StGeorge vs Canterbury Rnd26 2001

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ROUND 26
FRIDAY 31 AUGUST 2001 SYDNEY FOOTBALL STADIUM
KICKOFF: 7.30pm
SAINTS V CANTERBURY

TV Coverage: Channel 9 DELAYED at 9pm Fox DELAYED at ?

Weather forecast:

Early shower then fine. Light winds.
Temp: 10 - 19ºC

SportsTAB Qld:
StGeo$1.85,C'Bury$1.90
H'cap:C'bury 1½pt start

Ref: P Simpkins
T/Judges: A Foster, A Fallah
Vid Ref: I Parnaby

TEAMS ANNOUNCED DURING THE WEEK:
Teams announced during the week subject to change

1. Amos ROBERTS
2. Nathan BLACKLOCK
3. Mark GASNIER
4. Paul McGREGOR
5. Matt COOPER
6. Trent BARRETT (c)
7. Jason HOOPER
8. Chris LEIKVOLL
9. Mark RIDDELL*
10. Jason RYLES
11. Darren TREACY
12. Andrew HART
13. Wayne BARTRIM
Interchange
14. Craig STAPLETON
15. Luke BAILEY
16. Ben HORNBY
17.Jamie FITZGERALD
* OUT

Luke Patten
Hazem El Masri
Willie Talau
Nigel Vagana
Shane Marteene
Braith Anasta
Darrell Trindall
Paul Rauhihi
Craig Polla-Mounter (c)
Steven Price
Jamie Feeney
Willie Mason
Darren Smith
Interchange:
Corey Hughes
Glen Hughes
Dennis Scott
Adam Peek
Barry Ward

TV TEAMS AT KICKOFF:

SOTV PREVIEW:
SAINTS v C'BURY
The Return of Bull
Sydney Football Stadium, Friday 31 August 7.30pm:
The Dragons are set to celebrate the return Luke Bailey to the forward pack on Friday when they take on the Canterbury Bulldogs at the SFS.
However, Saints are without a number of key players and late mail has Mark Riddell being sidelined. His place at hooker will most likely be taken up by Wayne Bartrim. This is in addition to the recent suspension of Craig Smith and injuries to Lance Thompson and Colin Ward.

In the backs, Jamie Ainscough is out and his spot on the wing will be taken by the in-form, Matt Cooper.
Canterbury have announced the return od Rod Silva who be playing on the wing. Bulldog's pivot and utility back, Brent Sherwin is out due to suspension.
The last time these two teams met was back in round 13 when Saints clobbered Canterbury 26-14. The same ref from this round 13 match, Paul Simpkins, will be charge of Friday's match.
This should be a tremendous match and all Saints supporters are urged to get out to the SFS for the final round of the 'premiership proper'. A win here will see Saints well in the hunt for next week's semi finals.
Our Tip: Saints by 13

Crowd shot. Young Dragon at last weeks match

RESULTS:
SAINTS 22(Hooper, Barrett, Gasnier tries. Bartrim 4/4; A.Roberts 1/2 goals)
CANTERBURY 24(Silva, Vagana 3 tries. El Masri 4/6 goals)
Referee: Paul Simpkins. Penalties: Saints 10-6
Crowd: 20,123

MATCH REPORT (SUMMARY):
ROUND 26 RESULTS:
SAINTS v C'BURY
SAINTS DEFEATED 24 - 22
Sydney Football Stadium, Friday 31 August 7.30pm:
After waiting for an eternity for the Goodwill Games broadcast to finish, we finally got to see some footy. Unfortunately, from a Dragons point of view, it wasn't a pretty sight.
It's difficult to understand how Saints could have lost this match. The Bulldogs started well and at half time they led 10-4 but they were down to just 2 interchanges and looked to be running out of troops.
Blacklock was targeted early as Canterbury tried to knock him out of the match but for all intents and purposes, The Dragons with a ton of possession, looked set to overwhelm C'bury.
However, Saints adopted an absurd policy of attempting to run around the Bulldogs defence and our forwards simply lacked the guts to take the ball up.
Barrett was constantly being squeezed into rushed decisions as ball distribution and defence dropped to a pathetic standard.
It wasn't all doom and gloom and it's fair to say that a few players rolled up their sleeves and showed us that there are still some players who are capable of showing pride in the red vee. Unfortunately, it was too little too late as Canterbury hung on to win.
Despite making an horrific error behind the tryline which led to a Canterbury try, Amos Roberts injected himself into the attack and it was his individual brilliance that gave the Dragons some hope.
However, the likely turning point of the match occurred early in the 2nd half when Saints had the Bulldogs on the ropes and elected to go for a penalty goal instead of applying the pressure. If ever there was a case for going for the try, this was it. The Canterbury players looked relieved and were taking in the deep breaths as the goal attempt sailed wide of the posts. Moments later, Canterbury's Vagana scored and the writing was on the wall.
With round 26 completed, it has now been confirmed that Saints will be taking on the Bulldogs again next week and this may be seen as an opportunity for the players to redeem themselves.

