Pindan Premier Grade Round 7

[NTT]

Saturday, 18 May, 2013
Kick-off times:
First Grade: 3.30pm
Reserve Grade: 1.55pm
Under 20s: 12.35pm

Under 18s: 11.15
Third Grade 12.35pm (Field 2)
Fourth Grade: 1.55pm (Field 2)

Fifth Grade: 3.05 (Field 2)

Emirates Western Force players playing this round:
Associates: Angus Cottrell, Mick Snowden
Cottesloe: Sam Christie, Ed Stubbs
Joondalup: Salesi Ma'afu
Nedlands: Lachlan McCaffrey
Palmyra: Salesi Manu
Wanneroo: Phoenix Battye

The best tries from Round Six of the Pindan Premier Grade.

Match of the Round: Nedlands v UWA at The Foreshore, Nedlands
Nedlands will seek a return to the winner’s list on Saturday when they host UWA for the right to hold aloft the Michael Denton Shield.

Denton, a former Nedlands flyhalf, tragically lost his life during an end-of-season trip to Bali for an International 10’s tournament in 2011. His final match for the club was the 2011 Premier Grade grand final against UWA.

As part of the occasion, Denton’s mother has flown across from New Zealand and will be on hand to present the Shield to the winning captain.

Nedlands will look to bounce back after suffering its first loss of the season to Kalamunda last week, missing out by two points (9-7) in a low-scoring affair at home.

Meanwhile, a double to UWA fullback Christian Joubert wasn’t enough to stop Wests Scarborough getting over the line by an agonising point, making it two close losses on the trot for the Students.

The season hangs precariously in the balance at two wins and four losses for Saturday’s visitors, with six bonus points keeping them in contention for the top four.

UWA coach Steve McFarland says he’s disappointed that his side has let two tight games to slip away in the past fortnight, adding extra weight to Saturday’s fixture.

“Without a doubt it’s a game that we need to play well in and get a result out of, otherwise it’s going to make things difficult for ourselves come the next couple of weeks,” he said.

“Last week against Wests we led by nine points with about two minutes to go, and you have to be able to close games like that out and we didn’t.”

Nedlands boss Tony Ball says his side has moved on from last weekend’s loss and is looking forward to the tribute match for Denton.

“For us this game means a lot,” he said. “We’re playing the game in memory of ‘Dents’, so it’s a really important game for us and we’ll give every effort we’ve got on the day,” he said.

“We’ve had a look at how Wests were able to counter UWA and we think we’ve found a few areas where we can exploit their defence.”

The Students have made a number of changes from last week’s starting line-up: prop Trevor Downs comes in alongside flyhalf Alan Kingsley. Luke Burton is a notable omission, with the playmaker in Sydney for an Australian Under 20’s training camp.

Ball has included five new faces in his starting team, with lock Josh Eden-Whatiri, wingers Nick Sutcliffe and Jake Wilson, and centre Cam Crowley all included, while Emirates Western Force squad member Locky McCaffrey joins the back row.

Nedlands: 1 Mark Davies, 2 Mason Pomare, 3 Travis Church, 4 Josh Eden-Whatiri, 5 Mike Egan, 6 Locky McCaffrey, 7 Richard Naylor, 8 Jason Pasetta, 9 Michael Ruru, 10 Fred Tuua, 11 Nick Sutcliffe, 12 Ryan McLeod, 13 Cam Crowley, 14 Jake Wilson, 15 Jayden Scorringe.

UWA: 1 Trevor Downes, 2 Harry Scoble, 3 Jacob Gionoli, 4 Corey Thomas, 5 Mark Westcott, 6 Sean Ashton, 7 Cian O'Connor, 8 Jeremy Smith, 9 Ethan Carlisle, 10 Alan Kingsley, 11 Mike Lees, 12 James Wilson, 13 Joel Rapana, 14 Mike Innes, 15 Christian Joubert.

