Sydney Colts - 2015

[couldabeen]

Re. The Shoremen. Randwick must have smashed their capacity to play as well as the scoreline. Northern have gone down to Eastwood and Manly, neither game close, since being walloped by Wicks.
Does anyone from the Shore have an explanation for their mid season crash and any suggestions about why it will not be a crash and burn?

 

[Sideline Eye]

I heard from one of the Norths parents their colties are carrying a fairly high injury load - but isn't everyone? They must have some good depth as they defeated Woodies 2nd and 3rd grade, just not 1s.

 

[the baz]

it was a good win by the Marlins, and always good to get down to manly oval. It's been a long time, but nice to get there on a Friday night. Manly have some good talent but really need to pull up some of their players, both sideline and on field. The player who stomped to norths 9 off the ball need a long time on the sideline, and the club should stand him down. The players cheering him on after seeing, should be ashamed. The club wants to get back to being the club I remember from the 80's then there needs to be better leadership.

 

[Bust The Line]

Good to see a few regular Colts players given the opportunity to play Grade at Chatswood Oval last night:
O'Shae - Uni made his First Grade debut at fly half
Wilkinson - Gordon 1st Grade Hooker
Dillon - Gordon 2nd Grade Prop
Smerdon - Gordon 2nd Grade fly half
Well done lads.

 

[GPSrow]

Good to see a few regular Colts players given the opportunity to play Grade at Chatswood Oval last night:
O'Shae - Uni made his First Grade debut at fly half
Wilkinson - Gordon 1st Grade Hooker
Dillon - Gordon 2nd Grade Prop
Smerdon - Gordon 2nd Grade fly half
Well done lads.

Well said. I thought Wilkinson has done an outstanding job as a player to step and give it to the students. Has a great future ahead of him.

 

[AussieDominance]

Good to see a few regular Colts players given the opportunity to play Grade at Chatswood Oval last night:
O'Shae - Uni made his First Grade debut at fly half
Wilkinson - Gordon 1st Grade Hooker
Dillon - Gordon 2nd Grade Prop
Smerdon - Gordon 2nd Grade fly half
Well done lads.

Will Davies and Yassmin also played 1st grade for Uni I think?

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Will Davies and Yassmin also played 1st grade for Uni I think?

Not according to The Corporation's team sheet on Rugby Link. They even list Matt Sandell as playing. He is in Italy with the Aust U20s and played last night.


Is there an injury crisis at The Corporation with so many colts playing up, or were they over confident and thought they could rest their front line backs and get the kids to do the job against lowly Gordon?

How did the young blokes go?

I see that O'Shea scored a meat pie on First Grade debut for the Corporation against the M2B last week. Pretty impressive effort for a 18 year old. Footage of it on the Rugby News Game highlights package. It doesn't seem to want to embed on here.

http://www.rugbynews.net.au/students-strike-late-to-beat-two-blues/

Pretty sure that is him scoring at the 0:43 second mark in the highlights reel above from Rugby News.

 

[Big Lebowski]

Well said. I thought Wilkinson has done an outstanding job as a player to step and give it to the students. Has a great future ahead of him.

Well said, also Kurtis Quinn having a run in first grade straight back from injury, in place of his injured brother in fact. Great showing of the depth in the Gordon colts this year filling in for a heavily injured Gordon grade outfit.

 

[Tah and feathered]

With Colts players stepping up to play grade i think shows how good the colts comp is and i think the ARU has a great product that the NSWRU should do more to help clubs take to a higher level. I know at Souths they have had 7 of last years 1st colts side play in 1st grade this year and 2 of the current 1st colts have had serious game time in 1st grade.
Players are now bigger and stronger and good skill levels so moving into grade is no longer a problem or a risk.
The clubs who have really embraced there Colts programs are really reaping the benefits.

 

[AussieDominance]

Re your point above I respectfully disagree. A lot of Gordon's colts who have been reasonably competitive at Colts level have experienced some game time throughout all grades due to Gordon's injury problems.

Quite a few of them received injuries due to the physical nature and not being battle hardened.

Not to say they won't be ready in a few years time though.

 

[AussieDominance]

Not according to The Corporation's team sheet on Rugby Link. They even list Matt Sandell as playing. He is in Italy with the Aust U20s and played last night.


Is there an injury crisis at The Corporation with so many colts playing up, or were they over confident and thought they could rest their front line backs and get the kids to do the job against lowly Gordon?

