Rugby News Issue 11, 2013 by Rugby News

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VOLUME 27 ISSUE 11 $5.00 (INC GST) Saturday June 22, 2013

NEWS From club rugby to Waratahs and playing the Lions. Will Skelton and Jed Holloway

COVER: Warringah halfback Josh Holmes is equal try scoring leader with nine tries

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Lions 2013: Sea of Red Floods Australian Shores - Page 25 & 27

RANDWICK V MANLY RUGBY NEWS 90th BIRTHDAY YEAR

BarflyBuzz by Terry Smith

To celebrate Robin Timmins being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to rugby, Eastwood invited their No 1 supporter to present the jumpers to the players before the game against Penrith. The gesture gave her as big a thrill as the award. Teki Tuipulotu’s wife Heather has returned to work so the former Tongan international could afford to become club and first grade coach at Penrith. Teki explains, “If I worked a part-time job, it would have paid more but Heather said, ‘The boys need you. I’m going back to work.’ How about that for support? She’s fantastic.” On Monday morning John Manenti was in a bed at the Mater hospital after undergoing knee surgery. On Tuesday night the jovial Eastwood coach was at training at Millner Field. We hear one of Sydney’s leading club coaches may be heading to Ireland at the end of the season. The British and Irish Lions are accompanied by no less than twenty-four officials. No, we’re not kidding. Compare this to when the 1984 Wallaby Grand Slammers swept to glory through the British Isles in 1984 with a management comprised of coach Alan Jones, manager Chilla Wilson, assistant coach Alec Evans and Dr Syd Sugarman, who doubled as physiotherapist. No trips for the boys here. Jones was at Manly Oval last Saturday with his 1983 Manly team to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of their premiership victory. He had a kind word to say about Waratah coach Michael Cheika and warned clubs to be aware of the need to entertain people. And while Jones and Co were down near the touchline, Rod Macqueen, who took Australia to a World Cup victory in 1999,was watching from high in the stand. John O’Shea, the old British Lion is second to none when it comes to having a sense of humour. He and wife Marlene (the former Olympic sprinter Published by: Eric Spilsted Publishing PO Box 848, Lane Cove NSW 2066 Publisher/Editor: Jim Davis T: 9427 8879 | M: 0411 242 535 jim.davis@rugbynews.org

Marlene Mathews) called their son Richard. Rick O’Shea? Ricochet? Spare a thought for the poor ground announcer. Firstly, he has to identify the chap who dives over for a try under a pile of players. Then he must pronounce their name right. Bad luck if it is Parramatta’s Billy Qereqeretabua or Oleni Ngungutau, of Southern Districts. One club announcer arms himself with a sheet with phonetic pronunciation of such islander names. What’s in a name? Manly last weekend introduced a prop named Jimmy Gentle. A gentle prop? Come on. Big Jim grew up in England and spent six years in South Australia where he represented the State for three years. Another prop Tristan Goodbody was a new face in the Randwick front-row last Saturday. Manly officials wonder why Sydney University’s Tim Davidson and Eastwood’s Jimmy Hilgendorf were cleared by the Rebels to play in Sydney last Saturday when five Manly Marlins were kept in Melbourne even though the Rebels weren’t playing. Randwick have been invited to play in the Dubai Sevens in November and could take part in the Singapore Sevens too. Australian Rugby Union chief executive Bill Pulver’s claim to rugby fame? He was Michael Hawker’s halfback at Shore before linking with Simon Poidevin, Eddie Jones and Wayne Erickson at University of NSW. Dipping into his purplest prose, the Manly Daily’s Jon Geddes has described Warringah’s centre Michael Adams as “hotter than a Trinidad Scorpion chilli” and says Rats fullback Dave Feltscheer can spark up a rugby game like a bolt of lightning. Two of the all-time greats among heavyweight boxers are Jack Johnson and Jack Dempsey. The names live on in Sydney club rugby, with Jack Johnson circa 2013 playing No 7 for Randwick. The latter day Jack Dempsey, whose uncle Tony Dempsey was a Wallaby, took leave from Gordon’s No 6 jumper to wear Australia’s No 7 in the World Junior Championships in France.

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Club Rugby to Waratahs and taking on the Lions by Brendan Bradford Rookie Waratahs forwards Will Skelton and Jed Holloway weren’t even in their teens the last time the British and Irish Lions toured Australia. Neither of them played rugby then either. “I was living in Auckland and was a league player then – I didn’t actually watch much rugby,” says Skelton, now 21. Holloway meanwhile, played soccer and was ‘a beach-rat running around Yamba and going to a school which had 150 kids in it.’ How things change. Twelve years, about two feet in height and a whirlwind Super Rugby education later and two of the brightest young Australian rugby talents were packing down opposite some of the biggest names in the game as the Waratahs took on the British and Irish Lions last Saturday night at Allianz Stadium. Although he spent the entire 2012 season on the sidelines with injury and had only started in one of his five Super Rugby matches, Skelton took no prisoners in an impressive 80-minute performance. He flattened flyhalf Jonathan Sexton in the 13th minute and constantly sought out more unwitting red-shirted victims to brutalise in defence before setting-up Tom Carter’s second try from a lineout after 46-minutes.

match. With three Super Rugby caps to his name, Holloway went toe-to-toe with Englishman Tom Croft for 50-minutes in a mature and confident performance in front of 40,000 vocal supporters. The twenty year-old shot to prominence in Southern Districts’ Grand Final run last year, and when asked if playing against the Lions was something he ever thought possible, his candid reply perfectly summed up the enormity of the occasion: “No, not ever. At the start of last year I was playing Colts and midway through this year I’m playing against the Lions. It’s just surreal. “It’s only a small group that gets to play the Lions and words can’t really describe what I was feeling and how pumped up I was to have everyone coming to watch something that I was involved with.”

Waratahs’ Jed Holloway, 2012 Shute Shield Rookie of the Year winner, turns the Lions around in a penetrating run.

Waratahs’ Will Skelton, 135kgs, put in an impressive performance against the Lions last week.

“It’s massive to think that my first game back (from injury) was a Super trial at the start of the year and my head’s just coming around to the atmosphere and the massive crowd out there,” he said after the

The 47-17 scoreline didn’t do justice to the plucky Waratahs side and both Holloway and Skelton said the opportunity to pit their skills against the world’s best was a great learning curve as they attempt to cement their spots in the professional ranks. “Guys like Will and Ollie (Atkins) have worked so hard and we’re lucky enough to get the opportunity and I was just running around trying to soak it all in,” said Holloway who got a few tips from his opposite number, Croft, after the game. Anything can happen in 12 years, but by the next time the Lions visit Australia, you’d expect Skelton and Holloway to have appeared in a few more matches on some of the world’s biggest stages. 3

Wallabies v Lions: I’ll predict that whoever wins this first Test will win the series. by Jim Webster The starter’s pistol is about to be fired…at long last… after a mountainous buildup. We’ve had the “will he... or won’t he” saga regarding Robbie Deans’ choice of Quade Cooper in the Wallabies squad and while I too would not choose him in my starting XV, I’d use him off the bench. His brilliance at times is electrifying and there are very few Wallabies in the history of the game able to do some of the things he does with the ball. But then he’ll make those occasional stupid errors that can bring the whole pattern of play undone. Plus, his defence is not a strong point. But as I said, coming off the bench in the second half–when everyone’s tiring and slowing–is when his sensational plays could turn any Test match. Enough said about Cooper. We’ve also had Kurtley Beale’s entry and return from alcohol rehabilitation and lots of discussion about code-hopper Israel Folau’s impending debut in Test rugby, which I strongly support. But now that’s all behind us. Tonight the focus is fully on the Wallabies tackling the British & Irish Lions at a sold-out Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane before mountains of red, the likes of which many of you will never have seen before – and may not see again. And I’ll predict that whoever wins this first Test will win the series. Because, as the Brumbies’ South African World Cup-winning coach Jake White says “it’s about getting momentum” and that’s why tonight looms as the most important Test we’ve faced for many years. The Lions are unhappy with the standard of opposition they’ve been thrown in preparation for the Test. But they have shown ample in their supreme performances against the Queensland Reds and the Waratahs. They have got their message across loud and clear. They have so much ammunition up front in the set pieces,5 in their physicality around the mauls and down the middle to show that they’re going to have us marching backwards for long periods. And don’t for one second forget their goalkickers.