Referee: John Hill

Cottesloe v Rockingham at Harvey Field, Cottesloe
The ‘Battle of Broome Street’ was run and won in convincing fashion by Cottesloe last week with the 29-10 win leaving the Gulls as the only undefeated team in 2013.

The bonus-try victory added to the seemingly unstoppable wave of momentum Ian Fowler’s men are currently surfing after six matches.

Despite sitting third from the bottom of the Pindan Premier Grade ladder, Rockingham has shown considerable form of its own; last week’s one-point win over Perth Bayswater rounded out a strong month for the club with their only loss coming at the hands of Nedlands.

Cottesloe has one forced change with Stefan Cooper replacing Ollie Hoskins, who is away on Australian Under 20 duty, while Rory Crowhen returns to the back row.

Rockingham has made changes in the form of hooker Mark Royal and second rower Eric Hannson, as well as a new complement of wingers in Sam Russell and Nathan Lansdale.

Cottesloe: 1 Stefan Cooper, 2 TBA, 3 Kaiser Reidy, 4 Nick Haining, 5 Adrian Hall, 6 Mark Jackson, 7 Rory Crowhen, 8 Jarrett Budworth, 9 Ryan Louwrens 10 Sean Martin, 11 Matt Richards, 12 Tobias Hoskins, 13 Ed Stubbs, 14 Ed Melville, 15 Sam Christie.

Rockingham: 1.Geoff Minson 2. Mark Royal, 3 Kyle Edwards, 4 Eric Hannson, 5 Glynn Edwards, 6 Marcus Walker, 7 Antony Fox, 8 Ryan Tyrell, 9 Cody Mason, 10 Shaun Cooper, 11 Sam Russell, 12 Jayden Briggs, 13 AJ Smith, 14 Nathan Lansdell, 15.Jason Gush.

Referee: Alex Ninkov

Kalamunda v Palmyra at Hartfield Reserve, Forrestfield
Kalamunda made headlines last week by stunning Nedlands in a 9-7 victory at The Foreshore.

Kalamunda – the team tipped to be the big improvers this season – find themselves sitting third on the ladder but will need to continue that form with Wests Scarborough, Associates, UWA and Palmyra all sitting within a win of the Bulls.

Palmyra’s season is back on track following a win against Wanneroo last weekend and sit at an even split of three wins and three losses after six rounds.

Five individual try scorers last week indicates ample attacking prowess for Palmyra and a strong win this weekend could see them leapfrog Kalamunda on the table.

Palmyra is yet to submit a team sheet for the clash while Kalamunda will go into the match unchanged.

Kalamunda: 1 Sui Liaga, 2 Arron Minett, 3 Benny Rumble, 4 Matt Dessauvagie, 5 Martin Asiata, 6 Kyle Skiba, 7 Lukas Birch, 8 Anare Koliavu, 9 Daniel Harris, 10 Gary Gardiner, 11Steve Komene, 12 Kane Allen, 13 Preston Elama, 14 Dane Jobe, 15 Henare Hira.

Palmyra: Not submitted

Referee: Rob Kellam

Associates v Perth Bayswater at Allen Park, Swanbourne
It may only be a short walk down the road but Associates will be happy to return home to Allen Park following a Round Six loss to leaders Cottesloe last weekend.

Soaks have struggled to find consistent performances in recent weeks and coach Andy Cole will be hoping for strong win this weekend to reignite his side’s campaign.

Perth Bayswater had a chance to grab its second win of the season last week but narrowly went down to Rockingham by a point.

'Baysie’ will need more than one avenue to points if they are to collapse Soaks this week with outside centre Dylan Timu collecting all 16 in last week’s defeat.

For Associates, Ben Hales returns to the second row while flanker Michael Hardwick has also come in. Emirates Western Force squad members Angus Cottrell and Mick Snowden have also been named.

Prop Adam Grant, lock Jesse Rapana and flyhalf Jordan Luke are all new additions for Perth Bayswater.

