Details
Date | Time | League | Season | Full Time |
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4 May 2024 | 10:55 am | ACT 1st division - 2nd grade | 2024 | 0' |
Results
Team | Tries | Conversions | Points | Outcome |
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Uni Norths M4 | 10 | 6 | 62 | Win |
Goulburn M2 | — | — | 0 | Loss |
Recap
Tough Times continue for Dirty Twos
By Chris Gordon
As if Goulburn wasn’t already struggling for player numbers in the previous round, eight of the players that took the field that day were unavailable on Saturday against Uni-Norths.
Thanks to a lot of arm twisting and last minute call-arounds, five debutantes bolstered a team already filled with newcomers but with Goulburn required to play one man short for the entire match, it proved too tough an assignment with the Dirty Twos losing to Uni-Norths by 62-0.
The requirement to play one player down related to the competition rule whereby teams that cannot assemble a front row capable of full contact scrummaging and which request uncontested scrums have to play with 14 players.
It was a comprehensive win by the Owls but even amidst such a sizeable loss, there were plenty positives for Goulburn.
Despite playing one player down for the entire match, Goulburn restricted Uni-Norths to a lower score than their first round opponents. And in the second half, with Uni-Norths already up by 38-0, gritty Goulburn defence denied them any further tries for the first 17 minutes of the second session.
Probably the biggest positive for Goulburn was that their effort and discipline never dropped even as the score grew and the time remaining diminished. There was no back chatting the ref and no sin bins – often the outcome for teams on the wrong end of a large scoreline and facing adversity.
Back home next weekend, and hopefully with greater numbers, it may be a different story for the Dirty Twos, but even if these tough times persist, it’s worth remembering that adversity is the prism in which character is truly revealed.
Uni-Norths 62 bt Goulburn 0.
Second grade photos, courtesy Pete Oliver Imagery.
Best & Fairest points:
3 – Michael Cooke
2 – Jimmy Rudd
1 – Campbell Kruger
Players Player
Michael Cooke
By the clock:
7 mins – Uni-Norths converted try 0-7
9 mins – Uni Norths try 0-12
14 mins – Uni Norths conv. try 0-19
18 mins – Uni Norths conv. try 0-26
26 mins – Uni Norths conv. try 0-33
31 mins – Uni Norths try 0-38
52 mins – Uni Norths conv. try 0-45
56 mins – Uni Norths conv. try 0-52
59 mins – Uni Norths try 0-57
66 mins – Uni Norths try 0-62
Uni Norths M4
Position | T | C | P | DG | B&F | PP | Cap |
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10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goulburn M2
# | Player | Position | T | C | P | DG | B&F | PP | Cap |
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1 | Justin Morgan 22 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Justin Thompson | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Aaren Niko 16 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Peter Ward | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Toby Barton 20 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Blake Swift | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Emiliano Kolofale | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Chris Bush | Number 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Brandon Courts | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Jimmy Rudd 24 | Fly-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Joshua Metz 18 | Winger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Michael Cooke 21 | Inside Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
13 | Campbell Kruger | Outside centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Sam Lloyd | Winger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Matthew Thompson | Full-back | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Corbie Yeo 3 | Reserve | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Alexander Schofield 11 | Reserve | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Cooper Camden-Smith 5 | Reserve | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Martin Domecq 12 | Reserve | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Henry Cooper 1 | Reserve | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Connor Minehan 10 | Reserve | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Coach: Corbie Yeo
Manager: Clayton Baldwin
Strapper / Physio: Courtney Leary
Medico: Michelle Cooke
Photographer: Pete Oliver
Assistant Manager: Geoff Shepherd
Past Meetings
Venue
ANU North Oval |
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5 McCaughey St, Turner ACT 2612, Australia |