SYDNEY CITY ROOSTERS	GAME 2	PARRAMATTA EELS
15	Friday, 9th of April 1999	6
Tries	Referee : Tim Mander	Tries
R Miles	Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground	M Vella
R Barnett	Crowd : 15,114
	Half Time : 15-0 Sydney City
Goals		Goals
A Walker 3/3		L Burt 1/1
B Fittler 1 Field Goal
COMMENTS : A wet sloopy field contributed to a sloppy match, particularly from the Eels. Parramatta squandered early chances in the first half before the Roosters took control of the first 40 minutes by simply holding the ball and powering up the middle. Their backs in particular had strong games including Walker, Sing and Miles. The Eels picked up their game in the second half to keep the Roosters scoreless, but were only able to score 6 points themselves. Pay played his way into a Test side, while Sing is hoping to have played his way into the Test team with a Man of the Match performance.

PENRITH PANTHERS	GAME 3	NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
32	Saturday, 10th of April 1999	10
Tries	Referee : Paul Simpkins	Tries
P Jorgensen 3	Venue : Dairy Farmers Stadium	K Tassell
C Hicks	Crowd : 8,866
S Sattler	Half Time : 20-4 Penrith
Goals		Goals
R Girdler 6/6		G Bourke 2/2
		J Hannay 1/1
COMMENTS : Another disgraceful game from the Cowboys who look to be certain cellar dwellars in 1999. Meanwhile, Penrith capitalised on plenty of Cowbyos mistakes to score their 4th win of the season. Jorgensen has roared to the top of the try-scoring list with 9 tries from 5 matches.

NORTH SYDNEY	GAME 4	BALMAIN TIGERS
26	Saturday, 10th of April 1999	4
Tries	Referee : Sean Hampstead	Tries
J Taylor	Venue : Leichhardt Oval	C Hancock
S Pethybridge	Crowd : 10,282
B Dallas	Half Time : 14-0 Norths
J Goddard
Goals		Goals
J Taylor 4/4		J Caine 0/1
M Buettner 1/1
COMMENTS : Norths bounced back this week to comfortably beat the Tigers. The Tigers were disappointing while Norths simply ran through them with Fairleigh leading the way.

CRONULLA SHARKS	GAME 5	CANTERBURY BULLDOGS
22	Saturday, 10th of March 1999	8
Tries	Referee : Paul McBlane	Tries
A Dykes	Venue : Shark Park	S Hughes
C McKenna	Crowd : 20,793 (ground record)
D Peachey	Half Time : 14-2 Cronulla
Goals		Goals
M Rogers 5/6		H El-Masri 2/2
COMMENTS : Before a record Sharks crowd, Cronulla showed why they are undefeated with a quality attacking game against the masters of defence, the Bulldogs. Mat Rogers setup an absolute beauty down the right wing with a kick and regather. Canterbury didn't show the spark that they have in previous weeks, and Ricky Stuart should learn to keep his mouth shut after giving away a silly penalty to lead to a Sharks try

ST.GEORGE-ILLAWARRA DRAGONS	GAME 6	NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
26	Sunday, 11th of April 1999	12
Tries	Referee : Bill Harrigan	Tries
J Ainscough 2	Venue : Marathon Stadium	P Harrogan
A Mundine	Crowd : 22,532	M Hughes
S Timmins	Half Time : 10-6 St.George-Illawarra
M Coyne
Goals		Goals
W Bartrim 2/3		A Johns 2/2
R Wishart 1/2
COMMENTS : A great game of footy this one. Newcastle took the early lead after a Barrett mistake and a charging Harrogan. But after that the Dragons took the half by the scruff of the neck. After half time, the Knights came out looking good again, but similar to the first half they dropped the intensity and the Dragons ran in 3 classy second half tries to run away with the game. Mundine and Barrett again looked good together, while Luke Patten and Rod Wishart also had strong games.

CANBERRA RAIDERS	GAME 7	MANLY SEA-EAGLES
36	Sunday, 11th of April 1999	6
Tries	Referee : Moghsheen Jadwat	Tries
B Kennedy	Venue : Bruce Stadium	A Torrens
J Croker	Crowd : 12,591
K Nagas	Half Time : 6-0 Canberra
D Furner
L Daley
B Pearson
Goals		Goals
L Williamson 6/8		B Reeves 1/1
COMMENTS : Manly tied up this game at 6-6 and looked a chance, but in the end, the Raiders ran in 6 tries to easily take the game.

BRISBANE BRONCOS	GAME 8	SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
30	Sunday, 11th of April 1999	10
Tries	Referee : Steven Clark	Tries
C Walker 2	Venue : ANZ Stadium	C Wing
M Devere	Crowd : 15,298	J O'Neill
G Tallis	Half Time : 6-0 Brisbane
B Thorn
Goals		Goals
D Lockyer 5/6		J O'Neill 1/1
		D Trindall 0/1
COMMENTS : They win one! Brisbane finally break the drought with a comfortable win in the end. Souths kept the Broncos out for most of the first half before letting one in but going to the break at 6-0. After the break, Craig Wing kept up his great form with another try on the wing. However Souths couldn't keep out the hungry Broncos who will again have a tough game to back up next week against the Knights at Marathon