How did the young blokes go?

I see that O'Shea scored a meat pie on First Grade debut for the Corporation against the M2B last week. Pretty impressive effort for a 18 year old. Footage of it on the Rugby News Game highlights package. It doesn't seem to want to embed on here.

http://www.rugbynews.net.au/students-strike-late-to-beat-two-blues/

Pretty sure that is him scoring at the 0:43 second mark in the highlights reel above from Rugby News.

https://www.sydneyunirugby.com.au/team-list.html That is pretty close to correct. Yassmin played Narracott didn't (not sure why?)

 

[couldabeen]

Early suggestions for the weekend.
Sadly my young bloke is unable to play so I will be checking in for results.
In the close games I have gone for home advantage
Randwick over Uni in a close one - up the students!
Northern over Warringah - Northern getting back into a winning feel
Gordon over Easts - Tartan to run away in last 20
Eastwood over Southern - no confidence at all in calling this.
Manly over Parramatta
West Harbour over Penrith in 2nd Grade

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Round 12 Team Lists

The Corporation v Randi-Wix
COLTS 1
Sydney University: 1. Jack Bliss, 2. Declan Moore, 3. Alexander Masima, 4. Joshua Schwager, 5. Harrison Williams, 6. Siaosi Halaifonua, 7. Jack McCalman, 8. Hamish Dunbar, 9. Nick Duffy, 10. Connor O'Shea, 11. James Kane, 12. Will McDonnell, 13. Cillian Burke, 14. Justin Fish, 15. Christian Kagiassis
Randwick: 1. Campbell Shearer, 2. Nick Koutsoukais, 3. Vuni Fifita, 4. Nick Kellaway, 5. Ryan Powter, 6. Jum Woodhill, 7. Jack Hayson, 8. Daniel Hughes, 9. Sam Horwitz, 10. Nic Andrews, 11. Tom Molloy, 12. Ben Starkey, 13. Devan Stoltz, 14. Matt Crafts, 15. Ben O'Donnell

COLTS 2
Sydney University: 1. Jay Spencer, 2. James Margan, 3. Austin Black, 4. Nick Champion de Crespigny, 5. Jack Blair, 6. Lincoln Whiteley, 7. Hugh Summerhayes, 8. Aidan Brown, 9. Alexander Jackman, 10. Banjo Travers, 11. Toby Cooke, 12. Charlie Friend, 13. Sam Harris, 14. Tim McCutcheon, 15. Daniel Calavassy
Randwick: 1. Ezra Malolo, 2. Matt Serhorn, 3. Latham Takau, 4. Lemeke Taumoepeau, 5. Sam Ellerton, 6. Tim Lee, 7. Sam Connor , 8. Lewis Mayberry, 9. Tom Wong, 10. Lachie Anderson, 11. Charlie McKay, 12. Moa Meliepo, 13. Sam Carter, 14. Liam Longbottom, 15. Ronald Streeter Mason

COLTS 3
Sydney University: 1. Conor O'Doherty, 2. Billy-Jacob O'Connor, 3. Lisiate Vaihu, 4. Peter Fenwicke, 5. Lachlan Argiris, 6. George Lehmann, 7. Lewis Oswald, 8. Calvin Mulipola, 9. Ben Halmarick, 10. Sean Cross, 11. Ahmad Elbatoory, 12. Dylan Oldfield, 13. Tom McFadyen, 14. Patrick Muller, 15. Jaydon Fa'avae-Eli
Randwick: 1. Sama Malolo, 2. Michael Midson, 3. Sam Hunt, 4. Cam Mee, 5. Brendan Neville, 6. Sam Matenga, 7. Chase Paea, 8. Jordan Iremia, 9. Mitch Jowett, 10. Pat Pelligrini, 11. Tau Penitani, 12. Henry Cohen, 13. Hamish Gordon, 14. Jayden Manu, 15. Kingston Day

