VRU 2012

[kronic]

Melbourne Lesa (Footscray) & Afa Amosn (Melbourne) are in the SA President's XV to take on the Force this Friday night in Adelaide.

 

[pablo]

MELBOURNE AND MOORABBIN - HAROLD MITCHELL CUP​

The first half of the season for the Dewar Shield has been completed. The top two sides are undefeated Melbourne and Moorabbin who came through to grab 2nd place with a percentage boosting win over Boroondara. South’s, which had held 2nd place up to Round 8, lost to Melbourne, narrowly missing out on a bonus point which would have retained 2nd place for them.​

Melbourne and Moorabbin will now compete for the Harold Mitchell Cup, which is the half-way Premiership, to be played as the Curtain Raiser to the Rebels v Reds match at AAMI Park on Friday 29 June. This the second year of the Harold Mitchell Cup, named after the Chairman of the Melbourne Rebels, who will be present to present the Trophy to the winning team. In 2011 Melbourne defeated Harlequin in a tremendous game to be the inaugural winner.​

The Harold Mitchell Cup match remains a competition match and it brings together the two teams as part of the fixturing for the second half of the season. To allow this to proceed the VRU will switch Round 11 with Round 14 for all matches in each grade. Moorabbin will host Melbourne in the lower grades on Saturday 30 June​

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Well done Moorabbin, have come a long way since last year's semi final.

 

[elementfreak]

ROUND 10 23 June
Sth Districts v Box Hill
Harlequin v Boroondara
End Hills v Melbourne
Moorabbin v Footscray
Melb Uni v Pw House


Position Team P W D L F A BP PTS %
1st Melbourne 9 9 0 0 368 118 9 45 311.86
2nd Moorabbin 9 6 0 3 236 173 6 30 136.42
3rd Southern Districts 9 6 1 2 212 163 4 30 130.06
4th Halrequin 9 4 1 4 282 175 7 25 161.14
5th Footscray 9 5 0 4 224 177 5 25 126.55
6th Power House 9 4 0 5 174 181 5 21 96.13
7th Endeavour Hills 9 4 0 5 196 257 4 20 76.26
8th Box Hill 9 3 0 6 178 249 2 14 71.49
9th Boroondara 9 2 0 7 168 315 4 12 53.33
10th Melbourne Uni 9 1 0 8 114 344 2 6 33.14

 

[pablo]

ROUND 10 23 June
Sth Districts v Box Hill
Harlequin v Boroondara
End Hills v Melbourne
Moorabbin v Footscray
Melb Uni v Pw House


Position Team P W D L F A BP PTS %
1st Melbourne 9 9 0 0 368 118 9 45 311.86
2nd Moorabbin 9 6 0 3 236 173 6 30 136.42
3rd Southern Districts 9 6 1 2 212 163 4 30 130.06
4th Halrequin 9 4 1 4 282 175 7 25 161.14
5th Footscray 9 5 0 4 224 177 5 25 126.55
6th Power House 9 4 0 5 174 181 5 21 96.13
7th Endeavour Hills 9 4 0 5 196 257 4 20 76.26
8th Box Hill 9 3 0 6 178 249 2 14 71.49
9th Boroondara 9 2 0 7 168 315 4 12 53.33
10th Melbourne Uni 9 1 0 8 114 344 2 6 33.14

Some teams chasing wins vital this weekend...7 teams, maybe 8 starting to pull away. Going to be a very interesting race to the end, like last season a good/worthy team is going to miss out!

 

[elementfreak]

Box Hill definitely need to lift, they usually start well (lead at half time in most of their games) but fade in the 2nd half and lose which is the complete opposite than last year.

Footscray were unlucky to miss out last year but they seem to be the business this year.

House just are so unpredictable it's not funny, same with Quins.

Melbourne to go 4 in a row I would imagine, no one can stay with them when they lift in the last 20 minutes.

 

[kronic]

R10 results:

Southern Districts 17 - Box Hill 11
Quins 50 - Boroondara 24
Endeavour Hills 14 - Melbourne 38
Moorabbin 3 - Footscray 15
Uni - Power House 32

Melbourne still undefeated.

 

[pablo]

Melbourne still undefeated.

Do you think it is a case of playing for finals and hoping Melbourne have an off day? Or go the way of their 2nds last season? Honestly they are well and above the group.

2nd - 7th are all capable of beating each other (see Footscray v Moorabbin result) and it'll be a race for ladder spots to get home games for finals. Uni are playing for...? Boorondara will scare teams and BH look to be slipping of the peloton. Endeavour have a few tough games coming up, might determine whether or not they stay in the hunt.

