Shute Shield 2012

[mushtaq]

Penrith beat Warringah 12-0 in a trial on Wednesday. Apparently about 90/10 possession to Warringah so good defence from the Emus to shut them out. Penrith forward pack looking good but depth in all areas a concern and lacking a quality number 10.

 

[Intruder]

Im not sure Bennetts played although Piukala did, I remember seeing McDougall at 13. Piukala to be joining his French side mid season and rumour has it Bennetts will be leaving overseas mid year aswell can anyone confirm this ?

 

[blindsider]

http://s667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/sydneyboy33/Trials Randwick at Eastwood/

Some pics from Eastwood vs randwick trials at TG Millner

 

[Slash]

any word on result of Manly v Norths from Thursday night?

 

[Tahboy]

Manly won by about 2 tries
I spoke to a Norths player and he said Norths were very close to full strength and Manly are a good team and will be hard to beat

 

[wamberal]

Sounds like some quality rugby being played.

 

[Bucko]

Try their website, I am not clever enough to paste it here. But Bennetts Piukala Perrett and Ben Batger were all in the list.

First Grade Second Grade Third Grade

1 Jed Gillespie Marty Plokstys Marcus Ah-Lam -
2 Chris Hill James McWade Tannous Ferris
3 Dylan Brass Sam Needs Barry Faamuasili
4 Mitch Lees Arthur Wykes Lachie Parker -
5 Steve Cummins Manu Pohiva Jack Warfield -
6 Gareth Palamo Chris Dan Joey Afualo (2/3) -
7 Miles McCaffrey Kyle Shewan James Mafumo (2/3) -
8 Hugh Perrett Aisea Namoa Jordan Goddard
9 Mick Snowden Shanin Proctor - Pat O'Connor -
10 Pierre Hola Jai Ayoub Shane Collins
11 Mark Frost Alex Del Moro Michael Harvey
12 Sione Piukala Tyler Spitz Blake Sutton
13 Tim Bennetts - Jack Hammond Fili Pinono -
14 Nick Batger - Tim Williams Tevita (Dave) Alipate -
15 Ben Batger - Barney Wood Tim Johansson

Not too different to last year - a few Colts from last year here and there in 2nd & 3rd Grade. Nic White obviously missing at scrum half.

 

[Knuckles]

looks like the revolving doors of Arthur Wykes, Shanin Proctor, Marcus Ah Lam, Joey Afualo, Moefili Pinono continue. This must be 3rd or 4th time those guys have been back at Eastwood. They've been at Parra a few times as well, Penrith, West Harbour.....the list goes on!

interesting that Jai Ayoub has gone to Eastwood. With Hola established at 10, it will be interesting to see how many 1st grade games he actually plays.

 

[wamberal]

Barry Fa'amuasili in 3rd grade, last year he played a lot of ones. Maybe needs to get a few kgs off first.

 

[Ole Two Blue]

First Grade Second Grade Third Grade

1 Jed Gillespie Marty Plokstys Marcus Ah-Lam -
2 Chris Hill James McWade Tannous Ferris
3 Dylan Brass Sam Needs Barry Faamuasili
4 Mitch Lees Arthur Wykes Lachie Parker -
5 Steve Cummins Manu Pohiva Jack Warfield -
6 Gareth Palamo Chris Dan Joey Afualo (2/3) -
7 Miles McCaffrey Kyle Shewan James Mafumo (2/3) -
8 Hugh Perrett Aisea Namoa Jordan Goddard
9 Mick Snowden Shanin Proctor - Pat O'Connor -
10 Pierre Hola Jai Ayoub Shane Collins
11 Mark Frost Alex Del Moro Michael Harvey
12 Sione Piukala Tyler Spitz Blake Sutton
13 Tim Bennetts - Jack Hammond Fili Pinono -
14 Nick Batger - Tim Williams Tevita (Dave) Alipate -
15 Ben Batger - Barney Wood Tim Johansson

Not too different to last year - a few Colts from last year here and there in 2nd & 3rd Grade. Nic White obviously missing at scrum half.

Palamo, McCaffrey and Perrett is one very strong back row.

And Tyler Spitz (am sure there's an Austin Powers gag in there somewhere with that surname) has left West Harbour for Eastwood. Interesting.........

 

[lily]

looks like the revolving doors of Arthur Wykes, Shanin Proctor, Marcus Ah Lam, Joey Afualo, Moefili Pinono continue. This must be 3rd or 4th time those guys have been back at Eastwood. They've been at Parra a few times as well, Penrith, West Harbour.....the list goes on!

interesting that Jai Ayoub has gone to Eastwood. With Hola established at 10, it will be interesting to see how many 1st grade games he actually plays.