Shoremen v Rats
COLTS 1
Northern Suburbs: 1. Jakob Sedgemen , 2. Sam Cater, 3. Jack Halabi, 4. Angus Cook, 5. Jack Preece, 6. Will Lindsay, 7. Rory Galagher , 8. Leon Akopian, 9. Josh Lynch, 10. Jack Clancy, 11. Tommy Gilbert, 12. Charlie King, 13. Will Fell , 14. Dom Naylor, 15. Josh Cook
Warringah: 1. Jack Slack Smith(c), 2. Caleb O’Neill, 3. Tasi Tuituiohu, 4. Andrew Davies, 5. Nick Latuhoi, 6. Nathan Cotton, 7. Luke Milham, 8. Kurtis Stariha, 9. John Ferguson, 10. Jerry Lemalu, 11. Mac Entwistle, 12. Matt Skelly, 13. Cam Dove, 14. Matt Pickles, 15. Josh Thompson

COLTS 2
Northern Suburbs: 1. Tom Booth, 2. Chris Goldie, 3. Will Adams, 4. William Finley, 5. Harry Lind, 6. Matt Anderson, 7. Matt Psaltis, 8. Alex Ironside, 9. Angus Mactavish, 10. Jayden Stokes, 11. Hugh Adams, 12. Harvey Duncan, 13. Chris Vandoros, 14. Charlie Oldham, 15. Connor Slocombe
Warringah: 1. Fergus James, 2. Callum Landry, 3. Max Cook, 4. Connor Barham, 5. Mike Hart, 6. Marcus Kemp, 7. Brody Wharepouri, 8. Bryce Renaman, 9. Jonathon Miller, 10. Sam Gainsford, 11. Jake Vale, 12. Billy Simpson, 13. Tom McBryde, 14. Owen Chun, 15. Lachlan Grant

COLTS 3
Northern Suburbs: 1. Joey Dawson, 2. George Donnelly, 3. Tyler Key, 4. Lochie Moore, 5. Ed Pollitt, 6. Ed Dunlop, 7. Taylor Deer, 8. Lochie Adair, 9. Hayden Toohey, 10. Harry Kemball, 11. Denzel Tie , 12. Simon Johnston, 13. Harry Brown, 14. Issac Kassis, 15. Ollie Beanstead
Warringah: 1. Zac Tales, 2. Jake Boroughs, 3. Clayton Anastasia, 4. Luke Hurditch, 5. Lachie Rose, 6. Charlie Rowntree, 7. Eddie Fry, 8. Lachie MacMahon, 9. Pat Flynn, 10. Scott Engwall, 11. Connor Bradshaw, 12. Tom Von Bokhoven, 13. Adam Hanigan, 14. Daniel Chun, 15. Tom Condon

Beasties v Highlanders
COLTS 1
Eastern Suburbs: 1. Matt Hooper, 2. Lindsey Stevens, 3. Archie Hall, 4. Paddy O'Brien, 5. Emerson Adcock, 6. Tom Mencinsky, 7. Nick Makas, 8. Ben Vincent, 9. Ted Pye (c), 10. Jack Maddocks, 11. Suaesi Iosua, 12. Harry Priestner, 13. James Pelowski, 14. Christo Wylie, 15. Joe Mackie
Gordon: 1. Nathan Kelly, 2. Hosea Fotukava, 3. Jack Bowditch, 4. Jack Margin, 5. Hamish Phipps, 6. Nic Burkett, 7. Jake Pierce, 8. James Lough, 9. Alex Barker, 10. Dave Smerdon, 11. Ben Butler, 12. James Dainton, 13. Sione Afu, 14. Marcus Hundt, 15. Andrew Bligh

COLTS 2
Eastern Suburbs: 1. Jai Gunton, 2. Andrew Crone, 3. Minh Nguyen, 4. Judd Harvey , 5. James Shipway, 6. Oli Robinson , 7. Ned O'neill, 8. Dan Howes, 9. Tevita Makasini (c) , 10. Doug Crawford, 11. Will McGuiness, 12. Henry Paterson, 13. Jordan Bracewell, 14. James Flynn, 15. Will Ball
Gordon: 1. Rob Lacinski, 2. Jono Burke, 3. Mawin Jansen, 4. James Grant, 5. Angus McClelland, 6. Nick Slaven, 7. Sam Hutton, 8. Lapana Vitale, 9. Tom Kennedy, 10. Josh Thorndyke, 11. Kirt Anthony, 12. David Serukai, 13. Josh Mitchell, 14. Sam Mete , 15. Seb Field

