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VOLUME 27 ISSUE 16 $5.00 (INC GST)

Saturday August 3rd, 2013

RUGBY NEWS 90th BIRTHDAY YEAR

Finals venues - Page 25

GreG Jeloudev, sydney uni Flyer - Feature Page 3

Cover:sydney university utility

back Tom Kingston makes good ground in

the 2012 Grand Final.

Match of the DayA Grand Final Replay

SYDNEY UNIVERSITY V SOUTHERN DISTRICTS

Call it what it really is

Sydney Premier Rugby

With more than 65% of Test and Super Rugby players in Australia coming from Sydney Premier Rugby competition clubs, this really is the Premier Rugby competition.

And what better way to enjoy Premier Rugby than at the grounds, supporting your local team.

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Photography: Paul Seiser 0412 168 959 paul@seiserphotography.com www.seiserphotography.comStats Assistance: Steve Johnson

Features Writer: Terry Smith 0416 101 137 sybillas@bigpond.comArtwork: Jodie Holmes.

BArFLyBuzzby Terry Smith

Nathan Trist, who today celebrates his 200th appearance in grade for Sydney university, will wind up his playing career at the end of the season. In seven weeks he will sit for his final exams to become a doctor and then must spend a two year internship in a hospital. A career in orthopaedics beckons for the 30 year old Kiama native.

“I’ve to got to pull up stumps because of time constraints.” says Trist. “Playing at uni can take up your time four days a week and that’ll be impossible with having to work in a hospital. I’ve loved playing at uni. All of my mates are here and I’ll still be around to help out wherever I can.” And Nathan will have more time to spend with wife Simone, a pediatrician.

Worse players than Trist, who is equally adept at fullback or wing, have worn Wallaby gold. Still, he played for Country against the British and Irish Lions this year, has represented Australia in Sevens and had one game for the Waratahs. When Randwick were chockful of Wallaby backs, they tried to get Nathan to Coogee, which surely was the ultimate compliment.

Stats man Craig Fear says that for university, Trist has scored 1,019 points in grade games, including 137 tries, 75 of them in first grade, and in a Colts game had a club record haul of 64 points comprised of eight tries and 12 goals. He could also have added that nobody in rugby has a bad word to say about Nathan Trist.

Quote of the week: After brothers Nick and Ben Batger scored five tries between them in contributing 41 of Eastwood’s 56 points against Parramatta, a Woodies wit declared: “The Batgers have got to learn to pass the ball to other people.” Fullback Ben’s 26 points took his tally for the season to 149.

Ewen McKenzie isn’t a man to sugarcoat his opinions. The new Wallaby coach didn’t pull any punches when he had a chat with maverick back James O’Connor before announcing the preliminary squad for the All Black Tests. We hear he wound up

their conversation by saying, “You are a very good player, but there are plenty of good players. We want good citizens, too.”

Easts coach Mark Bakewell likes nothing better than a dip in the surf at North Bondi on a freezing winter morning. Living 200 metres from the beach, he pulls on the sluggos and heads to the beach between 7 and 8am most days.

According to one of Sydney’s best known rugby coaches, it isn’t a foregone conclusion that Sydney university’s Wallaby-studded team will win the Shute Shield. He thinks Eastwood, Southern Districts and Manly all will have the firepower to win come grand final day.

Current first grade attack coach Gerrard Fasavalu will take over the coaching of Parramatta next season following good guy Glen Christini’s decision to go back to Nz. Glen says: “I want to make it very clear that I will never return to Sydney and coach in the Shute Shield for a rival club – the passion I feel for Parramatta Rugby and the people involved is far too great to ever allow that to happen. I feel that I will be a Two Blue forever.”

Easts’ Waratah hooker John ulugia’s sudden departure to join a French club (he played his farewell game against Wests last week) is a blow to the play-off hopes of the Beasties, who also are losing Angus Sinclair to a club in England.

No halfback has played with more furious energy than Brett Sheehan, so it was unworthy of the Force to leave him sitting on the bench throughout his final game with the team. They can make amends by releasing him to wind up his career with Warringah’s Green Rats as they bid for a play off spot.

The clumsy streaker who lumbered onto the field to disrupt the State of Origin game suffered sadly in comparison with the slim, trim, naked young man who sped the length of Rat Park in perfect sprinting style last Saturday. Before anyone could grab the streaker, he hurdled the fence, was out of the gate and not sighted again. “He’s not one of our lower graders,” said Manly coach Phil Blake, while Warringah president Mike Sheeran declared, “He’s not one of our local kids.”

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Blink and you’ll miss him, that’s how quick sydney university’s Greg Jeloudev is on a rugby field. Clocking 10.91 seconds for the 100 metres back in school, it’s no

surprise that the flying winger was a prodigious track talent who competed at national level and was the

state 400m champion at 18-years-old. That athletic ability alongside his rugby talents has seen him

become a regular fixture in the australian sevens side over the last three years. it’s been a great

learning tool.

“it’s picked up my work rate, helped my core skills and my ability to play under

fatigue,” Greg observed. “There’s not as many skills in sevens as there are in

fifteens but you practice them more often and if you’re weak in a particular

area you’ll get exposed more easily.”

Hailing from the rugby league hotbed of Parramatta, the 23-year-old was a fan of

darren lockyer growing up, but an education at renowned rugby nursery King’s school set him on the right path and his prowess on the

field and on the athletics track, soon piqued the students’ interests back in 2009.

despite making his 1st Grade debut in 2010, Jeloudev’s involvement with sevens has kept his

shute shield appearances to a minimum, but a full season with uni in 2013 has seen him settling back

into the 15-a-side game with aplomb. a brace of tries against norths last weekend was further evidence of

his successful rehabilitation.

"This season has been about getting back in tune with fifteen's for Greg, and i think we have seen over the last

month that he is really starting to find his feet again," enthused uni head coach Chris Malone. “He is without question one of the most professional members of our squad. it's no coincidence that the guys that work the

hardest get the rewards, especially Greg who has really hit form and flourished in the game we are playing.”

an enthusiastic trainer - “Preparation is everything, you do the work during the week and it will pay dividends on the weekend,” says Greg - he can often be found doing

extras on the training paddock to try and iron out any weaknesses in his game. it is that dedication and self-

discipline that marks him down as one for the future.

- by Paul Cook

Photo: www.seiserphotography.com

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by Jim Webster

This writer is still recovering from what those goal-kickers within the ranks of the British & Irish Lions did to us.That Leigh Halfpenny must get sick and tired of seeing the ball boringly drop over the black dot almost every time. It would be so much more exciting for him, and the rest of us, if the ball just scraped over now and then, or hit an upright before bouncing through the posts. Seriously, the pin-point accuracy by the Cardiff Blues and Wales fullback, with his tour success rate of 93 per cent, should make us have a meaningful look at goalkicking within the ranks of all senior Australian teams.We have never had goal-kickers of Halfpenny’s accuracy. We’ve had a few great kicks go over for us in recent times, but what we need is Halfpenny’s consistency.In the past, kickers like Michael Lynagh, who potted 177 penalty goals and 140 conversions in his Test career, and Matthew Burke, whose score was 170/99, were both excellent and far ahead of any others we’ve had, but they were still not in Halfpenny’s spectacular class.Before I continue, allow me to digress and tell a brief yarn about Lynagh. On the Wallabies’ Grand Slam tour of 1984 we had beaten England, Ireland and Wales and needed to defeat Scotland to make history. The tension in the final days leading up to that Test was almost unbearable.One afternoon I received a curt phone call from Wallabies coach Alan Jones, demanding sharply that “I want to see you immediately….”. Hell, what had I written??When we met he told me he had a huge problem. He asked me who should be Australia’s kicker against Scotland, as he had been using Roger Gould in the more recent tour matches, after Lynagh’s kicking had gone off the boil so to speak.Now, I don’t know that I’ve ever been put under such pressure in my whole career. But I didn’t hold back. I told Jones I had watched Lynagh very closely at training over the previous few days and, by slowing his approach as he came into the ball,

