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Manly 2015

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Dave Beat

Paul McLean (56)
Some match report links below.

Find third grade interesting - on paper the team is good enough to win the comp. 5 of the players have had time in ones, and just as many have started in twos this year. Boys go out and have fun, carve it up, support the ball and your mates.

 

Dave Beat

Paul McLean (56)
First Grade
Dane Maraki
Vance Elliot
Andrew Collins
Ed Gower
Ryan Melrose
Harry Bergelin
Kotoni Ale (capt)
Daniel Alley
Matt Lucas
Sam Lane
Chris Yarrington
Reece Hodge
Dennis Pili-Gaitau
Richard Hooper
Brenden Hartmann

2nd Grade
Mitch Lewis
John Wunder
Jerome Vaai
Will Cocker
Angus Phelps
Brad Meaney
Mitch Daniel
Vinnie Baranyi
Tim Donlan
Shaun Treweek
Sireli Tagicakibau
Sam Vaevae
Ellis Abrahams
Alex Northam
Tom Chesters


3rd Grade
Alex Brand
Ben Carolan
John Baranyi
Jack Wesson
Wes Bindczus
Vaka Manu
Ethan Uili
Kava Utoikamanu
Adam Crerar
Cam Mason
Jack Wilson
Peter Squires
Ryan Squires
Rory McGahon
Mike Howard

4th Grade
Sosaia Soane
Dane Le Rougetel
James Young
Dan Dressler
James Watson
Mark Watson
Josh Littlewood
Manuel Castagnet
Nic Smart
Cameron Duffus
Kevin Reed Jr
Anthony Bergelin
John Fakai
Sullivan Jones
Harley Attwater



Colts 1s
Alefosio Tatola
Scott White
Peau Baranyi
James Gourley
Kerry Simpson
Rohan Hedge
Matt Schofield
Scott Williams
James Tahifotu
Mat Arnold
Austin Osagie
Tom Morgan
Jed Ibbotson
Ben Crerar
Brad Clarke

Colts 2s
Mitch Beattie
Cyprus Tutunoa
Wes Thomas
Van Stewart
Kevin O'Connor
Siaosi Talarico
Rhett Connolly
Liam Ryan
Kerrod Binge
Dante Otto
Oscar Mason
Tom Langrell
Ryan Prentice
Harry Binsted
Louis Dowling

Colts 3s
Michael Nicholls
James Campbell
Erik Jnr Ah-Kam
Jordan Kennedy
Cameron Signorini
Max Norrish
Junior Amituanai
Nick Kemmler
Connor McGrath
Laurence Gay
Liam Hilton Butt
Tobias Pack
Inoke Fakai
Mitch Andrews
Dyllon Peppernell
 

Dave Beat

Paul McLean (56)
Back to back derby's - Norths this week.

First time this year we've leaked a 4 try bonus point - big effort in D this week.
 

Dave Beat

Paul McLean (56)
How many injuries DB? Forward back looked like a Manly 2nd grade pack from earlier in the year.


Just one Kotoni.
Chris Cocca started back in 3s this week.
Porecki is in Sth Africa.
Bergo was away.
You need to give credit were credit is due - Norths loosies were good today they had more vigor at the break down.
 

Quick Hands

David Wilson (68)
Sad to report the death of Brian Cox a couple of days ago. One of nature's true gentlemen.

Manly 1st grade player, Waratah, Wallaby, grade referee, junior referee with Manly RRA, committee member, long-standing timekeeper at grade games and father of two Wallabies Mitch and Phil.
 

wamberal

Phil Kearns (64)
Sad to report the death of Brian Cox a couple of days ago. One of nature's true gentlemen.

Manly 1st grade player, Waratah, Wallaby, grade referee, junior referee with Manly RRA, committee member, long-standing timekeeper at grade games and father of two Wallabies Mitch and Phil.

I am old enough to have watched Brian Cox play - very limited memory of him but I do recall him as being a very neat, precise, passer. And a good runner with the ball.
 

Quick Hands

David Wilson (68)
I am old enough to have watched Brian Cox play - very limited memory of him but I do recall him as being a very neat, precise, passer. And a good runner with the ball.

I recall as a 10 or 11 year old he refereed a game in which I was player and my father told me that the ref was an ex-Wallaby. Impressed me at the time and just as much now.

I wonder how many of our current generation of Wallabies will be refereeing 11 year olds or running touch for 3rd and 4th grade or keeping time at grade games?
 

Hugh Jarse

Rocky Elsom (76)
Maybe not Manly 2015 but MMM related news none the less:

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/...ester-coach-fined-over-betting-code-breaches?


The two matches in question were Leicester's Champions Cup game against Toulon in December and a Premiership meeting with Newcastle in March.

"This is the first such case that we know of in rugby union and is certainly the first brought under the relatively new Regulation 17 so this is new ground," RFU disciplinary panel chairman Christopher Quinlan said in a statement.

"In arriving at the appropriate sanction we have been careful to remind ourselves that we must not make an example of Phil Blake," added Quinlan.

"We have imposed a sanction which we consider fair and proportionate to what he did while having due regard to the proper consideration of deterrence."

Blake was also fined 669 pounds ($1,052), the profit made on the bets placed, and an appeal against the length of his ban was dismissed.
 

Dave Beat

Paul McLean (56)
Something different been a bit quite this year, and now we have 3 rounds remaining -
Time to start building.
Defensive chatter.
Support the ball.
Bring the Boots.
Execute.
Game plan, and play it - Highlanders brought it and showed it.
 