COLTS 3
Eastern Suburbs: 1. Jake Cowie, 2. Julian Horton-Patch, 3. Hugo McLure, 4. Jamie Greentree, 5. Lachlan Sharp, 6. Will Picone, 7. Sam Fensom, 8. Andrew Spira, 9. Roy Harrison, 10. Harry Tooth, 11. Kai Watermore, 12. James Parrelli, 13. James Manns, 14. Joey Zieme, 15. Seb Haddock
Gordon: 1. Sean Fagan, 2. James Kwok, 3. Brandon Fernandes, 4. Eden Taylorwood-Roe, 5. Will Makeig, 6. Jordan Thomas, 7. Patrick Sutton, 8. Aaron Hutt, 9. Lachlan Burke, 10. Ben Tracy, 11. Lachlan Phillips, 12. Joe Stageman, 13. James Byrne, 14. Sam Frankham, 15. David Balcomb

Woodies v Hobbits
COLTS 1
Eastwood: 1. Liam Northridge, 2. Ed Craig, 3. Alex Pappalardo, 4. Daniel Cosgrove, 5. Adam Desantis, 6. Josh Bones, 7. Jacob Bamford, 8. Mark Quadrio, 9. Lachlan Croese, 10. Matt Collins, 11. James Sarks, 12. Brent Whicker, 13. Lachlan Burland, 14. Aiden Hopping, 15. James Day
Southern Districts: 1. Milan Papalii, 2. Oliver Takiveikata, 3. Conor Young, 4. Dan Broady, 5. Josh Lyons, 6. Nic Pennisi, 7. Kurt Rumsay, 8. Lachlan Hennessey, 9. Jake Labrano, 10. Rory Davis, 11. William Latu, 12. Tom Doyle, 13. Franklin Calgulay, 14. Jack Conen, 15. Nathan McIlveen

COLTS 2
Eastwood: 1. Pat Sanford, 2. Nick Reid, 3. Nareg Nazarian, 4. Henry Walkerden, 5. Sam Frogley, 6. Zack Simpson, 7. Zac Herron, 8. Cameron Goodacre, 9. Jordan Gillespie, 10. Tom Graham, 11. Sam McCaffrey, 12. Tom Hudson, 13. Joshua So, 14. Tom Koodrin, 15. Rihann Barkley-Brown
Southern Districts: 1. Joey Tahati, 2. Gareth Thomas, 3. Lachlan King, 4. Rhys Schrueder, 5. Pat Kuenzie, 6. Angus Guthridge, 7. Henry Robertson, 8. Karaitiana Sa'u, 9. Ben Ridgeway, 10. Brock Hammond, 11. Tom Evans, 12. Tylah Pritchard, 13. Callum Quinn, 14. Gordon Enari, 15. Angus McGrath

COLTS 3
Eastwood: 1. Daniel Bam, 2. Michael Arapidis, 3. Nick Carone, 4. Cameron Fish, 5. Lachlan Johnson, 6. Daniel Ryan, 7. Cameron Goodacre, 8. Mitch Caldwell, 9. Jonas Williams, 10. Liam Peters, 11. Daniel Loneragan, 12. Nathan Watson, 13. Justin Maloney, 14. Denzel Singleton, 15. Tom Nicita
Southern Districts: 1. Nathan Ford, 2. Benet James, 3. Khalid Alfas, 4. Mitch Whittet, 5. Nathaniel Leon, 6. Jacob Fetui, 7. Dawie Erasmus, 8. Simike Ilufe, 9. James Whelan, 10. Ryan Sorrell, 11. Drew Nuttall, 12. Locky Walsh, 13. Angus Humphties, 14. Grant Isles, 15. Shane Doyle

Mighty 2 Blues v Mighty Manly Marlins
COLTS 1
Parramatta: 1. Jordan Lotoaniu, 2. Matt Pond, 3. Sione Fonua, 4. Nick O'Gorman, 5. James Benton, 6. Ben Talamaivao, 7. Riley Jacobson, 8. Liam Faogali, 9. Liam Tully, 10. Cale Angeloni, 11. Tariu Afoa, 12. Jacob Tupoula, 13. Nathan Faleafa, 14. Luke Parker, 15. Niko Uele
Manly: 1. Alefosio Tatola, 2. Scott White, 3. Peau Baranyi, 4. Kevin O'Connor, 5. Kerry Simpson, 6. Rohan Hedge, 7. Felix Maddison, 8. Matt Schofield, 9. James Tahifotu, 10. Ben Crerar, 11. Tom Langrell, 12. Isaac O'Shea, 13. Jed Ibbotson, 14. Ryan Prentice, 15. Brad Clarke