Wow, they find it very hard to miss! To think fullback Leigh Halfpenny had a 95.7% success rate with his boot (22/23) following Saturday’s match and accounted for 30 of the Lion’s 47 points against the Waratahs. What it means, quite simply, is that the Lions are guaranteed upwards of 15 points from goalkicking even before kickoff. Above all else, their coach Warren Gatland says the mood among the Lions is “very positive” and they’re looking toward victory tonight. So it will need a supreme effort from our forwards to stand up to them. The Lions also have enormous inspiration, given they have not won a series since 1997 in South Africa. How the coaches (remembering Gatland and Robbie Deans are both Kiwis) drive their teams will add greatly to the outcome, but let me say I’m not feeling as confident as I was before the tour began. I’d love our guys to feed on lion’s meat tonight. Just let’s us hope it’s on the Wallabies’ menu. There are two other pieces of rugby news I want to share with you. Keep an eye on results from the World Cup Sevens in Moscow, being held next Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Australia faces France, Spain and Tunisia in pool play. Captain Ed Jenkins leads a very experienced squad which features three current Super Rugby players – Waratahs teammates Bernard Foley and Matt Lucas, and Queensland Reds flyer Luke Morahan. Also, I was fascinated to learn that Wales has been added to the itinerary for the Wallabies’ spring tour, which means they are set for a crack at the historic Grand Slam, only achieved once by Australia in 1984. The Wallabies were scheduled to play England on November 2, then Italy, Ireland and Scotland on successive weekends. Now they finish the tour facing Wales as well, in Cardiff, on November 30. Good luck, lads! I was fortunate enough to travel with coach Alan Jones and his Wallabies all those years ago when we won the Grand Slam and let me say that the increasing pressure after each of those victories was like something I’ve never experienced before. 5

Sydney Premier Rugby

MATCH PREVIEWS

by Terry Smith

The tight five of the Sydney University team that takes the field against West Harbour in today’s clash between the sides running second and third in the Shute Shield could be titled Waratahs Galore. Jeremy Tilse and Paddy Ryan are the props and Ollie Atkins and Will Skelton in the second-row. Another Waratah Liam Winton is at flanker, while in the backs lurk further Waratahs in Tom Kingston and Tom Carter, who is fresh from captaining NSW against the Force as the aperitif to scoring a couple of tries for the Waratahs against the British and Irish Lions. However, it would be worse for Wests if University skipper Tim Davidson wasn’t having a week off. Wests are on a roll. With a pushover try at a crucial stage setting up a stunning 30-26 upset of Southern Districts, they came back from 8-26 to post a famous win which lifted them into third spot a point behind premiers University, who are in second spot after six successive victories. Unlike University, there aren’t Waratahs everywhere you look at Wests. Simply a bunch of enthusiastic up and comers who train three nights a week under a coach who has spent the last three years honing his skills at Penrith. Briggs has brought a new consistency to the islander passion that leads to tries against any opposition. A formidable mix. With eight rounds remaining, Eastwood have skipped to a six point lead with 42 points, followed by Sydney University (36), West Harbour (35), Souths (31). Manly and Easts (30), Randwick (27), Parramatta (25), Norths (24) and Warringah (19). With a spot in the top four all-important and eight clubs getting a play-off spot, the plot thickens.

RANDWICK v MANLY

Terrence Hepetema returns at No.13 after Waratahs duty.

to inside-centre. Connor, a 19- year -old from Berry, has been given the seal of approval by Randwick’s Wallaby champion Simon Poidevin. Manly have stuck to the team sunk by two late Sydney University tries, with coach Phil Blake stating his praise of Randwick. “We follow them in the competition, so I see a lot of them on tape. They’ve got a good pattern and they stick to it. Seilala Lam, their No 6, is the form player of the competition.” Randwick get a boost from the return of Lam, prop Richard Aho and centre Terrence Hepetema from Waratah duty against the Lions. “Manly have big, tough forwards,” says Randwick’s rising coach Wade Kelly. “We’re smaller. We’ll try to move them around.”

At Coogee Oval

Tip: Randwick

The Galloping Pinks (no, we’re not kidding) are at home to Manly in today’s ABC TV game at Coogee. To mark Ladies Day, Randwick will discard the famed myrtle green for an all7 pink costume in this big clash for which coach Wade Kelly has switched flanker Tom Connor

SYDNEY UNIVERSITY v WEST HARBOUR At University Oval “We’re hungry for more, but we’d probably be 1,000 to 1 to beat Sydney University,” said coach Matt Briggs whose West Harbour team bid for 7

their sixth straight victory when they tackle the premiers in the sylvan setting of University Oval. “It’s a huge challenge.” His front-row of David Lolohea, a big lump of a prop, Reg De Jager and Vaughan Lomax pinched a tight head from Southern Districts last Saturday and winger Alofa Alofa, who shares the Shute Shield try scoring honours with Warringah halfback Josh Holmes with nine apiece, are players to watch. Alofa had a rookie season with the Roosters before returning to Wests. University are bidding for their seventh straight victory and with much Waratah firepower up front, it will take a herculean effort in the forwards for Wests to come away with the points. Tip: University

against Norths, but get a boost up front from the return of skipper Andrew Cox and Waratah second-rower Adam Coleman. Dan Rawaqa, once a Fijian international, will be a danger man in the backs. Tip: Parramatta

NORTHERN SUBURBS v EASTWOOD At North Sydney Oval With Norths looking fragile after five straight losses, the men in red and black bounced back with a 32-17 upset of Parramatta in the Waratahs v Lions curtain raiser. In a further boost, Waratahs Cam Crawford and AJ Gilbert will be back for today’s clash with front-runners Eastwood at North Sydney Oval. Explaining Norths’ stunning lift in form, coach Scott Fava explains: “Our mistake rate has been the problem and we cut out the errors. Corey Brown and Liam Windon were not getting the ball at the back in good space.” As Eastwood coach John Manenti rotates his props, the return of Jed Gillespie is the only change in the team that disposed of Penrith 67-14. Trivia note: Eastwood’s only losses to date have been by two points to Southern Districts and three to Eastern Suburbs. Tip: Eastwood

Ollie Atkins is one of many Waratahs returning for Uni to make things difficult for Wests.

SOUTHERN DISTRICTS v PARRAMATTA At Forshaw Park Southern Districts players must still be wondering how they managed to blow a lead of 26-8 to lose 26-39 to West Harbour. “It was all about attitude and not sticking to the game plan,” said coach Cam Blades. “Wests had a big, heavy pack which was not in the game in the first sixty minutes. Our scrum was too high and not aggressive enough and Wests got their tails up after winning a tight head.” Souths get a boost from the return of Waratahs Ben Volavola and Jed Holloway and will look to flyhalf Rohan Saifoloi to increase his points tally of 116. Parramatta are coming off a shocker 8

Norths flanker Ben Matwijow was in terrific form against Parramatta.

WARRINGAH v GORDON

PENRITH v EASTERN SUBURBS

At Pittwater Rugby Park Warringah, back in tenth spot, six points out of the top eight, cannot afford another loss if they want to make the playoffs. The only changes from the 35-24 loss to Easts all come in the forwards, with Luke Holmes back at hooker, Luke Preston at prop and Pierce Howell at No 8. Holmes’ brother Josh continues to rack up the tries at halfback, with his five-pointer against Easts being his ninth of the season. Tip: Warringah

next week’s

GAMES

At Nepean Rugby Park With coach Mark Bakewell due back from his travels to Japan, America and Canada with the Tongan national team, Easts make the trek to Penrith to play the wooden spooners.

Round 12

SATURDAY, JUNE 29 Randwick v Eastwood at Coogee Oval (ABC TV Game)

Watch for the Beasties to gain the upper hand in the forwards where No 8 Andrew Shaw is likely to be dominant and flyhalf Henry Hudson increase his points swag of 110.

Southern Districts v Warringah at Forshaw Rugby Park Northern Suburbs v Penrith at North Sydney Oval Manly v Parramatta at Manly Oval

The only change from Easts’ 35-24 eclipse of Warringah is the return of Richard Stanford in the second-row.

West Harbour v Gordon at Concord Oval SUNDAY, JUNE 30

Tip: Easts

Sydney University v Eastern Suburbs at University Oval

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COOGEE OVAL Saturday June 22 Referee: Richard Goswell Assistant Referees: Guy Grinham, James Ardern 3.10 PM

RANDWICK

MANLY

Myrtle Green

Red and Blue Jimmy Gentle 1. Dave Porecki 2. (C) Tim Fairbrother 3. Ryan Melrose 4. Dylan Sigg 5. Harry Bergelin 6. Kotoni Ale 7. Daniel Alley 8. Max Wood 9. Marshall Milroy 10. Jacob Woodhouse 11. Peter Gilmore 12. Brian Sefanaia 13. Richard Hooper 14. Tom Chesters 15. Coach/es: Blake / Cummins

1. Faitotoa Asa 2. Nio Halangahu 3. Richard Aho 4. Geoff Ingram 5. William Munro 6. Seilala Lam (C) 7. Nathan Paila 8. Junior Taavili 9. Harrison Boileau 10. David Horwitz 11. Ethan Ford 12. Tom Connor 13. Terrence Hepetema 14. Callum Fryer 15. Rennie Lautolo Coach/es: Wade Kelly

2nd Grade – Colin Caird Shield: 1.25 Referee: Guy Grinham Bench 1. Chris Baumann 9. James Helliwell 2. Pat Hodgetts 10. Marc Koteczky 3. Tristan Goodbody 11. Nathan Roye 4. William Carrick Smith 12. Alfred Paea 5. Lai Vatadroka 13. Timothy Wright 6. Jack Tovey 14. Andrew Wing Kee 7. Jack Johnson 15. Charlie Wakim Coach/es: Jayson Brewer 8. Bryce Speechley

1. Tyron Rota 2. John Wunder 3. Dave Hart 4. James Williams 5. Dave Shotton 6. Harry Edwards 7. Mitch Daniel 8. Andrew Davis (C)

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

Adam Crerar Cameron Pyne Damien Reti Joe Christie Anthony Calavassy James Arnold BJ Hartmann Brown / Wilson

3rd Grade – Henderson Shield: 12.00 Referee: James Ardern 1. Michael Celona 2. Thomas Weber 3. Steve Noriega 4. Scott Kennedy 5. Thomas Weatherall 6. Tasi Fonua 7. Todd Martin 8. Chris Barron