Quick Hands

David Wilson (68)
While yesterday's win was quite good, the negative for me was that we let Norths in for a soft try just before half time and two fairly soft tries in the last 10 mins. We really should have put them away.
 

Johnno40

Allen Oxlade (6)
The same could be said about Norths , poor pass led to a intercept try to the Marlins , poor kick and a charge down another try to Malins ,I dont think either side played well.
I hear there is a little unrest at the Marlins at the moment?
 

Dave Beat

Paul McLean (56)
The same could be said about Norths , poor pass led to a intercept try to the Marlins , poor kick and a charge down another try to Malins ,I dont think either side played well.
I hear there is a little unrest at the Marlins at the moment?


Interesting -

I was disappointed that we didn't put another 30 points on the board.
Norths had 10 points on the board with less than 10 to go,
- poor kick or a prop being on the ball for the charge down.
- poor pass, or a good read with the intercept.

I never choose to guess about unrest in other camps just in case I'm off the mark - whilst I'm not at training, and not in the change sheds I could only guess there is some healthy competition.
 

Dave Beat

Paul McLean (56)
Manly need little motivation as they prepare to head up Pittwater Rd to put right a major wrong from last year.
Almost 12 months ago, the Marlins were undone by a committed, fast and enterprising Warringah side at Pittwater Rugby Park.
Rats supporters partied like it was 1999 – which was roughly about the last time they beat Manly.
The memory of that day has been stored away by the boys in blue and will be used as motivation next Saturday.
And the mind games have already begun.
"The Rats are awesome. They are the team to beat at the moment. They are killing good teams," Manly coach Damien Cummins declared with a straight face minutes after Saturday's 39-24 win over Norths.
"Beware of the Rats."
Turtle knows his team will need to play for the full 80 to see off our friends in green and that's why he was a little dirty Norths weren't put away.
Manly led 22-0 and 39-10 before lapses at the end of each half let the Shoremen get closer than they deserved.
"That irks me. The last five minutes of the first half they scored 10 and the last five they scored 14 – so that's 24 points in 10 minutes," Turtle pointed out.
"I say to the boys coming off the bench that they've got to make a difference.
"If you've got a soft belly in the last five minutes of each half, you'll lose the big games.
"But for 70 minutes we were good. Our set piece was excellent. We got a lot of pay out of scrum and the lineout was very good.
"We can be pretty pleased overall."
The Marlins scored six tries in all – and the one that brought the house down was a charge down from prop Dane Maraki early in the second half.
The beared front-rower chased the ball into the in-goal but it looked like a Norths players would win the race only for him to do a Steve Bradbury and leave the Great Dane to dive on the pill.
"I think it was a case of the tortoise winning the race," he said at fulltime.
"I didn’t think there was anyone chasing and then I saw a red and black blur go past and thought he had it…then it popped up.
"I thought those days were gone. I was pretty stoked."
As for Maraki's overall assessment of Manly's performance?
"I think it was pretty good. We just have phases where we switch off which we're trying to eradicate.
"We need to be better than that. We will go up there (Rat Park) keen for a bit of revenge."
Apart from Maraki, fly-half Sam Lane, centre John Fakai, backrower Mitch Daniel and winger Richard Hooper were the Marlins' best.
In a nice touch after the game, Turtle invited some young fans into the dressing-room to join in the Manly Boom Boom victory song.
The coach even covered their young ears for the more risqué parts…
 

Dave Beat

Paul McLean (56)
It was meant to be the local derby warm up down at the village green. A game that we were expected to win but definitely a case where expectations needed to be left in the change rooms. The last time the teams met it was a high scoring affair with an expansive game and good ball control (Manly won 46-28).
Early on our tries came from straight running and supporting the ball. When that happened it was great to watch. The first one came with inside centre Sammy Vaevae running onto the ball, breaking Norths open centre field and carrying it deep into the North’s half. He dropped the ball to onto his left foot and winger Sireli gathered the ball to cross for our first.
It was then a case of a lot of dropped ball and the lead changing in a rather scrappy affair. North’s crossed for two tries off scraps where greater commitment for the ball may have shut down their play.
However, again it was straight running with good support that gave us the lead at oranges. Chris Yarrington playing at fullback this weekend took a centre field bomb and spun between two defenders before some good passing had Timmy Donlan crossing under the sticks.
The second half was played much like the first; plenty of ball not sticking and the statistician wouldn’t have had too many 7+ phases recorded. Whilst you would like say that we had the game under control, to be down 17 – 24 wasn’t in the script.
Again it was a straight running Sammy Vaevae that bent and broke the line and he crossed adjacent to the posts. More straight running and supporting the ball saw Sammy’s second and the scoreboard showed the final score of 34 – 24 bonus point win.
 

Dave Beat

Paul McLean (56)
And some mermaids also came down on Saturday arvo - start about a minute twenty in;
Some good genes in this side Ofahengaue, Hingano, Crerar, with some touchies thrown in.


3rd grade
was a close encounter and a game that should have been won, said that a few times this year. Ben Carolan had a huge game playing flanker, cover huge ground and crossed for 2 tries.
It was also a very impressive scrum, but set pieces don't win games. Whilst 3s are out of final contention I reckon allot of the boys will end up getting game time through the finals - so they'll need to keep fit.

4th grade
Got the win and didn't get to see much of the game.
 

blindsider

Billy Sheehan (19)
I wonder how many of our current generation of Wallabies will be refereeing 11 year olds or running touch for 3rd and 4th grade or keeping time at grade games?

Not many. I remember Warwick Waugh referring a few of my under 14s games for school. Got to play a few games with him towards the end of his rugby journey too. A lot better player than he was a ref lol.


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