COLTS 2
Parramatta: 1. Seaton Kenna, 2. Jeremiah Letele, 3. Tai Mose, 4. Chris Tolson, 5. Jacob Delailoa, 6. Jake Digby, 7. Rhys Tribolet, 8. Ramado Tuigamala, 9. Brodie Knight, 10. Damien Mulvanah, 11. Jonathan Lagos, 12. Ofa Siale, 13. Luke Delailoa, 14. Zac Fortini, 15. Luke Richardson
Manly: 1. Mitch Beattie, 2. Wes Thomas, 3. Liam Routledge, 4. Van Stewart, 5. Byron Leach, 6. Cyprus Tutunoa, 7. Sam Coram, 8. Siaosi Talarico, 9. Kerrod Binge, 10. Jack Milligan, 11. Oscar Mason, 12. Louis Dowling, 13. Harry Binsted, 14. Dyllon Peppernell, 15. Dante Otto

COLTS 3
Parramatta: 1. Fabian Dudley, 2. Tom Bonham, 3. Alex Kingston, 4. Ben Stoodley, 5. Junior Alarcon, 6. Jordi Druzinac, 7. Jake Owen, 8. Caleb Roberts, 9. Ryan Fitzpatrick, 10. Pat Muller, 11. Henry Waqateriewa, 12. Jope Boginavalu, 13. Nathan Lagilagi, 14. Apisai Kunawave, 15. Brad Halliwell
Manly: 1. Hayden Jones, 2. Isa Abdoullah, 3. Nathan Hatherly, 4. Jordan Kennedy, 5. Cameron Signorini, 6. Junior Amituanai, 7. Rhett Connolly, 8. Max Norrish, 9. Connor McGrath, 10. Laurence Gay, 11. Liam Hilton-Butt, 12. Jared Palmer, 13. Tobias Pack, 14. Hugo Lumsdaine, 15. Mitch Andrews

Pirates v Emus
COLTS 1
Pirates vs The Bye

COLTS 2
West Harbour : 1. Sailusi Lua, 2. Jake Donaghy, 3. Sebastian Panama, 4. Taani Aitu, 5. Otto Wendt, 6. Jacob Taylor, 7. Mark Mc Dermott, 8. Othello Heka, 9. Kobi Bates, 10. Matt Thomas, 11. Matt Vatuinuku, 12. D'Rhys Miller, 13. Josh Tupuola, 14. Kurt Kerrigan, 15. Kayne Hodgson
Penrith: 1. Chaise Taranto, 2. Tametai Lomax, 3. Sinipati Pati, 4. Samuel Hansen, 5. Hamish Milne, 6. Hamish Matthews, 7. Delahoya Manu, 8. Sati Taufa, 9. Mitchell Korol, 10. Ezekial Seia, 11. Ben Meyer, 12. Steve Mate, 13. Ben Valu, 14. Joshua Goode, 15. Ben Ui

COLTS 3
West Harbour : 1. Sam Naulu, 2. Jimi Valu, 3. Mahoni Kaufusi, 4. Gil Rickey, 5. Franele Betham-Misa, 6. Viliami Felila, 7. Ongolea Petelo, 8. Wilson Faasalafa, 9. Aird Jardine, 10. Connor Moran, 11. Lucas Chao, 12. Samuel Temata, 13. David Johnston, 14. Ranvir Chattha, 15. Vili Tupou
Penrith: 1. Assaad Collins, 2. Trey Ropata, 3. Daniel Vavega, 4. Zeke Mafi, 5. Leslie Kini, 6. Epati Sale, 7. Jack Fleetwood, 8. Thorne Piilua, 9. Desmond Tipene, 10. Mitchell Austin, 11. Wiremu King, 12. Ezra Kemp, 13. Bernie Saleve, 14. Poasa Nakairvalu, 15. George Mafi

 

[Hugh Jarse]

5/6 in Round 11 tips with the Woodies upsetting all but their faithful with their stunning belting of the Shoremen.

Round 12 tips
Northern Suburbs v Warringah. Shoremen were uncharacteristically beaten, nay thrashed, by the Woodies before the break. With Jack back at 10, the Red and Black will have an opposed training run on the back ovals at North Sydney as they cruise to a 50 point victory.

Eastern Suburbs v Gordon. Beasties finally performed as tipped in round 11, but the Highlanders will be keen to keep pace on the ladder with the Shoremen and should comfortably win by 20 points with a 4T bonus point.