9. Mark Bannon 10. Daniel Fleming 11. Toese Vou Suitu 12. Keith Masima 13. Brock Davies 14. Peter Wright 15. Brendan Davis Coach/es: Brent Kelly

1. Tom Mooney 2. Takashi Tokuyama 3. John Baranyi 4. Deon Conning 5. Jack Wesson 6. Robbie Pickering 7. Vaughan Hay 8. Carrick May

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

Jack Brisby Sam Brisby Josh Carolan Anthony Bergelin (C) Pete Squires Pio Kautoga Mitch Kay Murphy / Donkin

4th Grade – Henderson Cup: 10.45 Referee: Andrew Hackett 1. Peter Tuipulotu 2. Jarrod O'Hara 3. Dominic Edgtton 4. Lachlan Robertson 5. Nathan De Pasquale 6. Timothy Murray 7. Jackson Raymond 8. Nick Coogan

9. Edward Hamilton 10. Ben Allard 11. Jordan-Lee Simi 12. Scott Malone 13. Lorcan Kavanagh 14. Allan Thompson 15. Elliot Rechtin Coach/es: Matt Buckland

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

Alberto Novak Adam Catarius Will Taufa Pat Clifford Christian James Anthony Barraza Dan Dressler Lachie Beattie

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

Will Thompson Sam Lloyd-Green Marty McNamara Moses Fakai Luke Perry Sullivan Jones Joe Metuisela (C) Kelly / Crerar 11

FORSHAW RUGBY PARK Saturday June 22 Referee: Ed Martin Assistant Referees: Richard Madden, Amy Perrett 3.00 PM

SOUTHERN DISTRICTS

PARRAMATTA

Red, White, Sky Blue and Black

Navy Blue and Royal Blue Nick Blacklock 1. Matt Borg 2. Luke Troy 3. Charlie Leaeno 4. Adam Coleman 5. Josh Kaifa 6. Rodney Ma'a 7. Andrew Cox 8. Chris Nay 9. Sam Yakopo 10. (C) Sosene Anesi 11. Dan Rawaqa 12. Damien Fakafanua 13. Moses Tavola 14. Tom Woods 15. Coach/es: Christini / Fasavalu / MacDonald

1. Duncan Chubb 2. Steve Fualau (C) 3. Tim Metcher 4. Andrew Leota 5. Luke Smart 6. Lopeti Timani 7. Jono Hayes 8. Jed Holloway 9. Grayson Hart 10. Rohan Saifoloi 11. Alex Gibbon 12. Rayhan Laulala 13. Faleula Finau 14. Oleni Ngungutau 15. Ben Volavola Coach/es: Blades / Barr

2nd Grade – Colin Caird Shield: 1.25 Referee: Richard Madden Bench 1. Michael Alaalatoa 2. Damian Byrne 3. Cam Betham 4. Jake Douglas 5. Bon Maui 6. Mick Kauter 7. Sam Latunipulu 8. Marcus Carbone

9. Cain Rangi 10. Brendan Hikaka 11. Api Vasugaga 12. David Reily 13. Joel Smith 14. Amanaki Pakalani 15. Dominic Bower Coach/es: Delaney/Smith

1. Lui Sakaria 2. Myles Hunkin 3. Mika Polota-Nau 4. Aaron Wendt 5. Ian Parkinson 6. Winnie Paulo 7. Matt White 8. William Tuitupou

9. Troy Lobendahn 10. Tawhiri Walsh 11. Waisale Beci 12. Tui Fa'asisila 13. Jesse Leota 14. Lani Tiatia 15. Tomu Mataika Coach/es: Carroll/Hogan

3rd Grade – Henderson Shield: 12.00 Referee: Amy Perrett 1. Thomas Dawes 2. Marcel Sampson 3. Keith Maile 4. Heath Francis 5. Michael Osmond (C) 6. Zaxian Goode 7. Callum Reilly 8. Edward Learney

9. Jake Holman 10. Bryant Hall 11. Luke Mataka 12. Samuel Furbank 13. Robert McDowell 14. Giorgio Phillips 15. Robert James Coach/es: Byrne/Smart

1. Cameron Moshref 2. Josh Whale 3. Dayne Goddard 4. Nick Geopalidis 5. Andrew Knight 6. Apaulo Tea Lama 7. Daniel Tamone 8. Ryan Aniseko

9. Daniel Tully 10. John Poe 11. Giovanni Vatuvei 12. Bill Qereqeretabua 13. Seti Vatuvei 14. Ryan Hook 15. Andrew Ah Tong Coach/es: Tully/Folomu

4th Grade – Henderson Cup: 10.45 Referee: James Walker 1. Joseph Giardullo 2. Lachlan Kerr 3. Samuel Lindsay 4. Hassan Saad 5. Samuel Boggs 6. Owen Hall 7. Gabe Castro 8. Ryan Alderman 12

9. Chris O'Rielly 10. Nathan Dwyer (C) 11. Paul McCann 12. Ryan Jennings 13. Patrick Burns 14. John O'Brien 15. Brad Rose Coach/es: O'Brien/Brown

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Fui Haloholo Jason Folomu Matt Toli Adrien Meurant Chris Bojesen-Trepka Ron Shortland Sima Fonua John Fonua

9. Marcus Gillespie 10. Tim Holliday 11. Clayton Khan 12. Joseph Fuimaono 13. Jacob Kolo 14. Nood Stevenson 15. Daniel Lamb Coach/es: Fonua/Folomu

NEPEAN RUGBY PARK Saturday June 22 Referee: Jamie McGregor 3.00 PM Assistant Referees: Blair York, Aragon Heppel

Eastern suburbs

PENRITH

Red, White and Blue

Black, Green, Red and Gold

Sione Kolo 1. Alex Walker 2. Rob McMickan 3. Richard Stanford 4. Phil Mathers 5. (C) Pauliasi Taumoepeau 6. Ryan Hodson 7. Andrew Shaw 8. Luke Irwin 9. Henry Hudson 10. Elijah Niko 11. Angus Sinclair 12. Apakuki Ma'afu 13. Anton Lavin 14. Damon Anderson 15. Coach/es: Bakewell / Aitken/Lipman

1. Peter Niumata 2. Kerren Straker 3. Nigel Vaifale 4. David Reopoama 5. Iosua Tonga 6. Leo Burgess 7. Pita Tupou 8. Willie Tooala 9. Solomona Silipa 10. Siaa`Taveuveu (C) 11. Paula Katoa 12. Henry Lilomaiava 13. Kampo Sione 14. Fokolulu Taumalolo 15. Campbell Hislop Coach/es: T. Tuipulotu / Lamond

2nd Grade – Colin Caird Shield: 1.25 Referee: Blair York Bench 1. Heath Toon 9. John Blackwell 2. Luke Warwick-Smith 10. Alofa Silipa 3. Bernard Leslie 11. Keori Okati 4. Sione Pusi Fifita 12. James Umu 5. Willie Taufuì 13. Paueli Halafihi 6. Vai Sosaite 14. Jesse Leota 7. Adam Barrington 15. Simione Moelasi 8. Suafai Soliola Coach/es: B. Tuipolotu / Su

1. Cooper Chapman 2. Sam Palmer 3. Tom Kolo 4. Ed Archibald 5. Gabe Passmore 6. James Graham 7. Israel Stephens 8. Sam Stitcher

9. James Burroughs (C) 10. Hugh Brownhill 11. Charlie Clifton 12. James Field 13. Tom Mathers 14. Scott Ferris 15. Jeremy Raftos Coach/es: Jeff Staunton

3rd Grade – Henderson Shield: 12.00 Referee: Aragon Heppel 1. Nathan McDonald 2. Jeff Piukala 3. Junior Toa 4. Caleb White 5. Etoni Tuiaki 6. John Ford 7. Moli Fifita 8. Toa Liukala

9. George Magalogo 10. Lance Pritchard 11. Jeremy Tafau 12. Trent Childs 13. Siaosi Liumaunu 14. David Afu 15. Lachlan Fox Coach/es: Vale / Blackwell

1. Adam Fullgrabe 2. Joji Kurosaki 3. Sean Day 4. Harry Hosegood 5. Digby Colley 6. Monty Hicks 7. Nick Tooth 8. Ben Willis

9. Steve Shapland 10. Matt Armour 11. Chad Isles 12. Sean Robertson 13. Jack Denning (C) 14. Louie Taylor 15. Warwick Percival Coach/es: Rutherford

4th Grade – Henderson Cup: 10.45 Referee: James Marshall 1. Sione Pasi 2. Joel Toemohenga 3. Albert Letufuga 4. Tomasi Vaihu 5. Tukolovatu Manu 6. Ika Latu 7. Tevita Palu 8. Tevita Tufunga

9. Fono Utumau 10. Filipo Toala 11. Wayne Buckly 12. Pat Page 13. Sisi Maea 14. Sisi Tuipulotu 15. Kava Fifita Coach/es: King Tuipolotu

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

Rhys Ward Matt Brewer Luke Wilson Liam O'Reilly Jack Harris Alex Boronkay Kirk Tunnicliffe Joel Hornby

9. Jock Brownhill 10. Richard Windle (C) 11. Naibuka Suane 12. Brad Drinkwater 13. Charlie Dickson 14. Jeremy Attard 15. Sam Devlin Coach/es: Frawley/Dontoh 13

