NYC Cup Round 13

BYE

Other U20 Matches

24-22 Parr Sydney     b Parramatta
24-10 Hunt Newcastle  b St Geo-Ill
24-24 Town Nth Qld    d Canterbury
52-20 MtSm Warriors   b Manly
50-12 Penr Penrith    b Wests-Tigers
34-10 MRSt Melbourne  b Cronulla
38-28 Bruc Canberra   b Brisbane

               W D  L B Diff PT
CANBERRA      10 1  1 1 +105 23
PENRITH       10 -  2 1 +141 22
SYDNEY         9 -  3 1  +75 20
WARRIORS       8 1  4 -  +87 17
MELBOURNE      7 -  5 1  +16 16
NEWCASTLE      7 -  6 -  +66 14
WESTS-TIGERS   6 -  6 1  +30 14
BRISBANE       7 -  6 -  -34 14
Canterbury     6 1  6 -  +29 13
Gold Coast     5 -  7 1  -89 12
Parramatta     4 1  7 1   +6 11
Souths         4 1  7 1  -28 11
St Geo-Ill     5 -  8 -  -71 10
Manly          3 -  9 1 -113  8
Cronulla       2 1  9 1 -149  7
Nth Qld        2 2  9 -  -71  6

Club Championship

               W D  L B Diff PT
SYDNEY        18 -  6 2 +223 40
Melbourne     16 1  7 2 +133 37
Canberra      16 1  7 2  +62 37
Penrith       15 -  9 2 +174 34
Souths        14 1  9 2  +93 33
Gold Coast    12 - 12 2  -42 28
Warriors      13 1 12 -  +10 27
Canterbury    13 1 12 -   +6 27
Newcastle     13 - 13 - +109 26
Manly         10 1 13 2  -38 25
Brisbane      12 - 14 -  -57 24
Wests-Tigers  10 - 14 2 -130 24
Cronulla       8 1 15 2 -163 21
St Geo-Ill    10 - 16 - -129 20
Parramatta     7 1 16 2 -137 19
Nth Qld        6 2 17 - -114 14

NSW Cup Round 14

v Canterbury, Endeavour Field Sat Jun 8 1:00pm

WIN 42-20

Late Changes Groom and Tuiavii dropped off the bench. The North Sydney Bears ran away with a convincing 42-22 win over the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs in the VB NSW Cup, with winger Curtis Johnston bagging four tries at Sharks Stadium. Johnston, in only his second game back in the NSW Cup, was devastating from the wing, picking up the game's first three tries in the first half, and scoring one in the second. The Bears, 12-0 up by this point thanks to Johnston's three unconverted tries, ripped in to the lacklustre Bulldogs with front rower Tom Burgess living up to his family reputation by smashing in to Martin Taupau with the ball in hand. Taupau was assisted from the field but returned mid-way through the second half. Canterbury hit back five minutes before half time through Tim Lafai, but a wonderful combination from the Bears between first graders Dylan Farrell and Justin Hunt put Darren Nicholls over. With Dylan Farrell missing all three of his first conversion attempts, Justin Hunt was thrown the ball. Hunt didn't disappoint, scoring the first conversion of the afternoon to take the Bears into the sheds, ahead 18-4. The Bulldogs got themselves back in the game 10 minutes in to the second half drawing first blood through Kris Keating, who showed great skill to crash over to bring the score to 18-10. The rejuvenated Bulldogs tried taking advantage of the momentum from the try, forcing a quick repeat set, but were unable to capitalise after second rower Lachlan Burr put the ball down in good field position. But minutes later, Norths back rower Bennett Leslie made no mistake when he crashed over 15 metres from the sticks, Justin Hunt adding the extra's for the Bears to lead 22-10. Curtis Johnston then extended his try-scoring tally to four for the afternoon with just under 16 minutes to go. Justin Hunt again converted to bring the score to 26-10. The Bulldogs soon hit back though with a converted try set up by an intercept. But Shaune Corrigan had other ideas. With the Bulldogs failing to number up on the short side – Corrigan touched down near the corner post. Hunt maintained his 100% goal-kicking record for the afternoon, converting the Corrigan try with a screamer that hit the upright but still went through for the Bears to lead 36-16. Norths weren't done though. From a standing start, Hunt showed great strength to push his way over, exposing some weak Dogs defence before converting to take his personal tally of points to 14 for the afternoon, and the score to 42-16. With the full-time siren gone, a controversial consolation try to the Bulldogs through Brett Lane ended the match 42-20. Bears coach Wayne Lambkin was pleased with his team's performance, but rued some lapses in concentration. "Bit disappointed with patches – there's moments in our games where we just take the foot off a little bit," said Lambkin. "But overall, over our last month we've lost a few so it's nice to get back with a win."

 3 min  4-0
11 min  8-0
14 min 12-0
37 min 12-4
39 min 18-4
42 min 18-10
50 min 24-10
55 min 30-10
57 min 30-16
68 min 36-16
74 min 42-16
79 min 42-20

C.Johnston 4, Hunt, Corrigan, D.Nicholls, Leslie tries
Hunt 5 from 5, Farrell 0 from 3 goals

Other NSW Cup Matches

28-26 Hunt Newcastle      b Illawarra
10-0  Ende Cronulla       b Mt Pritchard
38-10 MtSm Auckland       b Manly
26-24 Ring Wntwrthvll     b Wests-Tigers
26-22 Park Newtown        b Windsor

               W D  L B Diff PT
CRONULLA      13 -  - 1 +257 28
NORTHS         9 -  4 1 +154 20
NEWCASTLE      9 -  3 1  +30 20 **
WINDSOR        7 1  4 2  +85 19
NEWTOWN        7 -  5 1  +78 16 **
AUCKLAND       6 1  6 1  +10 15
WESTS-TIGERS   6 -  7 1  +27 14
WENTWORTHVILLE 7 -  7 -   +5 14
Mt Pritchard   4 -  8 2  -66 12
Illawarra      4 -  9 1  -84 10
Wyong          3 -  9 2 -164 10
Canterbury     3 - 10 1 -100  8
Manly          4 - 10 - -232  8

** Match postponed