Harold Matthews Semi vs Eels (Updates)

[-AK-]

I will be out there this Saturday hopefully to watch the Harold Matts team play red-hot Parra, I'l send someone Text Updates and try and take photos of players I'm not too aware of :badgrin:

Western Weekender Stadium, St Marys

HAROLD MATTHEWS

Semi-Finals

Saturday May 10, 2008

Kick Off : 1:30pm AEST

Coach: Garth Brennan

1. Chad Redman (c)
2. Pat Mata’utia
3. Dale Clacherty
4. Chanel Mata’utia
5. Nathan Cooper
6. Gene Brown
7. Tyler Sullivan
8. Jarome Wilson
9. Chris Knight
10. Daniel Enosi-Tuipuloto
11. Jason Savin
12. Ben Bradley
13. Kori Barber

Reserves:

14. Felise Taufaao
15. Shannon Harmey
16. Zac Mowett
17. Zac Kosiek
18. Jase Durston
19. Aaron Waters
20. Bo Anderson

[Roopy]

Well Jeremy Maa is out, and Alex Brew has been out since mid season, so the guys i rate as our two best are not there for our biggest game.
Will Smith is out from halfback. I have been saying all season that Sullivan/Brown is a better combination than Smith/Sullivan, but again, switching now doesn't seem the best time.
I'd say we would be slight underdogs with a full strength side, and pretty big underdogs with key players out.

[Frizzed]

Just round the corner from my house.

[-AK-]

A few of my mates are playing for Penrith before hand too so this should be a great day at the Western!

So are SG Ball knocked out?

[knight-no-7]

A few of my mates are playing for Penrith before hand too so this should be a great day at the Western!

So are SG Ball knocked out?

Yea didnt make the play offs...

[-AK-]

Pretty dissapointing, they had big raps on them Im sure.

[knight-no-7]

Yea, and i think we finished 9th? Not sure, Roopy should be able to comfirm that.

[Roopy]

Yea, and i think we finished 9th? Not sure, Roopy should be able to comfirm that.Yes - finished 9th - which was a very poor result for the team.
They gave a good account of themselves in games against the top sides while just losing, then dropped two or three games they should have won - and in the very short junior season you can't afford to do that.
The best player in the side, Jeremy Papamau, only played a few games because of injury, and i suspect he was below his best because he didn't score much.

On the positive side, i was very pleasently surprized at the talent on show - classy halfback Theeran Pearson from Queensland, half a dozen kids from NZ including Kharmichael Hunt's cousin Harmony Hunt and some quality Islander forwards, and local kids like Blake Birch, Chris Marlbough, Peter Mata'utai, Josh Aoilami and Jeremy Papamau - all in all, if the season had gone for 26 rounds and they had a good coach i think these kids would have really come together over the season.

I can see most of these guys having a shot at NYC either this year or next year.

edit . just looked it up and they were 9th going into the last round, but finished 11th - i haven't looked since i knew they couldn't make the 8.

[-AK-]

Harmony, Karmichael... what is next?

[Roopy]

Harmony Hunt

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/roopy/HarmonyHunt.jpg

[-AK-]

He looks like a unit, a shame we cant see him play tomorrow.

[Roopy]

He looks like a unit, a shame we cant see him play tomorrow.I saw him play in a trial and thought he couldn't defend to save his life despite looking very good in attack, but he had obviously never played at this level before and a few games later his defence had improved out of sight. He missed several games with injury, but the feeling i get is that this guy will improve as fast or faster than Schirnack did last season (Schirnack came from NZ last year and went from a benchie in Ball to our best forward in Flegg in a season).
If Hunt trains and maybe plays with NYC from now on he could make rapid progress, and his cousin played for Aus at a year older than he is now.

[jamesgould]

I have to say it's a worry how many juniors I see with their knees strapped up.

[knight-no-7]

Got a text from AK who is there atm,

Penrith 48, the dogs 12, In HaroldMatts and she said they looked really good.

