SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS	GAME 2	NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
14	Saturday, 29th of June 1999	12
Tries	Referee : Matt Hewitt	Tries
T Brasher 2	Venue : Dairy Farmers Stadium	B Boyd
	Crowd : 8,751	P Jones
	Half Time : 6-0 South Sydney
Goals		Goals
J O'Neill 3/3		N Goldthorpe 2/2
COMMENTS : A great of past origin victories, Tim Brasher was the standout in this match. Not only did he score 2 tries, he sparked the Rabbitohs side with inspirational runs and breaks. This game ended up being tight though with an impressive late surge from the Cowboys who nearly came away with a win.

CANTERBURY BULLDOGS	GAME 3	MANLY SEA-EAGLES
20	Saturday, 29th of June 1999	4
Tries	Referee : Brian Grant	Tries
R Silva 2	Venue : Stadium Australia	A Torrens
S Hughes	Crowd : 15,264
	Half Time : 6-4 Canterbury
Goals		Goals
D Halligan 4/4		A Brown 0/2
COMMENTS : The Bulldogs lived up to their name for being a hard gritty side with a punishing display over the Sea-Eagles. 4 Manly players were concussed from the brutal Bulldogs defence. Rod Silva and Travis Norton stood out for the Doggies, while some would say that Toovey has played his way into the Hooker position for the Blues. Manly were not awful, but need definite improvement if they want to get off the bottom.

BRISBANE BRONCOS	GAME 4	WESTERN SUBURBS MAGPIES
50	Saturday, 29th of June 1999	0
Tries	Referee : Mark Oaten	Tries
B Thorn 2	Venue : ANZ Stadium
D Lockyer	Crowd : 14,386
M Hancock	Half Time : 28-0 Brisbane
S Berrigan
T Carroll
G Tallis
W Sailor
L Tuqiri
Goals		Goals
B Walker 7/9
COMMENTS : Brisbane have finally remembered how they have played for the last decade. Fast, furious and with lots of tries! 9 tries in all for the Broncos who romped all over the forlorn Maggies. Brad Thron pushed for Origin selection, whilst Lockyer made a successful return from injury. Tallis was also impressive in this flogging.

NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS	GAME 5	THE SHARKS
26	Sunday, 30th of June 1999	18
Tries	Referee : Tim Mander	Tries
R O'Davis 2	Venue : Marathon Stadium	R Richardson
D Albert	Crowd : 24,101	S Ryan
M Hughes	Half Time : ?	A Ettingshausen
Goals		Goals
A Johns 5/6		M Healey 3/4
COMMENTS : This was the farewell game for a great player Paul Harrogan. And although he wasn't playing, his presence in the dressing room before the game spurred on his Knights to a magnificant victory over the League Leaders. In only their 2nd loss of the season, The Sharks had no answers for sparkling attack from Andrew Johns and Robbie O'Davis. 2 incidents clouded the match however, with Daniel Smailes certain to get 10+ weeks for an elbow on Martin Lang (which NO penalty was awarded for), and Butterfield for a swinging arm. The referees have only sent 1 player from the field all season, and there is certain to be some questions asked about why more players aren't marched. It's ironic though because there were people complaining a few years ago about how too many players were sent off for offences that weren't considered dangerous enough. Work that out..

SYDNEY CITY ROOSTERS	GAME 6	CANBERRA RAIDERS
28	Sunday, 30th of June 1999	22
Tries	Referee : Bill Harrigan	Tries
J Elsegood 2	Venue : Sydney Football Stadium	M McLinden
L Ricketson	Crowd : 7,967	J Croker
M Sing	Half Time : 16-6 Canberra	K Nagas
J Bailey		B Mullins
Goals		Goals
A Walker 4/5		L Williamson 3/4
COMMENTS : Canberra lead all 22-12 at the 60th minute of this match before Sydney City clicked into gear to steamroll the 'Faders' in the last 20. Fittler had a horro game in the first game with 2 charge downs from his kicks, and one that lead to a try and Lam injuring his shoulder. He picked up his game int he 2nd half however and helped the Roosters plough though the Raiders defence for 3 tries in the last 15 minutes. Simon Woolford was the Raiders best, whilst the 'Macs' and Daley were strong. Jack Elsegood was inspirational, scoring 2 tries only a few days after his fathers sudden death.

PARRAMATTA EELS	GAME 7	AUCKLAND WARRIORS
25	Sunday, 30th of June 1999	18
Tries	Referee : Sean Hampstead	Tries
D Kidwell	Venue : Ericsson Stadium	S Jones
J Simon	Crowd : 3,000	J Galuvao
C Quinn	Half Time : 16-12 Parramatta
D Penna
Goals		Goals
L Burt 3/5		C Doherty 5/5
C Schifcoske 1/1
COMMENTS : The Eels needed to win this game to stay in the 8 and really push for a top 5 spot. They were comfortable for most of the game, but had a scare near the end when the Warriors pushed them for the full 80 minutes. John Simon played in his first top grade game this year and scored a try to top it off. Jasom Smith was once again the leader and best player for the Eels. David Penna looks to have settled in the Five-Eighth role well as well.

NORTH SYDNEY BEARS	GAME 8	BALMAIN TIGERS
64	Sunday, 30th of June 1999	12
Tries	Referee : Paul Simpkins	Tries
B Dallas 4	Venue : North Sydney Oval	C Morecombe
J Goddard 2	Crowd : 11,126	C Field
G Morrison 2	Half Time : 18-6 North Sydney
J Wilson
B Ikin
M Buettner
Goals		Goals
J Taylor 10/13		S Nevin 2/3
COMMENTS : Welcome back to North Sydney Oval! The Bears were back in front of their true home ground and went on to completely destroy the Tigers in the second half. Brett Dallas cored 4 for the Bears and could ahve scored more with a powerful attacking game. Poor ol Balmain are in real trouble now with 4 losses in a row, and find themselves slipping to the bottom 5 of the table.