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As we chase our first Club Championship since 1991 UWA

teams swept Perth in all Grades and both Colts matches. We

won 7 out of our 9 matches with the women overpowering

Rockingham 38-0 and only the Colts Green forfeiting and 4th

Blue performing well against Joondalup going down 21-39.

1st Grade continued its winning ways with a 20-11 score line

that kept the pressure on a top four finish. With three

matches left it will be a difficult but achievable run to the

finals.

Alan Kingsley picked up a further 10 points to lift him to 97 and should break the 100

point barrier this week against the Rocky boys. Tries to Dom LeSpierre, who leads the

1st Grade try scorers with 8 and sits in 7th place overall and Matt Shaw (pictured

scoring their tries) saw us end Round 15 with a 10-5 record in 1st Grade with three

games to go, all against tough opposition in Rockingham away, Cottesloe at home

before the trek to Allen Park for round 18.

Its great to see the depth this year and once again the benefit of having a good 2nd

grade side cant be appreciated enough. The confidence they now have helps players

when bridging the gap to play 1sts. All in the Club have their eyes on the Club

Championships prize and how they can contribute to this achievement.

Steve McFarlane must be acknowledged for managing the players well thru injury and

player rotation to ensure we keep good

combinations going. Well done to all the players

for the style of rugby they are playing which is

entertaining whilst also being successful. The

supporters on the hill and those that stay in

contact thru the Ruckus are hugely appreciative.

UWA CLEAN SWEEP PERTH

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2ND GRADE PREVAIL OVER PERTH 32-35 2nd Grade were behind early but the energy that was shown at Wanneroo was again on display

with the backs crossing for 2 tries to Joubert and Johnson and aided by the pack with 2 tries to

Stratton and Vear assisted with the bonus point win. Levon kicked 5 to seal the win.

Coach Brooksy was well pleased with the boys to have put two solid performances together

coming up to Rockingham game. Rocky were demolished by Nedlands and with Uni having

gone down t the Rocky boys 17-26 in round 1 there is a quiet

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THE MIGHTYS—3RD GRADE DESTROY PERTH The 45-0 score line

Third grade are experiencing the rewards for the effort of late with back to back wins and the joy

of contributing points to the Club championships race.

Tries came thick and fast with a double to Paul Grobler, and singles to Mark Ashton (pictured)

Jimmy Blomberg, Rob Wilson, Lucas Meaney and Mark O’Toole in his return from injury.

The boys shared the goal kicking joys with Paul Chanu, Craig Best, Jimmy Blomberg and James

Marshall adding the extras.

Apology

An unequivocal apology to the Palmyra Rugby Club for comments made in relation to the incident with a Palmyra player in the 1st Grade game. It was not intended to suggest that Palmyra pays players which the Club advises it does not. It was more the commentary of the behaviour of the player concerned.

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MUZZ BUZZ 4TH GRADE BLACK 1. Rd15 v Perth – Won 38-7:

The 500th game celebrations got underway before kickoff with TV cameras speeches and a picture of a bona-fide Hollywood star type in the blazer we trotted out looking as sharp as we ever have in our long sleeve, soft feel insulation devices, otherwise known as commemorative jumpers. They were great fun and we were regaled by senior members of the squad (not sure we have any other type…) with tales of the last time they wore a jumper like this and other things they wore around that time including but not limited to man perms and hedgerow grade moustaches.

The throwback feel of the day went on to include most of the tight five and The Mousse “taping up” and completed by a ripped up and boggy No 2 field that filled the hearts of the tight five with joy as it rendered such tools as a change of direction and speed unusable, thus bringing the game back to their level of athleticism, such as it is.

To be honest your correspondent does not have a great recollection of the game, perhaps related to the number of post-game refreshments, perhaps not, never the less the first half was a clinic,

Fabrice and Mitch showing some individual brilliance for a try each we set about giving Damo a fitting win to celebrate his epic milestone. The pack dominated the breakdown allowing us to hold the ball for long periods and we defended with vigor, the sharp support play was not limited to breakdowns, hard running in the midfield and some pretty to watch passing put Hardcastle over in the corner for another try.

Not long into the game most of us had a good covering of mud from the bog that was the mid field, most with the standout exception of Mikey, who finished the game with hardly a blemish, so much so that the Perth Bayswater crowd were calling for him to be tackled because he was too clean, he was heavily involved though, creating semi-trailer sized holes for your correspondent and Cogs to run into and over the try line. People were talking about the size of these holes well into the night… well I was.

I have no idea how Gohie managed to get over the line, really, nothing, just a snap shot of him putting the ball down, if anyone would like to enlighten me I’d be happy to hear.

