NYC Cup Round 15

BYE

Other U20 Matches

40-32 Brok Manly      b Wests-Tigers
22-19 MtSm Parramatta b Warriors
22-20 MRSt Melbourne  b Canterbury
60-22 Robi Gold Coast b Canberra
22-22 Ende Cronulla   d Newcastle
50-18 Penr Penrith    b Brisbane

               W D  L B Diff PT
NEWCASTLE     11 2  3 2 +216 28
BRISBANE      11 1  4 2  +58 27
PARRAMATTA    11 -  5 2 +169 26
ST GEO-ILL    11 -  5 2 +144 26
WESTS-TIGERS  11 -  5 2  +68 26
SYDNEY        10 -  6 2 +132 24
MELBOURNE      9 -  7 2  -12 22
WARRIORS       8 -  8 2  +87 20
Penrith        8 -  8 2  +27 20
Souths         8 -  8 2  -36 20
Manly          7 1  8 2  -58 19
Canberra       6 - 10 2 -137 16
Nth Qld        5 - 11 2 -239 14
Gold Coast     3 - 13 2 -100 12
Cronulla       3 2 11 2 -118 12
Canterbury     2 - 14 2 -201  8

Club Championship

               W D  L B Diff PT
BRISBANE      19 1 12 4 +134 47
Sydney        19 - 13 4 +238 46
Penrith       19 - 13 4 +109 46
St Geo-Ill    19 - 13 4  +90 46
Parramatta    19 - 13 4  +87 46
Wests-Tigers  19 - 13 4   -2 46
Manly         18 1 13 4  +43 45
Warriors      17 - 15 4 +157 42
Newcastle     16 2 14 4 +132 42
Souths        17 - 15 4  +76 42
Melbourne     17 - 15 4  -46 42
Canterbury    13 - 19 4 -135 34
Nth Qld       12 - 20 4 -179 32
Gold Coast    11 - 21 4 -174 30
Canberra      11 - 21 4 -240 30
Cronulla       7 2 22 4 -290 24

NSW Cup Round 19

v Wests-Tigers, NSO Sat Jul 12 3:00pm

LOSS 24-42

Late Changes Phillips, Roberts, Kite and Vasek were out. Tom Hughes started center, Picker lock, Gorman and El MAsri on the interchange bench. Final line up

Flbk - Kane Morgan
Wing - Mark O'Dare
Cntr - Joe Uluibau
Cntr - Tom Hughes
Wing - Curtis Johnston
5/8  - Kurt Aldridge
Half - Jordan Worboys 
Prop - Nathaniel Neale
Hook - Matt Hyland (c)
Prop - Brad Lupi
SRow - Jackson Williams
SRow - Chris Grevsmuhl
Lock - Joe Picker

Int  - Steve Tavita
Int  - Duncan Low
Int  - Elliott Gorman
Int  - Tarek El Masri

Third placed West Tigers have picked up a valuable 42-24 win away, against the North Sydney Bears at North Sydney Oval on Saturday. After conceding back-to-back penalties, the Tigers failed to hold out North Sydney winger, Tom Hughes, who opened the scoring in the 7th minute of the game. Hughes could not believe his luck when an in-and-away move by Curtis Johnston, allowed him to draw-and-pass the winger to score in his VB NSW Cup debut. The Tigers hit back only five minutes later however, through Setefano Taukafa off the scrum, who proved running straight and hard at inside shoulders would result in points. This was the theme of the Tigers' game plan, scoring five of their eight tries from simple, but effective, hole-running. A terrific set after points, followed by a Bears mistake from the kick, resulted in the Tigers' second try of the game through Sitaleki Akauola, whose brute strength was too much for a valiant one-on-one attempt by Matt Hyland. The Bears would be next to hit back in the 22nd minute, this time through Curtis Johnston, who looked like he wanted to get amongst the scorers after swapping positions with Tom Hughes. This sparked a run from the Bears who scored the next two tries of the match, through front rower Nathaniel Neale and again through Curtis Johnston. The Tigers closed the Bears' eight-point lead to just two however, when Sitaleki Akauola also crossed for his second try of the match. Sharp goalkicking from half, Jack Madden, saw the visitors only two behind at the break with the score at 20-18. The second half started promising for the Bears, building pressure on the back of Jordan Worboys, who forced two goal line drop-outs in a row. The Tigers, however, showed resilience in their goal line defence and purpose in their running, benefitting through Corey Brown who touched down 10 minutes into the second half. Despite Madden's first miss of the day, the Tigers managed to regain the lead at 22-20. From here it was all the Tigers, who scored the next four tries of the match. This flurry of points saw Setefano Taukafa score his second and marked John Sila, Sam Hollis and Kyle Lovett on the score sheet also. With only four minutes remaining in the match, a head-high tackle from Setefano Taukafa on Curtis Johnston sparked a scuffle between the two sides. This resulted in Taukafa being placed on report and Joe Uluibau and Jack Buchanan being sent to the sin bin. With the Bears in possession and nothing to lose, they picked up a consolation try in the last minute through Curtis Johnston, who deservedly brought up his hat-trick.

 6 min  4-0
 9 min  4-6
13 min  4-12
20 min  8-12
25 min 14-12
30 min 20-12
35 min 20-18
51 min 20-22
53 min 20-26
64 min 20-32
70 min 20-38
75 min 20-42
79 min 24-42

C.Johnston 3, Neale, Hughes tries
Aldridge 2 from 4 goals

Other NSW Cup Matches

24-24 Belm Canterbury   d Illawarra
36-20 Penr Penrith      b Newtown
44-10 Brok Newcastle    b Manly
30-6  MtSm Warriors     b Wentworthville
22-20 Belm Cronulla     b Mt Pritchard
                  
                W D  L B Diff PT
PENRITH        15 -  3 1 +186 32
WENTWORTHVILLE 12 -  5 2  +50 28
WESTS-TIGERS   11 -  6 2 +113 26
ILLAWARRA      10 2  6 1 +136 24
WARRIORS        9 1  7 2  +47 23
MT PRITCHARD   10 -  8 1  +97 22
CRONULLA       10 -  8 1  +92 22
NEWCASTLE       9 -  9 1  +31 20
Wyong           8 -  9 2 -112 20
Newtown         7 1 10 1  -64 17
Canterbury      4 2 12 1 -111 12
Manly           4 - 13 2 -229 12
Norths          2 - 15 2 -236  8