he had kicked 13 from 15 attempts the day before and 14 from 15 attempts that morning. “So I’d give the kicking to Lynagh,” I said, rather bravely.I nearly convulsed when Jones instantly replied “OK, I’ll make Michael our kicker...” I might add that he has retold this story himself in public.Then I added “but don’t tell him till Saturday morning…otherwise he’ll just worry too much.”So on Test match morning Jones went to Lynagh’s room, threw him a football and broke the news that he’d again be our goal-kicker.That afternoon against Scotland at Murrayfield, Lynagh slotted five penalty goals and three conversions in Australia’s 37-12 victory and its march into rugby’s history books.But back to the present.For the life of me, I cannot believe we missed five kicks at goal in that first Test against the Lions in Brisbane. We shouldn’t have.Only after that was the question raised as to why we haven’t better goal-kickers and the person who asked that was Neil Jenkins, the former Lions playmaker whose deadly-accurate kicking is credited with securing them their previous series victory in South Africa in 1997.He was surprised that the Wallabies only periodically consulted the South African kicking strategist Braam van Straaten, a 21-Test veteran centre and points-scorer.Jenkins makes the very obvious point that “it does come down to goal-kicking that wins and loses matches” and, while van Straaten was used for a while and is contacted occasionally by our present-day kickers, we don’t have a fulltime kicking coach.Please, let the Australian Rugby union hire one ASAP, and then the Brumbies’ Christian Leali’ifano, for instance, and a few others around his standard might find themselves elevated to Halfpenny’s incredible status.And with that, the Wallabies win-loss record would improve out of sight.Finally, if you thought (as I did) that Halfpenny was the game’s ultimate kicking wizard, the records show that Scotland’s Colin Mair popped over four penalties and nine conversions in a 1977 Test match against Japan.

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West Harbour received the good news from James O’Connor at training on Tuesday night that he had been cleared and could make his debut for the Wests Pirates in their home game against Warringah. This will be a big boost to Wests who will be without Rory Sidey due to his recall to Melbourne by the Rebels. With three rounds remaining, the Pirates are safely nestled into the top eight in fifth place (48 points) behind Eastwood (63), Sydney university (60), Southern Districts (57) and Manly (51). Then come Eastern Suburbs (41), Randwick (39), Northern Suburbs (33), Warringah (29), Parramatta (26).

Obviously today’s game hardest hit by the absence of a host of Wallabies and players on the NSW Barbarians two-week jaunt to Argentina is the ABC TV clash between Sydney university and Southern Districts at university Oval. No less than ten university players are in South America, where their colleagues include Rob Horne, Jed Holloway, Ben Volavola and Alex Gibbon of Southern Districts.

Can Warringah or Parramatta sneak past Norths into eighth spot? Norths are due to face Randwick, Manly and Wests, while Warringah finish with games against Wests, Parramatta and Eastwood and Parramatta clash with Easts, Warringah and Penrith. Bonus points could be crucial in the countdown.

SYDNEY UNIVERSITY V SOUTHERN DISTRICTSAt University OvalFirst round score: university 18-13

According to Chris Malone, coach of premiers Sydney university, Southern Districts join the Students, Eastwood and Manly as potential grand finalists, all capable of winning a spot in the big one on September 14. “Souths have been clicking up the points (260 in the last five games), so obviously Cam Blades as coach is getting things right,” said Malone. “They’ll come at us hard through the forwards.” Even without the big guns, the game is shaping as a cracker. A single glance at today’s university line-up provides evidence of university’s awesome depth. Super Rugby players

everywhere. Tim Davidson and Tom Carter are there to lead the way and a young winger Greg Jeloudev who promises to be something special. Souths will look to fly-half Rohan Saifoloi, who already has 207 in his portfolio to continue to pile up the points. Luke Smart shifts to No 8, Rayhan Laulala is the new fullback and Paul Asquith replaces Rob Horne in the centre.

Tip: University

WEST HARBOUR V WARRINGAHAt Concord OvalFirst round score: Wests 46-40

Coach Haig Sare thinks his Warringah Rats must beat West Harbour today and follow up with a victory over Parramatta next Saturday to sneak into the eighth and final spot in the play-offs. Wests are fifth and are boosted by Wallaby dasher James O’Connor scheduled to play for them at No. 12. In the final round Warringah play table toppers Eastwood. Still, if sheer heart coupled with zip in the backs counts for anything,

MATCH PREVIEWS by Terry Smith

SYDNEY PREMIER RuGBY

Speed off the mark was a notable feature of Rohan Saifoloi’s game against Gordon last week.

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the Rats will give Wests a run for it. Their lack of genuine size up front was sadly exposed in the 45-22 loss to Manly, but the Rats get a lift from the return of prop Richard Southan and second-rower Ben Adams. Wests, with Rory Sidey called to Melbourne, have also lost try-scoring winger Alofa Alofa and giant prop David Lolohea to the Barbarians in Argentina. Their replacements are Shaun Treweek and James Horocks. Should be a good crowd at Concord.

Tip: Wests

RANDWICK V NORTHERN SUBURBSAt Coogee OvalFirst round score: Randwick 39-20

Randwick coach Wade Kelly predicts a lot of tries will be scored in a game which could well determine which of the clubs wins a spot in the play-offs. “Both teams love to attack,” he says. Randwick, who sit in seventh spot six points ahead of Norths, who are eighth, have lost David Horwitz and Terrence Hepetema to the NSW Barbarians trip to Argentina. Pete Samu and Tim Wright are the new centre pairing, with Charlie Wakim, who scored five tries in reserve grade last Saturday, taking Wright’s spot on the wing. On ginger-haired Wakim, Kelly says, “He’s a first grade cricketer who weighs 45 kilos wringing wet.”

Norths are coming off a 64-19 loss to Sydney university in which AJ Gilbert and Chris Thomson suffered injuries resulting in Mike O’hea and Will Miller being brought into the pack. To make matters worse, Waratah back Cam Crawford has headed off to Argentina.

Tip: randwick

PARRAMATTA V EASTERN SUBURBSAt Merrylands rSL rugby ParkFirst round score: Easts 40-31

Henry Hudson, who has contributed 141 points to the Easts Beasties this season, has lost the fly-half job to Will Fay for this game against Parramatta, with the new fullback James Devlin taking over the kicking chores. With Waratah John ulugia heading off to France, Rob McMickan comes back to the front-row but sadly for the Beasties their gun halfback Brendan McKibbin is in Argentina. Like many of the others, a must win game for both teams. Parramatta have come askew. They can usually score points but it’s stopping the opposition that’s the big problem. Daniel Tamone comes into the side at flanker in place of Rodney Ma’a.

Tip: Easts

James O’Connor, whose only role with Wests so far has been water boy duties, is scheduled to play in the centres against Warringah.

Peter Samu (pictured) joins Tim Wright as Randwick’s new centre pairing.

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Eastern Suburbs v Eastwood at Woollahra Oval (ABC TV Game)

Warringah v Parramatta at Pittwater Rugby Park

Penrith v West Harbour at Nepean Rugby Park

Northern Suburbs v Manly at North Sydney Oval

Southern Districts v Randwick at Forshaw Rugby Park

Sydney university v Gordon at university Oval

NExT WEEK’S GAMES

GORDON V EASTWOODAt Chatswood OvalFirst round score: Eastwood 49-22

Happily bowling along at the top of the table, Eastwood have made two changes in the backs, with James Stannard the new halfback and Pierre Hola given the No 12 jumper following Mike McDougall’s choice for the NSW Barbarians.

Gordon must beware of the Batger brothers Ben and Nick, who contributed 41 points in the 56-20 eclipse of Parramatta, with fullback Ben picking up 26 to take his season’s tally to 149.

Gordon’s eager young team recently posted successive w i n s o v e r N o r t h s a n d Parramatta but the Woodies present a formidable hurdle.

Tip: Eastwood

MANLY V PENRITH At Manly OvalFirst round score: Manly 44-29

“I don’t know why it is,” said Manly coach Phil Blake, “but Penrith always seem to give us a tough tussle.” Is he serious? He certainly is. Penrith might be winless but they often have made life difficult for the Marlins.

