2016 Intrust Super Premiership

Reserve Grade Knights downed by Cutters

Sat 25th June, 02:20PM

The Reserve Grade Newcastle Knights were defeated 40-24 by the Illawarra Cutters in a spirited match at Hunter Stadium on Saturday.

The Knights got onto the score sheet early, Chanel Mata’utia making the perfect comeback from a long-term injury to score.

Bryce Donovan converted, and two minutes later David Bhana barged his way over to further the Knights’ lead.

Halfway through the first stanza the Cutters looked to kick into gear when lock Siliva Havilli made a break through the middle to run 40 metres.

Donovan came up with a crunching one-on-one tackle to stop a certain try though, and the Knights escaped.

There was no stopping the Cutters five minutes later though, as prop Hame Sele wound up to steamroll his way through the line and score.

Levi Dodd converted to halve the Knights lead.

The Knights continued to make plenty of metres, but with eight minutes left in the first half the Cutters got over again via Sam Coster.

Dodd converted, and then just before the half time siren winger Kiti Glymin scored to put the Cutters in the lead.

Early in the second half Knights centre Ryan Walker came desperately close to scoring when he beat three men with his footwork.

Some close attention from a defender saw him spill the ball over the line though, and the Dragons raced up the other end for Dodd to score.

Knights' winger Aku Uate showed some speed when he broke the Cutters' defensive line, sidestepped a number of opponents and sprinted more than 50 metres to score in the 55th minute.

Donovan added the extras to see the Knights now within just four points of the Cutters, 22-18.

Soon after, the Cutters capitilised on good field position with prop Shannon Wakeman powering over between the posts to score the team's fifth try.

Dodd's kick from in front saw the side's lead stretch to 28-18.

The Cutters were in again when fullback Adam Quinlan drew his defenders to score on the right edge before Dodd converted the try from the sideline.

But the Knights weren't done scoring points.

In the ensuing set, Uiti Baker carried a number of defenders with him to score under the posts.

Bryce Donovan converted from in front.

In the game's final minute, Sam Coster burrowed under from dummy half to score before Shaun Nona this time kicked the conversion.

The Illawarra Cutters defeated the Knights 40-24.

SUMMARY

Illawarra Cutters - 40 (T: Sele, Glymin, Coster 2, Dodd, Wakeman, Quinlan; G: 6/7)
Newcastle Knights - 24 (T: C Mata’utia , Bhana, Uate, Baker; G: Donovan 4/4)

TEAMS:

Newcastle Knights

1. Bryce Donovan, 18, Chanel Mata'utia, 3. Ryan Walker, 4. Pat Mata'utia, 5, Akuila Uate, 6. Kurt Aldridge, 22. Will Pearsall, 17. Uiti Baker, 14. Ben Stone, 21, Josh King, 30. Pauli Pauli, 12. Lachlan Fitzgibbon, 13. David Bhana. Interchange: 2. Mao Uta, 8. Luke Yates, 11. Bradie Smith, 20. Tama Koopu.

Illawarra Cutters

1. Adam Quinlan, 4. Levi Dodd, 3. Tanne Milne, 19. Kurt Mann, 5. Kiti Glymin, 6, Shaun Nona, 7. Drew Hutchinson, 8. Shannon Wakeman, 9. Josh McCrone, 10. Hame Sele, 11. Tyrone McCarthy, 12. Chris Lewis, 13. Siliva Havili. Interchange: 20. Sam Coster, 15. Jacob Hind, 16. Damien Sironen, 24. Eric Newbigging.


http://www.newcastleknights.com.au/news/2016/06/25/reserve_grade_round_.html



 
Ryan Walker had an interesting day - played centre for the Knights and was selected at 5/8 for the country side to tour Samoa.
 
Intrust Super Premiership - Round 16 Results and Updated Ladder


[FONT=&amp]Warriors - 15 (M Lino, M Allwood tries; Lino 3 goals; Lino field goal)
North Sydney Bears - 14 (B Deitz, J Dokinavalu tries; E Levido 3 goals)[/FONT]


Illawarra - 40 (S Coster 2, L Dodd, S Wakeman, H Sele, A Quinlan, K Glymin tries; L Dodd 6 goals)
Newcastle - 24 (C Mata'utia, D Bhana, A Uate, U Baker tries; B Donovan 4 goals)


[FONT=&amp]Mounties - 36 (B Nadin 2, S Duggan, A Clydesdale, R Kennedy, A Mataele tries; S Williams 6 goals)
Wyong - 14 (A Papalii, C Centrone, O Slaimankhel tries; J Lussick goal)[/FONT]


