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World of Rugby League | Queensland
| Queensland
Grandstand
2001 Queensland Cup -
Round 3: March 24, 25
Souths Magpies
v
Toowoomba Clydesdales
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TOOWOOMBA
CLYDESDALES 44
Tries: Brent Tate 2, Paul Carige 2, Stuart
Kelly, Michael Ryan, Ken McGuinness, Elia Tuqiri
Goals: Damien Quinn 6
Team: 1. Damien Quinn, 2. Ken
McGuinness, 3. Stuart Kelly, 4. Brent Tate, 5. Tony
Duggan, 6. Casey McGuire, 7. Elia Tuqiri, 8. Mark
Corvo, 9. Michael Ryan, 10. Damon Keating (c), 11.
Kirk Reynoldson, 12. Nathan Friend, 13. Neale Wyatt. Interchange: 14.
Shane Wilson, 15. Darren Ingram, 16. Paul Carige, 17.
Nathan Murphy. Coach:
Terry Matterson.
defeated SOUTHERN SUBURBS MAGPIES
12
Tries: Ross Chatfield, Luke Dunphy
Goals: Matt
Lockyer 2
Team: 1. Tristan Brady-Smith, 2.
Nathan Squassoni,
3. Ben Davidson, 4. Ben Cameron, 5. Darren Lawson, 6.
John Bruce, 7. Nathan Roe, 8. Mohammed Allouche (c),
9. Matt Lockyer, 10. Blair Woods, 11. Matt McCosker,
12. Luke Dunphy, 13. Grant Astill. Interchange:
14. Brett Stevens, 15. Ross Chatfield, 16. Josh
Stowers, 17. Damian Jentz. Coach: Wayne
Cullen.
Venue: Davies Park
Date: Sunday March 25
Referee: Tony Maksoud
Half-time: Toowoomba 20-6
Penalties: Souths 11-8
Scrums: Souths 8-5
When They Scored: 2 min: Toowoomba 6-0 (Kelly
try, Quinn goal). 10 min: Toowoomba 12-0 (Tate
try, Quinn goal). 17 min: Toowoomba 16-0 (Ryan
try). 28 min: Toowoomba 16-6 (Chatfield try, Lockyer
goal). 36 min: Toowoomba 20-6 (McQuinness
try). 42 min: Toowoomba 26-6 (Tate try, Quinn
goal). 55 min: Toowoomba 32-6 (Carige try, Quinn
goal). 60 min: Toowoomba 38-6 (Tuqiri try, Quinn
goal). 65 min: Toowoomba 38-12 (Dunphy try, Lockyer
goal). 75 min: Toowoomba 44-12 (Carige try,
Quinn goal).
Toowoomba have proven to be much too strong for Souths and recorded a comfortable 44-12 win at Davies Park. The Clydesdales led from start to finish and were never really troubled by the Magpies at any stage of the match. Souths gave it all their very best but were clearly outclassed by their opponents on the day.
Toowoomba got off to the perfect start when Stuart Kelly pounced on loose ball from a high bomb and scored under the posts, 2 minutes into the game. Moments late, they backed it up again with a great try to centre Brent Tate. Elia Tuqiri, cousin of Lote, split the Magpies defence apart and sprinted down the field before off-loading the ball to Tate, who placed the ball under the posts.
Things got went from bad to worse for the home side when the Clydesdales scored again in the 17th minute when talented hooker Michael Ryan crossing over for a well deserved try.
Just when they may cut loose, Toowoomba slackened off
a bit and errors and ill-discipline (referee Tony
Maksoud blew at least 8 penalties against the
Clydesdales for the first half) started to slip into their game.
Eventually, after a weight of possession, Souths managed to
post their first points of the match with Ross Chatfield crashing over besides the goal posts.
However, another poor defensive effort by the Magpies
saw the Clydesdales extend their lead even further,
just before half-time, when Ken McGuinness crossed over in the right-hand corner.
It was all too easy for McGuinness who just simply brushed off a couple of defenders to give Toowoomba a 20-6 lead at the break.
Toowoomba started exactly the same way as they did in the first half with Brent Tate crossing the
try line for his second try of the afternoon, just two minutes after half-time.
Tries to Paul Carige and Elia Tuqiri extended the score line
to 38-6 and it was looking like the Clydesdales would romp it home in the final 20 minutes of the match.
But, Souths dug deep and managed to allow Toowoomba to score only one more try for the
rest of the match (Carige scored his second just before fulltime). The Magpies also scored their second try of the day when
Second Rower Luke Dunphy crossed over the line. The
final score line was a very convincing 44-12 win in the favour of Toowoomba.
The Clydesdales remain unbeaten for the year with 6
points and second behind Redcliffe on
percentages. Realistically, they should have won
the match by more if they have not switched off a
couple of times during the game and they also had a
couple of tries disallowed by the referee.
Half-back Elia Tuqiri was the star for Toowoomba on
the day. Tuqiri created havoc all day for the
Magpie defenders and set up many of the tries
including one brilliant individual one of his
own. Young hooker Michael Ryan continues to show
what a great talent he is and had the opposition at
sixes and sevens with his darts from dummy half.
Experienced props Mark Corvo and Damon Keating were
the pick of the forwards with both gaining great
yardage in each of their hit-ups.
Souths gave it all their best but were clearly
outclassed by their opponents. Captain Mohammed
Allouche led by example with some bruising defence and
good hit-ups while Matt Lockyer and Nathan Roe tried
their hardest in attack. They found it difficult
to match the Clydesdales' speed and strength and were subsequently
whipped by their opposition. The Magpies remain
winless for the season and are at the bottom of the
table on for-and-against.
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