Toowoomba
Clydesdales 48
Tries: Corey
Parker 2, Dennis White 2, Justin Hodges,
Adam Warwick, Chris Walker, Alex Wilson,
Michael Ryan
Goals: Jace
Van Dijk 3, Paul Warwick 3
defeated Burleigh
Bears 24
Tries: Ian
Graham 2, Grant Adamson, Aaron Douglas
Goals: David
Parker 3, Darren Anderson
Venue: ANZ
Stadium
Date: Sat July 22
Comments: Toowoomba have sounded
out an ominous warning to the rest of the
top 5 sides with a 24 point dismissal of
current premiers Burleigh. The
Clydesdales just proved too strong for
the Bears, who had a day to forget.
Toowoomba got off to a great start when
Justin Hodges brushed off a few defenders
and scored a try just after 2 minutes. A
few moments later, Hodges set up another
try when he put Dennis White into a gap
and he sprinted 80 metres for the try.
Burleigh hit back with captain Grant
Adamson scoring a great individual try
but Toowoomba took a 20-8 lead at
half-time with tries to Adam Warwick and
Corey Parker. Things got worse for the
Bears, directly after the break, when a
mistake led to Corey Parker's second try,
who was having a wow of a game. Then
Chris Walker finished off a superb team
try minutes later and the Clydesdale were
basically home. The two sides went tit
for tat for try for the remaining 30
minutes and Toowoomba rounded off a
perfect performance with a Michael Ryan
try right on fulltime. After this
performance, the Bears have a lot of work
to do if they are to retain the Bundy
Gold Cup trophy. They are now pitted
against Norths in a elimination
semi-final at Pizzey Park. Toowoomba now
face Easts in what should be a very good
game.
Souths Magpies 28
Tries: Nathan
Squassoni 2, Darren Lawson 2, Ross Chatfield
Goals: Andrew Murdoch 4
defeated Cairns
Cyclones 20
Tries: Tim
Kopp 2, Victor Akiba, Lama Ahmat
Goals: Scott
Williamson 2
Venue: Stan
Williams Park
Date:
Sun July 23
Comments: The Magpies
finished off their season with a win over
Cairns at Stan Williams Park, the home of
Cairns Brothers in the CDRL. However,
they were tested by the home side and
narrowly got home with an 8 point win.
Cairns, in what has been a miserable
season for them, put in a gritty and
determined performance but could not get
over the line at the end of the day.
Ipswich Jets 30
Tries: Ross
Mitchell, Richard Allwood, Andrew
Hamilton, Danny McAllister, Russell Bussian
Goals: Chris Lawler 5
defeated
Logan City Scorpions 28
Tries: Sean
Ireland 2, Phil Shilvock, Terry O'Regan,
Dene Rauchle, David Tuqiri
Goals: Grant
Dutton, Brendan Lindsay
Venue: Meakin Park
Date: Sun July 23
Comments: The Jets
continued their good end-of-season run
with a win over home side Logan.
Unfortunately for them, this match had no
bearing on the semi-finals and they will
have to be happy with sixth spot,
instead. The Scorpions actually scored 6
tries to Ipswich's 5 but poor goal kicking ultimately cost them the game.
Redcliffe Dolphins 50
Tries: Rod West 2, Damien
Richters 2, Adam Mogg, Duncan Naawi,
Trent Leis, Luke Scott, Trent Purdon
Goals: Damien Richters 7
defeated Wests
Panthers 22
Tries: Nathan Anderson,
Nathan Webber, Brent Webb, Tom Pritchard
Goals: Nathan
Webber 3
Venue: Dolphin Oval
Date: Sun July 23
Comments: Redcliffe
rounded off the preliminary rounds with a
very comfortable win over Wests at home.
The Dolphins now have the first week off
in the semi-finals and will face the
winner of Easts/Toowoomba at Dolphin
Oval, the following week. The home side
put on 4 quick tries and were scoring at
will, racing out to a 24-0 lead. However,
they dropped off in intensity and let the
Panthers in for 2 soft tries before
half-time. Redcliffe started the second
half in similar fashion to the first,
scoring 4 tries which include a brilliant
effort from Adam Mogg who beat several
Wests defenders and sprinted down the
field before Richters finished off the
try. But, again, the home side slackened
off a bit and Brent Webb and Tom
Pritchard scored tries for Wests.
However, they brought up the 50 right on
fulltime when Trent Purdon went over the
line and Richters (a personal tally of 22
points for the day) converted the try to
take out the game very easily. It was an
unhappy day for the Panthers (and Cameron
Roper, who was retiring after this match)
and ends what has been a very
disappointing season.
Easts Tigers 48
Tries: Brett McPherson 2,
Mark Mom 2, John Wilshere, Des Clark,
Aseri Laing, George Gatis, Scott Sipple
Goals: John
Wilshere 6
defeated
Central Queensland Comets 26
Tries: Justin Loomans,
Scott Minto, Heath Egglestone, Namila
Davuie, Sime Busby
Goals: Graham
White 2, Ken Graham
Venue: Langlands Park
Date: Sun July 23
Comments: Easts have
wrapped up second place and have a home
semi-final next week with a very good win
against Central. The Tigers now face the
Clydesdales, who have come off a
comfortable win over Burleigh, which will
result in a very interesting match.
Unfortunately for the Comets, a much
improved season on last year has come to
a sour end and they were simply no match
for the home side, which had more to play
for on the day.
Norths Devils 32
Tries: Fifita Moala 3,
Steven Bell 3
Goals: Marty Turner 4
defeated Wynnum
Seagulls 28
Tries: Dallas McIllwain 2,
Grant Benson, Jason Keough, Gareth Turton
Goals: Dallas
McIllwain 4
Venue: Kougari Oval
Date: Sun July 23
Comments: Wynnum almost
caused the upset of the season but went
down to Norths by 4 points at home.
Seagulls' captain and ex-Bronco John
Plath, who is retiring, couldn't go out
in style and the Devils scraped home in
the end. Fifita Moala and Steven Bell
scored all of Norths' tries, grabbing
three a piece. The Devils now face
Burleigh away and will have a very tough
assignment ahead of them. Meanwhile for
Wynnum, it hasn't been the best of years
for them and finish second last on the
ladder.
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