Associates: 1 Mike D’Adamo, 2 Scott Tolmie, 3 Andy Lawrence, 4 Ben Hales, 5 Zane Kader, 6 Angus Cottrell, 7 Michael Hardwick, 8 Pama Petia, 9 Michael Snowden, 10 Peter Du Toit, 11 Ronan Colleran, 12 Ammon Matuauto, 13 Jarek Goebel, 14 Caillan Richards, 15 Matt Dreyer.

Perth Bayswater: 1 Laione Mulikihaamea, 2 Chris Kidd, 3 Adam Grant, 4 Jesse Rapana, 5 Jason Woolfitt, 6 Jacob Buist, 7 Jason Neal, 8 Jurrell Te Kahu, 9 Mark Hill, 10 Jordan Luke, 11 Thomas Grosso, 12 Wade Bryant, 13 Dylan Timu, 14 Zubayr Abrahams, 15 Ethan Reed.

Referee: Daylan Watford

Wests Scarborough v Wanneroo at Bennett Park, Scarborough
Wests Scarborough stole the points from UWA last week, turning a 29-10 deficit in to a 30-29 win in the dying minutes.

Five bonus points from six games has helped Wests to fourth spot on the table but the newly-located club will need to produce better than a 50 per cent winning ratio if they are to hold ambitions of playing finals this season.

Wanneroo remain winless at the bottom of the Pindan Premier Grade ladder with two bonus points all the northern club has to show after six weeks.

The changes have again been wrung in at Wanneroo with lock Salo Tutaia, flanker Alan Coulter, flyhalf Joshua Tamati, winger George Leslie and full back Romain Marti all earning starts this week.

Prop Ben Diaper, lock Josh Katene and fly half Teava TeRangi have all come in for Wests Scarborough and are accompanied by the return of centre Brylin Nichols.

Wanneroo: 1 Goliath Nikora, 2 Mark Cornell, 3 Steve Mangan, 4 Phoenix Battye/Salo Tutaia, 5 Brian Khaemba, 6 Glen Jessup, 7 Alan Coulter, 8 Sylvo Iro, 9 Jason Stewart, 10 Joshua Tamati, 11 Dallas Cameron, 12 Puli Mafi, 13 James Ross, 14 George Leslie, 15 Romain Marti.

Wests Scarborough: 1 Junior Sala, 2 Conan Houkamau, 3 Ben Diaper, 4 Riley Winter, 5 Josh Katene, 6 Thomas Goosey, 7 Kane Koteka, 8 Brad Griffiths, 9 Michael Marshal (c), 10 Teava TeRangi, 11 Allan Wheeler, 12 Brylin Nichols, 13 Brendan Anderson, 14 Sean Curd, 15 Chance Bunce.

Referee: Adam Nelson

[fulvio sammut]

What a load of non information this report is.

Refer to last week's outcomes, sprout a load of simplistic platitudes, and report on who's not going to be there this weekend, probably 'cause they've got a weekend planned in Bali?

And they expect us to take them seriously?

[Hansie]

Fulvio, got get you some happy pills to take.

The write ups are done by a young 20 year old lad trying his best. What would be wonderful is for a man of your vast history, experience and intellect to call the young fella up, take him under your wing, groom him to become a commentator second to none.

You'd be contributing, mentoring and influencing this area of the competition exactly as you would like it to be done.

[zed]

Fulvio, got get you some happy pills to take.

The write ups are done by a young 20 year old lad trying his best. What would be wonderful is for a man of your vast history, experience and intellect to call the young fella up, take him under your wing, groom him to become a commentator second to none.

I was under the impression Fulvio wasn't allowed to be around young boys because of prior 'grooming activities'.

[Darren]

I was under the impression Fulvio wasn't allowed to be around young boys because of prior 'grooming activities'.

He was giving hair styling tips to the backs?

[Political BS]

Not very charitable of you Fulvio.
Something a bit off with the red wine last night??

[brokendown gunfighter]

The Italian economy is still giving him angst

[DinkyDi]

What a load of non information this report is.