With the Rebels insisting Cadeyrn Neville plays in a club game in Melbourne, Dylan Sigg comes into the Manly second-row and with Matt Lucas in Argentina, Adam

Crerar will be the halfback. Trivia note: Penrith coach Teki Tuipulotu will turn up early to play in fourth grade with brothers King and Sisi.

Tip: Manly

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referee: Andrew LeesAssistant referees: Matt Kellahan, James Ardern

Bench

4th Grade – Henderson Cup: 10.45 referee: Colm McCaughan

3rd Grade – Henderson Shield: 12.00 referee: James Ardern

2nd Grade – Colin Caird Shield: 1.25 referee: Matt Kellahan

UNIVErSITy OVAL Saturday August 3

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es: mAlONe / Avery / PlAyfOrd

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Coach/es: BlAdeS / BArr

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Alistair ryanelliot messararhys BrodieSam JeffriesByron HodgeGeordie mcSulleaStuart GoodmanHugo dessens

Jock merrimanStuart dunbarfetuli TalanoaJames mcmahonJames dargavilleNathan TristTrent lakeStumbles/Hovey/roberts

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

michael Alaalatoadamian ByrneAllan AlaalatoaAndrew leotadan faeafamick KauterCal reillymarcus Carbone

Jake HolmanAlex BlairApi vasugagadavid reilyBen ConnollyAmanaki PakalaniBrendan Hikakadelaney/Smith

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Jack JonesTim reidmatthew mafiJordan ChapmanTom HeslopOliver Greshammichael WiddupHugh frazer

richard draperJack macklinJohn ruddBen murraySam englishWillie duPlessisBen CannonHudd/Allardice

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Timothy Jamesmarcel SampsonCameron Betham Samuel BoggsBon mauimichael OsmandZaxian Gooderyan Alderman

Christopher O'reillyNathan dwyerluke mataka robert JamesJoel Smithrobert mcdowellCain rangiByrne/Smart

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Scott CameronTim IsidroJoe Horn-SmithKurt larsenCharlie BoyceAnthony Pohlendavid PohlenHarry marples

david fongKodie drury-HawkinsConor foleyJames SwanJack SullivanBen lenehanJosh KoopsCameron/Pope

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

daniel SimpsonAssam ewaisJoseph Giardullo Samuel lindsayHassan SaadBendan Tynan-daveyJuan CastroOwen Hall

ryan Jenningsdonald ChalmersPatrick BurnsJared elasidenny GodinetPaul mcCannJesse mcGregorO'Brien/Brown

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SyDNEy UNIVErSITyBlue and Gold

SOUTHErN DISTrICTSRed, White, Sky Blue and Black

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referee: James LeckieAssistant referees: richard Goswell, Ben Wawn

Bench

4th Grade – Henderson Cup: 10.45 referee: Ian Mooney

3rd Grade – Henderson Shield: 12.00 referee: Ben Wawn

2nd Grade – Colin Caird Shield: 1.25 referee: richard Goswell

CONCOrD OVAL Saturday August 3

leON lATureG de JAGer (C)JAmeS HOrOCKSAlfred PINOmICHrIS SImONSAISeA NAmOACOHeN mASSONvAKA mANudAvId OSOfuAJACK deBreCZeNITITO muAJAmeS O'CONNOrWINSTON WIlSONmACquIre TATOlASHAuN TreWeeK

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es: BrIGGS / lOmAx

rICHArd SOuTHANrOB Kelly

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Coach/es: SAre / Cullum

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es:

Pat micallefmurray ScolesAdam NixonTom PattersonAdam BretherickBradford KapaAlex foxmatt Coles

Stephen JamesKiwi Kapene-Belcherlucas BaxterNua AloneWes TalanoaGraeme KolomaluTim Hansen muller/Idstein

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es:

Ben ryanmatt Wedlakeluke Prestonmichael ritchieJordan reidmichael daltonJames CaseyPierce Howell

Scott BradleyJosh Gillardmatt Hastiedan Jones Conrad GilllinghamSean daviesChris Arnold Coleman/Johnston

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Sonny SatualaPat Andrewsrhys SawfordSenio ToleafoaSean littledaniel midghallTom AndrewsJack Naylor

Igo fauiiSai vakarauJim vosacaikeIain TaylorJoe TuvituNick BruceJim PikeTreweek/Hansen

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es:

Ben Bensonlee murphyryan TrybojevichCraig edmunsonToby PatenJake ButcherKahn GillinghamTim dalecki

Jake lettsmichael lettsAlex GeePhill CookTevita HalaifonuaChris Harrison Josh Gerrard Sullivan/Andrews

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

ryan CoombsPeter Woollettleveni latuluke StewartSam WilliamsPaul HighHagan ButlerGeorge doban

elias Sarkismatt JamesWill ThorpeJoseph veaBrendan rixonelijah KorosagasagareJosh ravituHorrocks

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es:

Ofa lokoAdam SmithOmaritos farinotos Hamish finchTom Sheridandan Coppingmatt WellsBen Cowan

Callum BlytheAlex mathiesonAidan lodenmichael roberts Brian O'Toole rob CotterillGuy riathby-veall Sheeran/Gerrard

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WEST HArBOUrRed, White and Black

WArrINGAHGreen and White

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referee: Ian SmithAssistant referees: Nick Hannon, James Marshall

Bench

4th Grade – Henderson Cup: 10.35 referee: Luke rogan

3rd Grade – Henderson Shield: 11.50 referee: James Marshall

2nd Grade – Colin Caird Shield: 1.15 referee: Nick Hannon

MANLy OVAL Saturday August 3

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.Coach/es: BlAKe / CummINS

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Coach/es: CT. TuIPulOTu / lAmONd

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Andrew CollinsJohn WunderTyron rotaBrad meaneydave ShottonHarry Bergelinmitch danielAndrew davis (C)

Jack BrisbyCameron PyneAlex NorthamTom ChestersAnthony CalavassyJames ArnoldBJ HartmannBrown/Wilson

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Albert letufugaJeff PiukalaBernard leslieWillie TaufuiìIosua TongaAdam Barringtonfamoli fifitaSuafai Soliola

Paula Katoafokolulu Taumaulo (C) Jesse leotaJames umuHenry lilomaiavaJohn maumaulachlan foxB. Tuipolotu/Su

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Tom mooneyTakashi TokuyamaJohn BaranyiJack WessonChristian Jamesdeon Conningrobbie PickeringJames Williams

max WoodAnthony Bergelin (C)mitch KayPete SquiresHarry mountainAlex SchwarzSam Brisbymurphy/donkin

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es:

Nathan mcdonaldluke Warwick-SmithJunior Toaetoni Tuiakimatt ChildsArturo SufaiJohn fordToa Piukala

John Blackwellfilipo ToalaJeremy TafauTrent ChildsJames lewerdavid AfuCameron Boyd vale/Blackwell

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Will Taufadaisuke motodaWill PasiJames Watsonlachie BeattieBen Cavedanny Boland (C)vaughan Hay

Will ThompsonSam lloyd-GreenJames vakaluke PerrySantiago SioliSullivan JonesJoe metuiselaKelly/Crerar

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es:

Sione PasiTrevor leotadavid moekiloaTukolovatu manuIka latuKing TuipulotuTevita TufungaJoe reopoama

Isiaa leotaTeki Tuipulotufono utumauSam ranifaSisi maeaKava fifitaJohn Afu King Tuipolotu

3.00 PM

Coach/es:

Coach/es:

Coach/es: Coach/es:

MANLyRed and Blue

PENrITHBlack, Green, Red and Gold

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referee: Damien MitchelmoreAssistant referees: Michael Hogan, Amy Perrett

Bench

4th Grade – Henderson Cup: 10.45 referee: Andrew Hackett

3rd Grade – Henderson Shield: 12.00 referee: Amy Perrett

2nd Grade – Colin Caird Shield: 1.25 referee: Michael Hogan

COOGEE OVAL Saturday August 3

fAITOTOA ASANIO HAlANGAHuTrISTAN GOOdBOdyGeOffrey INGrAmWIllIAm muNrOSeIlAlA lAm (C)TOm CONNOrNATHAN PAIlAHArrISON BOIleAuCAydeN mATeHAereeTHAN fOrdPeTe SAmuTImOTHy WrIGHTCHArlIe WAKImreNNIe lAuTOlO

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es: WAde Kelly

(C) NICK lAHWIll WeeKS

CruZe AH-NAuBeN mATWIJOWmICHAel O'HeAmICHAel WellS

WIll mIllerPAT SIO

mICHAel dOWSeTTSCOTT dArudAJAC CAmerON

CHrIS TuATArA-mOrrISONBIll meAKeSelIH BAIllIe

lIAm WINdON

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.

