The pool round has been completed and there have been some thrashings and some upsets but most importantly, there are now four finalists to compete for the cash.
Pool A
With Manly tipped to take out the cup this pool was predicted to be a farce. But it turned out to be much closer than all thought.
Manly Cannons (12) lost to Suva Suns (30)
Manly: Aaron Moule, Stanley Tepend tries, Mat Rogers (2/2)
Suva: Chad Randall, Travis Elken 3, Caleb Ralph tries, O'Gara (5/5)
PoM: 3 points : Travis Elken
2 points : Chad Randall
1 point : Caleb Ralph
Manly Cannons (36) beat Coffs Harbour Wyrms (22)
Manly: Slick Cupples 2, Stanley Tepend, David Yajvi, Awen Guttenbeil, Aaron Moule tries, Rogers (6/6)
Coffs Harbour: Tana Umaga, Mitchell Sargent, Rodger Randell tries, Opan (5/5)
PoM: 3 points : Matt Sing
2 points : Mat Rogers
1 point : Stanley Tepend
Suva Suns (22) lost to Coffs Harbour Wyrms (32)
Suva: Fred Backhaus, Huia Edmonds, Tim Clark, Demetrius Lichtenstein tries, O'Gara (3/4)
Coffs Harbour: Tana Umaga, Stirling Mortlock 3, Peter Cusack tries, Opan (6/6)
PoM: 3 points : Stirling Mortlock
2 points : Howard Opan
1 point : Tana Umaga
Pool B
This division was harder to pick than a broken nose.
Darwin Cyclones (30) beat Port Moresby Power (20)
Darwin: Craig Hall, Alan Watts, Leigh Bush tries, Amahl Singh (4/ 4)
Port Moresby Power: Tommy Martyn, Etienne Fynn tries, Timothy Rice (1/2)
PoM: 3 points : Amahl Singh
2 points : Craig Hall
1 point : Leigh Bush
Darwin Cyclones (16) beat Townsville Dolphins (6)
Darwin: Craig Hall, Alan Watts, Bill Rhyven tries, Angel Withers (1/1) Amahl Singh (1/2)
Townsville: Craig Bowen try, Linden Drummond (1/1)
PoM: 3 points : Alan Watts
2 points : Kevin Campion
1 point : Leigh Bush
Port Moresby Power (10) beat Townsville Dolphins (6)
Port Moresby: Lote Tuqiri, Tommy Martyn tries, Timothy Rice (1/2)
Townsville: Giovanni Piazza, Linden Drummond (1/1)
PoM: 3 points : Timothy Rice
2 points : Rowland Rokachelli
1 point : Giovanni Piazza
Pool C
This pool unfortunately had no surprises.
Christchurch Carnage (12) lost to Redlands Rhinos (24)
Christchurch: Chris Hicks, Fourcade Abasse tries, Robbie Paul (2/3)
Redlands: Brett Finch, Jamain Lowe, Nick Graham tries, Allianya Takawira (6/7)
PoM: 3 points : Nick Graham
2 points : Jason Demetriou
1 point : Jody Gall
Christchurch Carnage (16) lost to North Sydney Newbloods (38)
Christchurch: Stuart Spruce, Fourcade Abasse, Julian Huxley tries, Robbie Paul (2/3)
North Sydney: Akido Li, Chev Walker 2, Jonah Lomu, Matt Rua, Jason Stevens tries, Matthew Burke (7/7)
PoM: 3 points : Chev Walker
2 points : Matthew Burke
1 point : Jason Stevens
Redlands Rhinos (0) lost to North Sydney Newbloods (46)
Redlands Rhinos:
North Sydney: Matthew Burke 2, Michael De Vere, Nathan Wood, Paul Bowman, Jonah Lomu 2, Mark Muggleton tries, Matthew Burke (7/8)
PoM: 3 points : Michael De Vere
2 points : Matthew Burke
1 point : Jonah Lomu
Pool Winners:
A - Suva Suns
B - Darwin Cyclones
C - North Sydney Newbloods
UnderDog: There were two equally placed clubs competing for the UnderDog position. Both the Manly Cannons and the Coffs Harbour Wyrms finished on a For/Against of -4. As per NRL tradition the team which has scored more points for recieves the higher ranking. In this case the team was Coffs Harbour. Therefore Coffs Harbour are the UnderDogs.
NEXT WEEKS SEMI FINALS
Suva Suns Vs Darwin Cyclones
North Sydney Newbloods Vs Coffs Harbour Wyrms
GOOD LUCK ALL.
Awwww crap! Both the teams I bet on missed out!
Stupid choking Manly and Port. :(
Chris
Great Work Dave sorry i havent been that active its cause ive had some problems lately and still have them so i mighten be active for a couple of weeks but i will certainly try to be ok.
Great running of the UAF Dave.