[FONT=&amp]Penrith - 60 (C Harawira-Naera 3, Z Dockar-Clay 2, W Smith, D Edwards, K Ellis, J Key, J Hall tries; J Soward 10 goals)
Newtown - 6 (A Moraitis try; J Graham goal)[/FONT]


[FONT=&amp]Canterbury-Bankstown - 46 (L Perrett 2, R Smith, J McInally, M Frawley, T Phillips, C Garvey tries; B Abbey 7 goals)
Wentworthville - 24 (S Schulte, J Butler-Fleming, B Faraimo, J Valesi tries; C King 4 goals)


BYES - Manly Sea Eagles and Wests Tigers[/FONT]


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[TR]
[TD="align: center"]POS[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TEAM[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]PLAYED[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]WON[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]DRAWN[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]LOST[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]BYE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FOR[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]AGAINST[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]+/-[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]POINTS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Mounties[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]14[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]11[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]373[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]268[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]+105[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]24[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]New Zealand Warriors[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]14[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]379[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]302[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]+77[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]24[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Illawarra Cutters[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]14[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]411[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]298[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]+113[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]22[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Newtown Jets[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]13[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]334[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]256[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]+78[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]21[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Penrith Panthers[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]14[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]402[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]284[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]+118[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]20[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Wests Tigers[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]14[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]358[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]346[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]+12[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]20[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]North Sydney Bears[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]14[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]264[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]289[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]-25[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]18[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Wyong Roos[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]14[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]340[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]336[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]+4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]16[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]9[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Canterbury Bulldogs[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]13[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]304[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]331[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]-27[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]13[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Manly Sea Eagles[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]13[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]9[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]290[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]375[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]-85[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]11[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Wentworthville Magpies[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]14[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]262[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]396[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]-134[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]12[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Newcastle Knights[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]13[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]12[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]186[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]422[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]-236[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
 
there will be a highlights package on the NSWrl site later in the week - but those don't show much.
 
ISP Team - Round 17 vs Canterbury Bulldogs

[FONT=&quot]Date: Sunday July 3[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Venue: Newcastle No.2 Sportsground [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kick off: 3pm[/FONT]

1. Bryce Donovan
2. Tom Hughes
3. Mao Uta
4. Pat Mata’utia
5. Akuila Uate
6. Ryan Walker
7. Will Pearsell
8. Uiti Baker
9. Ben Stone
10. Jack Stockwell
11. Pauli Pauli
12. Lachlan Fitzgibbon
13. David Bhana

14. Logan Harris
15. Tama Koopu
16. Bradie Smith
17. Luke Yates
18. Kurt Aldridge


http://www.newcastleknights.com.au/news/2016/06/28/nyc_and_reserve_grad.html
 
Ben Stone at starting hooker is interesting.
Both the Stone brothers are basically second rowers with ball playing skills who can fill in at 5/8 and hooker from what I've seen - and Ben isn't that flash at hooker.
He is a good size and is a defensive workhorse, so should do the defensive side of it OK, but he doesn't look sharp at dummy half. Maybe he will improve with time. Randell was no better 18 months ago.
 
I'm looking forward to going to this game at number 2 sportsground.
We have an impressive winning record at that ground. I think I've only been to one loss there.
Canterbury look beatable too.
 
I didn't think we were too bad last week, either. Just fell away in the final 15. Hopefully they can pull off a win this week.
 
Billy said:
Ben Stone at starting hooker is interesting.
Both the Stone brothers are basically second rowers with ball playing skills who can fill in at 5/8 and hooker from what I've seen - and Ben isn't that flash at hooker.
He is a good size and is a defensive workhorse, so should do the defensive side of it OK, but he doesn't look sharp at dummy half. Maybe he will improve with time. Randell was no better 18 months ago.
Click to expand...

How strong is the side overall in your opinion Billy ??

- - - Updated - - -

Highlights from our round 16 game against the Cutters

http://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2016/06/28/highlights_intrust_s.html
 
Adams will play on Sunday apparently.
He will make a big difference to that side.
Stockwell probably won't play, which makes that a very inexperienced forward pack.
If Chanel and Mamo come in they will probably have to drop Donovan and Uta - which makes it a very strong back 5.
 
EASBay17 said:
Ahk cheers. Is he a recent signing? He seems to of appeared from nowhere.
Click to expand...
I read the other day that he was one of Lantry's players when he coached in the real NRL 2 years ago, and Lantry used him in a couple of games last year.
I looked him up on google and I'm pretty sure he is the 30 year old brother of Cody Walker and cousin of Shannon Walker and he played 3 games of firstgrade for Penrith in 2011.
He apparently played very well for the Newcastle Rebels in the country championships a few weeks ago, and missed the grandfinal to play for us last weekend.
 
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