CITY
16
Tries: Luke
Scott, Damien Richters, Craig O'Dwyer
Goals: Damien
Richters 2
Team: 1. Adam Mogg (Redcliffe),
2. David Seage (Wynnum), 3. Jason Webber (Redcliffe),
4. Damien Richters (Redcliffe), 5. George Wilson
(Redcliffe), 6. Brendan Lindsay (Logan), 7. Michael
Roberts (Redcliffe), 8. Clayton Maher (Wynnum), 9.
Craig O'Dwyer (c) (Redcliffe), 10. Graham
Cotter (East Coast), 11. Luke Scott (Redcliffe), 12.
Andrew Wynyard (Redcliffe), 13. Jason Keough (Wynnum).
Interchange: 14. Mark Mom (East Coast), 15. Troy
Lindsay (Redcliffe), 16. Brendan Currie (Logan), 17.
Mohammed Allouche (Souths). Coach: Tony Currie.
defeated COUNTRY 12
Tries: Brent
Tate, Damon Keating
Goals: Damien
Quinn 2
Team: 1.
Justin Mckay (Townsville), 2. Damien Quinn Toowoomba),
3. Nick Shaw (Burleigh), 4. Brent Tate (Toowoomba), 5.
Heath Egglestone (Central), 6. Casey Mcguire
(Toowoomba), 7. Elia Tuqiri (Toowoomba), 8. Sime Busby
(Central), 9. George Gatis (Townsville), 10. Damon
Keating (c) (Toowoomba), 11. Kirk Reynoldson
(Toowoomba), 12. Hudson Smith (Burleigh), 13. Neale
Wyatt (Toowoomba). Interchange: 14. Paul Pensini
(Townsville), 15. Danny Coburn (Ipswich), 16. Jeremy
Smith (Runaway Bay), 17. Grant Reibel (Townsville). Coach:
Grant Bell.
Venue: Pizzey Park
Date: Saturday June 23
Referee: Adam Neale
Half-time: City 14-6
Penalties: Country 10-6
Scrums: 9-all
When They Scored: 8 min: City 4-0 (Scott try),
12 min: Country 6-4 (Tate try, Quinn goal), 31 min:
City 8-6 (Richters try), 36 min: City 14-6 (O'Dwyer
try, Richters goal), 55 min: City 16-6 (Richters
goal), 65 min: City 16-12 (Keating try, Quinn goal).
City has just managed
to ward off a fast finishing Country outfit to post a
16-12 win at Pizzey Park on Saturday. Country had to
overcome the loss of halfback Elia Tuqiri to injury in
the opening minutes of the game but they almost pulled
off a come-for-behind victory. It was only City's
superb defence which stopped them from scoring the
match winning try.
City posted the first try of the afternoon when
Redcliffe 2nd Rower Luke Scott was put into a gap and
charged over the line. Graham Cotter had made a small
break and was brought down just before the line. The
ball was given to Michael Roberts who through a long
pass to Brendan Lindsay. Lindsay gave a nice little
pass to Scott and big forward was untroubled on his
way to the try line.
Country struck back almost immediately with some great
work from hooker George Gatis. Gatis sucked two City
defenders (Keough and Wilson) with dummies before
putting Brent Tate into the clear and the exciting
centre sprinted to the try line.
Shortly later, Elia Tuqiri was crunched in a tackle by
Troy Lindsay and to be forced off the field with an
injury. The injury was later to revealed to be a
dislocated elbow and the exciting young halfback would
not return to the field. It was a massive blow for
Country and one that took some time to overcome.
A Country mistake allowed City to grab the lead again
in the 31st minute. Central Qld winger Heath
Egglestone fumbled a Roberts' bomb and looking to have
regathered the ball. However, Jason Webber pinched the
ball off him and City had a very good opportunity to
score, which they did a few tackles later. Jason
Keough ran across the field before giving the pass to
Damien Richters, who sucked his defender in with a
dummy and was able to cross over for a try.
Some quick thinking from Craig O'Dwyer saw the hooker
extend City's lead to 14-6, just minutes later.
O'Dwyer scooted out from dummy-half, caught the
defence napping and crossing over for a soft try.
O'Dywer has done this a few times for Redcliffe a few
times this year and he was able to give City a good
lead at half-time.
The second half was a arm wrestle with a Damien
Richters penalty goal in the 55th minute the only the
scoring that was done in the first 20 minutes of the
half.
However, following that conversion, Country started to
click into gear and City started to make mistakes and
give away penalties. Country pressed at City's line a
few times but were not able to penetrate the defence
until a Casey McGuire pass put Damon Keating over the
line in the 65th minute. Nick Shaw looked to be
recipient of the McGuire pass but the Clydesdales'
5/8th gave the ball to Keating instead, which
completely fooled the City defence, and the prop
crossed over for the try.
City had a couple of opportunities to put the game
beyond doubt but a forward pass was thrown twice which
would have seen either David Seage or Adam Mogg in for
certain tries. However, their defence held fast in the
final minutes of the match and they were able to hold
on for a narrow 16-12 win.
For City, it was hard to single out a stand-out player
in the side. Michael Roberts directed things
well at halfback and was actually give
man-of-the-match by the ABC commentators. It was
no surprise to see him get the Qld Residents halfback
spot. Luke Scott was probably the pick of the
forwards although Jason Keough, Graham Cotter (at a
couple of stages) and Andrew Wynyard also did the job
for City. Adam Mogg was marked pretty well by
the opposition but still managed. Captain Craig
O'Dwyer was terribly unlucky to miss out on a spot in
the Qld side
Country did extremely well to come back. It
wasn't easy with the loss of Elia Tuqiri so early in
the match but Casey McGuire and fill-in halfback
Justin McKay handled things well. George Gatis
was potent at dummy-half and probably just got the
points over City's O'Dwyer. Talented
Clydesdales' centre Brent Tate looked dangerous in
attack and also defended well, putting Damien Richters
into touch with a great tackle at one stage of the
match. If that tackle had not been made,
Richters would have certainly scored.
The match certainly it's fair share of mistakes and
referee Adam Neale did get a bit pedantic with the
whistle at times but it still was an exciting
spectacle to watch. City may have just got home
is this game but one wonders what might the result had
been if Country had not loss one it's attacking
weapons to injury, so early in the match?
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