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02/07/2010 - Russell McKinnon |
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Jets´ starting misfire proves fatal against Brisbane Barracudas |
Cronulla´s Nicola Zagame scored six goals in Sydney.
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A four-goal deficit in the season´s first quarter proved fatal Fyfe Adelaide Jets men against Brisbane Barracudas in Adelaide. Australia last night. Adelaide´s season opening loss could be put down to poor conversion of the extra-man attack with six failed attempts as Brisbane slipped out to a healthy lead and on to a 14-8 victory. The goals started coming in the second quarter from the first attack and from then on the game was relatively even.
Matthew Martin scored four of Adelaide´s goals but Brisbane had seven scorers with Olympian Rhys Howden, Dan Young and Matt Giles scoring three each. The Barracudas women racked up a similar score with a 13-8 success, also built on an excellent start - 4-1. Three of those goals came from last year´s AWPI Player with a Disability, the hearing-impaired Jamie-Lee Lewis, daughter of rugby league great Wally Lewis. Adelaide drew to within 9-6 in the third period but allowed the Barracudas to score five goals in the quarter.
In Sydney, Sydney University Lions and Cronulla Sharks split their games with dual Olympian Trent Franklin scoring four goals as his Sydney University team moved from 7-2 at halftime to a 16-4 finish. Cronulla women met little resistance from the Lions until the final period, winning 17-6 after being 13-2 up at the final break. Much of the damage was done by world championship player Nicola Zagame, who scored six goals, carrying on from where she left off last season as the league´s top scorer. Backing up with four goals was Olympic champion Mieke Cabout of the Netherlands, who was making her debut in the NWPL.
Balmain Tigers won both games at home in torrential rain at the Dawn Fraser Pool. Local league games scheduled for the pool were cancelled but the NWPL games went ahead with the men holding off a charging UWA Torpedoes for a 7-6 win and the Balmain women slaughtering Torpedoes 25-5.
Results:
Men:
Sydney: Sydney University Lions 16 (T Franklin 4, N Thomas, J Young, J Davie, L Hollis 2, L Northcott, S Nicholson, B Turner, T Kearns) Cronulla Sharks 4 (F Reynolds, C Batty, G Panawek, R Tracy), Balmain Tigers 7 (J Davis 3, G Woods 2, B Easton, I Calpin) UWA Torpedoes 6 (B Mercer, S Kovalenko 2, H Brown, T Jasper).
Adelaide: Brisbane Barracudas 14 (R Howden, D Young, M Giles 3, J Waller 2, B Edwards, BJ Howden, N Godfrey) Fyfe Adelaide Jets 8 (M Martin 4, A Parsonage 2, T Dayman, J Frost).
Women:
Sydney: Cronulla Sharks 17 (N Zagame 6, M Cabout 4, P O´Neill 3, K Miller, M Schmid 2) Sydney University Lions 6 (A Brightwell 4, A Cox, S Davie), Balmain Tigers 25 (B Appel 6, J Moss 4, L Higlett 3, K Leatham, R Rippon, L Varlow, J Dessauvagie, T Torres, A Bower 2) UWA Torpedoes 5 (E Browne 2, M Earl, C Earl, K Smith).
Adelaide: Brisbane Barracudas 13 (JL Lewis 3, J Moran, N Stoltz, A Southern, M Rippon 2, S Thomas, H Robinson) Fyfe Adelaide Jets 8 (J Martin 4, S Ricketts 2, S Gstettenbauer, C Barr). |
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