Refer to last week's outcomes, sprout a load of simplistic platitudes, and report on who's not going to be there this weekend, probably 'cause they've got a weekend planned in Bali?

And they expect us to take them seriously?

How sad of you - for some who did not see some or any of the games last week or most weeks, this is what we have to go on and it is a good summary with some personal opinion.

I would love to see your match reports posted here as opposed to slagging off someone who you probably dont know, for, in all honesty, no bleeding reason at all... what the??

[theforceguy]

Round 7 - 18/05/2013
*******Home Team v Away Team Location
Nedlands 43 v UWA 34 The Foreshore, Nedlands
Cottesloe 29 v Rockingham 15 Harvey Field, Cottesloe
Kalamunda 23 v Palmyra 18 Hartfield Park, Forrestfield
Associates 74 v Perth Bayswater 3 Allen Park, Swanbourne
Wests Scarborough 32 v Wanneroo 24 Bennett Park, Scarborough

[brokendown gunfighter]

the neddies Uni game was a sensational display of attacking rugby from both teams.If highlights are put up by RWA it will be worth your while having a look.If this is a indication of what the standard of club rugby is this year,we are in for a treat

[NTT]

Kalamunda v Palmyra

A good old fashioned grudge match following the arrival of a few ex Palmyra players at Kalamunda. Palmyra's plan of trying to dominate the forward battle was evident from the start with runner after runner battering the Kala defence. Palmyra were leading 8-6 after 35 mins courtesy of a try and a penalty to 2 penalty goals before ex Palmyra player Taj finished off a try which he created by sending Dane down the right wing. 13-8 at halftime to Kala.
2nd half, the physical stakes escalated with 2 yellow cards and a couple of skirmishes breaking out. Most of the half was spent with Palmyra battering the Kala goal line thanks largely to a very lopsided penalty count. With Palmyra refusing numerous shots at goal, Kala were able to steal victory thanks to a fortuitous bounce leading to Ryan try. A try and penalty apiece in the 2nd half left the score 23-18. Palmyra's scrum was most impressive. Salesi Manu bombed a certain Paly try with a knockon with an open try line begging.

[westies man]

Wests etched out a win against a very willing opponent in the Roodogs.Big physical pack with a very young set of backs and a handy 1st 5 who can nail them from all over the place.The one thing that stands out this season is that if you don't turn up ready to go you'll get rolled.Wanneroo's position on the ladder doesn't do them justice and will surprise a few in the very near future.

[zed]

Wests etched out a win against a very willing opponent in the Roodogs.Big physical pack with a very young set of backs and a handy 1st 5 who can nail them from all over the place.The one thing that stands out this season is that if you don't turn up ready to go you'll get rolled.Wanneroo's position on the ladder doesn't do them justice and will surprise a few in the very near future.

Yeah it's good to see with zero wins on the board we are still remaining competitive and haven't given up the ghost.

[goony]

Can't wait to see the cross field kick by wests again, that will be try of the week for sure!!! Wanneroo could have easily won if they played to their strengths... Once they kept it in tight they scored a couple of tries, hopefully they watch the video and realise this.
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[wholetruth]

Zed.
You can probably confirm what I'm hearing and it is both unfortunate news but also fantastic news for the Dogs.
I'm hearing their coach has to go back to Sydney for family reasons. BUT Dave McKnight will continue in charge WITH a coaching pool of senior players who have pulled together to get the club through this hard time.
It seems the Dogs have stuck to their guns, are keeping all their 18s and 20s together have maybe one new import AND all those who are playing have paid. If they haven't they are not even playing Fifth Grade.
AND as was mentioned elsewhere their big lock was being offered several hundred bucks a game by a couple of clubs but turned it down to stay with Wanneroo. Good on him.
If that is all true, and I have no reason to doubt it as it came from a person very close to the club, then that is the way for clubs to go forward.
As Goony said they are not far off in Prems and Res Grades with young sides.