We had a few changes at half time and during the second half and the flash and dash disappeared from our game, I’m not 100% sure on why, it may have been the two TV cameras in the huddle at half time or it may have been the heavy conditions that seemed to take a toll on our leg speed but there was some stout defending and without being brilliant we put on a solid show, 38-0 up at half time we finished 38-7 with more than a couple of injuries, making our line out splutter badly with some truly average throwing, the ball was wet and muddy and I won’t hear any more about it.. We also had some cameo’s worthy of note, El President Herewini brought up his 323rd cap and Mick Collis put in a very strong retirement appearance, I’m also told that Boxy played his last game on Saturday.

I would be remiss also not to apologize to super-sub Wolters who had not long been on the field when I in advertently used him as a battering ram sending him to hospital for some precautionary work and a script for something soothing. Sorry mate.

University Muzz Buzz 4th Grade 38 (M Hardy, F Gregoire, C Mackay-Coghill, D Wilson, A Goh, S Hardcastle tries, C Mackay-Coghill 4 con) def Perth 7. adultshop.com Man of the Match: Mitch Hardy.

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INFINITYS 4TH GRADE BLUE Desperate times at the start of the week, 20 players unavailable due to work, injury, holidays etc. etc. Come Saturday we had a team, barely, and then injected some assistance from the other grades.

Thanks a heap guys, much appreciated, Youngy, Morts, Dicky and Mr Unmentionable especially (and anyone else who I may have forgotten) We started the game in our usual disorganised style and before we knew it we had concede a few tries before we started to have an impact.

Then Dave T decided to go for a gallop and the opposition decided tackling him was not much of an option, and he duly scored the pie. Our game changed up a gear, the ball possession came and we attacked and went forward but were thwarted by our own inability to finish rather than by any special effort of the opposition. By half time we had conceded 5 tries but we were having fun and they were struggling so we committed ourselves to a better effort. And everyone did! We were all handling the ball, going forward and again our attacks were only thwarted by ourselves rather than any brilliant defence by the Joondalup boys. Anyway the try scoring machine Charlie got another one, and after a good movement which saw a number of good hit ups ending with Kang popping to Todd and then onto Dave L for the try. So the game ended 38-21 but the score did not reflect the time we spent in attack. Special thanks to Youngy and Mr Unmentionable who played the whole game for us at 9 and 10 at short notice. Thanks to the rest of the team a great effort. Let’s get a better turnout this week and win at Arena again!!

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UWARFC Members,

The 2011 Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 11th August, after the final training session for the Home & Away season (8.15pm start). Complimentary food and drinks will be provided. All positions on the Club Committee can be nominated for. These include: - President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer - Club Captain Registrar Bar Manager Colts Representative - UWA Representative Junior Club Representative Please make your nominations to Club President Boyd Herewini (Boyd.Herewini@ststephens.wa.edu.au) or myself. Rob Young UWARFC Secretary

WOMEN UWA defeated Rockingham 38-0 to earn a bonus points ad retain third spot leading into the finals.

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1st 2nd 3rd 4th Black 4th Blue Colts U/20 Colts U/18

