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VRU Dewar Shield 2016 - and other comps

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pablo

Darby Loudon (17)
Quins easily accounted for House without getting out of 3rd gear. House had a lot of ball but couldn't get past the line or crack the defensive wall. Quins were pretty good on counter as well, quick turn over for about 3/4 of their tries. Far better in the contact zone!
 

elementfreak

Trevor Allan (34)
Some interesting match ups this week.
Footscray v Power House
Moorabbin v Melbourne Uni
Melbourne v Endeavour Hills
Harlequins v Box Hill
Sth Districts v Bye

No matter what way the results go the top 4 aren't going to change this weekend. Who would have tipped that Endeavour would be 4th going into the 2nd half of the season?
 

pablo

Darby Loudon (17)
Who would have tipped that Endeavour would be 4th going into the 2nd half of the season?

Not sure anyone would have outside of the club..they always threaten but to date haven't produced. Good to see that they have held onto some young guys instead of them being picked up by Quins, Rams, etc..

Quins should pip Box Hill, House and the Doggies is the other interesting match up, both desperate to stay with the Rams and have a crack for 5th.
 

elementfreak

Trevor Allan (34)
Quins 50 Box Hill 23
Power House 27 Footscray 19
Moorabbin 34 Uni 20
Melbourne defeated Endeavour, not sure of the score.
 

elementfreak

Trevor Allan (34)
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Table at the end of the first round of matches. Battle for 4th is still on between 4 sides, however Footscray probably have the slimmest chance.

Endeavour Hills v Melbourne Uni
Moorabbin v Harlequins
Power House v Sth Districts
Box Hill v Melbourne
Footscray v Bye

Some important games this weekend. Box Hill will be looking to bounce back after getting done by Quins, Melbourne will look to solidify 2nd place. Moorabbin will want to knock Quins off to keep in touch with Endeavour.
Endeavour v Uni will have some big implications on the ladder for this week, and moving forward.
 

elementfreak

Trevor Allan (34)
I've only heard some rumors about stuff. However I know at least of 4 of their 1st grade side from last year are at other clubs this year.
 

swingpass

Peter Sullivan (51)
Is there a reason Uni is so crap this season?

most of the first grade from last year have gone, only two or three regulars remain. some have gone to other Dewar Shield teams, others have followed Brad Mika to his new gig, some back to NZ. they are are in a "Rebuilding phase" - again. early on their better younger players were with the Rebels U20's and now Leota and Uelese are with the Oz 20's.
 

pablo

Darby Loudon (17)
You won't see Pati for a while, but Jordan will be back shortly.

On that, good to see that there were 6 local lads playing in the Aus 20s last night. All out of the Victorian pathway and great kids deserving their reward for years of hard work. Hopefully they bring back their skills to the Dewar Shield!
 

pablo

Darby Loudon (17)
BH v Melbourne as our match of the round, think Melbourne will take this one in a close game.

House to sneak into 5th this weekend....bonus points coming in handy!
 

elementfreak

Trevor Allan (34)
BH v Melbourne as our match of the round, think Melbourne will take this one in a close game.

House to sneak into 5th this weekend..bonus points coming in handy!

It's more that draw that's coming in handy. You and Moorabbin have lost the same amount of games and got the same BPs, but the draw against EH that you came from a fair way down in the last 20 has helped a lot. If they had lost that game then being 5th would be out of the question at the moment.

BH v Melbourne should be a belter of a game, unless it turns out like the Melb v Quins game which neither side wanted to lose instead of a game either side tried to win.
 

elementfreak

Trevor Allan (34)
Direct Connect Dewar Shield Harlequins 36 d Moorabbin 8, Melbourne 22 d Box Hill 12, End Hills 42 d Melb Uni 29, Power House 34 d Souths 26
P2 Harlequins 55 d Moorabbin 5, Box Hill 53 d Melbourne 27, Melbourne Uni 71 d End Hills 6, Power House d Souths 5
P3 Harlequins 72 d Moorabbin 6, Melbourne 40 d Box Hill 14, End Hills 39 d Melb Uni 22, Power House 36 d Souths 15
P4 Harlequins 28 d Melbourne Uni 0, Melbourne 32 d Power House12
Colts Harlequins 62 d Moorabbin 12, Melbourne Uni 48 d Power House 12
A Grade Shepparton 39 d Maroondah 21, Eltham 55 d Bendigo 7, Kiwi Hawthorn 34 d Geelong 14
B Grade Melton 22 d Ballarat 3, Puckapunyal 28 d Chargers 0, Cerberus 51 d Eltham 13, Kiwi Hawthorn 28 d Geelong 0
Women Power House 10 d WD 5, BH Quins 25 d Melbourne 5
 

elementfreak

Trevor Allan (34)
Round 11 4 June
Melbourne Uni (8) v Footscray (7)
Harlequins (1) v Endeavour Hills (4)
Sth Districts (9) v Moorabbin (6)
Melbourne (2) v Power House (5)
Bye v Box Hill


Some more interesting match ups this weekend.
 

Axemen

Allen Oxlade (6)
The race for 4th spot has a big weekend. Concern for Rams and EH is there 2nds are getting pumped each week and with the typical mid year injury tolls mounting this could really hurt them over the next 8 weeks. PH 2nds are doing well being in 3rd place so should be able to provide better cover for their 1sts. PH needs a big scalp, when they played the 5 teams above them all they got was 1 draw in the first round.

Rebels players are on holidays so of the regulars players Quins lose Cummins and Asquith though noticed he hasn't played last 3 weeks (injured?), EH lose Silivia, Unicorns lose Snowden and House lose Crocker.

BH will have to settle for 3rd as Quins would need to drop 3 games and Unicorns 2 games during the next 8 rounds and I just can't see that happening for either team though they have to play each other still.

Don't know how it happened but of their 7 remaining games QUINS have 5 home games to come. They don't drop many games out at Ashwood.
 

pablo

Darby Loudon (17)
All 3 teams hunting for that 4th spot will have to take points off the teams above where they can, I can't see them beating Melb/Quins/BH. Big games coming up when they play each other, finals before the finals!

Quins are the VRU's Collingwood....?
 

Axemen

Allen Oxlade (6)
I don't get the Collingwood reference? All it means is they played 6 of their first 9 games away and still managed to win them all.
 

elementfreak

Trevor Allan (34)
Dewar Shield Melbourne Uni 20 d Footscray 15, Melbourne 37 d Power House 14, Harlequins 25 d Endeavour Hills 10, Moorabbin 24 d Souths 5
P2 Melbourne Uni 17 d Footscray 0, Melbourne 31 d Power House 8, Harlequins 60 d Endeavour Hills 0, Souths 31 d Moorabbin 15
P3 Footscray 55 d Melbourne Uni 15, Melbourne 36 d Power House 7, Harlequins 43 d Endeavour Hills 6, Moorabbin 35 d Souths 22
Colts Melbourne Uni 3; d Moorabbin 10, Harlequins Maroon 37 d Harlequins Blue 32
P4 Melbourne 16 d Power House 7, Harlequins 28 d Melbourne Uni 0
Women Moorabbin 17 d BH/Quins 12, Melbourne 29 d Power House 10, Uni Panthers 32 d WD 0
A Grade Eltham 28 d Shepparton 7, Geelong 59 d Maroondah 0, Kiwi Hawthorn 43 d Bendigo 12
B Grade Eltham 38 d Monash Uni 0, Ballarat 53 d Kiwi Hawthorn 7, Melton 28 d Chargers 0, Melbourne 28 d Geelong 0
 
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