NRC Semi Final: Brisbane City vs Sydney Stars

[Hugh Jarse]

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When: Saturday 24 October. Kick-off 6.30pm AEST / 7.30pm AEDT
Where: Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

Match Referee: Rohan Hoffmann
Assistant Referees: Graham Cooper, Ed Martin
TMO: Greg Milne

Broadcast Information: FOX SPORTS Channel 502

2015 Brisbane City Form Guide: WWWWWWWWW
2015 Sydney Stars Form Guide: WWWLLWLBL

Last Time They Met: 02/10/15; Sydney Stars 0-58 Brisbane City; Leichhardt Oval, Sydney

Ticketing Information: Tickets available on the gate from $15.

Match Notes: The game will feature the season's two top try scorers - City's Junior Lailoifi (14 tries) and Stars' Harry Jones (8 tries). Brisbane City are on a 12-match winning streak in the Buildcorp NRC - a run dating back to Round 7 in 2014.

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Teams

Brisbane City
1. Matt MAFI
2. Andrew READY
3. Sam TALAKAI
4. Ben HYNE
5. Cadeyrn NEVILLE
6. Luke BEAUCHAMP
7. Liam GILL (c)
8. Adam KORCZYK
9. Nick FRISBY
10. Jake McINTYRE
11. Junior LALOIFI
12. Henry TAEFU
13. Samu KEREVI
14. Chris KURIDRANI
15. Karmichael HUNT

16. Ryan FRENEY
17. Markus VANZATI
18. Feao FOTUAIKA
19. Corey THOMAS
20. Waita SETU
21. Moses SOROVI
22. Alex GIBBON
23. Andy MUIRHEAD

Sydney Stars
1. Jeremy TILSE
2. Tolu LATU
3. Kirwan SANDY
4. Loma KAVENGA
5. Rohan O'REGAN
6. Jake WAINWRIGHT
7. Jordan TUAPOU
8. David HICKEY (c)
9. Jake GORDON
10. Angus ROBERTS
11. Harry JONES
12. Tom CARTER
13. Jim STEWART
14. Guy PORTER
15. Tom KINGSTON (vc)

16. Todd PEARCE
17. Alasdair KING
18. Liam McGRATH
19. Senio TOLEOFOA
20. Ofa TOLEAFOA
21. Richard DRAPER
22. Jordan McGREGOR
23. Andrew ROBINSON

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Minimal Changes to Stars from last week:
Matt PHILIP Out
Jake WAINWRIGHT from the Bench to starting
Ofa TOLEAFOA In to the bench

City Changes from last week:
Luke BEAUCHAMP to starting, Waita SETU to bench (swap)
Chris KURIDRANI in, Alex GIBBON to bench, Mika TELA out
Pettowa PARAKA out, Markus VANZATI in



Round 7 teams (0-58 to BCity) were:
1. Jeremy TILSE
2. Tolu LATU
3. Chris TALAKAI
4. Matt PHILIP
5. Senio TOLEOFOA
6. Rohan O'REGAN
7. Jordan TUAPOU
8. Jake WAINWRIGHT
9. Jake GORDON
10. Jordan McGREGOR
11. Harry JONES
12. Andrew ROBINSON
13. Jim STEWART
14. John HALE
15. Tom KINGSTON

16. Tom COOLICAN
17. Alasdair KING
18. Kirwan SANDAY
19. Tipaloma KAVENIGA
20. Ofa FINAU
21. Richard DRAPER
22. Christian KAGIASSIS
23. Christian YASSMIN

1. Pettowa PARAKA
2. Andrew READY
3. Sam TALAKAI
4. Corey THOMAS
5. Cadeyrn NEVILLE
6. Luke BEAUCHAMP
7. Waita SETU
8. Scott HIGGINBOTHAM
9. Nick FRISBY
10. Jake McINTYRE
11. Junior LALOIFI
12. Henry TAEFU
13. Samu KEREVI
14. Chris KURIDRANI
15. Karmichael HUNT

16. Matt MAFI
17. Ryan FRENEY
18. Feao FOTUAIKA
19. Ben HYNE
20. Michael RICHARDS
21. Moses SOROVI
22. James DALGLEISH
23. Alex GIBBON

Stars look a little bit stronger than they were for the massacre at Leichhardt oval earlier this year, BCity have lost Higgers but gained LF Gill. This will get ugly. Hope the Scoreboard Attendant is fit. They may be busy, very busy.

Unless the Hoff is replaced by Craig Joubert at short notice, the Twinklers play with the passion, focus and energy that the Single Malts did on the weekend, and City suddenly decide to be sloppy and inaccurate in their execution, then City will romp home by as many points as you can think of.

The biggest question may very well be how many meat pies will the newly crowned Prince of Ballymore get.

 

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[TOCC]

Go Brisbane City!
Their winning streak must be closing in on some records for rugby union in this country

 

[qwerty51]

Go Brisbane City!
Their winning streak must be closing in on some records for rugby union in this country

Counting Shute Shield? Doubt it.

 

[Pfitzy]

Has Gill been onside yet?

 

[qwerty51]

How can a ref keep his job after that?

 

[kiap]

 

[Pfitzy]

How can a ref keep his job after that?

To me, he was calling "Advantage Over" as the knock-on occurred. So I'm cool with it. There actually isn't a ruling on when advantage expires except in the opinion of the referee.

The bigger question is: how can Gill continue to keep his job as captain after that level of utter disrespect?

Brisbane City need to stop thinking they're the shit, and start working harder.

 

[Forcefield]

Is this going to be the Spirit vs Rising game of 2014 all over again?

 

[qwerty51]

To me, he was calling "Advantage Over" as the knock-on occurred. So I'm cool with it. There actually isn't a ruling on when advantage expires except in the opinion of the referee.

The bigger question is: how can Gill continue to keep his job as captain after that level of utter disrespect?


Brisbane City need to stop thinking they're the shit, and start working harder.

If you say advantage over, advantage over.

 

[Pfitzy]

No, actually, it isn't. That isn't written anywhere in the Law on Advantage. Go read it if you want.

The referee is the sole arbiter of advantage. Just like reversing a penalty or try after seeing it on the big screen.

In this case, it didn't actually change anything - the guy dropped it, they were 10 metres behind where they were the previous phase. Had he caught the ball he might have made some yards and set up another score.

 

[kiap]

Los Teros!

 

[kiap]

 

[Pfitzy]

What I don't understand, is that the City forwards should be smacking two rucks straight ahead, then ball go wide to score. Bang-bang-try.

 

[Pfitzy]

Shit Hoffman. That's a fucking straight red!

 

[Dctarget]

I'm only following on twitter, what are these yellows for?

 

[kiap]

The Jesus is firing up!

 

[Dctarget]

The Jesus is firing up!

What did he do? Stab a man?

 

[Pfitzy]

What did he do? Stab a man?

Trip. Was sort of hacking at the ball, but was very lazy.