I wonder about some of those guy's. Proctor, Afualo and Pinono all played with the 2Blues colts team that were dominant in 2006.
The team also had Jeremy Sua, David Fungelei, Brian Sefenaia, Sitiveni Mafi and the Ma'a brothers. Since then they have changed clubs several times. The first 3 mentioned in my post have played 1's at West Harbour and Penrith.

 

[JFT]

Southern Districts First Grade Team Round 1

Marcus Heather, Andrew Sulter, Joe Lynch, Andrew Leota, Andrew Archibald, Ollie Stedman, Sam Latunipulu, Matt Swann, Dewet Roos, Rohan Saifolio, Ben Connolly, Lester Salanoa, Brackin Karauria-Henry, Nicky Price, Afa Pakalani

 

[Prodigy]

STRAIGHT FROM THE NSW RUGBY WEBSITE
Shute Shield – Round 1

Saturday April 14(2011 minor premiership place in brackets)

EASTWOOD (1ST) V NORTHEN DISTRICTS (6TH) at North Sydney Oval (ABC TV game, 3pm)
Eastwood: 1. Marty Plokstys, 2. Chris Hill, 3. Dylan Brass; 4. Mitch Lees, 5. Steve Cummins; 6. Gareth Palamo, 7. Miles McCaffrey, 8. Hugh Perrett[c]; 9. Mick Snowden, 10. Pierre Hola; 11. Mark Frost, 12. Michael MacDougall, 13. Tim Bennetts, 14. Cam Mitchell; 15. Ben Batger.
Northern Districts: 1. Lawrance Hunting, 2. Nick Seymour, 3. James Smith; 4. Jordan Smiler, 5. Seti Tafua; 6. Wil Brame, 7. Will Miller, 8. AJ Gilbert [c]; 9. David Hardisty, 10. Haydn Wolfsbauer; 11. Corey Brown, 12. Chris Tuatara, 13. Bill Meaks, 14. Isaiah Mosese; 15. Trent Lake.
WARRINGAH (10th) v GORDON (8th) at Pittwater Rugby Park (3pm)
Warringah: 1. Richard Southan, 2. David Mason, 3. Wayne Borsak; 4.Ben Adams[c] 5. Vincent Grimbergen; 6. Mark Porpiglia, 7. Boyd Killingworth, 8. Sam Ward; 9. Tim Donlan, 10. Hamish Angus; 11. Edward Doyle 12. Jackson Selby, 13. Dylan Smouha, 14. David Feltscheer; 15. Hugh Campbell.
Gordon: 1. Aritema Ralulu, 2. Ron Hobden, 3. Tobias Gukibau; 4. Roni Scarano, 5. Lex Fairley; 6. Mark Williams, 7. Mitch Greenway, 8. Mark Johnson; 9. Terry Preston, 10. Chris Burnett; 11. Eric Maroni, 12. Tom Hill[c], 13. Tom Matthews, 14. Vesi Topokalauli; 15. Ryan Matthews.
PENRITH (12th) v EASTERN SUBURBS (4th) at Nepean Rugby Park (3pm)
Penrith: 1. Toa Asa, 2. Keiren Straker, 3. Richard Aho[c]; 4.Tyrone Emelio, 5.Dale Shane; 6. David Reopoamo, 7. Cohen Masson, 8. Junior Tuaau; 9. Paula Katoa, 10. Fokolulu Taumalolo; 11. Tala Mapesone, 12. Chris Aunise, 13. Mark Murray, 14. Wilson Silipa; 15. Mona Silipa.
Eastern Suburbs: 1. Ofa Fainga’anuku, 2. Tom Coolican, 3. Rob Mcmickan; 4. Will Drabble, 5. Richard Stanford; 6. Kenny Niko, 7. Nathan Paila, 8. Pauliasi Taumoepeau[c]; 9. Luke Irwin, 10. Angus Sinclair; 11. Scott Ferris, 12. Anton Lavin, 13. Apakuki Maafu, 14. Toese Vousiutu; 15. Charlie Clifton.

