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2024-M2-02: Uni-Norths v Goulburn

2024-M2-02: Uni-Norths v Goulburn

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Date Time League Season Full Time
4 May 2024 10:55 am ACT 1st division - 2nd grade 2024 0'

Results

TeamTriesConversionsPointsOutcome
Uni Norths M410662Win
Goulburn M20Loss

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
 10600000

Goulburn M2

# Player Position T C P DG B&F PP Cap
1Justin Morgan 22Prop0000000
2Justin ThompsonHooker0000000
3Aaren Niko 16Prop0000000
4Peter WardLock0000000
5Toby Barton 20Lock0000000
6Blake SwiftFlanker0000000
7Emiliano KolofaleFlanker0000000
8Chris BushNumber 80000000
9Brandon CourtsScrum-half0000001
10Jimmy Rudd 24Fly-half0000200
11Joshua Metz 18Winger0000000
12Michael Cooke 21Inside Centre0000310
13Campbell KrugerOutside centre0000100
14Sam LloydWinger0000000
15Matthew ThompsonFull-back0000000
16Corbie Yeo 3Reserve0000000
18Alexander Schofield 11Reserve0000000
20Cooper Camden-Smith 5Reserve0000000
21Martin Domecq 12Reserve0000000
22Henry Cooper 1Reserve0000000
24Connor Minehan 10Reserve0000000
 Total 00006  

Coach: Corbie Yeo
Manager: Clayton Baldwin
Strapper / Physio: Courtney Leary
Medico: Michelle Cooke
Photographer: Pete Oliver
Assistant Manager: Geoff Shepherd

Venue

ANU North Oval
5 McCaughey St, Turner ACT 2612, Australia
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