 

[elementfreak]

Moorabbin had 8 starters out at a funeral. This week's table:
Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against BP Pts %
1 Melbourne 10 10 0 1 406 132 10 50 307.58%
2 Southern Districts 10 7 1 2 229 174 4 34 131.61%
3 Harlequin 10 5 1 4 332 199 8 30 166.83%
4 Moorabbin 10 6 0 4 239 188 6 30 127.13%
5 Footscray 10 6 0 4 239 180 5 29 132.78%
6 Power House 10 5 0 5 206 187 6 26 110.16%
7 Endeavour Hills 10 4 0 6 210 295 4 20 71.19%
8 Box Hill 10 3 0 7 189 266 3 15 71.05%
9 Boroondara 10 2 0 8 192 365 5 13 52.60%
10 Melbourne Uni 10 1 0 9 120 376 2 6 31.91%

Interesting to see that if Footscray had got a 4 try bonus point against Moorabbin they would've gone from 2nd to 5th. That's how close it is this year for the rest of the finals spots.

The run into the finals:
ROUND 11 30 June
Box Hill v Pwr House
End Hills v Sth Districts
Footscray v Boroondara
Melb Uni v Harlequin
Moorabbin v Melbourne @ AAMI Pk 29 June 5pm

ROUND 12 7 July
Boroondara v Box Hill
Harlequin v Sth Districts
Footscray v Melbourne
Pwr House v End Hills
Melb Uni v Moorabbin

ROUND 13 14 July
Melbourne v Boroondara
End Hills v Harlequin
Pwr House v Footscray
Box Hill v Moorabbin
Sth Districts v Melb Uni

ROUND 14 21 July
Boroondara v Sth Districts
Melbourne v Harlequin
Footscray v End Hills
Pwr House v Moorabbin
Box Hill v Melb Uni

ROUND 15 28 July
Harlequin v Box Hill
Boroondara v Pwr House
Sth Districts v Footscray
Melbourne v Melb Uni
Moorabbin v End Hills

ROUND 16 4 August
Harlequin v Moorabbin
Sth Districts v Pwr House
End Hills v Boroondara
Melb Uni v Footscray
Melbourne v Box Hill

ROUND 17 11 August
Box Hill v End Hills
Melbourne v Pwr House
Moorabbin v Sth Districts
Boroondara v Melb Uni
Footscray v Harlequin

ROUND 18 18 August
Footscray v Box Hill
Sth Districts v Melbourne
Moorabbin v Boroondara
Pwr House v Harlequin
Melb Uni v End Hills

 

[elementfreak]

Do you think it is a case of playing for finals and hoping Melbourne have an off day? Or go the way of their 2nds last season? Honestly they are well and above the group.

2nd - 7th are all capable of beating each other (see Footscray v Moorabbin result) and it'll be a race for ladder spots to get home games for finals. Uni are playing for.? Boorondara will scare teams and BH look to be slipping of the peloton. Endeavour have a few tough games coming up, might determine whether or not they stay in the hunt.

Definitely a case of playing for the finals spots and hoping Melbourne trip up. What seems to be a bit of an issue at the moment for them is teams are staying with them for longer and longer in the games and then only when the need to are they lifting the tempo and one week they might leave it too late.

 

[pablo]

Definitely a case of playing for the finals spots and hoping Melbourne trip up. What seems to be a bit of an issue at the moment for them is teams are staying with them for longer and longer in the games and then only when the need to are they lifting the tempo and one week they might leave it too late.

Let's hope it the GF they slip up...not many are fans of hearing that song sung so often on GF day! In any case the gap is closing, you can only have so many good players at the one club and themost of the clubs are picking up players that are able to compete.

Are the VRU serious about relegation? If so Uni could be in serious trouble. 1 win this season and players looking elsewhere already I'd imagine.

 

[kronic]

Let's hope it the GF they slip up.not many are fans of hearing that song sung so often on GF day! In any case the gap is closing, you can only have so many good players at the one club and themost of the clubs are picking up players that are able to compete.

Are the VRU serious about relegation? If so Uni could be in serious trouble. 1 win this season and players looking elsewhere already I'd imagine.

Would you call it relegation? More like restructuring.

It may or may not be a good thing for Division 2 when you think about it.

 

[pablo]

Would you call it relegation? More like restructuring.

It may or may not be a good thing for Division 2 when you think about it.

Yes I would call it relegation. That is what happenes when you get dropped down a division. Restructuring is a management word for making it sound less damaging to those involved.

If they do get dropped it is not going to be good for anyone. Do you reckon the VRU are going to let them go down? I doubt it! It'd leave a big hole in the landscape of north - northwest clubs in Prem rugby in Vic. With Northern in Div 2 there's no one to grab the players in that area that want to play higher level rugby. Footscray, House and Melbourne will benefit as they are the closest by and have been travelling well for the past few seasons.

Have there been any updates further to the 8 club comp, P1-4 etc? e.g criteria set out for clubs to work to?

 

[kronic]

You'd have teams/players of prem quality in the 2nd division.

In the case of Northern. Those players that travel to Uni, would play for Northern. Perhaps Craigieburn might get their team after all.

Btw. I don't necessarily agree with what the VRU are doing, just trying to extract any positives from the situation.