Colts 18 #2 Women

Wests w 32-15 h w 26-8 a

d 17-17 h w 31-20 a

w 24-19 h l 13-44 a

w 32-0 h l 5-22 a

w 25-0 h l 33-24 h l 5-41 a

Nedlands

l 17-24 h

l 34-36 a

l 18-21 h l 10-36 a

l 7-28 h l 22-59 a

w 17-15 h w 16-5 a

l 19-23 h w 17-12 a

w 36-31 h l 31-36 h

Kalamunda

l 18-21 h

w 31-17 a

l 17-24 h d 15-15 a

l 7-21 h l 19-36 a

w 22-14 h w 29-10 a

w 53-0 a

l 17-21 h l 5-10 a

Palmyra

l 14-19 a w 19-17 h

l 3-23 a l 13-40 h

l 12-22 a l 15-33 h

w 24-19 a w 36-5 h

l 13-49 a l 16-20 h

w 41-19 a d 22-22 h

w107-3 a l 7-17 a w 24-10 h

l 12-41 a

Wanneroo

w 24-19 h

w 32-30 a

w 24-12 h

w 57-26 a

w 40-20 h w 16-15 a

w 18-12 h w 47-14 a

d 17-17 h

l 14-17 a

w 27-0 h w 39-0 a

l 0-38 a

l 0-25 a

l 3-24 h l 0-20 a

Perth

l 27-33 a

w 20-11 h

l 15-24 a

w 32-25 h

w 52-7 a w 45-0 h

w 31-7 a

w 38-7 h

w 29-17 a w 42-12 h

l 24-28 a w 20-14 h

l 10-59 h l 0-31 a l 14-19 a

Rockingham

w 25-23 h l 17-26 h w 19-12 h w 36-5 h d 5-5 a w 38-0 a

Cottesloe

w 42-31 a w 28-13 a l 6-30 a w 33- 0 a l 5-53 a l 12-22 a w 27-22 a

Assoc

w 39-17 h l 3-27 h l 15-19 h w 19-15 h l 7-34 h w 28-0 h

Bye

w 25- 0 h w 25-0 a

w 25- 0 h

w 25- 0 h w 25-0 a w 25-0 a

w 25-0 h w 25-0 a w 25-0 h

ARKS w 40- 7 a w 41-7 a

l 7-40 h l 0-25 a

Curtin l 17-31 h l 7-29 a l 5-75 a

w 50-31 h

Joondalup

l 7-24 a l 14-78 h

w 104-0 h w 36-10 h

Joondalup 2

w 26-12 a l 21-39 h

Mandurah

w 47-7 a l 0-61 a

Sth Lions

l 13-18 h w 25-0 h w 25-17 a

Wanneroo White

w 25-0 h w 25-0 a

Placed 2nd - 10 6th - 10 8th - 11 1st – 8 7th – 9 3rd - 11 2nd - 12 8th – 12 3rd - 5

Results

For – Ag

10–5 – 0 390-321

5 –8 - 2 300- 349

5 –10 - 0 310 –373

14– 1 – 0 385 - 157

4 –10 – 0 213– 434

10 – 3– 2 360 –161

13 – 2– 0 619 - 153

4 – 10 – 0 182- 428

5 – 6 – 1 212 – 135

RESULTS FOR 2011

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COLTS DO THE DOUBLE U/20 Colts won 42-12 with a hat trick of tries to Caleb Brown, a double to James Wilson and singles to Stephan Grobler and JBadenhorst to retain their top 4 spot. Next week is a bye so this secures a bonus point win as well. U/18 Uni Gold 20 Perth Bayswater 14

This week was a top of the table clash between second placed Uni and the previously unbeaten Pert Bayswater. Uni secured a confidence boosting win over Baysie prior to the finals. For thirty minutes of the first half Uni played with great shape and consistently converted pressure to points. Only some minor handling errors prevented a bigger lead being established. Uni relaxed five minutes before half time and Baysie showed what a polished outfit they are and exploited our complacency and scored a converted try just before half time. Uni went to the half leading 17 to 7. After half time Uni spent twenty minutes camped in the Baysie half. Again basic handling let us down and we only had three points to show for our efforts. Despite being a man down Baysie came back strongly in the last quarter of the game and scored another converted try. Tries to the backs thru Gareth Evans, Nick Wolman and John Newman edged Perth out All in all it was a great win and a great team effort while still leaving a lot of room for improvement.

Uni Green forfeited to Arks

With 17 players away on holidays and 2 injured we were only able to field 11 players for Green before the Gold players arrived in the second half. As a result Green forfeited to Arks. Green played with 11 players and Arks with 13 until the Gold players arrived. We believe that if we had a our full compliment the result would have gone Uni's way. Green are still able to make the Cup finals and with our students coming back we are still hopeful of a finals appearance. Once again thanks must go to a group of players in Green who have held this team together and been the backbone of the under 18s squad.

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UWA RUGBY RECOGNISE 500 GAMES BY UNI STALWART As Damian said at the after-game presentations it isn't about one person but Sat brought us all together to celebrate and this is some of what happened if you missed it (not in this order of course!)

Fox Sports and Ch7 film crew – maybe a Today Tonight story

Special set of jumpers made worn by 4th Grade players for match

All past team photos with Damo in them on display in clubroom

Damo playing Photos on display in clubrooms

Dam had 2 waitresses serving him drinks post game

Mention on Fox Sports Rugby Club Friday

Press release on Rugby WA website

Invitation to all past players to attend

Damo marquee to watch game

Damo masks for supporters

Pig on a spit

Big crowd in Clubrooms for Aust v Boks game

Run on tunnel for Dam and the team

Lots of past players to support him

Powerpoint display after match presentation

Video package organized by a Club member that included messages of congrats from John Eales, Greg Clark and Tim Horan, Peter Fitzsimmons and Lisa Wilkinson, Tom Raudonikis, Artie Beetson, Russell Fairfax (he was an Eastern Suburbs ball boy) and Alan Jones.