SOUTHERN DISTRICTS (7th) v PARRAMATTA (11th) at Forshaw Park (3pm)
Southern Districts: 1. Marcus Heather, 2. Andrew Sulter, 3. Joe Lynch; 4. Andrew Leota, 5. Andrew Archibold; 6. Ollie Stedman, 7. Sam Latunipulu, 8. Matt Swann; 9. Dewet Roos, 10. Rohan Saifolio; 11. Ben Connolly, 12. Lester Solanoa, 13. Brackin Karauria-Henry, 14. Nicky Price; 15. Atieli Pakalani.
Parramatta: 1. Lamarn Ma’a, 2. Ben Hewitson, 3. Chris Seuteni; 4. Ian Parkinson, 5. Evan Olmstead; 6. Tai Masters, 7. Andrew Cox[c], 8. Matt White; 9. Kaleb Rech, 10. Tom Woods; 11. Tui Fa’asisila, 12. Alecki Taufa, 13. Damien Fakafanua, 14. Jesse Leota; 15. Moses Tavola.

SYDNEY UNIVERSITY (2nd) v WEST HARBOUR (9th) at Uni Oval No.1 (3pm)
Sydney University: 1. Dylan Evans, 2. Sam Roberson, 3. Sam Talakai; 4. Oliver Atkins, 5. Liam Winton; 6. Anthony Pohlen, 7. David Hickey, 8. Trent Dyer; 9. Matthew Schwager[c], 10. Daniel Kelly; 11. Angus Roberts, 12. James McMahon, 13. Michael Hodge, 14. Nathan Trist; 15. Stuart Dunbar.
West Harbour: 1. Campese Maafu, 2. Todd Pearce, 3. Vaughan Lomax; 4. Alfred Pinomi, 5. Tom Patterson; 6. Tom Games[c], 7. Tom Andrews, 8. Isaiah Pine; 9. Ben Murray, 10. Shaun Treweek; 11. Tito Mua, 12. Nua Alone, 13. Sai Vakarau, 14. Macquire Tatola; 15. Oleni Ngungutau

RANDWICK (5TH) v MANLY (3rd) at Coogee Oval (3pm)
Randwick: 1. Patto Noriega, 2. Atonio Halangahu, 3. Lotu Taukeiaho; 4. Geoff Ingram, 5. Tom Weatherall; 6. David Vizer, 7. Tim McGann, 8. David Parsons; 9. Sam Bartlett, 10. Toby Browne; 11. Kiti Vasu, 12. Keith Masima, 13. Finau Makamaka, 14. Tom Joseph; 15. Hugh Somerville
Manly: 1. Dane Maraki, 2. James Hilterbrand, 3. Oliver Hoskin; 4. Cadeyrn Neville, 5. Greg Peterson; 6. Harry Bergelin, 7. Andrew Davis[c], 8. Tevita Metuisela; 9. Jack Rowntree, 10. Alex Miles; 11. Richard Hooper, 12. Maili Hingano, 13. Oli Samuelu, 14. Sione Ala; 15. Jacob Woodhouse

Interesting Notes (from my point of view)
EASTWOOD:
Michael MacDougall at 12 over Sione Piukala.... is the King injured?
No Barry Fa'amusili yet.... how unfit is he?


MANLY:
Hingano straight into 1st Grade from Colts..... heard they were going to ease him in.

Ati Pakalani now with Southern Districts

 

[Intruder]

EASTWOOD:

Michael MacDougall at 12 over Sione Piukala.... is the King injured?
No Barry Fa'amusili yet.... how unfit is he?

I saw him last week playing in 3rd Grade against Randwick. He has easily put on another 10kgs.

 

[Bucko]

Michael MacDougall at 12 over Sione Piukala.... is the King injured?
No Barry Fa'amusili yet.... how unfit is he

I'm fairly sure Sione suffered a shoulder injury last week and Barry didn't start too many games in 1st Grade last year. He spent a substantial amount of last year in thirds.

 

[qwerty51]

Yet he dominated the Uni scrum.. although he did have help from Longbottom and Fitzy

 

[Bruce Ross]

No Barry Fa'amusili yet.... how unfit is he

Barry didn't start too many games in 1st Grade last year. He spent a substantial amount of last year in thirds.

Yet he dominated the Uni scrum.. although he did have help from Longbottom and Fitzy

Barry is quite probably the most prodigiously talented prop in Australian rugby. It is still not too late for him to wake up to himself and fulfill his potential.
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[Ole Two Blue]

Barry is quite probably the most prodigiously talented prop in Australian rugby. It is still not too late for him to wake up to himself and fulfill his potential.
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Couldn't agree more. There's a Super Rugby jersey waiting for him in 2013 if he improved his habits and training ethic.

 

[Knuckles]

according to Twitter, Toby Browne has been named Randwick captain

 

[someguy]

Totally agree. Toby is a pretty level headed. Has been around the Wicks for a fair few of years now and did his time in 2nds. Will make a great captain.