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ISA 2023

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Silver Back

Bob McCowan (2)
Hercules Von Grimmelshaus said:
He plays all 3, triple threat
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Correct that he plays all 3. As well as achieving significant representative levels in Union and League, see article confirming Woods' selection as the only NSW player selected in All Australian u16 AFL in 2022. The AFL thing is not just a "nice story", it is very real and in consideration.

www.afl.com.au

2022 NAB AFL National Development Championships U16 Boys All-Australian Team

The AFL has today announced the 2022 NAB AFL National Development Championships U16 Boys All-Australian Team.
www.afl.com.au www.afl.com.au
 
Jack Gallagher

Jack Gallagher

Allen Oxlade (6)

Jordan Lee-Bacon and Jayden Moujalli make first grade debuts...​

St Pius X College 1st XV vs Oakhill College 1st XV
22 - 31​

By Oscar Nowak Allcorn, Oakhill Y9 Student & NSW Rugby Junior Reporter
Photos courtesy of Michael Remaili
8th August 2020

The faces of the Oakhill men said it all when the full-time whistle was blown, sealing the win just as the buzzer went off at Chaplin Oval with a final score of 22-32 in the first round of the ISA competition.

Oakhill started the game kicking the ball to St Pius. Oakhill got the ball back immediately following a Pius error. As soon as Oakhill got the ball they consistently ran into Pius defence, gaining valuable metres at every phase. After a few phases Oakhill got very close to the try line. Jayden Mojalli powered over the line putting Oakhill’s first points on the board. The conversion by James Skuodas was successful.

The game was filled with intensity from the kick off with some great tackles and individual plays by Oakhill's Jett Peters, Doug Sullivan, Sam Pickard and Pius’ Will Chan, Stu Dingley and Brynnmore Mendell.

10 minutes after the kick off Oakhill scored again. Oakhill had their backline set and they passed the ball to fullback Jordan Lee Bacon. Bacon received the ball and put on some great footwork, stepped 3 of Pius’ defenders and sprinted 50 metres before putting the ball down to score. The conversion was successful by James Skuadas.

2 minutes later Oakhill put more points up on the scoreboard. Oakhill was 30 metres from the tryline when Doug Sullivan made a line break and drew Pius’ fullback towards him just before he passed it to scrum-half Finn Watkins. Watkins sprinted to the try line and scored. The conversion was successful by James Skuadas taking the score to 0 - 21 Oakhill's way.

In the first 20 minutes of the game Oakhill had the most possession of the ball compared to Pius. Pius, let down by simple things like missing tackles and unorganised defensive structure, allowed Oakhill play to their own style and dictate the game.

This changed late in the second half, with Pius gaining more possession of the ball and starting to look promising in getting some points on the scoreboard.

With 5 minutes left in the first half, Oakhill gave away a penalty to Pius just on the sideline 20 metres out from Pius’ try line. Pius passed the ball very quickly through the backline all the way to winger Gregor Dingley. By the time Dingley got the ball he was 10 metres from the try line. He sprinted to the try line and scored Pius’ first points in the game. The conversion by Will Chan was unsuccessful.

Half time score was sitting at 5 - 21 to Oakhill.

Pius started the second half kicking to Oakhill.

The play in the first 10 minutes of the second half was outstanding. Oakhill’s Doug Sullivan, Jordan Lee Bacon (try saver), Finn Watkins (try saver), Cooper Griffin and Ethan Barone delivered some great tackles. Pius’s Brynnmore Mendell, Fred Baddock, Gregor Dingley and Stu Dingley also showcased some excellent tackling.

15 minutes into the second half Oakhill scored. Centre Josh Basso made a break 30 metres from the try line and the only thing stopping him to get to the try line was Pius’ fullback. Basso, with 2 Oakhill men supporting him, passed the ball to winger Nick Charlwood, who scored untouched.

5 minutes later, Pius found the tryline. Pius was right on the tryline and Oakhill did very well defending their line but after 12 phases of constant tackling and rucking, Pius’s forwards found the tryline and scored, taking the score to 10-26. Conversion was not successful.

8 minutes later Pius scored again. Pius got very close to the try line again and after 15 or so phases Pius’s scrum half Zac Davidson put the ball over the tryline and scored.

At this point of the game the scoreboard was sitting at 15-26. Oakhill was feeling the pressure as they dropped some of the intensity they started the second half with.

5 minutes later Pius put more points on the board. Fullback Stu Dingly made a line break on the 40 metre line and managed to break through another tackle to score. The conversion was successful making the score 22-26.

With 1 minute left in the game, both teams were working extremely hard to either secure the win for Oakhill or for Pius to score again.

Pius had the ball, they passed it to their backline having one overlap on the wing. They looked extremely promising to score and take the win but Oakhill’s winger James Skoudas took the interception and sprinited to the try line and scored just as the final buzzer went off. The crowd went wild as they could not believe what they just saw.

That last minute try made the final score 22-31 Oakhill’s win.

A great game of footy played by both teams especially in the second half.
 
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Sammicheals

Bob McCowan (2)
48-5 at Breen Oval
Pats came up against a strong Knox side on a day where Pats couldn’t quite string it all together. The likes of Pats 10,12,13 and 15 didn’t get the chance to show off their skills as the forward pack of Knox dominated the set piece. Pats’ forward pack hasn’t matched the size of any other pack they have come up against during the trials but from 1-15 there is plenty of heart shown. No doubt round 1 vs Greg’s at Breen will be a good contest and will show more of how the boys in black will go for the ISA season
 
JackJill

JackJill

Ward Prentice (10)
Sammicheals said:
48-5 at Breen Oval
Pats came up against a strong Knox side on a day where Pats couldn’t quite string it all together. The likes of Pats 10,12,13 and 15 didn’t get the chance to show off their skills as the forward pack of Knox dominated the set piece. Pats’ forward pack hasn’t matched the size of any other pack they have come up against during the trials but from 1-15 there is plenty of heart shown. No doubt round 1 vs Greg’s at Breen will be a good contest and will show more of how the boys in black will go for the ISA season
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Nice write-up. Appreciate that. I agree Pats forwards need to step up and get some go-forward. A mobile pack, they should look to play fast footy, that'll benefit their backline. But the coaches will take care of that, still a very underrated team I believe, could beat anyone on their day.
 
scrumhead99

scrumhead99

Fred Wood (13)
JackJill said:
Nice write-up. Appreciate that. I agree Pats forwards need to step up and get some go-forward. A mobile pack, they should look to play fast footy, that'll benefit their backline. But the coaches will take care of that, still a very underrated team I believe, could beat anyone on their day.
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Agreed. Do you know if Conti and Woods were playing or not?
 
Thomas B Rugbyboot

Thomas B Rugbyboot

Frank Nicholson (4)
Oakhill vs Trinity Report:
A pretty scrappy opening 20 minutes. Trinity using ground knowledge to run with their backs to the sun saw Oakhill drop a lot of ball due to the afternoon sun. The opening try saw a great combination of backs and forwards working together to score. Oakhill started to dominate possession and two more quick tries saw them quieten the Trinity crowd. Trinity score through a nice combination of their 9 and 10. Oakhill 26-7 at Halftime. Second half started, Oakhill score from the opening possession, a mistake from Trinity. Lineouts fairly even. Oakhill scrum starts to dominate and their forwards are working well together providing a good platform for the backs. Oakhill mistake gives Trinity possession. Trinity score though some nice backs work. Oakhill continue to move forward. Good play between forwards and backs see them score 3 more tries. Trinity get a nice 50-22 to give them a lineout close to Oakhill try line. Some good phase work sees them score. Final score 54-19
 
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