NORTH SYDNEY OVAL Saturday June 22 Referee: Will Houston Assistant Referees: Brendon Farrar, Nick Hannon 3.00 PM

northern Suburbs

EASTWOOD

Red and Black

Blue and White Jed Gillespie 1. Hugh Roach 2. Dylan Brass 3. Jared Barry 4. Mitch Lees 5. Sione Tau 6. (C) Hugh Perrett 7. Locky McCaffrey 8. Shanin Proctor 9. Jimmy Hilgendorf 10. Nick Batger 11. Michael McDougall 12. Cam Mitchell 13. Nick Reily 14. Ben Batger 15. Coach/es: Manenti / Woodhouse

1. Nick Curtis 2. Will Weeks 3. Nick Lah (C) 4. Michael O'Hea 5. Chris Thomson 6. Ben Matwijow 7. Sam Figg 8. AJ Gilbert 9. Michael Dowsett 10. Scott Daruda 11. Corey Brown 12. Bill Meakes 13. Peter Schuster 14. Liam Windon 15. Cam Crawford Coach/es: Fava / Wilson

2nd Grade – Colin Caird Shield: 1.25 Referee: Brendon Farrar Bench 1. Dan Murray 2. Scott Podmore 3. Karl Truijens 4. Seb MacGougin 5. Luke Heavey 6. Terito Marekura 7. Tim Fitzgerald 8. Hugh Sinclair

9. Liam Walker 10. Jack Grant 11. Matt Gordon 12. Sam Myers 13. Michael Freeman 14. Tom Redden 15. Elih Baillie Coach/es: Stokes/Seale

1. Todd Pearce 2. Tannous Ferris 3. Robert Lagudi 4. James Neale 5. Jack Warfield 6. Chris Dan 7. Kyle Shewan 8. Joey Afualo

9. Max Page 10. Jai Ayoub 11. Tim Williams 12. Blake Sutton 13. Tom Hill 14. Mark Frost 15. Barney Wood Coach/es: Nilan/Harrison

3rd Grade – Henderson Shield: 12.00 Referee: Nick Hannon 1. James Knight 2. Ash Hall 3. Gody Schuster 4. Sevaro Domoni 5. Josh Spreag 6. Ciarin MacWhite 7. Timoty Crowyn 8. Al Hall

9. Dom Longhurst 10. Alex Lavender 11. Anthony Shortis 12. Lewis Adams 13. Zander Pedan 14. Dan Loader 15. Chris Burnett Coach/es: Horan/Benstead

1. Ferro Faalago 2. Elisha Lamalu-Leota 3. Daniel Minto 4. Matt Prestipino 5. Jackson Larkin 6. Tom Ellem 7. Dave Piukala 8. George Kent

9. Robbie Cattanach 10. Ben James 11. Ben Coady 12. Dave Sutton 13. Fili Pinono 14. Nathan Powyer 15. James Martin Coach/es: Moore/Ahearn

4th Grade – Henderson Cup: 10.45 Referee: Colm McCaughan 1. Andrew Dovgan 2. Josh Clifton 3. Angus Whitehead 4. Keith Coassin 5. Ben Waldsachs 6. Will Callanan 7. Wildan Olley 8. Ben Browne 14

9. James Stokes 10. Michael Pembroke 11. James Nakkan 12. Daniel Heape 13. Nick Marshall 14. Sebastian Burfitt 15. Xavier McCoy Coach/es: Crowe/Moore

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

Harry Morton Luke Ferris Sam Behan Murray Johnson Lachie Parker Nick Johnson Cameron Del Moro Jason Havea

9. Pat O'Connor 10. Pat Hilgendorf 11. Paul Cividin 12. Alex Maguire 13. Dane Gornefher 14. Tim McDonald 15. Ben Abood Coach/es: Blacker/Kirkby

PITTWATER RUGBY PARK Saturday June 22 Referee: Ian Smith 3.00 PM Assistant Referees: Matt Kellahan, Antony Hastie

WARRINGAH

GORDON

Green and White

Tartan (C) Tobias Gukibau 1. Ron Hobden 2. Salesi Maumalanga 3. Roni Scarano 4. Mark Johnson 5. Mark Williams 6. Gordon Broome 7. Luke Rissman 8. Terry Preston 9. Eric Moss 10. Brendon Quinn 11. Tom Matthews 12. Lucas Simkin 13. Matt McDougall 14. Mark Preston 15. Coach/es: Grier / Hopkins / Wallace

1. Ben Ryan 2. Luke Holmes (C) 3. Luke Preston 4. Vincent Wright 5. Ben Adams 6. mark Porpiglia 7. James Casey 8. Pierce Howell 9. Joshua Holmes 10. David Harvey 11. Brad Dixon 12. Ed Doyle 13. Michael Adams 14. Conrad Gillingham 15. David Feltscheer Coach/es: Sare / Cullum

2nd Grade – Colin Caird Shield: 1.25 Referee: Matt Kellahan Bench 1. Richard Southan 2. Rob Kelly 3. Wayne Borsak 4. Jordan Reid 5. Michael Ritchie 6. Nick Hughes-Clapp 7. Jake Butcher 8. Tristan Stanley

9. Scott Bradley 10. Hamish Angus 11. Joshua Gerrard 12. Daniel Jones 13. Tevita Halaifonua 14. Sean Davies 15. Matthew Hastie Coach/es: Coleman/Johnston

1. Aritema Ralulu 2. Levi Vono 3. Michael Cunneen 4. Matt Hopkins 5. Alex Knight 6. Stephen Williams 7. Cam Thorburn 8. Adam Ashcroft

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

Hamish McGilvray Ryan Matthews Nick Walker Henry Carmichael Tom Coupland Michael Manners Will Shirvington Neil Tunnah

3rd Grade – Henderson Shield: 12.00 Referee: Antony Hastie 1. Ryan Trbojevich 2. Ben Benson 3. Ofa Loko 4. Hamish Finch 5. Toby Paten 6. Dan Copping 7. George Wyllie 8. Zac Johnson

9. Lee Robson 10. Ryan Butcher 11. Doug Dalziel 12. Chris Arnold 13. Scott Kiely 14. Rob Kiely 15. Andrew Dummett Coach/es: Sullivan/Andrews

1. Sam Milgate 2. Michael Balk 3. Jack Parfitt 4. Fabricio Borghi 5. Andrew Chapman 6. Rohan Pixley 7. Peter Brush 8. Mitch Lockley

9. Mitch Hyde 10. Neil Smail 11. Viv Maumalanga 12. Beau Wilson 13. Greg Dunn 14. Eric Maroni 15. Mitch Walton Coach/es: Richard Grant

4th Grade – Henderson Cup: 10.45 Referee: Matt Clayton 1. Omiros Fanariotis 2. Adam Smith 3. Lee Murphy 4. Tibaut Irissou 5. James Arnett 6. Tom Sheridan 7. Ian Wells 8. Liam Sheeran

9. Craig Edmondson 10. Alex Mathieson 11. Alex Gee 12. Mavoni Latu 13. Haig Sare 14. Callum Blythe 15. Guy Raithby-Veall Coach/es: Sheeran/Gerrard

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

Jamie Sandilands Clement Negrier Sam Naisaro/Oasais Naati Justin Rogie James Igore Clement Heral Darren Seeto Brendon Donelly

9. Cleo Gomez 10. Daniel Campbell 11. Daniel Marcel 12. Tristan Pixley 13. Chris Hipsley 14. Ozzie Saqa 15. Kieran Lewis Coach/es: Brett Gibson 15

UNIVERSITY OVAL Saturday June 22 Referee: Matt O’Brien (Qld) Assistant Referees: Dominic McCarthy, Jason Johnson 3.00 PM

SYDNEY UNIVERSITY

WEST HARBOUR

Blue and Gold

Red, White and Black David Lolohea 1. (C) Reg De Jager 2. Vaughan Lomax 3. Alfred Pinomi 4. Chris Simons 5. Vaka Manu 6. Cohen Masson 7. Matt Coles 8. David Osofua 9. Jack Debreczeni 10. Tito Mua 11. Winston Wilson 12. Henry Seavula 13. Alofa Alofa 14. Shaun Treweek 15. Coach/es: Briggs/Lomax

1. Jeremy Tilse 2. James Willan 3. Paddy Ryan 4. William Skelton 5. Oliver Atkins 6. Liam Winton 7. David Hickey 8. Tom Boidin (C) 9. Jake Gordon 10. Daniel Kelly 11. Greg Jeloudev 12. Tom Carter 13. Jim Stewart 14. James Dargaville 15. Tom Kingston Coach/es: Malone / Avery / Playford

2nd Grade – Colin Caird Shield: 1.25 Referee: Dominic McCarthy Bench 1. Alasdair King 2. Elliot Messara 3. Sam Talakai 4. Byron Hodge 5. Tom Heslop 6. Benn Melrose 7. Stuart Goodman 8. Hugo Dessens

9. Richard Draper 10. Stuart Dunbar 11. Nathan Trist 12. James McMahon 13. Dane McCarthy 14. Levi Dodd 15. Stefano Hunt Coach/es: Stumbles/Hovey/Roberts

1. James Horocks 2. Murray Scoles 3. Adam Nixon 4. Tom Patterson 5. Adam Bretherick 6. Bradford Kapa 7. Alex Fox 8. Aisea Namoa

9. Daniel Midghall 10. Dylan Taikato-Simpson 11. Wes Talanoa 12. Nua Alone 13. Macquire Tatola 14. David Moore 15. Tim Hansen Coach/es: Muller/Idstein

