Balmain have escaped with a narrow 10-8 victory against Hawthorn today in a game featuring a plethora of future first graders.
Balmain: Yileen Gordon. Penningrove 3/4
Hawthorn: Luke Mercer. Delaney 2/5
PoM Points: Cameron Ciraldo 3, Troy Boston 2, and Alan Rothery 1.

In another thriller it has been Gisborne escaping with a two point victory, edging out Johannesburg to leave the luckless South Africans winless.
Gisborne: Francis Cummins 2, Trent Wright, and Chuck Randall. Cummins 4/5
Johannesburg: Drew Campbell, Ben MacDougall, Graham Horne, and Bob Beswick. Wilson 3/4
PoM Points: Paul Prescott 3, Francis Cummins 2, and James Evans 1.

Glen Innes haven't given their home fans much hope for the future (and there's not much for them anyway) in today's clash against Kensington, capitulating horribly to slump to a big 36-0 loss.
Glen Innes: None.
Kensington: Scott Staniforth, Bryan Riley, George Carmont, Miles Greenwood, David Raimes, and John Wilson 2. Rice 4/7
PoM Points: Scott Staniforth 3, Bryan Riley 2, and David Raimes 1.
NOTE: Obviously Carmotn was preoccupied with inspiring Adelaide to their first win of the year.

Birchgrove's recent run of good form continued in today's match against the Hunter Bantams, the Pistoleers scoring an exciting 20-14 away win.
Hunter: Matt Petersen and Chris Bridge. Campbell 2/2. Eaton 1/2
Birchgrove: Hefin O'Hare and Jamain Lowe 2. Dorn 4/4
PoM Points: Richard Fa'aoso 3, Chris Bridge 2, and Tony Jensen 1.

Katherine's defence has seen them come away with an impressive 16-2 victory in their clash against the up and down Cairns White Pointers.
Katherine: Peter Owens and Stuart Webb. Adams 4/5
Cairns: None. Martin 1/1
PoM Points: Adam Parker 3, Stuart Webb 2, and Gordon Ross 1.

Ryde continue to look like good things for a return to the RSC finals, today winning a dour affair against North West 12-6.
North West: Ian Hope. Fisher 1/1
Ryde: Sean Harris and Alex Moore. Smith 2/3
PoM Points: Simon Cooke 3, Ivan Bennet 2, and Ashley Alberts 1.

Port Hedlands have shown plenty of attacking flare in their clash against Western Suburbs today, the Jets crushing the Raiders 34-10.
Port Hedlands: Mangus Reece, Daniel Herbert, Daniel Lemu, Sebastian Tupont, Simon Friend, and Shane Laloata. O'Loftus 5/7
Western Suburbs: Ben Smith and David Faimu. Montabe 1/2
PoM Points: Simon Friend 3, Daniel Herbert 2, and Shane Laloata 1.

Sunshine Coast haven't shown any mercy in their clash with last placed Wodonga today, the Wizards rampaging over the Badgers on their way to a season high 46-0 drubbing.
Sunshine Coast: Ben Pomeroy, Anthony Quinn 2, Epalahame Lauaki 2, Bradley Tighe, George Rose 2, and Luke Quigley. Brown 5/9
Wodonga: None.
PoM Points: Ben Pomeroy 3, Epalahame Lauaki 2, and George Rose 1.

Despite a superb knock from real life friend Brendan Dean, Brian Randell's Northern Territory Lions have triumphed in their clash against The Entrance today 14-10.
The Entrance: Isaac Kaufmann and Brad Morrin. Dean 1/2
Northern Territory: Jack Sparrow and Waisale Savatobua. Peters 3/4
PoM Points: Brendan Dean 3, Waisale Savatobua 2, and Isaac Kaufmann 1.

Port Kembla and Wests have played out a thriller today, but the Panthers have followed in their parent club's footsteps with a 24-18 loss.
Wests: Brenton Bowen, Joe Clarke, and Adam Mogg. Barnes 3/5
Port Kembla: Dane Dorahy, Jackson Marrick 2, Grant Martin, and Magro Boyd. Dorahy 2/5
PoM Points: Jackson Marrick 3, Derrick Watkins 2, and Magro Boyd 1.

Team W L D For Against +/- Points
1. Kensington 3 0 0 78 26 +52 6
2. Gisborne 3 0 0 54 36 +18 6
3. Sunshine Coast 2 0 1 84 18 +66 5
4. Ryde 2 0 1 54 26 +28 5
5. The Entrance 2 1 0 60 30 +30 4
6. Wests 2 1 0 68 40 +28 4
7. Port Kembla 2 1 0 68 51 +17 4
8. Port Hedlands 2 1 0 69 58 +11 4

9. Northern Territory 2 1 0 42 44 -2 4
10. Balmain 2 1 0 44 64 -20 4
11. Katherine 1 1 1 50 48 +2 3
12. Birchgrove 1 1 1 52 54 -2 3
13. Cairns 1 2 0 58 44 +14 2
14. Hunter 1 2 0 35 36 -1 2
15. Hawthorn 1 2 0 32 36 -4 2
16. Glen Innes 1 2 0 35 78 -43 2
17. Johannesburg 0 3 0 42 58 -16 0
18. North West 0 3 0 34 64 -30 0
19. Western Suburbs 0 3 0 32 86 -54 0
20. Wodonga 0 3 0 14 108 -94 0

paul prescott definately deserves the 3 POM's especially since he played prop and second row.

Haha. That's what happens when two players in the same team have the same ID. It was actually Bryn Hargreaves playing prop. It's been remedied.

Rising Star Conference Statistics

Top Pointscorers
1. Brooke Martin (Cairns) - 46
2. Brendan Dean (The Entrance) - 34
2. Francis Cummins (Gisborne) - 34
2. Nate Smith (Ryde) - 34
5. Berrick Barnes (Wests) - 32
6. Kevin Brown (Sunshine Coast) - 28
7. Timothy Rice (Kensington) - 26
8. Cletus O'Loftus (Port Hedlands) - 24
8. David Adams (Katherine) - 24
10. Blaze Wilson (Johannesburg) - 22

Top Tryscorers
1. Adam Mogg (Wests) - 4
1. Magro Boyd (Port Kembla) - 4
1. Francis Cummins (Port Kembla) - 4
A shitload of others on three

Dally M Leaderboard
1. Ken Rogers (Ryde) - 6
1. George Carmont (Kensington) - 6
3. Scott Anderson (Wests) - 5
3. Cameron Phelps (The Entrance) - 5
3. Troy Boston (Hawthorn) - 5
3. Steve Simmons (Cairns) - 5
7. Berrick Barnes (Wests) - 4
7. Brendan Dean (The Entrance) - 4
7. Alex Moore (Ryde) - 4
7. Ashley Alberts (Ryde) - 4
Five others on four as well

wooohoo, go the girl power, top of the table, and weve only won 1 game :)

These stats include BFC, obviously :P

Stupid Entrance losing...

Whoo!! Ferrets and Kookas opposite end of the tables!! Oh well I was bound to go no too well this year, heap of new players through, look out in a few years though!

Balmain are showing some true grit at the moment, with some low scoring dusty wins.
Next week's team will be a corker, with John Sutton, Nathan Merritt and Luke Macdouggall as new additions.