Coach/es: fAvA / WIlSON

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Zeb Holmes-BaerChris Baumannesteban NoriegaBryce Speechleylai vatadrokadavid vizermark Baldwindavid Parsons

James Helliwellmarc KoteczkyCallum fryerAlfred Paealepani WaqaToese vou SiutuAndrew NortonJayson Brewer

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Gody SchusterScott Podmoredan murrayluke Heaveylewis dwyerSam figgTim fitzgeraldHugh Sinclair

liam Walker Jack GrantCorey Brownlewis Adamslachlan PorteousPeter SchusterSam myersStokes/Seale

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

michael CelonaThomas WeberSam loloThomas WeatherallJunior TaaviliTimothy murrayNick CooganTasi fonua

mark Bannondaniel flemingPeter WrightJames WhiteKeith masimaAndrew Wing KeeBrendan davisBrent Kelly

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es:

James KnightConnor HealeyJason PhillipsSevaro domoniSeb macgouginCiarin macwhiteTimoty CrowynBen Browne

dom longhurstAlex lavendermatt GordonCharlie versidaniel Heapemichael PembrokeTom reddan Horan/Benstead

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Jioje AropioJarrod O'HaraPetelo Tuipulotulachlan robertsonNathan de PasqualeScott KennedyNicholas Kaspareckmatthew mackay

rhun JonesBen Allardeddie HamiltonScott maloneBrock daviesThomas Hiddlestonelliot rechtinmatt Buckland

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es:

Harrison murrayAsh HallAndrew dovganKeith CoassinWill CallananHiram BrookeTom evansHenry O'flynn

Steve evansrory marplesryan dowlingNick marshallTom leeSebastian BurfittJoe Jenkins Crowe/moore

3.00 PM

Coach/es:

Coach/es:

Coach/es: Coach/es:

rANDWICKMyrtle Green

NOrTHErN SUBUrBSRed and Black

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referee: Angus GardnerAssistant referees: Tim Wills, Antony Hastie

Bench

4th Grade – Henderson Cup: 10.45 referee: Matt Clayton

3rd Grade – Henderson Shield: 12.00 referee: Antony Hastie

2nd Grade – Colin Caird Shield: 1.25 referee: Tim Wills

MErryLANDS rSL rUGBy PArK Saturday August 3

NICK BlACKlOCKmyleS HuNKINluKe TrOyCHArlIe leAeNOAdAm COlemANJOSH KAIfAdANIel TAmONeANdreW COx (C)KAleB reCHTOm WOOdSdAmIeN fAKAfANuATuKIA mulIIeSSe leOTAlANI TIATIAmOSeS TAvOlA

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es: CHrISTINI / fASAvAlu

SIONe KOlOAlex WAlKer

rOB mCmICKeNrICHArd STANfOrd

PHIl mATHerS (C) PAulIASI TAumOePeAu

ryAN HOdSONANdreW SHAW

luKe IrWINWIll fAy

dAmON ANderSONmArK murrAy

APAKuKKI mA'AfuANTON lAvIN

JAmeS devlIN

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.

Coach/es: BAKeWell / AITKeN / lIPmAN

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

lui Sakariamatt Borgdayne GoddardAndrew KnightIan ParkinsonSeranno Carrollrodney ma'aKoni Tuitupou

Chris Naydominic GrahamTomu mataikaOllie SaundersTui fa'asisilaSeti vatuveiSam yakopoCarroll/Hogan

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Cooper ChapmanNick HensleyClay Brodieed ArchibaldGab PassmoreIsrael StephensJames GrahamSam Stitcher

James Burroughs (C)Henry HudsonScott ferrislouie Taylorelijah NikoCharlie Cliftonmatt ArmourJeff Staunton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Cameron moshrefJosh Whaleemanuelle fuamatuAaron Wendtryan Anisekoron ShortlandJake KnightSam evalu

daniel TullyJohn PoeBen NawaiJoseph fuimaonoryan HookJosh de rooyBrett GillettTully/folomu

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es:

Adam fullgrabeSam PalmerTomas KoloHarry Hosegooddigby Colleylachie Piggotdan elsomBen Willis

Steve ShaplandJeremy raftosJames fieldChad IslesJack denning (C)Tom mathersWarwick Percival rutherford

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

mini NaivogoApo GadeJason folomuChris Bojesen-TrepkaAdrien meurantSima fonuaToni HuihuiBenn vai

marcus GillespieTim HollidayKieran WilkinsonBill qereqeretabuaJohn fonuaTaniela montanaJames Siakifonua/folomu

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es:

luke Wilsoned WoodgateSean dayCharlie ThompsonConor KeaneJack HarrisKirk TunnicliffeGavin Grace

eddie Paeadick WindleJeremy AttardSean robertsonrhys PirieSoichi KonoBlake Boulton (C) frawley/dontoh

3.00 PM

Coach/es:

Coach/es:

Coach/es: Coach/es:

PArrAMATTANavy Blue and Royal Blue

EASTErN SUBUrBSRed, White and Blue

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referee: Ed MartinAssistant referees: Jamie McGregor, Jason Johnson

Bench

4th Grade – Henderson Cup: 10.25 referee: Leigh Weathersten

3rd Grade – Henderson Shield: 11.40 referee: Jason Johnson

2nd Grade – Colin Caird Shield: 1.05 referee: Jamie McGregor

CHATSWOOD OVAL Saturday August 3

TOBIAS GuKIBAu (C)rON HOBdeN SAleSI mAumAlANGArONI SCArANOANdreW CHAPmANANdreW TurNerGOrdON BrOOmeluKe rISSmANHAmISH mCGIlvrAyHeNry CArmICHAelNICK WAlKerTOm mATTHeWSluCAS SImKINmATT mcdOuGAllmITCH WAlTON

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es: GrIer / HOPKINS / WAllACe

Jed GIlleSPIeTOdd PeArCe

mArTy PlOKSTySJAred BArry

ANdreW ClyNe(C) HuGH PerreTT

HuGH rOACHGAreTH PAlAmO

JAmeS STANNArdJImmy HIlGeNdOrf

NICK BATGerPIerre HOlA

CAm mITCHellTOm HIll

BeN BATGer

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.

Coach/es: mANeNTI / WOOdHOuSe

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Aritema raluluJim HandlinWilly maumalangamark JohnsonAlex Knightmitch lockleyCam Thorburnmark Williams

mitch Hydeeric mossHenry BroadBeau WilsonTom Couplanderic maroniWill Shirvington Neil Tunnah

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es:

ferro faalagoTannous ferrisrobert lagudiJames NealeJack WarfieldChris danKyle ShewanJoey Afualo

Shanin ProctorJai AyoubTim WilliamsBlake SuttonJack HammondNathan PowyerBrad Curtis Nilan Harrison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Jack Parfitt levi vonomichael Cunneenmatt Hopkins Justin rodgieSteve Williamsrobert rolesAdam Ashcroft

Tristan Pixleyryan matthewsKieran lewisviv maumalangaChris HipsleyAlix Coudercdaniel Campbellrichard Grant

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es:

daniel mintoSam NeedsSam BehanNick JohnsonJackson larkindave PiukalaTom ellemGeorge Kent

max PageBen JamesAlex del morodave Suttonfili PinonoBen CoadyJames martin moore/Ahearn

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

michael BalkSam milgateJamie SandilandsBen rokomaqisa loic Arcambaldavid Telferdarren SeetoJono Broome

