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World of Rugby League | Queensland
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Grandstand
2001 Queensland Cup -
Round 16: July 7, 8
Burleigh Bears
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Toowoomba Clydesdales
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BURLEIGH
BEARS 38
Tries: Nick
Shaw 2, Jim Lenihan, Chris Horsfall, Jamie O'Connor,
Dan Kennedy, Greg Bourke
Goals: Greg
Bourke 5
Team:
1. Chris Horsfall, 2.
Jim Lenihan, 3. Greg Bourke, 4. Nick Shaw, 5. Dan
Kennedy, 6. Adam
Hayden, 7. Grant Adamson (c), 8. Adam Cook, 9.
Jamie O'Connor, 10. Shane O'Flanagan, 11. Bill Dunn, 12.
Hudson Smith, 13.
Tony Gray. Interchange: 14.
Steve Parsons, 15. Ali Brown, 16. Dean Allen,
17. Ryan Gundry.
defeated TOOWOOMBA CLYDESDALES 14
Tries: Steve
Irwin, Brent Tate, Tony Duggan
Goals: Steve
Irwin
Team: 1.
Paul Carige, 17. Steve Irwin, 3. Ken McGuinness, 4.
Brent Tate, 5. Tony Duggan, 6. Casey McGuire, 7.
Nathan Murphy, 8. Kirk Reynoldson, 9. Michael Ryan,
10. Damon Keating (c), 18. Shane Walker, 12.
Darren Ingram, 13. Neale Wyatt. Interchange: 14.
Nathan Friend, 15. Danny Bampton, 16. Michael Coorey,
19. Christian Robertson.
Venue: Pizzey Park
Date: Saturday July 7
Referee: Tony Maksoud
Half-time: Burleigh 26-10
Penalties: 5-all
Scrums: Burleigh 7-6
When They Scored: 9 min: Burleigh 4-0 (Lenihan
try), 16 min: Burleigh 10-0 (Horsfall try, Bourke
goal), 20 min: Burleigh 16-0 (Shaw try, Bourke goal),
24 min: Burleigh 22-0 (O'Connor try, Bourke goal), 31
min: Burleigh 26-0 (Kennedy try), 38 min: Burleigh
26-4 (Irwin try), 40 min: Burleigh 26-10 (Tate try,
Irwin goal), 46 min: Burleigh 30-10 (Shaw try), 56
min: Burleigh 30-14 (Duggan try), 60 min: Burleigh
36-14 (Bourke try, goal), 71 min: Burleigh 38-14
(Bourke goal).
Burleigh have stamped their premiership aspirations
with a superb performance against Toowoomba at Pizzey
Park on Saturday. The Bears ended the winning streak
of the Clydesdales by thoroughly dominating the match
and deservedly won 38-14. The win was all set up with
a dominant first half and they never allowed Toowoomba
back into in the second, thus securing a win for
Burleigh over the competition leaders.
Burleigh played one of best halves I've seen from a
Bundy Gold Cup side this year. After 31 minutes, the
Bears absolutely stunned their opposition by jumping
out to a 26-0 lead. Five good tries were scored in
that period with Dan Kennedy's in the 24 minute being
the pick of them. Grant Adamson put in a little chip
kick and regathered the ball. He dodged and weaved
around the defence before giving it to another player.
The ball went through several hands before Greg Bourke
finally put Kennedy right in the corner. It was an
excellent display of keeping the ball alive and showed
what great form the home side were in at the time.
Toowoomba managed to quickly score two tries, just
before half-time, to only trail by 26-10 at the break.
Brent Tate was highly involved in both by putting
Steve Irwin in the corner and scoring the second under
the posts by running off a Casey McGuire pass. It gave
them a small sniff of getting back into the game.
But Burleigh put paid to any comeback and extended
their lead to 30-10 when Nick Shaw crashed over the
line to score his second try. Grant Adamson put up a
great cross field kick and Jim Lenihan snatched it out
of the grasp of two Toowoomba defenders. Lenihan gave
it Shaw and nobody was there to stop the centre from
crossing the line.
Tony Duggan scored a long range try for the
Clydesdales but the Bears simply had all the answers.
Another superb example of keeping the ball alive saw
Greg Bourke sprint to line to score a well deserved
try in the 60th minute. Winger Dan Kennedy decided to
take on Steve Irwin down the sideline and got around
the Clydesdales' player. He gave it another Bears'
player and it passed through several hands before Ali
Brown turned the ball back inside to Bourke and that
was the game.
Toowoomba's day was pretty summed up when fullback
Paul Carige threw a pass to no one and it went into
touch. Burleigh trapped the Clydesdales in goal and
insuring goal line drop-out went into touch, thus
giving Burleigh another chance to crack the line
although they did go for the penalty goal. The penalty
goal made the score 38-14 and that's it remained for
the rest of the game.
The Bears were absolutely outstanding all over the
park. Captain and half-back Grant Adamson was in fine
touch, especially his kicking game which was
absolutely superb. The forward pack thoroughly laid the
foundations for the victory with Shane O'Flanagan and
Hudson Smith leading by example. Greg Bourke got
heavily involved in attack by setting up a few tries
and Chris Horsfall continues to do the job at fullback
well in the place of the injured Jamie Mahon.
Burleigh, after securing good wins over Redcliffe and
Toowoomba, are a genuine premiership threat and will
be very difficult to beat for the rest of the season.
The Clydesdales were thoroughly out muscled and
outplayed by their opponents. It was a loss they
probably needed, having being undefeated for the year,
and I'm sure they will bounce back against East Coast
next week. Their kicking game was sadly astray and
they never got over the initial shock of having 26
points scored against them in the opening 31 minutes.
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