -14 0
18. North West 0 2 0 28 52 -24 0
19. Western Suburbs 0 2 0 22 52 -30 0
20. Wodonga 0 2 0 14 62 -48 0
two away wins to start the season. yeah ha.
bloody carmont.
George Carmont continues to dominate the Rising Star Conference, the Kiwi centre dominating in Kensington's 16-12 victory over Hunter.[I]
Todays worldwide headlines screamed it all as another awe inspiring performance from George Carmont has the pundits reeling and the selectors from both countries sprinting to check his birth certificate.
New zeland coach and perenial humble pie eater Doug Allen had this to say
"bloody carmont"
Yes, it seems that the worlds so called super coaches are being inspired by this man of maginificence and one can only ponder how Chris Walker-Bush is handling this media fenzy as he eats his fudge and remembers that he ws the man that dropped carmont from the ranks of the GC not 6 months ago....
i suppose someone had to get the 3 points for the player of the match. especially with those two teams of low class.
their should be a rule for internationals and rep games that if their is two players of 7/6 or under (maybe 7/7) then u only have to pick one of them in the 17 (u can pick up both if you want).
at this rate i am going to have evarn tuimarve and george carmont playing.