The Knights v Eels semi starts at 1.30.

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Roosters 38, dogs 30 in SGBall.

[knight-no-7]

Ok, The Semi between the Knights and Eels in HM is underway. I'll update this Post as i get updates. Thanks to AK who is at the Game!

Try off a kick to Shannon Harmey. Knights 4-0

Knights 14-0 (ktc)

22-0. Number 7 Cutting them up the Middle.

Half Time. 22-0. 2 Tries to Harmey. Matauitia and Bradley got the others. Suliven 3/5 inc. an attempt at penalty goal from 50 out, which he almost got!

We defended for the last 10mins straight. Standouts are the no. 14, 5, 7, 9 and 12

[Roopy]

that's outstanding

[knight-no-7]

that's outstanding

Yea, looks like they are ripping it up. 22-0 Now. Ill keep updating my last post (http://marathonstadium.com/forum/showpost.php?p=87658&postcount=15), so look for updates in that post.

[Roopy]

22-0. Number 7 Cutting them up the Middle.


Tyler Sullivan has been wasted at 5/8 all year, despite being our highest tryscorer i think.
Will Smith is a good defender and a hard worker, but Tyler Sullivan at 7 and Gene Brown at 6 gives us 10 times the attacking class than slow and predictable Smith.

[Pumba]

Thanks for the updates.

Its only 30 minute halves in HM isn't it?

[knight-no-7]

So, HALF TIME.

Half Time. 22-0. 2 Tries to Harmey. Matauitia and Bradley got the others. Suliven 3/5 inc. an attempt at penalty goal from 50 out, which he almost got!

We defended for the last 10mins straight. Standouts are the no. 14, 5, 7, 9 and 12

[Roopy]

Harmey and Bradley - two chunky props who only know how to run straight and hard.

[Roopy]

Ben Bradley in 10 and Tyler Sullivan in 6.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/roopy/Bradley.jpg

[Roopy]

Chanel Mata'utia

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/roopy/ChanelMatautai.jpg

[Roopy]

Unless it was Pat who scored - here's Pat and Chanel together.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/roopy/matts2008033.jpg

[Fungus]

We better hold on.

[Roopy]

Little Chris Knight with Felise Taufauaa and Jarome Wilson

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/roopy/Knight.jpg

[knight-no-7]

FIRST HALF UPDATES. (http://marathonstadium.com/forum/showpost.php?p=87658&postcount=15) I'll Update this post for 2nd half Updates, as i get them.

Parra in. 22-6

We're In. Chris Knight. 28-6 with 13 to go.

28-12 with 10 to go.

Sh*t, they are making a late comeback:

28-18 with 6 to go.

We could be in real trouble!

Oh god. 28-22. 4 mins to go.

28-all! 2 mins to go!

[knight-no-7]

Fu*k. They scored with 40secs to go. Our D fell apart. 34-28 to the Eels!

That is a shame! We had the game won!!!

[Fungus]

Ah. Damn it. How can we let them come back from a score line like that?!

[Roopy]

22 points in 10 minutes seems impossible

[knight-no-7]

What a way to get beaten, sooo close to making the GF. They scored 28 points in about 14 mins! Crazy!

Final update from AK:

Yep. Game of two halves. 34-28. 22-0 up, crazy! Oh well haha.

[-AK-]

Ahh that game sucked so bad.

4 tries in 12 minutes!!!!

Although IMHO:

- Try that got it to 28-16 looked like he was out (I was in the corner and looked like Cooper took him over)
- The farqin ref at the end didn't help, penalty after penalty.

I must say though, future looks bright.

1st half the little hooker Knights tore them to shreads and Number 7 Sullivan just backed him up and set up good tries.

And can I just say the young female trainer for the Knights HM did a very good job with the boys.

[knight-no-7]

Ahh that game sucked so bad.

4 tries in 12 minutes!!!!