 

[pablo]

Melbourne plays Moorabbin at AAMI Park on Friday for the Harold Mitchell Cup. The trophy match is also a competition match, played as the half-way Premiership between 1st and 2nd at that stage – namely defending Premiers Melbourne and Moorabbin. The match commences at 5pm with the gates open to the public at 4.55pm.

The Harold Mitchell Cup promises much as a spectacle, because of the big stage and the desire for both clubs to perform well. Melbourne will start clear favourites because of their undefeated form leading up to the match and the confidence which goes with it. Moorabbin on the other hand are aware of the occasion and realise the hurdle it faces to topple the Melbourne juggernaut. It is these type of occasions which often bring the best out in players and Moorabbin will be playing for an important reason called club and personal pride, a well-known upset ingredient. It is hard to go past Melbourne for a victory but the match may turn out closer than some would expect.
The matches and locations on Saturday for Rd 11 of the Dewar Shield are as follows:

• Box Hill v Power House at Sparks Reserve, Box Hill
• Endeavour Hills v Southern Districts at Frog Hollow Reserve, Endeavour Hills
• Footscray v Boroondara at Henry Turner Memorial Reserve, Footscray
• Melbourne University v Harlequin at Royal Park
• Moorabbin v Melbourne in lower grades, at Keys Rd Reserve, Moorabbin

An interesting round with several clubs now needing to produce good form and achieve wins to consolidate for finals positions. Power House is favoured to defeat Box Hill but expect this to be close and hard. Endeavour Hills continues its development and are capable of upsetting South’s but will need to keep the pressure on all match to achieve this. South’s to win. Footscray is coming along nicely, happy to be quietly chalking up solid wins and should put Boroondara away. Harlequin will be on cruise control in defeating a struggling Melbourne University.

 

[kronic]

Anyone know clubs that have active twitter accounts, post scores/news etc.

A few I know:
- @MelUnicorns
- @elthamrufc
- @harlequinrugby
- @MURFC (Not active)

 

[kronic]

R11 results:
- Boroondara 15 - Footscray 51
- Melbourne 14 - Moorabbin 11
- Southern Districts 22 - Endeavour Hills 26
- Power House 16 - Box Hill 22
- Harlequins 38 - Melb Uni 32

 

[elementfreak]

Anyone know clubs that have active twitter accounts, post scores/news etc.

A few I know:
- @MelUnicorns
- @elthamrufc
- @harlequinrugby
- @MURFC (Not active)

@vicrugbyrefs for the VRRA

 

[Sully]

Guys we'd love to be putting up match reviews of VRU games on the front page like we're doing for ACT and QPR games. If you're interested in writing a review post it in this thread or/and PM me the review.
Thanks Sully

 

[elementfreak]

Position Team P W D L F A BP PTS %
1 Melbourne 11 11 0 0 420 143 10 54 293.71%
2 Harlequin 11 6 1 4 370 231 9 35 160.17%
3 Southern Districts 11 7 1 3 251 200 5 35 125.50%
4 Footscray 11 7 0 4 290 195 6 34 148.72%
5 Moorabbin 11 6 0 5 250 202 7 31 123.76%
6 Power House 11 5 0 6 222 209 7 27 106.22%
7 Endeavour Hills 11 5 0 6 236 317 5 25 74.45%
8 Box Hill 11 4 0 7 211 282 3 19 74.82%
9 Boroondara 11 2 0 9 207 416 4 12 49.76%
10 Melbourne Uni 11 1 0 10 152 414 4 8 36.71%

ROUND 12 7 July
Boroondara v Box Hill
Harlequin v Sth Districts
Footscray v Melbourne
Pwr House v End Hills
Melb Uni v Moorabbin

Game of the round this week will definitely be either Footscray v Melbourne or Quins v Souths.

 

[Ollie]

Position Team P W D L F A BP PTS %
1 Melbourne 11 11 0 0 420 143 10 54 293.71%
2 Harlequin 11 6 1 4 370 231 9 35 160.17%
3 Southern Districts 11 7 1 3 251 200 5 35 125.50%
4 Footscray 11 7 0 4 290 195 6 34 148.72%
5 Moorabbin 11 6 0 5 250 202 7 31 123.76%
6 Power House 11 5 0 6 222 209 7 27 106.22%
7 Endeavour Hills 11 5 0 6 236 317 5 25 74.45%
8 Box Hill 11 4 0 7 211 282 3 19 74.82%
9 Boroondara 11 2 0 9 207 416 4 12 49.76%
10 Melbourne Uni 11 1 0 10 152 414 4 8 36.71%

ROUND 12 7 July
Boroondara v Box Hill
Harlequin v Sth Districts
Footscray v Melbourne
Pwr House v End Hills
Melb Uni v Moorabbin

Game of the round this week will definitely be either Footscray v Melbourne or Quins v Souths.

Hey guys, my new address neighbours with Melb Uni's home ground.....I'd be more than happy to give a review of the game v Moorabbin, if you'd like?