We won 38-7,the Club had a clean sweep of Perth, 1sts won and consolidated 2nd spot, we won 7 of 9 games

I’d say that was a great day

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WHO WILL BE THIS YEARS HIGHEST TRY SCORER?

RECORDS ADDED 2011

Tries

U/20 Clots player Caleb brown added a hat trick of tries to the record books this week in the 42-12 win over Perth.

Kurt Penney still leads the try scorers race with 19 whilst 5 players have got hat tricks or more this year Kurt Penney, Jess Farrell and Christian Joubert 4, Drickus De Jager, James Wilson, Jono Ashton, D Chua Caleb Brown 3.

Goals and Highest Scores

Several players have kicked 4 or more goals in a match so far this season and teams have scored more that 50 points scored in a match

Nick Wolman 11 v Paly w 107-3

Nick Wolman 9 v Joon w 104-0

Levon KvasRothwell 8 v Wann w 66-26 Paul Chanu 6 v Perth w 52-7

Alan Kingsley 6 v Soaks w 39-17

Colin Mackay Coghill 6 v Wann 47-14

Nick Wolman 6 v Wann w39-0

Stu Cross 5 v Curtin w 50-31

Gareth Evans 5 v ARKS w 40-7

Levon KvasRothwell 5 v Perth w 33-25

Alan Kingsley 5 v Cott w 42-31

Andrew James 5 v Cott w 33-0

Caleb Brown 4 v Soaks 28-12

Alan Kingsley 4 v Wests w 26-8

Levon Kvas Rothwell 4 v Wests w 31-20

Colin MackayCoghill 4 v Nedlands w 16-5 Alan Kingsley 4 v Perth w 20-11

Centurions

Coming Up

Sam Medway 2 more games

Paul Scalzi 2 more

Andrew Dopson 5 more

Players to have played their 100th game this year are

Barry Cahill

Tim Davis

Michael Patching

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SEEN AT THE GAME Given the celebrations marking Damian’s 500th it was great to see so many past players and supporters making the effort to get down to the hill to support Damo and the Club. Players noted included among many others: Gary Inions wing/flanker 1988-2003 111 games Tony Smith prop 1980-2000 167 games Warwick Allen coach 1978-1982 Bruce Byrnes centre 1982-1991 69 games Mark Freemantle wing 1977-1986 51 games Greg Freemantle wing 1977-1986 52 games Craig Bond half 1976-1984 75 games Peter Morris centre 1995- 201 games Dirk Kotzee prop 2007 17 games Stuart Maughan wing 1997-2004 111 games

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? NEIL MUNRO Dr (1949 - )

Position: Lock

Occupation: Dentist

Representative Honours: Western Australia 1981 Eastern States Tour, v Wallabies

Years Played: 1976 - 1998

Uni Games Played: 322 - Member of University of Western Australia Rugby Football Club Centurions Club Uni Honours: Full Blue 1982, Uni Rugby Vice President 1979.

Uni Rugby Club Life Member 1997

Notes: Premier 1994 Runner Up 1977, 1993, 1996

Listed in “Best Uni Teams of 75 Years”

Originally from Townsville “Munners” played 322 games for the club, having played for 23 seasons. Over this period Neil has been a leading player and official in the Club holding the positions of Vice President in 1979, Secretary in 1980 and Club Captain in 1982. Neil has also taken on coaching 2nd

Grade teams in 1983 and 1985.

Neil received a Full Blue in 1982 for his selection in the State team in 1981 and 1982, as well as his

contributions to the Club. For his services to the Club he was given the honour of Life Membership in 1997.

Now resides in his beloved Queensland.

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PAST UWA PLAYERS APPOINTED TO RUGBY WA BOARD RugbyWA has recently announced the appointment of David Vaux and Ian Cochrane to its Board. David attended UWA graduating with a law degree. He represented 1st XV at Hale School before playing 5 years for Uni from 1976-1980. He was selected into the Australian Universities Rugby team in 1981 be-fore moving to Sydney playing with Sydney University and then University of London. He also repre-sented WA from 1976 to 1980 and was named UWA Sports Star of the Year in 1981. David commenced his law career with Freehills before joining Macquarie as an investment banker. He was appointed Managing Director of DCA Group Limited in 1998 that sold 9 years later for approx $2.7 billion. His son is also a talented rugby player who attends Sydney University and aspires to replicate his father’s achievements.

Ian Cochrane played for Uni from 1987-1993at Prop.. Born in South Africa playing 1st Grade in Durban came to Perth to practice law for the past 18 years before founding Cochrane Lishman. Listed in the Best Lawyers in Australia Guide he is now a partner of Clifford Chance.

Congratulations from all at UWA Rugby.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES 40 Years Ago