Baysies vs Wanneroo 31/05

[pieter blackie]

At Kingsway, premiers Perth-Bayswater narrowly defeated Wanneroo 17-13 in a close, hard game in wet conditions for the inaugural Bill Watt Cup match between the two northern clubs. Wanneroo opened with a penalty to fullback Troy Doughty but just before the break Perth-Bayswater scored a try to lock Brent Murphy, converted by lock Jock Stanley, to lead 7-3 at half time. Stanley added a penalty to open the second half but Wanneroo drew even with a converted try to Doughty at 10-10. Perth-Bayswater broke the deadlock with a try to wing Fabian Broughton, converted by Stanley. Wanneroo added a penalty to Doughty and closed the match strongly on attack but with attacking center Palei Masili out injured their midfield lacked penetration and they couldn’t finish.

Baysies reserve grade won convincingly as well

Some more results

http://rugbywa.com.au/news/2008/comm.../section/50753

[jazza93]

it was a great game in the wet, bayswater were just a bit better and played a bit smarter.

Palei was a massive loss for us, hope he is back next week.

[pieter blackie]

Great rugby were played by all teams on the day.

[Ecky]

Good game to watch, despite the weather! I reffed the 2nds and was, therefore, AR for this game. Minimal rain during my game but boy did it bucket down at the start of The Main Game.

When Wanneroo got it back to 10-10 I thought "here we go game on!", but when PB scored immediately afterwards that seemed to have put paid to Wanneroo. To their credit they kept grinding on to get that PK and kept the pressure on but PB held 'em off.

Great game under the circumstances and I'd reckon Wanneroo now know where they stand in the scheme of things; what they are capable of if they all plug away together. PB played better & deserved to win.

[goony]

wanneroo has come so far since last year, and i know a few players that actually defected to other clubs but have since returned!! i was impressed with the way they played, very physical... but i think the weather suited them as we were looking at playing a wide game.

[robyn <3]

OMG i drove past that game, i was at the netball members thing in perth, and my mum REFUSED to pull over so i could watch... she said it was too wet. but i saw the team huddle at half time though. yay?

[Ecky]

but i saw the team huddle at half time though. yay?

That bit wasn't in my pick of highlights of the match, but there you go. Some folk are more easily pleased than others....

[robyn <3]

That bit wasn't in my pick of highlights of the match, but there you go. Some folk are more easily pleased than others....

well, i would have prefer some actual game time, but beggars cant be choosers so i just kept quiet