NRC Rnd 3: NSW Country v Melbourne Rising

[RugbyReg]

3pm on Sunday at Tamworth.

Rising team as follows:

1. Cruze Ah Nau (Footscray/Melbourne Rebels)
2. Pat Leafa (Box Hill/Melbourne Rebels)
3. Tim Metcher (Moorabbin/Melbourne Rebels)
4. Sam Jeffries (Melbourne University/Melbourne Rebels)
5. Steve Cummins (Harlequin/Melbourne Rebels)
6. Alex Toolis (Edinburgh (UK)/Melbourne Rebels)
7. Jordy Reid (Melbourne Unicorns/Melbourne Rebels)
8. Harley Fox (Power House/Melbourne Rebels)
9. Nic Stirzaker (Endeavour Hills/Melbourne Rebels)
10. Ben Meehan (Box Hill/Melbourne Rebels)
11. Ah-Mu Tuimalealiifano (Harlequin)
12. Sione Tuipulotu (Southern Districts/Melbourne Rebels)
13. Tom English (Melbourne University/Melbourne Rebels)
14. Jonah Placid (Melbourne University/Melbourne Rebels)
15. Jack Debreczeni (Endeavour Hills/Melbourne Rebels)

Reserves
16. Siliva Siliva (Endeavour Hills/Melbourne Rebels)*
17. Tom Moloney ((Harlequin/Melbourne Rebels)
18. Tyrel Lomax (Tuggeranong Vikings (ACT)/Melbourne Rebels)
19. Rob Leota (Melbourne University/Melbourne Rebels)
20. Ikapote Tupai ((Melbourne Unicorns)
21. Mick Snowden (Melbourne/Melbourne Rebels)
22. Lloyd Johansson (Harlequin)
23. Sefa Naivalu (Box Hill/Melbourne Rebels)

 

[Highlander35]

Like:

Bip at 10
Placid not at Fullback
Engo at Center
Placid not at fullback
Tupai in the side

Dislike:
Toolis at Blindside
Lloyd still one of the Locals getting gametime into the 3rd season

 

[GoMelbRebels]

Like:

Bip at 10
Placid not at Fullback
Engo at Center
Placid not at fullback
Tupai in the side

Dislike:
Toolis at Blindside
Lloyd still one of the Locals getting gametime into the 3rd season

It's not right, really, to count Lloyd as a local player, though I suppose technically he is.

 

[Braveheart81]

The Country Eagles team is announced with a video which makes it hard to post easily!

Looks like the same starting XV as last week except Kellaway hasn't recovered from whatever knee injury he sustained last week and Gus Roberts is starting at fullback.

Tom Cusack is on the bench which will be good to see.

 

[KOB1987]

Looking forward to watching this one this afternoon.

1 PADDY RYAN (C)​

2 TOLU LATU​

3 TOM ROBERTSON​

4 NED HANIGAN (VC)​

5 TIM BUCHANAN​

6 SAM FIGG​

7 ROWAN PERRY​

8 SAM WARD​

9 JAKE GORDON​

10 ANDREW DEEGAN​

11 ALEX NEWSOME​

12 KYLE GODWIN​

13 DAVID HORWITZ (VC)​

14 REECE ROBINSON​

15 ANGUS ROBERTS​

RESERVES​

16 JED GILLESPIE​

17 FOLAU FA’AINGA​

18 SAM NEEDS​

19 RYAN MCCAULEY
20 TOM CUSACK
21 MARK BALDWIN
22 TAYLER ADAMS
23 TOM HILL

 

[topo]

Sun's out, warm day, hopefully the deck has dried out since Friday's rain. Should be a cracker of a game in God's country.

 

[liquor box]

Is it at Tamworth Rugby Club ground?

When I used to play there in the 90's there was a stand that held about 50 people and the rest just stood around the ground.

Cant wait to see what has changed, live there for 16 years and have not been back for another 16 years.

 

[topo]

Is it at Tamworth Rugby Club ground?

When I used to play there in the 90's there was a stand that held about 50 people and the rest just stood around the ground.

Cant wait to see what has changed, live there for 16 years and have not been back for another 16 years.

Not a whole lot has changed. Still bugger all seating. There is a construction of sorts on the western side but you wouldn't call it a stand. Would have been far been better at Pirates ground, which is where the NRC game was held last year, but I'm biased.

 

[liquor box]

Not a whole lot has changed. Still bugger all seating. There is a construction of sorts on the western side but you wouldn't call it a stand. Would have been far been better at Pirates ground, which is where the NRC game was held last year, but I'm biased.

maybe Number 1 oval, the home of the mighty Nemingha Jets!

 

[oztimmay]

Three late changes to the Rising. Little Red and Sefa the big losses. Engo to captain the side.

 

[oztimmay]

Paddy Ryan with elbows pointing down, but milks the penalty.

 

[Highlander35]

I'm sorry Houston, but fuck off, if Figg wasn't held there's virtually no tackle you can't stand up from.

 

[kiap]

The ground

 

[WorkingClassRugger]

Ned Hanigan reminds me of a young Rocky Elsom in how he plays.

 

[WorkingClassRugger]

The ground

Looks a good crowd in Tamworth.

 

[kiap]

Yep, healthy turnout by the looks.



And said it last week, but the Eagles will win this comp.

 

[Highlander35]

Bloody hell, Houston is having an absolute shocker here.

Forward passes from us, Paddy Ryans hinging, Figg not being held, Leafa's not straights, the not back 10 that didn't get the penalty.

Margin is correct, but that's in spite of the ref.

 

[oztimmay]

Scrum is just terrible today. Has to be cheese time soon.

 

[Highlander35]

Fuck me. The ball gets thrown into Placid's chest and gets a card.

 

[oztimmay]

Fuck me. The ball gets thrown into Placid's chest and gets a card.

Cam Shepherd "he was never going for that". Of course he wasn't, he wasn't even looking at the bloody ball.