MATCH REPORT (BY THE CLOCK):
8 min: Try Silva. Following sustained attack from Saints, the Bulldogs get the ball and kick downfield on the last. Amos Roberts hopelessly fumbles behind his own tryline and Silva dives on the loose ball. Conversion attempt from El Masri misses. C'bury 4-0
18 min: Penalty goal Bartrim. C'bury 4-2
20 min: Try Vagana. Kicks for himself and wins the race for the ball. Conversion El Masri. C'bury 10-2
37 min: Penalty goal Bartrim. Trindall offside again. C'bury intent on giving away penalties rather than conceding tries. C'bury 10-4
39 min: Saints look certain to score with an overlap but El Masri knocks down the final pass and saves his team.
HALF TIME C'bury 10-4
52 min: Penalty goal attempt from Roberts misses. Saints started the 2nd half with loads of possession but as was the case in the 1st half, they were unable to convert this into points. At one point, Saints received a penalty and C'bury looked shot to bits. Incredibly, Saints opted to go for a shot at goal from a dusty position. The attempt from Amos Roberts missed. This was try scoring opportunity and Saints played into C'bury's hands by shooting for goal. To make matters worse. C'bury got the ball back from the drop out after finding touch and scored themselves soonafter. C'bury 10-4
57 min: Try Vagana. Conversion El Masri. C'bury 16-4
60 min: Try Hooper. Amos Roberts at his brilliant best can see the defence tiring. He bursts through and then chips high over Patten's head. He regathers his ball on the full and while being tackled by the cover defence, he offloads. Hooper is there to pick up the ball and he dives over to score. Conversion Bartrim. C'bury 16-10
66 min: Penalty goal El Masri. C'bury 18-10
72 min: Try Barrett. Once gain it is Roberts who steps through and runs some 50 metres before finding Barrett in support. Conversion Bartrim. C'bury 18-16
75 min: Try Vagana. His hat trick. Conversion El Masri. C'bury 24-16
77 min: Try Gasnier. Some determined lead up work from Blacklock who was heavily marked but was everywhere today. Conversion Bartrim from out wide. C'bury 24 - 22
Despite having a lion's share of the possession and playing against a team which was short on reserves, Saints were unable to lift enough to come away with a win tonight. Both teams are set to play each other again in one week's time when they meet in the Qualifying Final at Homebush.
FULL TIME: C'bury 24 - 22

SOTV BEST PLAYERS:
Amos Roberts (3pts) Despite a sloppy incident whch led to a try, Amos really fired in the 2nd half and almost won us the game.
Trent Barrett (2pts) Backed up, scored a try, tried hard with little help from his forwards.
Nathan Blacklock (1pt) Heavily marked but still created worries for the opposition, often drawing 2 or 3 defenders and created openings for his team mates.

Click here for SOTV 2001 best player tally

THIS WEEKS SOUND FILES:
(HINT: best way to download sound files is to right click on pic and use 'save link' or 'save target' option, then save WAV file to desktop or folder of choice)

WAV (357 Kb)Click on the pic to hear Lance Thompson talking at half time.

For full list of all the year's sound files - click here

MATCH & CROWD PICS:





Andrew Bobbin

THE BARRETT TACKLE ON ANASTA
Trent Barrett has been cited by Jim Hall's Match Review Committee for this:

Barrett and Hart doing the tackling on Anasta with Trindall nearby	Barrett's feet are actually in the air as he lands with Trindall and Hart still involved.
Barrett lands on Anasta and has his hand on Anasta's shoulder and forearm on his cheekbone	His first voluntary action is to remove himself from Anasta.
Barrett gets up and Trindall pushes him clear of the play the ball area	Anasta gets up as expected, no harm done.
Andrew Hart and a driving tackle.	Just before half time, Saints looked certain to score but El Masri defused the overlap with this attempted intercept.
Amos Roberts	Amos breaks through and chips over Patten's head.
Luke Patten leaps high but is unable reach the ball.	Patten, true to form, attempts a trip on the way down.
Amos regathers beautifully.	With defenders hanging off him, he gets the pass away.
Jason Hooper takes the pass and scores!	Glenn Hughes strikes Luke Bailey across the face. A nothing incident just like the Barrett incident but this one was missed.
Amos Roberts bursts through.	He sees Barrett backing up on the inside.

Barrett is clear as Rod Silva comes across in cover.	Silva just can't match Barrett for pace.
Barrett with the tryline in sight.	Patten taking exception to the try being scored abuses and thumps Barrett.
Nathan Blacklock puts a fend on Mason.	Blacklock attracts the defence and then passes.
Barto kicking from out wide.	Never in doubt!

REF REPORT:

Paul Simpkins did an OK job but should have sin binned at least one of the C'bury players for being repeatedly offside. It's become fairly obvious that C'bury's style is to concede penalties when it looks as if they're about to be scored against.
Simpkins is the ref in the next match as well which will feature the same teams. Here's hoping he he does something about stamping out these sort of spoiling tactics.
Overall rating: 7 out of 10

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