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Randwick v Parramatta
A game of two halves, Randwick just held onto their lead in the second half after a second half resurrection from the Two Blues. After leading the game 31-3 at half time, the Galloping Greens looked set to have an easy win; however, the Two Blues came back in the second half scoring three tries in 15 minutes
“We had all the possession and we executed well,” said Randwick flyhalf Toby Browne. “In the second half we relaxed a bit and sort of lost it a bit in defence. Full credit to Parramatta who came back strong in the second half.”
Attributing the performance to a bit week’s training, as well as the return of Polota-Nau, Two Blues’ Nick Blacklock said, “We went to training on Tuesday and worked on a couple things and Tatafu made all the defence really tight and it was all go, go, go.
“We just need to play direct, we get a little flashy sometimes. We just need to be smarter sometimes, so back to the drawing board.”
The Wicks opened up the scoring within ten minutes with a penalty and soon found themselves crossing the line four times throughout the half. After a great backline play, which saw winger Ethan Ford, tiptoe along the sideline making great metres before he gave the inside ball to Mark Katezcky for his first try.
Three more tries were scored in the half, including a second to Mark Kotezcky, with flyhalf Toby Browne converting every try as well as every penalty. The Two Blues finally put some points on the board, converting a penalty in the 30th minute. The score at half time was a blow out 31-3.
The Two Blues fought back in the second half, scoring three consecutive tries, before the Wicks posted another three points in the last minutes of the match.
Parramatta were dominant in every scrum, winning several against the head, however they were unable to catch up to the Wicks who had posted such a large score in the first 40. Randwick held out winning the match 37-24.
Randwick 37 (Faitotoa Asa, Mark Kotezcky 2, Tim Wright tries; Toby Browne 4c, 3p) d Parramatta 24 (Andrew Cox, Damien Fakafanua, Tom Woods tries; Dan Rawaqa 3c, 1p)