Eastwood v Southern Districts. This will be a great clash between equals with the vital 6th place on the ladder at stake. The Woodies will feel that there was some unfinished business after their recent clash at Forshaw Park and will be out to square the ledger bouyed by their recent success over the Shoremen. The Hobbits are a team that can grind out a win and I reckon that they will do likewise at TG Milner in a rather scruffy victory by 7-12 points.

Parramatta v Manly. Manly stunned many tipsters with their very convincing win over the Shoremen under lights at The Village Green in their deferred game, and should be able to carry that form into this game where they will win by 10-20 points.

Sydney University v Randwick. Game of the Round. It was a heavy weight clash last time with BuildCorp prevailing by 2 points. Both mobs will fancy their chances of winning the return clash, and I'm tipping that there will be cheese from the Ref over breakdown infringements and repeated offsides from both teams. These teams are so close in relative strengths that any tip has an equal chance of being wrong, so I'm going left field for a > 15 point victory for BuildCorp.

West Harbour v The Bye. Pirates will get the 4T Bonus Point scoring precisely 28 points along the way.

 

[I like to watch]

Norths will beat the Rats in a canter despite a decidly 2nd rate effort against Manly with Jack back.
Gordon will have a bonus point win against Easts.
I'm tipping the Woods v Souths,solely because they have home ground advantage.
I think Manly should win this easily,but as they consistently dumbfound me that means Parra will win in a scrappy game.

Wicks have more depth than Uni I reckon,and that will get them home.

 

[GPSrow]

What date is the Colts Grand Final on and which ground will it be held at?

 

[Brian Westlake]

What date is the Colts Grand Final on and which ground will it be held at?

More than likely at Forshaw swamp again. They can lock you out and charge well for it

 

[Brian Westlake]

 

[Hugh Jarse]

^^^ I recognise that pic from the Mud Larks Water Polo Club grand final last year.

I hear that there were talent scouts from Llandudno representing the All Conwy Bog Snorkelling League looking for athletes for their academy programme.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_snorkelling

 

[Sideline Eye]

Eastwood v Southern - preview

@ TG Milner

Colts 3 - 6th Place

The loss to Norths sees Colts 3 drop one place with this week's opposition moving ahead of them by three points. The competition is tight with West Harbour on the same points as Eastwood, Eastern Suburbs one point back while Manly and Parramatta are a further three points back.

Eastwood have not won since Round 7 and need to get their season back on track this weekend or risk dropping out of the race for the last two final places. A loss could see them drop to 9th depending on other results. A win over Southern Districts is very attainable after a narrow four points loss last time and would lift them into 5th place. With the competition so tight both sides will be wanting to earn the five points on offer and it should be an intense clash to get things under-way at Millner.

Colts 2 - 7th Place

Colts 2 have dropped out of the six after going down to Northern Suburbs. They did manage to secure a bonus point by scoring four tries, which could prove useful as the season progresses. Southern Districts moved ahead after they defeated West Harbour. Eastern Suburbs sits in 5th just two points ahead of Eastwood while Penrith sit just two points behind then and West Harbour a further two points back.

With six points separating 5th from 9th each game is becoming vital. Eastwood will have the confidence of their recent victory over Southern Districts and their solid showing against the strong Norths side. As with Colts 3 both sides need this win and will be out to take the points. A loss by Eastern Suburbs, who have a tough encounter with Gordon, will see the winner of the Eastwood and Souths clash take 5th spot. Should Eastwood lose the winner of the Penrith and West Harbour match could move ahead of Eastwood depending on bonus points.

Colts 1 - 7th Place

The middle of the ladder remains a tight affair with both Eastwood and Manly beating Northern Suburbs in the last two weeks. Manly have jumped ahead of Eastwood and Southern Districts into fifth spot six points behind Norths and Gordon. Eastwood and Southern Districts are one point behind Manly with Eastern Suburbs another point back in 8th place.

The continuation of the momentum built up in the last two matches is needed, as we head towards the finals. After they stormed home in Round 10 to fall just short Eastwood know they can beat Souths this weekend – as do the Rebels. The task will be made more difficult with Rohan Zebib and Joshua Nohra away playing for Lebanon.

Eastwood have struggled with consistency and have not put two wins together since Round 7. Now is the time to get back to back wins and start a winning streak heading into the final six rounds.