Phew, excuse me while I stretch my fingers after the madcap finish to the Holden Cup game!
Wentworthville Magpies:
1. Justin Hunt
2. Ben Fritz
3. Pat Mataele
4. Henry Raiwalui
5. Bureta Faraimo
6. Api Pewhairangi
7. Ben Jones
16. Isaac Maliota
14. Sam Gorman
10. Daniel Alvaro
21. Ben Smith
12. Lorenzo Ma'afu
13. Joseph Ualesi
Interchange:
11. Danny Howard
20. Ryan Matterson
15. Walter Vaeua
18. Taunaola Kei
Some cosmetic changes for the Magpies as Maliota movs into the starting front row but most notably, Ryan Matterson is backing up from the NYC!
Ben Smith is also a late inclusion.
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Matterson backing up. Wow. That takes me back a few decades.
You see it very rarely these days but it does happen, particularly if there is an injury in the warm up.
Matterson will play limited minutes I would imagine but it will be interesting to see how he is used from the bench.
any idea if i can listen to a call of the game on the radio?
Not sure champ.
Brett Cook Abridged - Happy with how we closed out the game against the Bears. Usual lines about improving each week. Kicking will be key and it was where we excelled last week. Battle between the two packs will be a big one.
Copy & Paste just about any interview really
Wenty, like the NYC squad, will receive the ball in the first half.
Alvaro is driven back in the opening carry of the game but they visitors recover with runs to Maliota and Ma'afu.
Ben Smith brings up the last and Ben Jones hoofs it down field. Decent kick.
Good opening set of defence from Wenty. The Warriors kick from short of half way and their angled kick just has too much zest and rolls dead in goals.
20m restart for Wenty.
Faraimo takes the first run. Alvaro is up next and Ben Fritz carts it out of dummy half afterwards.
Hunt runs the sweeper down the left and links up with Matalele who in turn takes the tackle.
Pewhairangi tries to punch the ball in goals but it is just too heavy and comes back a 20m restart.
Bureta Faraimo is penalised for interfering with the retrieval and the Warriors come up field.
The Warriors make an unforced error to give Wenty a break early in the set.
thanks anyways. Your call is the next best thing
Neither team has ventured much on the edges yet and as I type this out, Pewhairangi runs it down the left edge short side.
Jones bombs it high on the last and the Warriors defuse it perfectly.
There is a good tackle from Sam Gorman who rushes up and jams hard on a lateral shift but Wenty then concede a penalty to gift the home team attacking possession and territory.
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