3rd Grade – Henderson Shield: 12.00 Referee: Jason Johnson 1. Matthew Mafi 9. David Fong 2. Daniel Simpson 10. Cameron Mason 3. Alistair Ryan 11. Willie DuPlessis 4. Jordan Chapman 12. Ben Murray 5. Oliver Gresham 13. Oliver L'Estrange 6. Hugh Frazer 14. Sam English 7. James Nonu-Carling 15. David Dillon Coach/es: Hudd/Allardice 8. Geordie McSullea

1. Pat Micallef 2. Pat Andrews 3. Leon Latu 4. Sean Little 5. Tom Lonsdale 6. Jack Naylor 7. Tom Andrews 8. Rhys Sawford

9. Igo Fauii 10. Kiwi Kapene-Belcher 11. Jim Vosacaike 12. Stephen James 13. Joe Tuvitu 14. Graeme Kolomalu 15. Lucas Baxter Coach/es: Treweek/Hansen

4th Grade – Henderson Cup: 10.45 Referee: Stephen Macvean 1. Joe Horn-Smith 2. Tim Reid 3. Alex O'Donnell 4. Charlie Boyce 5. Andrew Hunter 6. Daniel Cope 7. Michael Pollastri 8. Harry Marples 16

9. Duncan Boyd-Jones 10. Kodie Drury-Hawkins 11. Ben Cannon 12. James Swan 13. Jack Sullivan 14. Conor Foley 15. Cameron Lawrence Coach/es: Cameron/Pope

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

Ryan Coombs Peter Woollett Leveni Latu Luke Stewart Rory Mc Arthur Paul High Tim Erbs Benji Foliola

9. Elias Sarkis 10. Elkan Tanuvasa 11. Hobson Tongamoa 12. Brendan Rixon 13. Iain Taylor 14. Will Thorpe 15. Jim Pike Coach/es: Horrocks

COLTS RESULTS ROUND 10 Southern Districts West Harbour Warringah Eastern Suburbs Sydney University Manly Northern Suburbs Parramatta Penrith Eastwood Gordon Randwick

GRADE RESULTS ROUND 10

C1 C2 C3 27 27 24 24 24 34 15 3 10 5 31 21 25 23 38 43 18 12 33 34 46 22 5 7 9 0 ** 78 59 Bye 42 * * 38 Bye Bye

West Harbour Southern Districts Eastern Suburbs Warringah Eastwood Penrith Manly Sydney University Gordon Randwick Parramatta Northern Suburbs

SS CCS JRHS JRHC 30 31 26 33 26 25 14 3 35 26 48 28 24 7 3 0 (fft) 67 76 122 61 14 10 0 20 23 19 14 21 35 27 30 54 21 33 36 15 49 67 17 38 17 32 12 7 32 41 27 39

*Gordon Colts 2 and 3 not competing ** Penrith Colts 3 not competing

SS Shute Shield JRHS J R Henderson Shield CCS Colin Caird Shield JRHC J R Henderson Cup

SHUTE SHIELD LEADING TRY SCORERS

SHUTE SHIELD ROUND 10 SCORERS

A Alofa (WH) J Holmes (Wa) N Batger (Ew) M McDougall (Ew) C Brown (NS) T Mua (WH)

9 9 8 7 7 6

A Gibbon (SD) F Asa (Ra) D Rawaqa (Pa) N Reily (Ew) B Sefanaia (Ma) T Davidson (SU)

6 6 6 6 6 6

SHUTE SHIELD TEAM TRIES For

Eastwood Sydney Uni Manly Randwick Norths Souths

Ag +/–

59 24 35 39 24 15 45 33 12 45 35 10 31 27 4 28 26 2

For

Easts Parramatta Warringah West Harbour Gordon Penrith

Ag +/–

30 30 0 45 46 -1 41 42 -1 40 42 -2 22 43 -21 21 74 -53

SHUTE SHIELD Top POINTS SCORERS R Saifoloi (SD) H Hudson (ES) B Batger (Ew) R Rawaqa (Pa) T Preston (G) C Brown (NS) C Matehaere (Ra) J Debreczeni (WH) D Harvey (Wa) T Browne (Ra)

T 2 2 1 6 4 7 4 2 2 0

G 17 20 30 20 17 16 21 17 18 15

P 24 20 12 8 11 3 3 9 7 9

F 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

Pts 116 110 101 97 87 76 71 71 70 57

ERIC SPILSTED COLTS’ CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Sydney Uni Randwick Norths Manly Eastwood Parramatta Easts Warringah Souths Gordon West Harbour Penrith

C1 270 246 192 276 174 132 66 138 126 174 96 0

C2 120 93 117 84 114 48 87 18 45 0 45 0

C3 68 44 72 20 48 40 58 24 4 0 28 0

TOTAL 458 383 381 380 336 220 211 180 175 174 169 0

West Harbour 30 (Alofa Alofa, Matt Coles, Jack Debreczeni, Henry Seavula, Shaun Treweek tries; Jack Debreczeni con, pen) Southern Districts 26 (Luke Smart 2 tries; Rohan Saifoloi 2 cons, 4 pens) Eastern Suburbs 35 (Elijah Niko, Andrew Shaw, Pauliasi Taumoepeau 3 tries; Henry Hudson 5 cons) Warringah 24 (Michael Adams, David Harvey, Joshua Holmes tries; David Harvey 3 cons, pen) Eastwood 67 (Nick Batger 3, Mark Frost 2, Cam Mitchell 2, Mitch Lees, Shanin Proctor, Hugh Roach, Sione Tau tries; Ben Batger 2 cons, Pierre Hola 4 cons) Penrith 14 (Kerren Straker, Willie Tooala tries; Campbell Hislop con, Paula Katoa con) Sydney University 35 (Tim Davidson 2, Sam Jeffries, Jim Stewart tries; Daniel Kelly 3 cons, 3 pens) Manly 23 (Tom Chesters 2, Brian Sefanaia tries; Tom Chesters con, 2 pens) Randwick 49 (Nio Halangahu, Terrence Hepetema, David Horwitz, Marc Koteczky, Rennie Lautolo, Nathan Paila 2 tries; Toby Browne 7 cons) Gordon 21 (Tobias Gukibau, Mark Johnson, Roni Scarano tries; Terry Preston 3 cons) Northern Suburbs 32 (Corey Brown 2, Ben Matwijow, Hugh Sinclair, Chris Tuatara-Morrison tries; Corey Brown 2 cons, Scott Daruda pen) Parramatta 17 (Andrew Cox, Chris Nay tries; Dan Rawaqa 2 cons, pen)

GREGOR GEORGE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Sydney Uni

1st Res 3rd 4th C1 C2 C3 Total 540 304 235 180 270 120 68 1717

Eastwood

630 320 210 168 174 114 48 1664

Randwick

420 360 175 176 246 93 44 1514

Manly

450 344 165 100 276 84 20 1439

Norths

360 288 90 140 192 117 72 1259

Easts

450 168 155 96 66 87 58 1080

West Harbour 525 104 155 88 96 45 28 1041 Souths

480 80 100 40 126 45 4 875

Parramatta

375 168 55 20 132 48 40 838

Warringah

285 128 30 48 138 18 24 671

Gordon

90 184 125 48 174 0 0 621

Penrith

45 64 0 44 0 0 0 153

2013 NSW PREMIER RUGBY COMPETITIONS SHUTE SHIELD – FIRST GRADE

W McMAHON MEMORIAL SHIELD - COLTS 1

P W D L Bon For Ag Pts Eastwood 10 8 0 2 10 421 193 42 Sydney Uni 10 7 0 3 8 300 190 36 West Harbour 10 7 0 3 7 282 328 35 Souths 10 7 0 3 4 246 190 32 Manly 10 6 0 4 6 301 249 30 Easts 10 6 0 4 6 264 244 30 Randwick 10 5 0 5 8 333 249 28 Parramatta 10 5 0 5 5 311 316 25 Norths 10 5 0 5 4 212 200 24 Warringah 10 3 0 7 7 291 299 19 Gordon 10 1 0 9 2 177 333 6 Penrith 10 0 0 10 3 138 485 3

P W D L Bon For Ag Pts Manly 10 9 0 1 10 497 122 46 Sydney Uni 10 9 0 1 9 615 134 45 Randwick 10 8 0 2 9 369 223 41 Norths 10 6 0 4 8 335 227 32 Gordon 10 6 0 4 5 257 287 29 Eastwood 10 5 0 5 9 302 263 29 Warringah 10 5 0 5 3 198 342 23 Parramatta 10 4 0 6 6 230 296 22 Souths 10 4 0 6 5 230 304 21 West Harbour 10 2 0 8 8 234 324 16 Easts 10 2 0 8 3 159 294 11 Penrith 10 0 0 10 0 70 680 0

COLIN CAIRD SHIELD – SECOND GRADE P W D L Bon For Ag Pts Randwick 10 9 0 1 9 487 197 45 Manly 10 9 0 1 7 379 183 43 Eastwood 10 8 0 2 8 387 168 40 Sydney Uni 10 8 0 2 6 346 152 38 Norths 10 7 0 3 8 279 198 36 Gordon 10 4 0 6 7 267 320 23 Easts 10 4 0 6 5 239 246 21 Parramatta 10 3 0 7 9 279 342 21 Warringah 10 3 1 6 2 134 336 16 West Harbour 10 2 0 8 5 202 351 13 Souths 10 1 1 8 4 147 311 10 Penrith 10 1 0 9 4 149 491 8

