Big League Weekly Edition – August 01, 2019

54 BIG LEAGUE 2019 Round 20

Review:MagpiesandPrideexplodein second-halffrenzy

P W L D B F ADIFFPTS

M

ACKAYhavepulledoffthe

upsetofthesplitroundso

far,stunningtheTweedSeagulls

withanimpressivecome-from-

behindvictoryledlargelyby

a perfectkickingdisplayfrom

MarcusJensen.

TheSeagullstooktheearly

advantagewithtriestoKody

ParsonsandLindonMcGrady,

buta tryonthevergeofhalf-

timetowingerSheldonBobbert

gavetheCutterssomecrucial

momentum.Theycameoutfiring

afterthebreak,withtriestoAlex

GerrardandJensenin thefirst 10

minutes,andtwomoretriesgave

themamplebreathingspaceand

theymaintainedtheircompuser

despitea lateSeagullstry.

Ipswichalsocamecloseto

a boilover,takinga half-timeleadin

theirgameagainstthefifth-placed

Devils. A Marmin Barba penalty

thenhelpedthemdrawlevelafter

theDevilshadtakenthelead,but

thetensionofa tightfinishwas

brokenwhenDevilswingerPaul

Ulbergscoreda match-winning

four-pointeratthedeath.

In theweekend’sotherfixture,

PrideandSouthsLoganbattledto

keeptheirrepsectivefinalshopes

alive,andthegameexplodedto

lifeasdesperationtookholdin the

secondhalf.A slowopeningwas

counteredbyfivetriesin thefinal

20 minutes.ThoughtheMagpies

jumpedtoa 16-pointleadwith

twotriesin twominutes,thePride

weren’tgoingtogodownwithout

a fight,withquick-firetriestoDavid

MurphyandGideonGela-Mosby

keepingthecontestaliveuntilthe

verylastplay.

Thoughthereappeartobesome

mismatchesonpaperthisweekend,

last week’s results should put

paidtothenotionthatanygameis

a foregoneconclusion.

Ladder-leadersSunshine

Coasthavea chancetoputone

handontheminorpremiership

if theycanbeatthelast-placed

Capras,butRedcliffehavea chance

tokeeptheirfinalshopesalivewith

a strongshowingagainstBurleigh.

Afterfindingsomeformthey’ll

alsowanttoatoneforthe48-0

hammeringtheycoppedfromthe

Bearsbackin Round9.

Thematchoftheroundis

thehigh-flyingcontestbetween

WynnumManlyandEastsTigers,

witheachplayingfortheirtopfour

spotandfinalshopesrespectively.

AnyslipfromWynnumis sureto

becapitaliseduponbyTownsville,

whowillfacea strugglingPNG

side,awareofthethreatstheyhave

attheirdisposalaftera 10-point

victory last time the teams met.

MattCOOPER
IsaacLUMELUME
SolomoneKATA
ShaneNEUMANN(C)
JarrodMcINALLY
Dray NGATUERE-WROE
SamFOSTER
SamLAVEA
JackWALTERS
MaxKING
BillCULLEN
TomEISENHUTH
BennettLESLIE
14 ThomasHUGHES
15 JackSVENDSEN
16 Kelma TUILAGI, 17 AaronPENE

Scott SIPPLE

EdeneGEBBIE

EdwardBURNS

DelouiseHOETER

JordanDREW

JackGOODSELL

PatrickTEMPLEMAN

TomDEARDEN

AaronROCKLEY

MitchCRONIN(C)

MatthewGROAT

MatiuLOVE-HENRY

KellyTATE

KaloloSAITAUA

14 JaydenBERRELL

15 MaxELLIOTT, 16 Lachlan LEE

17 FrancisTUALAU

Adam BRIDESON

EASTS TIGERSV WYNNUM MANLY

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10

11

12

13

NichoHYNES

NathanaelMcGAVIN

NathanSAUMALU

SitiveniMOCEIDREKE

JonathonREUBEN

CalebDAUNT

ToddM U R PH Y

DaneHOGAN(C)

