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ET Perth Spirit Overpowers Perth Gold
Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:49pm
RugbyWA
The ET Perth Spirit has defeated Perth Gold by 81-0 in the team’s second and final trial game ahead of next week’s Mazda Australian Rugby Championship.
The Spirit scored 13 tries during the clash at Tompkins Park in Palmyra, with 19 year old winger Ratu Siganiyavi scoring four of them.
New Emirates Western Force signing Nick Cummins scored Spirit’s first try after just two minutes.
But determined defence by Gold, which included a number of Firepower Academy players, kept the Spirit out for the next 15 minutes before Siganiyavi scored the first of his four tries. A few minutes later he had his second.
Emirates Western Force flanker David Pocock got on the scoreboard after some great lead-up work from inside centre, Lachlan MacKay, while fellow Investec Super 14 player Richard Brown posted the first of his two tries just before half time.
Coming out of the break with a 33-0 lead, the ET Perth Spirit stepped up a gear, scoring eight tries for the period.
Siganiyavi notched up another two and Brown his second while Scott Fava, Scott Daruda, Dan Bailey, James Stannard and Pek Cowan also scored five-pointers.
Daruda kicked four from five conversions, with Cameron Shepherd posting four from eight.
ET Perth Spirit Head Coach John Mulvihill described the game as another pleasing hit-out leading into Friday week’s Mazda Australian Rugby Championship debut against the Western Sydney Rams.
“We’ve seen that the boys know the patterns and structures and now it’s up to them to execute,” he said.
“The two trial games have been important for us and while a little lopsided, they’ve given us confidence going into next week.”
Last week, in its first trial game, the ET Perth Spirit beat the Adelaide Black Falcons 94-5 in Adelaide.
The Spirit will make its Mazda Australian Rugby Championship debut against the Western Sydney Rams at Members Equity Stadium on Friday 10 August.