Cleo Gomezmatt Ashcroft daniel marcel Andrew WilliamsGreg dunnOssie SaqaArnaud fuentesBrett Gibson

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es:

days Siaosiluke ferrisHarry mortonlachie Parkermatt Prestipinodave rosedave KaramanisJordan Goddard

Pat O'ConnorAlex AaronsonJames ugarteAlex maguiredane GernhoeferPaul CividinBen Abood Blacker/Kirkby

3.00 PM

Coach/es:

Coach/es:

GOrDONTartan

EASTWOODBlue and White

Coach/es:

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SS CCS JRHS JRHCeastern Suburbs 33 42 12 26West Harbour 26 19 18 0Warringah 22 0 7 0manly 45 32 41 40eastwood 56 77 123 40Parramatta 20 17 7 28Penrith 19 12 8 19randwick 52 79 85 24Northern Suburbs 19 22 14 7Sydney university 64 25 39 25Gordon 28 40 28 5Southern districts 66 36 33 11SS Shute Shield JrHS J r Henderson Shield CCS Colin Caird Shield JrHC J r Henderson Cup

GRADE RESULTS ROUND 15 C1 C2 C3West Harbour 57 17 7eastern Suburbs 47 34 34Warringah 10 8 12manly 52 24 24Northern Suburbs 14 21 14Sydney university 22 34 43Parramatta 26 19 22eastwood 32 28 22randwick 52 100 ByePenrith 24 19 **Southern districts 53 Bye ByeGordon 14 * **Gordon Colts 2 and 3 not competing ** Penrith Colts 3 not competing

COLTS RESULTS ROUND 15

C1 C2 C3 TOTALSydney Uni 450 210 106 766Manly 450 135 70 655Norths 312 177 92 581Eastwood 246 201 94 541Randwick 318 135 62 515Parramatta 252 102 68 422Easts 132 138 92 362Souths 258 90 14 362Warringah 234 33 30 297West Harbour 192 66 28 286Gordon 192 0 0 192Penrith* 0 0 0 0

ERIC SPILSTED COLTS’ CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

A Gibbon (Sd) 16A Alofa (WH) 13N Batger (ew) 13J Holmes (Wa) 11G Jeloudev (Su) 10l Smart (Sd) 9

C Brown (NS) 9l Windon (NS) 9H Perrett (ew) 9m mcdougall (ew) 8m Adams (Wa) 8

SHUTE SHIELD LEADING TRY SCORERS

T G P F PtsR Saifoloi (SD) 6 42 31 0 207B Batger (Ew) 4 39 17 0 149H Hudson (ES) 2 28 25 0 141D Harvey (Wa) 3 27 16 1 120T Preston (G) 6 21 15 0 117D Rawaqa (Pa) 6 24 8 1 105C Brown (NS) 9 21 4 0 99J Debreczeni (WH) 4 24 10 0 98C Matehaere (Ra) 5 27 3 0 88A Gibbon (SD) 16 0 0 0 80

SHUTE SHIELD TOP POINTS SCORERS

Eastern Suburbs 33 (Charlie Clifton, Luke Irwin, Phil Mathers, Brendan McKibbin, Pauli Taumoepeau tries; Henry Hudson 2 cons, Devlin con, Brendan McKibbin con,)West Harbour 26 (Jack Debreczeni, Henry Seavula, Rory Sidey, Shaun Treweek tries; Jack Debreczeni 2 cons, Henry Seavula con)

Eastwood 56 (Ben Batger 2, Nick Batger 3, Andrew Clyne, Michael McDougall, Garreth Palamo tries; Ben Batger 5 cons, 2 pens) Parramatta 20 (Adam Coleman, Damien Fakafanua, Charlie Leaeno tries; Tom Woods con, pen)

Southern Districts 66 (Alex Gibbon 3, Jed Holloway 3, Oleni Ngungutau 2, Rohan Saifoloi, Ben Volavola tries; Rohan Saifoloi 8 cons) Gordon 28 (Terry Preston, Tom Matthews, Matt McDougall, Viliami Maumalanga tries; Henry Carmichael 4 cons)

Manly 45 (Daniel Alley 2, Eddie Aholelei, Ed Gower, Kotoni Ale, Brian Sefanaia, Harry Bergelin tries; Adam D’Arcy 2 cons, 2 pens) Warringah 22 (Ed Doyle 2, Michael Adams tries; Dave Harvey 2 cons, 1 pen)

Randwick 52 (Ethan Ford, Patrick Hodgetts 3, Cayden Matehaere, Nathan Paila, Timothy Wright, tries, Pen try; Cayden Matehaere 6 cons) Penrith 19 (Sione Fifita, Paueli Halafihi, Pita Tupou tries; 2 cons)

Sydney University 64 (Greg Jeloudev 2, Tolu Latu 2, Ollie Atkins, Dave Dennis, Stefano Hunt, Nick Phipps, Peter Betham, Tom Kingston tries; Nick Phipps 7 cons) Northern Suburbs 19 (Cam Crawford, Bill Meakes, Michael Wells tries; Scott Daruda 2 cons)

SHUTE SHIELD ROUND 15 SCORERS

eastwood 84 37 47Sydney uni 72 33 39Souths 65 39 26manly 66 45 21randwick 65 52 13Norths 51 49 2

easts 45 45 0West Harbour 64 66 -2Warringah 56 66 -10Parramatta 59 84 -25Gordon 39 66 -27Penrith 30 114 -84

SHUTE SHIELD TEAM TRIES For ag +/– For ag +/–

GREGOR GEORGE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 1st Res 3rd 4th C1 C2 C3 TotalSydney Uni 900 488 355 264 450 210 106 2773

Eastwood 945 480 300 244 246 201 94 2510

Manly 765 504 255 140 450 135 70 2319

Randwick 585 520 275 268 318 135 62 2163

Norths 495 416 150 192 312 177 92 1834

Souths 855 192 195 104 258 90 14 1708

Easts 615 256 210 176 132 138 92 1619

West Harbour 720 168 225 124 192 66 28 1523

Parramatta 390 208 60 44 252 102 68 1124

Gordon 270 288 175 72 192 0 0 997

Warringah 435 168 50 44 234 33 30 994

Penrith* 45 88 0 68 0 0 0 195

* Penrith deducted 24 points for late forfeit in Colts 1.

* Penrith deducted 24 points for late forfeit in Colts 1. Club competition points are calculated thus: SS x 15, Res x 8, 3rd x 5, 4th x 4, Colts 1 x 6, Colts 2 x 3 and Colts 3 x 2.

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SHUTE SHIELD – FIRST GRADE P W d l Bon For ag Ptseastwood 15 12 1 2 13 606 279 63sydney uni 15 12 0 3 12 531 262 60souths 15 12 0 3 9 506 283 57Manly 15 10 1 4 9 454 338 51West Harbour 15 9 0 6 12 429 492 48easts 15 8 0 7 9 378 363 41randwick 15 7 0 8 11 460 375 39norths 15 6 0 9 9 350 356 33Warringah 15 5 0 10 9 411 472 29Parramatta 15 5 0 10 6 408 561 26Gordon 15 3 0 12 6 295 498 18Penrith 15 0 0 15 3 204 753 3

COLIN CAIRD SHIELD – SECOND GRADE P W d l Bon For ag Ptsrandwick 15 13 0 2 13 694 283 65Manly 15 13 0 2 11 558 263 63sydney uni 15 13 0 2 9 544 196 61eastwood 15 12 0 3 12 578 267 60norths 15 10 0 5 12 497 307 52Gordon 15 6 0 9 12 409 483 36easts 15 6 0 9 8 334 361 32Parramatta 15 4 0 11 10 383 631 26Souths 15 3 2 10 8 323 431 24Warringah 15 4 1 10 3 175 502 21West Harbour 15 3 0 12 9 339 513 21Penrith 15 1 1 13 5 193 790 11