J R HENDERSON SHIELD – THIRD GRADE P W D L Bon For Ag Pts Sydney Uni 10 9 1 0 9 486 69 47 Eastwood 10 9 0 1 6 437 93 42 Randwick 10 7 0 3 7 338 209 35 Manly 10 7 0 3 5 263 162 33 Easts 10 6 1 3 5 207 113 31 West Harbour 10 6 0 4 7 260 208 31 Gordon 10 5 0 5 5 218 293 25 Souths 10 4 0 6 4 169 268 20 Norths 10 3 0 7 6 254 199 18 Parramatta 10 2 0 8 3 190 311 11 Warringah 10 1 0 9 2 88 365 6 Penrith 10 0 0 10 0 74 694 0

J R HENDERSON CUP – FOURTH GRADE P W D L Bon For Ag Pts Sydney Uni 10 9 0 1 9 489 77 45 Randwick 10 9 0 1 8 375 122 44 Eastwood 10 9 0 1 6 343 81 42 Norths 10 8 0 2 3 206 149 35 Manly 10 5 0 5 5 227 190 25 Easts 10 5 0 5 4 175 140 24 West Harbour 10 4 0 6 6 160 192 22 Gordon* 10 3 0 7 4 134 276 12 Warringah* 10 3 0 7 2 83 292 12 Penrith 10 2 0 8 3 103 372 11 Souths 10 2 0 8 2 140 342 10 Parramatta 10 1 0 9 1 97 299 5 *Gordon deducted 4 points for late forfeit *Warringah deducted 2 points for early forfeit

SHELL TROPHY - COLTS 2

P W D L Bon For Ag Pts Sydney Uni 9 8 1 0 6 342 76 40 Norths 9 7 0 2 11 375 141 39 Eastwood 9 8 0 1 6 285 96 38 Randwick 9 6 0 3 7 275 196 31 Easts 9 5 2 2 5 220 159 29 Manly 9 5 1 3 6 300 147 28 Parramatta 9 3 0 6 4 212 202 16 Souths 9 3 0 6 3 137 305 15 West Harbour 9 2 0 7 7 212 336 15 Warringah 10 1 0 9 2 99 410 6 Penrith 9 0 0 9 0 58 447 0

BILL SIMPSON SHIELD - COLTS 3 P Norths 8 Sydney Uni 8 Easts 9 Eastwood 8 Randwick 8 Parramatta 8 West Harbour 8 Warringah 9 Manly 8 Souths 8

W D L Bon For Ag Pts 7 0 1 8 262 62 36 7 0 1 6 250 72 34 6 0 3 5 172 117 29 5 0 3 4 156 105 24 4 0 4 6 214 158 22 4 0 4 4 107 144 20 3 0 5 2 113 234 14 3 0 6 0 76 210 12 2 0 6 2 117 152 10 0 0 8 2 51 264 2

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COLTS REPORT by Scott Killingworth

The unpredictable trend of colts rugby in 2013 continued last weekend with Manly and Gordon succeeding over competition heavyweights Sydney University and Randwick respectively. These results mean that Manly have leapfrogged from third place to number one, leading the competition eight rounds from the finals. Randwick were joint leaders of the competition until round nine, where they suffered their first loss of the season against Sydney Uni. Gordon made that two in a row last week and the Wicks fortunes do not get any easier as we see them pitted this week against the new competition leaders. There is another delicious encounter on the cards this week in Gordon V Warringah. Gordon are in red hot form, coming off that unexpected win over Randwick last week meet a Rats side that itself has won four successive matches. Both sides rely heavily on the match winning capabilities of their dynamic backlines and it seems inevitable that this will be a highly entertaining affair for all involved. Kick off for this encounter between the two north of the bridge teams is 3pm at Chatswood Oval. Manly 43 v Sydney University 25 The match began with the big hits expected from two forward packs that had demonstrated in the previous nine rounds that they are the benchmarks of this competition when it comes to physical prowess. Manly kept Uni pinned in their 22 for the first five minutes before Uni managed to put together some phases and run their way out of the danger zone with clever usage of offloads. They looked to be set to score the first points of the match after conjuring eleven phases of well structured rucking and mauling before some brutal Marlins goal line defence got them off the hook, after forcing the knock on. It wasn’t long after when the dynamic of the match shifted yet again, when Marlins flanker Ethan Uili surged through the Uni line before offloading to a rampaging Rhys Dombkins who ended up tackled just short of the tryline. Uni were penalised for

slowing the ball and Marlins kicked the easy penalty in front to start the match as leaders. Next points came when Ryan Squires gave a perfectly timed short ball to Rhys Dombkins who ran on to score in the corner and the Marlins moved up to 8-0. Dombkins continued his influence on the match from the resulting kickoff, beating four tacklers in a run that went thirty metres up field. The well-drilled Uni side stole the ball back and strung together some big forward runs of their own before capitalising on an overlap by scoring a try in the corner for their first points of the match. Manly seemed to start to drop off after the Rugby blitzkrieg of their first 15 minutes and Sam Quinn made it seem all too easy when he barged over for the Student’s second try of the match. Manly stole back the lead a few minutes before halftime when flyhalf Fabian Natoli drifted wide at first receiver before throwing a cut-out pass to his wing. The resulting run was ended two metres out before the Marlins were given a penalty for Uni hands in the ruck. They kicked to touch and lock Fraser Bursle scored off the ensuing lineout with a perfectly formed rolling maul before a Uni penalty goal made it 15-13 to Manly at oranges. Manly ignored the barrage of niggle put to them by obviously frustrated Uni forwards and seemed to go up another level in the second half. Highlight of this half was when Rob Arnold intercepted the ball on his 40m line before kicking the ball twenty metres later, just as he was about to be tackled. The kick bounced just one foot short of the tryline and an unlikely candidate, prop Rory O’Connor won the footrace to dive on the ball and score the Marlins first points of the second half. Other Matches Warringah 15 V Eastern Suburbs 5 Penrith 9 V Eastwood 78 Northern Suburbs 33 V Parramatta 22 Could all coaches please submit match reports to Scottkill@outlook.com

MERRYLANDS RSL RUGBY PARK Saturday June 22 PARRAMATTA Navy Blue and Royal Blue

SOUTHERN DISTRICTS Red, White, Sky Blue and Black

1st Grade Colts: 3.00 pm Referee: Charles Hartson 1. Cameron Orr 1. Louis Musson 9. Sam Harris 9. Liam Tully 2. Jarrome Raru 2. Brad Korac 10. Jack Keppel 10. Cale Angeloni 3. Jake Palermo 3. Peter Ma'a 11. Dan Brown 11. Malcolm Van Wyk 4. Kevin Weeks 4. Ash Goddard 12. Damon Brown 12. Sua Seupule 5. Matangi Sau 5. Siatua Solease 13. Jono Brown 13. Jackson Canning 6. Albert Hemopo 6. Nathan Oliver 14. Cyril Sawaki 14. Justin Paulo 7. Ben Ryan 7. Evan Tuckwell 15. Matt Teki 15. Niall Hoolahan 8. Harrison Orr 8. Jarrod Matairavula Coach/es: Tuckwell/Richardson Coach/es: Barkell/Rivers 2nd Grade Colts: 1.35 pm Referee: Lincoln Stollery 1. Jason Albert 1. Kruize Gillies 9. Scott Cole 9. Liam Holt 2. Aaron Blacklock 2. Ricky Hunter 10. Luke Meehan 10. Allan Latunipulu 3. Jordan Healy 3. Leonl Koro 11. Luke Casey 11. Jack Conen 4. Sam Shepherd 4. Andrew Wilson 12. Tony Palemia 12. Dom Huggett 5. Cormac Burke 5. Scott Aldritt 13. Louis Ramsay 13. Matt Booth 6. Ethan Matthews 6. Jack Mealey 14. Garth Boila 14. Mark Taute 7. Riley Jacobson 7. Luke Irvine 15. Jake Ryan 15. Nick McCarthy Knight/Slattery 8. Siofilisi Sikalu 8. David McGrath Coach/es: Spedding/Suter Coach/es: 3rd Grade Colts: 12.20 pm Referee: Lindsay Spencer 1. Haloti Faupula 9. Tyler May 1. Seaton Kenna 9. Tut Grant-Cairns 2. Charles Butt 10. Tuti Haimona 2. Lachlan Robinson 10. John Taulaga 3. James Opacak 11. Donald Light 3. Brendan Dyer 11. Jake Owen 4. Milan Volavola 12. Clayton Hansell 4. Chris Tolson 12. Henry Waqatairewa 5. Stewart Wilsn 13. Jesse Fay 5. Lawrence Toevai 13. Fortune Atuakpoho 6. Brad Winchester 14. Andrew Kaine 6. Sam Brown 14. Emosi Navusolo 7. Bradley Molla 15. Chris Yang 7. Cameron Hutt 15. Damien Mulvanah 8. Ewen Johnson 8. Rob Donaldson Coach/es: Healy/Robinson Coach/es: Fletcher/Hopkins

