SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS	GAME 2	MANLY SEA-EAGLES
28	Saturday, 3rd of April 1999	24
Tries	Referee : Tim Mander	Tries
C Wing	Venue : Brookvale Oval	A King
J Loomans	Crowd : 12,087	A Frew
L Hookey	Half Time : 12-6 Souths	A Torrens
J O'Neill		T Hill
M Parsons		S Menzies
Goals		Goals
J O'Neill 4/5		B Reeves 2/5
D Trindall 0/1
COMMENTS : How could you tip against the bunnies at Easter? The final scoreline doesn't really reflect the game. Souths let in 2 late tries to almost snatch defeat from the jaws of victory but where the better team all day. Sean Garlick, Craig Wing and Darrell Trindall all kept their form up with masterful performances. Manly did look better however and with Steve Menzies back in the forwards they looked to be hungrier than they have been all season. However, the Rabbitohs are hungrier for a big season and it looks like no-one will get in their way!

BALMAIN TIGERS	GAME 3	AUCKLAND WARRIORS
17	Saturday, 3rd of April 1999	8
Tries	Referee : Paul Simpkins	Tries
A Nable	Venue : Leichhardt Oval	S Jones
S Haumono	Crowd : 7,460
	Half Time : 8-4 Auckland
Goals		Goals
J Caine 4/5		M Ridge 2/2
B Duckworth 1 Field Goal
COMMENTS : Once again, the Tigers played with passion and determination for a side on the verge of merger or termination. They out-hustled the Warriors all over the park in the second half to sore a memorable victory for all Tigers fans. An incident occured in this game where Ridge 'man-handled' the referee after he awarded the Field Goal. Action will be taken, probably in the form of a fine. Reminiscent of Blockers 'pat on the head'.

SYDNEY CITY ROOSTERS	GAME 4	NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
34	Saturday, 3rd of April 1999	10
Tries	Referee : B Grant	Tries
M Sing 2	Venue : Dairy Famers Stadium	N Nadruku
S Hegarty	Crowd : 17,359	J Hannay
B Fittler	Half Time : 16-2 Sydney City
S Rigon
C Kimmorley
Goals		Goals
A Walker 5/7		J Hannay 1/3
COMMENTS : The struggling Cowboys were never in the hunt in this game, and although it was their first home game of the season, it wasn't enough to get them home against Fittler and co.

ST.GEORGE-ILLAWARRA DRAGONS	GAME 5	NORTH SYDNEY BEARS
32	Sunday, 4th of April 1999	12
Tries	Referee : Paul McBlane	Tries
J Ainscough 3	Venue : WIN Stadium	M Buettner
L Patten	Crowd : 12,566	P Stringer
A Mundine	Half Time : 16-6 St.George-Illawarra
L Thompson
Goals		Goals
W Bartrim 4/6		J Taylor 2/2
B Mackay 0/1
R Wishart 0/1
COMMENTS : The Dragons coach, David Waite, decided to go with 8 ex-Illawarra players in his team for this game, and for the first game down the South Coast it was a smart thing to do. The crowd got behind their newly merged team and with Barrett starting to settle at halfback and Mundine playing like he should, the Dragons performed well to completely out play the previously undefeated Bears. The Bears had handling problems all day and therefore couldn't get down to the Dragons goal-line. Some serious defensive lapses let the Dragons in for several soft tries. Ex-Steelers Wishart and MacGregor played standout games to push for Origin selections later in the season.

CRONULLA SHARKS	GAME 6	MELBOURNE STORM
20	Sunday, 4th of April 1999	16
Tries	Referee : Steven Clark	Tries
R Richardson	Venue : Olympic Park	B Roarty
A Ettingshausen	Crowd : 13,629	P Marquet
D Peachey	Half Time : 14-6 Cronulla	S Hill
Goals		Goals
M Rogers 4/4		M Geyer 2/3
COMMENTS : The Sharks are STILL undefeated! This time they out hustled and out defended the surging Storm to record a gutsy victory at Olympic Park. After previous come from behind victories from the Storm, one would have expected them to do it again, but the Sharks defence held in the last 10 minutes while the Storm got edgy and impatient. Mat Rogers and David Peachey were the standouts for the Sharks, while Lazarus and Robbie Ross played strongly for the losing side.

PENRITH PANTHERS	GAME 7	PARRAMATTA EELS
13	Sunday, 4th of April 1999	0
Tries	Referee : Sean Hampstead	Tries
R Girdler 2	Venue : Penrith Football Stadium
	Crowd : 13,047
	Half Time : 12-0 Penrith
Goals		Goals
R Girdler 2/4 (1 Field Goal)		L Burt 0/1
COMMENTS : This was a scrappy game, but it only took one player to do the damage. Ryan Girdler scored all of the points in this game, and Penrith never looked liked losing. Parramatta just couldn't score and barely troubled the Panthers defence. The Panthers lost Greg Alexander before the game and were expected to be beaten, but their attack kept the Eels on the back foot. Looks like it is back to the drawing board for the Eels, who face the Roosters next week who also kept them point-less 2 weeks ago.

NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS	GAME 8	WESTERN SUBURBS MAGPIES
26	Monday, 5th of April 1999	2
Tries	Referee : Moghsheen Jadwat	Tries
D Albert 2	Venue : Parramatta Stadium
O Craigie	Crowd : 5,907
B Peden	Half Time : 6-2 Newcastle
J Moodie
Goals		Goals
A Johns 3/6		B Hodgson 1/1
COMMENTS : The Knights did the job that they needed to do,but it did take longer than you would expect. It was 6-2 well into the second half when suddenly Newcastle kicked into gear and scored 4 quick tries. Wests looked a lot better than they have and can take some heart from this match against the classy Knights outfit.