Although IMHO:

- Try that got it to 28-16 looked like he was out (I was in the corner and looked like Cooper took him over)
- The farqin ref at the end didn't help, penalty after penalty.

Thanks for the txt updates though!... I thought we had that game won easy!

[-AK-]

I think the boys might have thought that too... I just updated my post. I took only a few pictures.

[Frizzed]

Biggest choke I've ever heard of.

[-AK-]

Biggest choke I've ever heard of.

Theyre 15-16. They will learn.

The game was about possesion. Both teams couldnt defend their own lines, it was just a matter of being up the other sides end of the field.

In the end, it levelled itself out.

[-AK-]

Tyler Sullivan slots a conversion from the Sideline:

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2993/dscf0149xp0.jpg

[U23]

To lose like that is just extraordinary. Better luck next time to them.

[knight-no-7]

I think the boys might have thought that too... I just updated my post. I took only a few pictures.

haha i jinxed it big time ey AK? :lol:

When it was 28-12, i think i replied to her update:

Sweet. GF here we come!

[Weztricks]

Tyler Sullivan slots a conversion from the Sideline:

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2993/dscf0149xp0.jpg

thats a great shot.tyler will love that when i tell him. sux the game ended like that, one thing is though those boys will never give up. The woman trainer is great,she really revs up the boys and they have respect for her.

[jamesgould]

That is an awesome photo! Roopy has some competition!

[Roopy]

That is an awesome photo! Roopy has some competition!
It shows what an impressive looking guy the boy from Scone is too.
He is the nearest thing to Jarrod Mullen we have seen for a while - a genuine playmaker - a genuine athlete and tryscorer.
I've heard we nearly lost him because of homesickness and difficulty finding a place to live - and at one stage Jarrod's mum offered to put him up - which would have been funny.

[-AK-]

That is an awesome photo! Roopy has some competition!

:lol: I dunno about that, would have looked great front on. Boy he played well though... threw a Scott Dureau type ball to Richie Fa'aoso (when Faas knocked on vs Manly) and the 2nd rower wasnt even touched. Really laid a platform.

[-AK-]

Abit of help... I'm thinking the 8 or 10?

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/200/dscf0147ii0.jpg

[Roopy]

Abit of help... I'm thinking the 8 or 10?

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/200/dscf0147ii0.jpg
Here's a clue - his brother signed for Melbourne this year.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/roopy/fleggandball006.jpg

http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/default.asp?sec=2&ssec=2&pid=184&prid=2&yr=2008

[Roopy]

Parra have gone on to win the grandfinal 30-17.
Pity we didn't get a pop at Penrith - we would have given them a run for their money.

PS - the picture below in Jarome Wilson - who's oldest brother Wendall went to Cronulla 3 years ago, second oldest brother Kruize is in the Melbourne NYC side this week, and next brother up Winston was great for Hunter Sports High last year, and i don't know why he wasn't in our Ball side this year.

[Roopy]

The only Knight named in the NSW under 16s squad is Tyler Sullivan.
That is insulting to our boys IMO.

[-AK-]

WTF! Parra won!

Macka will be fuming. (Penrith Ass. Coach)

Call last week a choke, Penrith are a choke.

[knight-no-7]

If only we had held on last week! :( Thats a shame really.... After leading like that and loosing to the team which go on to take out the title.

[-AK-]

By the sounds of it, Penrith must have been leading and Parra just steamrolled them like they did us last week.

Such a shame, adds more to the defeat last week. Penrith though, I can't believe it. I know about 4 of the guys in that side and they were heavy favourites.

Lost it last year too after racking up wins after wins only to go down to the dogs I think.

[Roopy]

Penrith didn't play Newcastle or Parra during the season.
They had a soft draw.
Won't stop them getting two thirds of the forward spots in the rep team though, despite our guys being at least their equals in the forwards.
I can't believe we didn't get a single forward in the rep side despite totally dominating Parra in the forwards.