T.G. MILLNER FIELD Saturday June 22

EASTWOOD Blue and White

NORTHERN SUBURBS

Red and Black

1st Grade Colts: 3.00 pm Referee: Mike Rolleston 1. Max Jones 1. Joel Whitlock 9. Christian Cage 9. Matthew Gonzalez 2. Nick Hall 2. James Holden 10. Josh Kay 10. Matthew Parkinson 3. Luke Burton 3. David Fangaloka 11. George Haltmeier 11. Patrick O'Connor 4. Connor Vest 4. Ben Renshaw (c) 12. Steane Davies 12. Sione Fangia 5. Anders Lembke-Hogan 5. Adam De Santis 13. Phil Haltmeier 13. Ben Abbott 6. Jake Harding 6. Matteo Pettenon 14. Panashe Kamhara 14. Bryce Steel 7. James Goldie 7. Tom Murphy 15. Lachlan Creagh 15. Jackson Bird Coach/es: Moyes/Steel 8. Hayden Burns 8. Eddie Turk Coach/es: Hall/Archibald

2nd Grade Colts: 1.35 pm Referee: Alex Richards 1. Sione Tangi 1. Sam Kitchen 9. Taylor Mathieson 9. Harry Jenkins 2. Patrick Ferris 2. Jake Kay 10. Daniel De Santis 10. Joe Callaughan 3. Tschan Tschan 3. Andrew Wadsworth 11. Ishaq Nasiri 11. James Moate 4. Matthew Matson 4. Jack Booker 12. Ben Abbott 12. Jack Emery 5. Tim Bartlett 5. Ben Molloy 13. Charlie Connolly 13. Greg Heath 6. Gareth Linaker 6. Oliver Nutbeen 14. Nick Tregoning 14. Tim Duncan 7. Angus McCaffrey (c) 7. Cam Simmonds 15. Brendan Maxworthy 15. Pierce Richards Fairfull/Fangaloka Coach/es: 8. Connor O'Gorman 8. Henry Mikkelsen Coach/es: Nolan/Johnson 3rd Grade Colts: 12.20 pm Referee: Bradley Smith 1. Hugh Polkinghorne 9. Tom English 1. Cameron Minto 9. Will Skelton 2. Bryn Pritchard 10. Nick Duckworth 2. Andrew Walker 10. Tom D'Arbon 3. George Donnelly 11. Jack Philp 3. Alex Pappalardo 11. Ben Astley 4. Jonathon Ross 12. Sam Barclay 4. Nareg Nazarian 12. David Conlon 5. Jack Davies 13. Chris Smith 5. Hamish Mathers 13. Marcus Creais 6. Anthony Brown 14. Tom Cleary 6. Patrick Benson 14. Luke Watson 7. Jackson Fitzpatrick 15. Oscar Pople 7. Pat Benson 15. Charlie Connoly 8. Blake Etheridge Coach/es: Psaltis/Jensen 8. Sam Martin Coach/es: Tyler/Gonzalez

MANLY OVAL Saturday June 22 MANLY

RANDWICK

Red and Blue

Myrtle Green

1st Grade Colts: 3.00 pm Referee: Anthony Moyes 1. Rory O'Connor 1. Morgan Smith 9. Nic Smart 9. Gerard McTaggart 2. Ben Carolan 2. Jack Guilfoyle 10. Vinnie Baranyi 10. Oliver Nicholson 3. Alex Brand 3. Henry Leslie 11. Darren Pinkerton 11. Jack Pennington 4. Thomas Antozzi 4. Jock Armstrong 12. Benson Fakai 12. Keiran Knight 5. Fraser Bursle 5. Charles Melsom 13. Ryan Squires 13. Aiden Anderson 6. Karel Lloyd 6. David Vea 14. Robert Arnold 14. James Hiley 7. Ethan Uili 7. Rowan McGowan 15. Mike Howard 15. Zachary Guilfoyle 8. Rhys Dombkins (C) 8. Jesse Harris Coach/es: Harvey/Mills Coach/es: James Tesoriero 2nd Grade Colts: 1.35 pm Referee: David Marshall 1. Alex Houston 1. Simon Galluzo 9. Dan Jeffrey 9. Jack Whitaker 2. Will Taverner 2. Harry Hales 10. Sean O'Sullivan 10. Zane Bashford 3. Scott White 3. Sean Picone 11. Chris King 11. Thomas Windeatt 4. Spencer Deck 4. Lewis Taie 12. Jesse Moffat 12. Seamus Frost 5. Jackson Cooper 5. Edward Kennedy 13. Isaac O'Shea 13. Matthew Murray 6. Will Cronin 6. Oscar Turner 14. Harrison Blake 14. Jordan Puddick 7. Henry Tier (C) 7. William Boneham 15. Ryan Taylor-Dennehy 15. Harrison Gould Beer/MacDonald 8. Kurtus Leckie 8. Moana Lolesi Coach/es: Peter Allen Coach/es: 3rd Grade Colts: 12.20 pm Referee: John Peacocke 1. Keiran Healy 1. Maui Haumono 9. Murray Cox 9. Alexander Peterson 2. Tom Morrison 2. John Sommerville 10. Dane Russell 10. Nathan Steyne 3. Tim Dyer 3. Hamish Waiter 11. Luke Donnelly 11. Louis Tsagaris 4. James Gourley (C) 4. Samuel Forbes 12. Brad Clarke 12. Joseph Milligan 5. Rohan Arneil 5. Teejay Whakaruru 13. Saula Serukeibau 13. Tyson McIntosh 6. Dan O'Sullivan 6. Michael Lo Presti 14. Jonathan Huskins 14. Michael Koutsoudis 7. Rohan Hedge 7. Kurt Spurr 15. Ben Crerar 15. Ned Robinson 8. Adam Wilkinson 8. Max Helliwell Coach/es: Chitton/Foketi Coach/es: Briant Kareroa

CONCORD OVAL Saturday June 22 WEST HARBOUR Red, White and Black

SYDNEY UNIVERSITY Blue and Gold

1st Grade Colts: 3.00 pm Referee: Tim Wills 1. Simote Afu 1. Ben Lawley 9. Tommy Sawden 9. Thomas Koerstz 2. Alfred Fifita 2. Tom Wilson 10. Jet Yates 10. Finlay McDonald 3. Saila Saipele 3. Tomas Robertson 11. James Blackwood 11. Phil Tuinuku 4. Otto Wendt 4. Rohan O'Regan 12. Maake Moala 12. Eveni Hunt 5. Ben Kelly 5. Cameron Skelton 13. Maake Tamoua 13. Chris Ingate 6. Hugh Blaxland 6. Harry Randell 14. Ekiaki Politono 14. Henry Clunies-Ross 7. Jack Corry 7. Max Northcote-Green 15. Angus Le Lievre 15. Matthew Hood Coach/es: Gudmunson/Agah/Simpson Coach/es: Haigh/Cowley/Dillon 8. Kelepi Leao 8. Tom Shaw 2nd Grade Colts: 1.35 pm Referee: Dan Southwell-Keely 1. Pouli Filese 1. Alex Batho 9. Alex Roberts 9. Chris O'Donnell 2. Jonathan Palmer 2. Tyne Holmes 10. Iggy Woods 10. Ben Hughes 3. Viliami Tino 3. Graeme Wessels 11. Billy Moisidis 11. Nick Burden 4. Anthony Lolohea 4. Byron Wicken 12. Veassi Kavaefiafi 12. Jack Redden 5. Jacob Olliffe 5. Matthew Simpson 13. Sam Felemi 13. Jason Date 6. Aliki Matangi 6. Jack Stanford 14. Anthony Manassa 14. Dylan Vieira 7. Othello Heka 7. Ethan Thomas 15. Francis Mila 15. Tianua Poto Coach/es: Fililava 8. Marvin Talili 8. Jack Leger-Ryan Coach/es: Riches/Daley/Partridge 3rd Grade Colts: 12.20 pm Referee: Louis Meagher 1. Jack Ulu 1. Jack Bliss 9. Daniel Ryan 9. Tom Langrell 2. Daniel Gooding 2. Mike Van Diggelen 10. Wilson Faasalafa 10. Mesake Tagituimua 3. Joe Latu 3. Bilal Elbatoory 11. Jarryd Chiha 11. Tyrone Smith 4. Ryan Mar 4. Callum McIntosh 12. Jonathan Paparoulas 12. Rhys Griffiths 5. Aaron Ilolohia 5. Tinashe Washaya 13. Andrew Suamili 13. Michael Spain 6. Peter Johnston 6. Ben Martin 14. Sam Dawai 14. Epeli Ravoka 7. Bruce Monu 7. Perrin Tasker 15. Tevita Moekiola 15. Alexander Pay Coach/es: Picone Coach/es: Gudgeon/Radcliffe/Caterson 8. Niall Mc Dermott 8. George Hudd 21