J R HENDERSON SHIELD – THIRD GRADE P W d l Bon For ag Ptssydney uni 15 14 1 0 13 776 94 71eastwood 15 12 1 2 10 659 145 60randwick 15 11 0 4 11 507 281 55Manly 15 10 1 4 9 421 217 51West Harbour 15 9 0 6 9 380 280 45easts 15 8 1 6 8 368 225 42souths 15 8 0 7 7 348 337 39Gordon 15 6 1 8 9 330 414 35Norths 15 5 1 9 8 427 305 30Parramatta 15 2 0 13 4 217 634 12Warringah 15 2 0 13 2 133 552 10Penrith 15 0 0 15 0 94 1176 0

J R HENDERSON CUP – FOURTH GRADE P W d l Bon For ag Ptsrandwick 15 14 0 1 11 483 176 67sydney uni 15 13 0 2 14 708 99 66eastwood 15 13 0 2 9 459 157 61norths 15 10 1 4 6 333 213 48easts 15 9 0 6 8 285 185 44Manly 15 7 0 8 7 323 281 35West Harbour 15 6 0 9 7 222 295 31souths 15 5 1 9 4 236 400 26Gordon* 15 4 0 11 6 169 352 18Penrith 15 3 0 12 5 171 618 17Warringah* 15 3 0 12 3 100 445 11Parramatta 15 2 0 13 3 163 431 11

*Gordon deducted 4 points for late forfeit *Warringah deducted 4 points for two early forfeits

W McMAHON MEMORIAL SHIELD - COLTS 1 P W d l Bon For ag Ptssydney uni 16 15 0 1 15 880 227 75Manly 16 15 0 1 15 756 218 75randwick 16 10 0 6 13 540 422 53norths 16 10 0 6 12 524 355 52souths 16 8 0 8 11 488 418 43Parramatta 16 8 0 8 10 418 418 42eastwood 16 7 0 9 13 439 467 41Warringah 16 8 0 8 7 346 545 39Gordon 16 6 0 10 8 364 506 32West Harbour 16 5 0 11 12 416 540 32Easts 16 4 0 12 6 325 498 22Penrith* 16 0 0 16 1 132 1014 0

*Penrith deducted 4 points for late forfeit

SHELL TROPHY - COLTS 2 P W d l Bon For ag Ptssydney uni 15 14 1 0 12 726 124 70eastwood 15 14 0 1 11 474 171 67norths 15 11 0 4 15 590 242 59easts 15 8 2 5 10 384 267 46randwick 15 9 0 6 9 496 407 45Manly 15 8 1 6 11 448 263 45Parramatta 15 7 0 8 6 351 307 34souths 15 6 0 9 6 278 431 30West Harbour 15 3 0 12 10 321 533 22Warringah 15 2 0 13 3 181 636 11Penrith 15 1 0 14 0 112 840 4

BILL SIMPSON SHIELD - COLTS 3 P W d l Bon For ag Ptssydney uni 13 11 0 2 9 414 134 53eastwood 14 9 1 4 9 314 208 47norths 12 9 0 3 10 389 154 46easts 13 9 0 4 10 297 182 46Manly 14 7 0 7 7 279 227 35Parramatta 12 6 1 5 8 188 189 34randwick 13 6 0 7 7 281 265 31Warringah 14 3 0 11 3 167 396 15West Harbour 13 3 0 10 2 159 409 14Souths 12 1 0 11 3 114 438 7

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by Scott Killingworth

Momentum is one of those things that cannot be measured nor anticipated in team sports, yet sometimes proves to be all that matters when coming into a match. undeniably holding the most momentum in the Colts competition is the Marlins, who have not lost since Round 4 and completed a convincing win on the weekend over local rivals Warringah.

Just two weeks earlier Warringah were on quite a roll themselves, bouncing from a slow start to the season to get to a six match winning streak that was finally ended by Southern Districts in a Round 12 catch up match.

Since then, Southern Districts have earmarked themselves as a genuine title contender, enjoying a win two weeks later against fourth placed Norths and their only loss in the four weeks following their tight win against Warringah being a one point deficit to co-competition leaders Manly.

This week sees the Rebels taking all of their momentum into a most exciting match-up against Sydney university, who have lost just once this season.

Manly showed us in Round 10 just what is possible when Sydney university are matched physically and the large forward pack of the Rebels will be looking to achieve a similar result through powerhouse forwards such as flanker Brandon Paenga-Amosa. Go-to man for the Students will be 2012 Australian Schoolboy rep Jim Stewart.

Jim last week returned to the Colts competition after a very successful stint in the centres for uni first grade and success for the Rebels will definitely depend on just how much they can minimise his impact.

Kickoff for this dress rehearsal for finals time is 3pm at Forshaw Rugby Park and is without a doubt my pick for Colts match of the round.

Also sure to pique the interest of any coach whose team is a mathematical possibility of making the finals is Northern Suburbs Vs Randwick at Bon Andrews Oval.

WEST HArBOUr 57 V EASTErN SUBUrBS 47

Speaking of momentum, the Pirates rode into this match with scores of it, after having enjoyed an away win the week earlier against giant killers Eastwood. The Beasties on the other hand were coming out of a hard defeat against the Marlins and one could have excused them early on for lacking confidence. The difference in confidence between the two sides must have been imperative, with Wests scoring four unanswered tries in the first twenty minutes of the match. Easts eventually retaliated late in the first half with two tries of their own, off the back of strong running by Max Wylie, the reliable anchor of their team.

Crucial in the success of the Pirates lineout and phase play was their dominant lock combination of captain Jack Corry and Australia u20s rep Phil Manukeu, who are the envy of every coach in this competition.

Lapses in concentration following the scoring of points cost Wests dearly and kept Easts within earshot for the third quarter of the match. This was until turnovers achieved by hard-working young breakaway Hugh Blaxland opened the doors for strong ball running from the entire Pirates backrow and created late tries to move the match beyond doubt.

The Pirates find themselves in a must win match this weekend against Warringah, with both teams needing a win if they are to be any chance of making the finals.

OTHEr MATCHES.

Eastwood ended the three match winning streak of Parramatta, beating them 32–26.

Manly made short work of local rivals Warringah, disposing of them 52-10.

Sydney university won a close one against Norths, coming up trumps at Bon Andrews Oval 22-14. Randwick joined the winners circle again, beating Penrith 52-24 and Southern Districts polished off the Highlanders 53-14.

TIPS FOr THIS WEEK: Warringah Manly Norths uni Parramatta Eastwood.

Could all coaches please submit match reports to Scottkill@outlook.com

ColTs REPORT

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WArrINGAHGreen and White

WEST HArBOUrRed, White and Black

PITTWATEr rUGBy PArK Saturday August 3

1st Grade Colts: 3.00 pm referee: Darren Bradley

2nd Grade Colts: 1.35 pm referee: Tony Fisher

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Saila SaipeleJonathan Palmerviliami TinoPhil manukeuJack CorryHugh Blaxlandmarvin TaliliKelepi leao

Tommy SawdenJet yatesJames Blackwoodekiaki PolitonoSam felemimaake moalaAngus le lievreGudmunson/Agah/Simpson

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Julius mooleyZac JonesPeter BarrattJake Pricemike Hartdan Boxall Willis Caseymichael Kovacic

Jake lowelouie Andersonmax JonesHarry mcBrydeSeb WilemanSam rosemike edwards fargas/Killian/rayner

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

mike randmax AntliffJames PassmoreGrant edmonsonBrendon davidson Nick CondonJake BoroughsJake reneman

Jono millerWill SheehanJackson Stariaryan Campbell Alex O'SheaJames moylanHarry Thompsonmurray Pitt

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

vea KaveafiafiAlfred fifitaJoe latuOtto WendtJacob OlliffeAnthony loloheaAliki matangiAllan malangahu

Adrew ChoAnthony manassaJarryd ChihaIggy Woodsmaake Tamouaviliami moekioladaniel CarrfililavaCoach/es:

Coach/es: Coach/es:

Coach/es:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Jack mooneymitch rosicPierce BloomfieldCael CarmontNick ritchieBryce renemanJosh fenleydarcy Norrish

Charlie SutersBrayden WithamWill furnessChad SmithCam BrownBrett Batchelor lachie GrantSean KillianCoach/es:

Coach/es: Coach/es:

Coach/es:

3rd Grade Colts: 12.20 pm referee: Phil Tout

NOrTHErN SUBUrBSRed and Black

rANDWICKMyrtle Green

BON ANDrEWS OVAL Saturday August 3

1st Grade Colts: 3.00 pm referee: Nathan Pearce

2nd Grade Colts: 1.35 pm referee: Geoff Stewart

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

max JonesNick Hallluke BurtonConnor vestdeclan CarrollJake HardingJack BookerHayden Burns

Christian CageJosh KayGeorge HaltmeierJohn PorchGreg HeathPanashe KamharaChris SmithArchibald/Hall

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Paris CockinosSean Piconemorgan SmithJock ArmstrongCharles melsomTevita veaJack JohnsonJesse Harris

Gerard mcTaggartOliver NicholsonZachary GuilfoyleHarrison GouldJack PenningtonJames HileyHaynes WilemanJames Tesoriero

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach/es:

Sam KitchenJake KayHugh PolkinghorneBen molloyBill BeaumontCam SimmondsJames Goldiedamien fleming

Harry JenkinsJoe CallaughanJames moateJack emeryPhil Haltemeir Pierce richardsSteane davies Nolan/Johnson

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Hamish WaiterHarry HalesJohn SommervilleCameron meeTeejay WhakaruruZachary Wheelerlewis mayberryrowan mcGowan

Alex KoerberZane BashfordJohnny TuivasaKeiran KnightSeamus frostTimothy vrachnasThomas morrisPeter Allen

Coach/es: Coach/es:

Coach/es:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

daniel GoodingJack uluPauli foliseSivo KurumairaNiall mc dermottPeter Johnstondaniel ryandimitri Ikonomou

Alex robertsWilson faasalafaBilly moisidisTevita moekiolaAndrew SuamiliSam dawaiBrendan CoytePicone

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

George donnellyBryn PritchardArona manarangiJonathon rossJack daviesAnthony BrownToby TuckerBlake etheridge

Tom englishNick duckworthJosh WildeTimothy duncanHarry BartholomewTom ClearyOscar PoplePsaltis/Jensen

3rd Grade Colts: 12.20 pm referee: David Powell 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

John StevensPhillip mcCorristonmaui Haumonoedward KennedySamuel forbesmichael lo Prestimax HelliwellKurt Spurr

Jack WhitakerJoseph milliganAlexander PetersonNed robinsonBeau melvillelouis Tsagarismatthew murrayBriant Kareroa

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SOUTHErN DISTrICTSRed, White, Sky Blue and Black

SyDNEy UNIVErSITyBlue and Gold

FOrSHAW rUGBy PArK Saturday August 3

1st Grade Colts: 3.00 pm referee: Anthony Moyes

2nd Grade Colts: 1.35 pm referee: Lewis Nottidge

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Ben lawleyfolau fainga'aTomas robertsonrohan O'reganCalum BucklingTom Shawethan ThomasSam quinn

Thomas Koerstzfinlay mcdonaldmatt NarracottJim StewartChris IngateHenry Clunies-rossmatthew HoodHaigh/Cowley

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Cameron OrrOliver TekivitiJarrome raruScott Aldrittdavid SulterBen ryanBrandon Paenga-AmosaAlbert Hemopo

Sam HarrisJack Keppelmatt TekiBen Arnolddamon BrownCyril SawakiNick mcCarthyHolmes/rivers

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

leon KoroKruise GilliesJake PalarmoAndrew WilsonKevin Weekesliam mcdonnellluke Irvinevilisoni Tabuatamats

Allan latunipuludavid mcGrathmark Tautedom HuggettOliver Cupid Osbournemathew Schweighofferdan BrownSpedding/Suter

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Alex BathoTom WilsonGraeme WesselsCameron SkeltonNick CoaldrakeByron WickenHarry randellJack Stanford

Angus PulverTianua PotoPhil TuinukuJack reddenNick Burdendylan vieirafadi Saadriches/daley/Partridge/dillonCoach/es:

Coach/es: Coach/es:

Coach/es:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Haloti faupularicky HunterJames Opacakmilan volavolaStewart WilsonBrad WinchesterBradley mollaewen Johnson

Tyler mayTuti Haimonadonald lightClayton HansellJesse fayAndrew KaineChris yangfletcher/Hopkins

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Jack BlissPerrin Taskervincent morselloTinashe Washayamatthew SimpsonTyne Holmesmike van-diggelenBen martin

Chris O'donnellmesake TagituimuaTyrone Smithrhys GriffithsJason dateJosh KingAlexander PayGudgeon/radcliffe/CatersonCoach/es: Coach/es:

3rd Grade Colts: 12.20 pm referee: William Wright

EASTErN SUBUrBSRed, White, and Blue

PArrAMATTANavy Blue and Royal Blue

WOOLLAHrA OVAL Saturday August 3

1st Grade Colts: 3.00 pm referee: Mark Compton

2nd Grade Colts: 1.35 pm referee: richard Manchee

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

ephraim lesaTim lewisrory mcmullenJack unicombeBj edwardsluke Cullinane (C)Pat fishburnGuy Beever

Andrew ferrisJack GrantGeorge mallatJohn Juliandaniel GallagherWill raynermax WylieBarlow/edwards

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

louis mussonAaron BlacklockPeter ma'aAsh GoddardSiatua SoleaseNathan Oliverevan TuckwellJarrod matairavula

liam TullyCale Angeloniluke CaseySua SeupuleJackson Canningdaniel SmithJustin PauloTuckwell/richardson

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

felix van de laakJosh ArenaPat PeroneTomas GruenwaldtJames HolymanAiden Woodford-SmithBrendan Galvin (C)Buchan richardson

Oli laumbergArchie Kingdylan Holmesluke BrownJack CodyNiko SialeJosh mosselford/Kacaimaiwai

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Jason AlbertBrandon dyerJordan HealyCormac Burkeethan matthewsSam Shepherdriley JacobsonSiofilisi Sikalu

louis ramsayluke meehanemosi NavusoloiTony PalemiaGarth BoilaPaula HafokaJake ryanSlattery/Knight

Coach/es:

Coach/es:

3rd Grade Colts: 12.20 pm referee: Simon Elder 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

dave mcCathieHenry HoldenBen SiveAngus WilsonHarrison ShaloubAlex King Jonathon mcmennaminlachie Watt

Charles mansfieldWill maddocks (C)Nick StotzPedro dealluke vasuHenry TilleyTim WilsonBrown/Shields

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Junior lagaa'ialachlan robinsonSeaton Kennarob donaldsonlawrence ToevaiChris TolsonJake richardsonSam Brown

Bradley J HalliwellJohn TaulagaJake Owenfortune AtuakpohoJake digbyJubeelee TeofiloOfa SialeHealy/robinsonCoach/es: Coach/es:

Coach/es:

Coach/es:

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MANLyRed and Blue

PENrITHBlack, Green, Red and Gold

KEIrLE PArK Saturday August 3

1st Grade Colts: 1.00 pm referee: Dominic McCarthy

2nd Grade Colts: 11.35 am referee: Max Hearn-Sarchfield

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

James misi AloKelepi TuuhokoAndrew ZinghiniSolomona Iosefamoses leotaTim Asiatalachlan ruskinThorne Piilua

Tom Hutchinsonlaione IosefaSuliasi CakauTelenoti moataànedavid IsopoSione HokafonuSio livi-Papaliifotofili / lee

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

rory O'ConnorBen CarolanAlex Brandmathew PhilipKarel lloydThomas Antozziethan uilivinnie Baranyi

fabian Natolireece HodgeHarrison Blakelalakai foketiBenson fakaiJack eadesmike HowardHarvey/mills

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Siotame KavapaluScott WhiteAlex HoustonJackson CooperWill Croninliam ryanHenry TierKiti latu

dan JeffreySean O'SullivanChris KingJesse moffatBen CrerarSoane Simeryan Taylor-dennehyBeer/macdonald