HarryGRANT

TrentSCHAUMKEL

TomR A F T ER

ChristopherLEWIS

SamBURNS

14 DanielDOLE, 15 Dalton

PHILLIPS, 16 LachlanROE

17 TrentLOIERO

Eric SMITH

KainoaGUDGEON

WesSISIFA

BessieAUFAGA-TOOMAGA

NathanBASSANI

ElijahANDERSON

TreymaineBROWN

JackMADDEN(C)

EddyPETTYBOURNE

AaronTEROI

RyanJEFFERY

ShaunEZZY

AydenCOOPER

JamieHILL

14 GeorgeGRANT, 15 Billy

GILBERT, 16 SioneVEUKISO

17 AaronFLANAGAN

David FAIUMU

SUNSHINE COAST V CQ CAPRAS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

18 /8

9

10

11

12

13

NathanTRAILL

ZacharySANTO

BachoSALAM

KyleL AYBUT T

KalifaFAIFAI-LOA

JaelenFEENEY

ShaunNONA(C)

JoeBOYCE

JoshCHUDLEIGH

CoreyJENSEN

JakeMARKETO

TemoneP OW ER

TomGILBERT

14 MichaelPARKER-WALSHE, 15 KieranQUABBA,

16 DanielBEASLEY, 17 CadeMALONEY,

19 KrysFREEMAN, 22 SioneLOUSI

Aaron PAYNE

Terr yWA P I

RauJuniorKOBALE

BrandonNIMA

AdexWERA

BrendonGOTUNO

AseBOAS

JustinYOK A

MosesMENINGA(C)

NickyOLIVER

StantonALBERT

McKenzieYEIKETEPA

EpelK APINIAS

KevenAPPO

14 SilasGAHUNA, 15 GairoK APANA

16 BlandABAVU, 17 EnockMAKI, 18 Smith

SIVIRI, 19 WoodsK AWAGE,20 Wawa PAUL

Michael MARUM

TOWNSVILLEV PNG HUNTERS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10

11

12

13

KurtisROWE

TroyL EO

SamiSAUILUMA

JoshuaBERKERS

ReeceTAPINE

TanahBOYD

JamalFOGARTY

LukePAGE(C)

PatPOLITONI

JackBUCHANAN

HaydenSCHWASS

JacobHIND

SamCOSTER

14 JeffLYNCH, 15 Api

NOEMA-MATENGA, 16 Josh

AILAOMAI, 17 OliverPERCY

Jim LENIHAN

TraiFULLER

JusticeUTATAO

IzaiaPERESE

JeremyHAWKINS

JoshBEEHAG

TysonG A MBLE

HarrisonSMITH

JordanGRANT(C)

SheldonPITAMA

NathanWATTS

ScottSCHULTE

AaronWHITCHURCH

NicholasBROWN

14 JamesTAYLOR

15 JamesFLACK, 16 Tom

GERAGHTY, 17 Hugh PRATT

Adam MOGG

BURLEIGHV REDCLIFFE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10

11

12

13

NORTHSDEVILS 16 (PUlberg2,B Freitries;H Farnworth

2 goals)D.IPSWICH 12 (MBarba,MCarpentertries;

Barba 2 goals). SOUTHSLOGAN 24 (MCherrington,

LBurton,FNiu,MSoper-Lawlertries;GHamilton 4

goals)D.NORTHERNPRIDE 20 (ETuala,D Murphy,G

Gela-Mosbytries;J Biondi-Odo4 goals).MACKAY 30 (S

Bobbert,A Gerrard,M Jensen,J Kenworthy,R Cottertries;

M Jensen5 goals)D.TWEEDSEAGULLS 16 (K Parsons, L

McGrady, T Spry tries; McGrady 2 goals).

ROUND 19 RESULTS

PLENTYOFEXPERIENCE:

JohnPalavifromthe

Tweed Seagulls.