Country Kid
Chris McKivat (8)
Parramatta (20) V Eastwood (25)
Went along to this game (rather than a school boy game: Joeys V Scots)hoping for a good contest - and what a marvelous game to watch.
After an early penalty goal to Eastwood, Parramatta mounted a promising attack inside the Eastwood 22 but couldn't covert into points - a missed chance for the Two-Blues. Eastwood cleared the line with an excellent kick to halfway - and shortly afterwards scored a 'softish' try when the Parramatta 14 fumbled the ball on his own try line - an unfortunate error in an otherwise good game by the winger.
The remainder of the first half was a see-sawing affair with good attack and defence from both teams. About five minutes out from half-time the Parra 10 made a fantastic run but unfortunately he was 'too quick' for his team mates - so it came to nothing.
Early in the second half Eastwood had a sustained period of attack and it was met with very solid defence by Parramatta. Then turnover ball to Parramatta saw great running and passing sequences as they moved 70-odd metres into the attacking zone. The momentum seemed to be building for a Parramatta try but again the ball was dropped and the opportunity was lost.
Around the 25th minute Parramatta again dropped the ball while hard on attack. Ouch! Another costly attacking error and five minutes later Eastwood were over for their third try to take the score to 25 - 6. It looked like 'game over'.
But heck no - Parramatta came storming back into the game to score two quick converted tries. Unbelievably it was 25 - 20 with a couple of minutes to go. Parramatta secured the ball from the kick off and pulled off an amazing piece of sustained attack that ended with number 7 (I think?) barging over the line to seemingly score the winning try beside the posts.
But no, it was ruled no try - and the ref called full time. A bit tough for the Two-Blues because it seemed inevitable that they would score on the bell.
The Parra 9 looked good - he has a long accurate pass; and the 10 went very well.
But teams can be very pleased with their performances and should go well their upcoming games.
Went along to this game (rather than a school boy game: Joeys V Scots)hoping for a good contest - and what a marvelous game to watch.
After an early penalty goal to Eastwood, Parramatta mounted a promising attack inside the Eastwood 22 but couldn't covert into points - a missed chance for the Two-Blues. Eastwood cleared the line with an excellent kick to halfway - and shortly afterwards scored a 'softish' try when the Parramatta 14 fumbled the ball on his own try line - an unfortunate error in an otherwise good game by the winger.
The remainder of the first half was a see-sawing affair with good attack and defence from both teams. About five minutes out from half-time the Parra 10 made a fantastic run but unfortunately he was 'too quick' for his team mates - so it came to nothing.
Early in the second half Eastwood had a sustained period of attack and it was met with very solid defence by Parramatta. Then turnover ball to Parramatta saw great running and passing sequences as they moved 70-odd metres into the attacking zone. The momentum seemed to be building for a Parramatta try but again the ball was dropped and the opportunity was lost.
Around the 25th minute Parramatta again dropped the ball while hard on attack. Ouch! Another costly attacking error and five minutes later Eastwood were over for their third try to take the score to 25 - 6. It looked like 'game over'.
But heck no - Parramatta came storming back into the game to score two quick converted tries. Unbelievably it was 25 - 20 with a couple of minutes to go. Parramatta secured the ball from the kick off and pulled off an amazing piece of sustained attack that ended with number 7 (I think?) barging over the line to seemingly score the winning try beside the posts.
But no, it was ruled no try - and the ref called full time. A bit tough for the Two-Blues because it seemed inevitable that they would score on the bell.
The Parra 9 looked good - he has a long accurate pass; and the 10 went very well.
But teams can be very pleased with their performances and should go well their upcoming games.
