13 June Review

After watching some great Juniors Rugby early in the day the Seniors commenced their work with the u19s who had coach Adam under big stress by having very short numbers before the stragglers rolled in late. Big thanks to the u17s who backed up and helped out! Final score was 0-29. 1pt to Rhys Stratton & Thomas Starkey, 2pts Ethan Fullagar and 3pts to Luke Wiseman. Thirds took the field with a few stars from yesteryear dusting off their boots to join in the fun. Down 7-14 ...deep into the game, a strong finish got them home to our first win of the day 24-14. 2 tries to Daniel Ranson, and 1 to try scoring machine Stephen Lamb (4 in 2 games now). 1 conversion to Chris Lewis and 2 conversions and a penalty to Nathan Brown. Coaches were so thrilled with the performance that all of the team got a point, 2pts to Iva Motusaga & Chris Oakes (who gave a heap of blood to the cause, before receiving a total of 15 stitches to get repaired). 3pts and players player to Nick Whitton. Seconds had their chances and did put in a much improved performance before finishing on the wrong side of a 3-15 scoreline. David Ireland, attempted to outdo Oaksey in amount of blood donated, trying to hide the damage under his headgear, hopefully all well for Dave tonight. Tom Cole kicked the penalty for us, 1pt to Jesse Pavlovich & new hooker Oliver Raftery, 2pts and players player John Paterson, 3pts to Shaun Thompson. Then on to big game. Sharks started strongly running uphill and controlled the the early play before Chad Martin scored the first try, followed by Daniel Aguirre-Acevedo in full steamroller mode when set free on the wing. Dylan Hardaker converted both for the 14-0 halftime lead. Getting on the wrong side of the penalty count in the 2nd half hurt the team and a converted Terrigal try made it too close. That is until a Dyl stepped up to land an angled penalty kicking with his bad leg (so bad he could barely get down to place the ball on the tee). He had a huge game, fearless, damaging tackling and smooth ball distribution. helped by surprise weapon Max Stewart, released from the heart of the scrum to play a starring role at half back. We all know how much talent Max has, but this just proved he is the complete player. Great effort by everyone, but had to give special mention to those two. 1pt to Pete Steele, 2pts to Dyl, 3pts and players player to Max Stewart.
A huge crowd and must thank everyone who assisted on the day, Janelle Hall and the ladies in the canteen, William Ritchie and the very busy bar helpers. Those players and helpers who did work BBQ, much appreciated!! Finally, a huge thanks to all who contributed to our bucket appeal for Garrison Bowers.
Next week away At Kariong ... Cheers Boys!!