WOOLLAHRA OVAL Saturday June 22 EASTERN SUBURBS

PENRITH

Red, White, and Blue

Black, Green, Red and Gold

1st Grade Colts: 3.00 pm Referee: Darren Bradley 1. Xzaf Khan 1. Jake Turnbull 9. Cameron Crowe 9. Andrew Ferris 2. George Stamper 2. Liam Berry 10. Laione Iosefa 10. Jack Grant 3. Akuila Vunipola 3. Ephraim Lesa 11. Sione Hokafonu 11. Will Rayner 4. Lachlan Ruskin 4. Guy Beever 12. Brandon Nasio 12. John Julian 5. Monty Iosefa 5. Luke Cullinane 13. David Isopo 13. Daniel Gallagher 6. Lei Afu 6. Alex Edmonds (C) 14. Tasesa Magalogo 14. Alex Newsome 7. Willy Loloa 7. Dan Elsom 15. Ryan Clarke 15. Max Wylie 8. James Alo 8. Liam Moylan Coach/es: Barlow/Edwards Coach/es: Fotofili / Lee 2nd Grade Colts: 1.35 pm Referee: David Cobcroft 1. Felix Van De Laak 1. Filipo Onesemo 9. Will Ratcliffe 9. Frank Ah-Ken 2. Peter Gargoulakis 2. Cody Clissold 10. Archie King (C) 10. James Kioa Nasio 3. Rory McMullen 3. Andrew Zinghini 11. Josh Moss 11. SJ Magalogo 4. Jack Unicomb 4. Sanele Penese 12. Jack Cody 12. Anthony Theis Senio 5. James Holyman 5. Taofia Magalogo 13. Niko Siale 13. Raymond Magalogo 6. Pat Fishburn 6. Peter Taateo 14. Fraser Morrison 14. Sebastian Leuila 7. Brendan Galvin 7. Zachary Vuki 15. Goerge Mallat 15. Suliasi Cakau Elford/Kacaimaiwai 8. Alex King 8. Thorne Piilua Coach/es: Ben Manu Coach/es:

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Green and White 1st Grade Colts: 3.00 pm Referee: Mark Newbury

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Luke Gardener Nick Olive Oliver Cropley Wes Bindczus Olivier Damas Jack Maguire (VC) Hugh Donaldson Lochlan Camp

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

Matt Hayter (C) Steve Hayter Alec Palmer Alec Gregory Michael Dyason James Fletcher Scott Purcell Naati/Grayson

1. Harrison Mathias 2. Zac Jones 3. Peter Barratt 4. Nick Hatzikanalou 5. Harrison Selby 6. Harry Suters 7. Willis Casey 8. Tim Poynting

Manly flyhalf Fabian Natoli gets set to clear the ruck.

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

Callum Reid Will Sheehan Max Jones Harry McBryde Ben Scanlon Louie Anderson Mike Edwards Fargas/Killian/Rayner

Lions 2013: Sea of Red Floods By Paul Cook Australian Shores The rugby may be the focal point of the British & Irish Lions tours but the chance to travel around and follow your heroes, making new friends, meeting old ones, enjoying the camaraderie with your hosts and celebrating each match in style – win, lose or draw, is a calling that sees thousands of Lions supporters depart the UK and Ireland en masse every four years. While the biggest wave that will complete the first Sea of Red invasion Down Under for 12 years will only have arrived in the last few days in time for the test series, there’s been plenty of rugby mad tourists on display in Perth, Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney and Canberra already. All soaking up and helping to create the unique atmosphere that surrounds these historic tours. Rugby News has been out and about amongst the red throng across the country to find out where they’ve come from, what they’re up to and what their thoughts are on the tour so far and one thing is abundantly clear, they believe they’re here to witness the Lions first series win since 1997.

“ The Lions are too powerful, we’re gonna win 2-1” “The Lions are too powerful, we’re gonna win 2-1,” Sean from Edinburgh told me in Brisbane before the Queensland Reds clash. “The Wallabies may have more x-factor players but the Lions are more expansive than they’ve been stereotyped. “This is the year… it’s about time they did it again.” Sean and fellow Scots Tim, Sean, Jake and Jamie – kilted up for the occasion of course–are in for the whole shabang, having travelled to Hong Kong for the Barbarians game before landing in Perth in time for the Western Force match. 25

However, it wasn’t until they reached Brisbane that Lions fever truly kicked in.

“Hong Kong was good, lots of ex-pats and a good vibe with mostly Lions fans but Perth was different,” reckoned Sean. “It’s very much an AFL town and it didn’t really feel like a Lions game was taking place and it was a shame to travel all that way to see a pretty one-sided game as we need as many tough games as possible to build towards the test series. “Brisbane is much better, a real buzz, especially with the whole Quade Cooper story.” Also in Brisbane, I met James from Kildare and Caoimhe from Galway, who had landed from Ireland just that morning and were hiring a camper van to drive to every game except the Brumbies – “ Canberra’s too far outta the way!” Their main concern seemed to be that there weren’t enough Irish players in the team to face the Reds. “The majority of people here are going to be Irish so, give us two or three lads in the team eh!” joked James. I hate to think how they felt when Tommy Bowe was subsequently taken off with a broken hand. They too were upbeat about the tourists chances. “I think it’s a poor Aussie team, we should be beating them,” said James while Caoimhe was quietly confident. “I don’t think it’s necessarily the strongest Lions team,” she mused “but Gatland has the quality there if he can actually find the combination that works.” Fellow Irishmen, Nick from Cork and Kevin from Limerick, were enjoying the half-time refreshments at Allianz Stadium last Saturday – dressed as lions of course–when I asked if they’d travelled to Newcastle for the one-sided Combined Country match the previous Tuesday. “Newcastle?” Kevin smiled. “Ay, it was a good craic, good fun and we watched the game as well!” (see photos page 27) 25

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More Lions supporters, with ‘lion’, head to Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

Sean and his Scottish mates; Tim, Sean, Jake and Jamie- first stop Hong Kong, then Perth and pictured in Brisbane where “Lions fever really kicked in.”

Kevin from Limerick (L) and Nick from Cork, were just two of the many Irish at Allianz Stadium in Sydney. There will be plenty of eye-catching costumes at tonight’s Test.

James, from Kildare and Caoimhe, from Galway in Ireland, are hiring a camper van to take in the sights and follow the Lions tour.

WILSO’S WHISPERS Randwick’s Allen Stutchbury is another hard working volunteer in Club Rugby. Allen, an Australian citizen but originally from the Mother country, supports the Wallabies and Australia in all sports. There are many “Sir Lunchalots” in Rugby but Stutch is right up there with the best of them. He is a very dangerous man to go to lunch with as many can attest, he also plays a mean piano and as quoted by Ian “Cowboy” Ross, former NSW Board member “this bloke knows more Rugby songs than anyone I know”. Allen played scrumhalf at the famous Furness Rugby Club, in the English Lake District, at age 19 and gained a reputation as a fiery player who spent more time in the sin bin than on the field. After that he had a stint at sea as an Engineer, where he visited Australia, and was so impressed that he moved out here in 1972. In 1974, following a few of his rugby mates, he took up Rowing and was soon selected to row in the engine room of the Sydney Lightweight eight at the National Regatta in Penrith. After a period of coaching Rugby at Beecroft in Sydney, he was convinced in 1991 by Ray Evans, famous Randwick Rugby raconteur, to join the club. “Stutch” is a long term Major Sponsor of the Randwick Rugby Football Club through his company, Divcall (NSW) and is also a long serving member of the Board of the Randwick Rugby Football Club. He must have some great employees at Divcall as they still recognise him when he visits the office. He is also a Board member of “ELLAVATION” the “Not for Profit Foundation” formed by Mark, Glen, Gary and Marcia Ella to promote education and healthier lifestyles for Indigenous Australians while he is also a long time Sponsor of the Ella 7’s held annually in Coffs Harbour. “Stutch” is also the current Manager of the ‘Wicks Reserve Grade and Manager of the highly successful Randwick 7’s Squad under the coaching of Marcus Blackburn where they have enjoyed success at International level in both Singapore and Darwin. He also leads an expedition of old Rugby mates from the UK, Australia and New Zealand each March to the Hong Kong 7’s and are now in their 19th year of touring (with no major casualties as yet) but quite a few yellow cards. Although disappointed at the demise of the Randwick Rugby Licenced Club, which 28

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unfortunately looks like closing due to a downturn in business, he agrees that so long as the Randwick Rugby Football club remains, life is good. He says that Club Rugby is the lifeblood of Australian Rugby and if club Rugby is strong then the Wallabies are strong. I wish some other people would realise that! Good on you Stutch or should I say Sir Lunchalot! The Coffs Harbour Rugby Club held their 40 Year Celebration weekend recently, yes…the weekend that went from the Friday until late Monday. The weekend started on the Friday night at the Coast Hotel (formerly the Fitzroy) then Saturday at the Coffs Rugby Park where there were Junior, Women’s, Legends & Old Boys as well as the Reserve Grade and 1st Grade fixtures against Southern Cross University. The club was full and it went well into the morning. Well if that wasn’t enough it was onto the Luncheon on the Sunday at the Racecourse that close to 350 people attended in what was a fantastic afternoon. Former Coffs player and current NSWRU CEO, Bruce Worboys was the MC with Nick Farr-Jones the Guest Speaker who was in fine form. Both of these gentlemen did a marvelous job. Veteran Mid North Coast Rugby identity, Gary Munday from the Kempsey Cannonballs read out a very funny poem to top things off. The teams of the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and 00’s were announced by different players of each era notably Graham Lockett, Dwayne Vignes, Ray Ommunsden and Brendan Hoy and then the Team of 40 Years was read out by Bruce Worboys. All the people announcing the various teams were very entertaining with many stories told about the players. Brendan Hoy could also get a job as a comedian although he probably would be fending off many law suits. Some of the more notables in the Team of 40 Years were former NSW and Country winger Dwayne Vignes, NSW centre Chris Callow, former Manly prop Hugh Adler while former NSW Waratah’s coach and Sydney University stalwart, Dick Laffan was the coach. It was just a magnificent weekend and special thanks should go to the organisers Des Hoy, Greg Campbell, Paul Butcher, Mat Quirk, Bruce Worboys and former Randwick players, Des Taylor and Gary Heskett. If you have any stories or news please email to bobw@wireless2way.com.au