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Akuila vunipolaZachery vukiZaf KhanAssad CollinsJames NasioTremayne CashmanTaofia magalogofekusone latai

frank Ah-kenAlipate lausiiPaoa martini GafaTasesa magalogoraymond magalogoSebastian leuilaereisky livi-PapaliiBen manuCoach/es:

Coach/es:

Coach/es: Coach/es:

Coach/es:

EASTWOODBlue and White

GOrDONTartan

T.G. MILLNEr FIELD Saturday August 3

1st Grade Colts: 3.00 pm referee: Brendon Farrar

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Joel WhitlockJames Holdendavid fangalokaAdam de SantisBen renshaw (C)Tom murphyHamish Halleddie Turk

matthew Gonzalezmatthew ParkinsonNick O'ConnorSione fangiaZac AtallahBrendan maxworthyJackson Birdmoyes/Steel

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

luke GardnerTonga Tangitau (Junior) Jordan WhitehornOlivier damasGrant HuttJack maguire (C)Hugh donaldsonlachlan Camp

James fletchermichael dyasonBrandon quinnmichael laneAlex GregoryAlec PalmerOlly CampbellNaati/GraysonCoach/es:

CLUB NEWS/EVENTSJames Leckie To referee 100th Shute Shield Game James Leckie is scheduled to referee his 100th Shute Shield game this weekend when he

officiates at Concord Oval in the West Harbour v Warringah game.

Gordon Rugby has announced the appointment of former Wallaby and Waratah Tony Dempsey as First Grade Colts Coach for 2014.Tony is charged with developing a strong playing roster and organization that will ultimately feed into Gordon’s senior playing ranks. ” said Gordon President Dr. David McGilvray.Planning for the 2014 season is well underway and Dempsey is already involved in recruitment plans to ensure Gordon Colts teams are some of the strongest in the 2014 competition.“In conjunction with our Gordon / university of Technology Scholarship program we have a

compelling proposition for aspiring Rugby players, particularly those who have been Gordon Juniors throughout their early playing careers” said Dempsey Having recently coached at a NSW Schoolboy level Tony is well known to many of this year’s Schoolboy representative players.Dempsey played for over 10 seasons at Gordon – including 160 First Grade games and 3 grand finals. He was a NSW Waratah between 1991 and 1994 and a former Wallaby. After retiring from Rugby Tony founded and was the CEO of The Rugby union Players’ Association (RuPA) between 1995 and 2009.

FOrMEr WALLABy TONy DEMPSEy TO COACH GOrDON COLTS

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2013 FINALS SCHEDULE

Qualifying FinalsTeam v Team date / location Time

Qualifying Final a Sat 24 Aug - TG Millner

Ladder Pos: 1 v Ladder Pos: 4

Qualifying Final B Sun 25 Aug - Manly Oval

Ladder Pos: 5 v Ladder Pos: 8

Qualifying Final C Sat 24 Aug - Concord Oval

Ladder Pos: 6 v Ladder Pos: 7

Qualifying Final d Sat 25 Aug - Chatswood Oval

Ladder Pos: 2 v Ladder Pos: 3

semi-FinalsTeam v Team date / location Time

semi Final e Sat 31 Aug - Coogee Oval

[Loser of Qualifying Final A]

v [Winner of Qualifying Final B]

semi Final F Sun 1 Sept - Coogee Oval

[Winner of Qualifying Final C]

v [Loser of Qualifying Final D]

Preliminary FinalsTeam v Team date / location Time

Preliminary Final G Sat 7 Sept - Sydney Uni #1

[Winner of Qualifying Final A]

v [Winner of Semi Final F]

Preliminary Final H Sun 8 Sept - TG Millner

[Winner of Qualifying Final D]

v [Winner of Semi Final E]

Grand FinalTeam v Team date / location Time

Grand Final Sat 14 Sept - Concord Oval

[Winner of Preliminary Final G]

v [Winner of Preliminary Final H]

Below is the Grade Finals Schedule with the recently announced venues included. All Colts Finals will be played at Forshaw Rugby Park on Aug 17 & 18,

Aug 24 & 25, Aug 31 & Sept 1, with the Grand Finals at Forshaw on Saturday, September 7.

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There were former Wallabies and Waratahs aplenty at the Gordon Reunions Dinner held last Saturday night. Over 220 former players and coaches from the past twenty five years

shared a night of camaraderie and a wonderful display of club spirit and support. NSW Rugby union Chairman Nick Farr-Jones, whose son is a Gordon Junior, was a guest speaker.

Former Gordon players catch up (L to R): Michael Cooper, Mark Todd, Waratah Matt Dixon, RWC winning Wallaby Andrew Blades and Brett Fawcett.

L to R: Simon Gillies, Rod Lonregan and former Wallaby captain, Nick Farr-Jones.

L to R: Gordon Premiership winners - Former Waratah and Wallaby Cam Blades with former Gordon coach Gordon Ogilvie and Waratah Kevin O’Kane.

Member of Gordon’s Premiership sides, former Waratah and Wallaby Tony Dempsey who has been appointed Colts First Grade coach for 2014.

L to R: Gordon club games record holder Michael Spalding, former Gordon President John Kable with former Gordon Premiers and Waratahs coach Chris Hawkins.

L to R: Gordon Premiership winners and former Wallabies, Mark Hartill and Ross Reynolds.

GOrDON rEUNIONS DINNEr POWErS SUPPOrT

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WILSO’S WHISPERS

This week’s column seems like the Funeral Notices in the Sydney Morning Herald, however, I feel these people who have passed away recently deserve recognition.

A really great Rugby man, John Conlon left us recently. John played Rugby for Eastern Suburbs and also the Victorian Services team in 1944. He coached a number of teams at South Hurstville and Carss Park Royals including numerous Premiership winning teams during the 1960’s. He also coached the 1967 St. George under 14 Representative team to a State Championship, the first Junior St.George team to do so and was also coach of the NSW under 18 team in 1970.

On top of playing and coaching for many years, John was also involved in club administration. His son, Mark went on to play for the St.George Club while he was awarded Life Membership of the Carrs Park Royals and later served as a Colts Selector in the early 70’s at St.George.

In later years he supported his son, Mark in the coaching of Southern Districts Junior teams which included International Rob Horne and present Southern District First Grade players Luke Smart, Sean Doyle, Sam Latunipulu and many others who have donned the Rebels jersey in various grades over many years.

Besides Rugby, John was a Junior Life Saving

Champion at North Bondi Surf Club back in 1942 and also a Life Member of the Carss Park Swimming Club while he also supported his daughter Julie at St George Women’s Hockey Club, where his granddaughter Charlotte is presently playing.

Another truly great bloke who gave plenty of time to Rugby and many other sports in the community.

A long time Randwick man, Norm Barton passed away last week after battling cancer and who was recently being cared for in a nursing home in the Illawarra area. Norm was a Randwick man for many years before moving down to Mt. Warrigal in the mid 90's and took up a role with the Kiama Rugby Club as a strapper when his friend, former Randwick and Australian under 21’s and Schoolboys coach, Geoff Mould came to coach the club in 1996. His tenure at Kiama lasted more than 10 years.

Previously his role as strapper/physiotherapist at Randwick led him to be involved with many great players and coaches in the 80's, namely the Ella brothers, David Campese and Bob Dwyer to name a few. He also performed this role with the Wallabies but only for Sydney Test matches, there wasn’t as much money in the game back then. Bob Dwyer was his best man at his wedding to his wife Vivienne.

On top of the work he did in the Senior Club Norm worked many years for the Juniors including the Eastern Suburbs-Randwick Junior Representative teams in the 60’s and 70’s. A truly great Rugby Man who was always willing to help anyone.

Also, another thorough gentleman former First Grade Rugby League and NSW State of Origin coach, Graham Murray passed away last week. Apart from his commitment to coaching, Graham donated a lot of his time to junior sports and schools at their fund raisers. He was a real nice guy and was often described as being “too nice a bloke to be a coach”.

To John Conlon, Norm Barton and Graham Murray, thank you all for your commitment and dedication. May you all R.I.P. at the big bar in the sky.

If you have any stories or news please email to bobw@wireless2way.com.au

by Bob Wilson

John Conlon and son Mark.

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