COMMONWEALTH BANK
STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Opens 20 - 23 May
1999
Kougari Oval, Wynnum
THURSDAY
20th DAY 1
FIRST
DAY'S DRAW
10.30am Game
1 Metropolitan East v Sunshine Coast
11.30am Game 2 Metropolitan North v North
West
12.30pm Game 3 Peninsula v South West
1.30pm Game 4 Metropolitan West v
Capricornia
2.30pm Game 5 Northern v Wide Bay
3.30pm Game 6 South Coast v Darling Downs
After the first day, teams are
ranked 1-12 for the remainder of the carnival
MATCH
RESULTS
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GAME
1 Metropolitan East v Sunshine
Coast Very
overcast but fine, track heavy.
Brisbane Broncos' fullback and former
Queensland Schoolboy Darren Lockyer kicked off to open the
championships at Kougari Oval. Metro East opened the scoring
after five minutes with a try to lock Jamie Rose. Met East 4-0.
However Sunshine Coast took control over the next ten minutes and
scored three six-pointers before the break, with Tullawong centre
Trent Clayton snaring back to back tries. At half-time Sunshine
Coast led 18-4.
Sunshine Coast resumed as they ended the
first half, scoring another try through replacement Carl Coert
(Tullawong) after just three minutes. But Metro East replied soon
after with a try to Springwood winger Garrett Griffin.
Cleveland's Luke Robison converted and Metro East trailed 22-10.
Metro East's relief was short-lived
however, Kawana hooker Paul Cohen scoring for the Coast four
minutes later. Caloundra halfback Mark McManus converted for his
fourth goal from five attempts. Sunshine Coast 28-10.
With ten minutes remaining Metro East went
over again with lock Jamie Rose scoring his second. Sunshine
Coast leading 28-14. Metro East had the final say when Cavendish
Road halfback Jason Conners raced over. Luke Robison converted as
the siren sounded, Sunshine Coast defeating their by now
traditional rivals, 28-20.
Coast coach Ron Greentree said it was a
solid starting performance from his team, although he said they
need to tighten up their defence after allowing some soft tries.
He said they were impressive with the ball, backs Trent Clayton
and Brent Tate standing out.
Metro East coach John Bellamy said his team
showed a lot of character and courage in not giving in and coming
back from a big deficit. He said they were caught out on one side
three times by the Coast "3 & 6" combo, yielding a
try on each occasion. Bellamy said, "there is plenty to
build on."
Sunshine Coast 28 (T
Clayton 2, A Zipf, C Coert, P Cohen tries; M McManus 4 goals) def
Metro East 20 (J Rose 2, G Griffin, J Conners
tries; L Robison 2 goals). Half-time: Players of match: Brent
Tate (Sunshine Coast), Ailaou Chong-Wee (Metro East).
GAME
2 Metropolitan North v North West
"Fairly ordinary", was Metro
North coach Jim Box's summation of his team's 46-0 defeat of last
year's wooden spooner North West in their opening match of the
championships. Metro North were worthy runners-up last year, and
Box obviously expected his charges to start more convincingly
against the perennial strugglers of the championships.
He said they had "much to do to match
it with the top sides" in the coming rounds. Ex-Peninsula
flyer Justin Hodges shone for Metro North with a three-try
performance.
Ater suffering a spate of late replacements
- almost an annual ordeal for these battlers - North West coach
Garry Woodford simply described his team's 46-0 loss as, "a
gutsy performance".
Metro North 52 (J Hodges
3, S Tronc 2, R Low, D Hegarty, D Cooper, C Hearn, A Parker
tries; D Cooper 2, J Hodges 2, C Hearn, R Low goals) def North
West 0. Players of match: Justin Hodges (Metro North),
Evan Ahwing (North West).
GAME
3 Peninsula v South West
Despite the 50-0 scoreline in their favour,
Peninsula coach Scott Whybird said his team's timing was "a
bit out", and that they missed a lot of opportunities.
However he said the defending champions played better late in the
second half, showing promise for coming clashes. He said that at
these carnivals the first game is often the hardest, and that he
was "glad to have it over".
South West coach Andrew Peach said his team
made too many simple mistakes, with unforced handling errors the
main culprit. He said the resultant glut of possession enjoyed by
the opposition, "killed us". But he said team spirit
was high .... "they will come back tomorrow..... they are a
young side, mainly Year 11's, and they will learn." As his
standout players Peach nominated second row pair Matt Davies and
Adam Greer (man of match), and fullback Anthony Cross.
Peninsula 50 (C Lawton 2,
T Dickenson 2, S Sheppard, C Arnol, D Johnson, D Garama, G
Summers tries; S Sheppard 7 goals) def South West 0.
Players of match: Dallas Johnson (Peninsula), Adam Greer (South
West).
GAME
4 Metropolitan West v Capricornia
As expected, this proved to
be one of the two most hard-fought of the six games played today,
with Capricornia just having the upper hand at half time, 4-0.
One try each in the second half saw the final result 10-4 to
Capricornia.
Better preparation
than in previous years with at least a couple of runs together,
saw Capricornia coach Neale Crow comfortable with his team's
starting performance. He said the hard hit out was a good test
for the team, with another tough game in the offing tomorrow
against Sunshine Coast, who were ranked fourth after today's
games. (See Update item: Family tradition drives Capra coach).
Capricornia
10 (L Georgeson, A Barba tries, A Barba goal) def Metro
West 4 (J McEwan try).
Players of match: Dave Matsen (Capricornia), Ben Czislowski
(Metro West).
GAME
5 Northern v Wide Bay
Northern 40
(A Payne 2, S Corbett, J Anderson, C Donghi, M Bowen, P Wapau
tries; J McKay 6 goals) def Wide Bay 16 (T
O'Shea 2, S McIntyre tries; S Irwin 2 goals). Players of match: Kieran Quagliotto (Northern), Troy
O'Shea (Wide Bay).
GAME
6 South Coast v Darling Downs
South Coast scored a
thrilling last-minute win over Darling Downs in the final game
today. Downs led 6-0 at the break, and Coast had pulled back to
trail 4-6 until the dying moments. Then a backline sweep saw
replacement Grant Lewis score near the posts to snatch victory
8-6. Coast coach Paul Dawson paid credit to the strength of the
Downs team.
South Coast 8 (T Casey, G
Lewis tries) def Darling Downs 6 (S Weatherall
try; C Martin goal). Players of match: Blake Henzell (South
Coast), Shaun Weatherall (Darling Downs).
FINISHING
POSITIONS AFTER DAY 1
1 Metro
North (+52)
2 Peninsula (+50)
3 Northern (+24)
4 Sunshine
Coast (+8)
5 Capricornia (+6)
6 South Coast (+2)
7 Darling
Downs (-2)
8 Metro West (-6)
9 Metro East (-8)
10 Wide Bay (-24)
11 South West (-50)
12 North West (-52)
DRAW FOR
FRIDAY (DAY 2):
10.00am Quarter Final Team 1 v Team
8 Metro North v Metro
West
11.00am Consolation Cup Team 11 v Team
12 South West v North West
12noon Consolation Cup Team 9 v
Team 10 Metro East
v Wide Bay
Quarter Finals
1.00pm Team 3
v Team 6 Northern v South
Coast
2.00pm Team 4
v Team 5 Sunshine Coast
v Capricornia
3.00pm Team 2
v Team 7 Peninsula v Darling
Downs
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