Preview: ACT Premier Cup, Round 11
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:10
Tuggeranong and Gungahlin will contest the inaugural Roman Warcaba Memorial Trophy in their ACT Premier Cup Match of the Round on Saturday at Viking Park.
Tuggeranong (6) v Gungahlin (3)
The Match of the Round will be held in memory of former Vikings player and coach Roman Warcaba who lost his battle with leukaemia last year.
The Vikings, six points shy of the top four, will be determined to maintain contact with the league-leaders with a win over the resurgent Eagles. The home side will welcome back Australia A representative John Ulugia from his performances during the Pacific Nations Cup. Lock Hitashi Ipponsugi and wing Jon Gibson have also been included in the run-on side.
Gungahlin head south chasing their fifth consecutive win after claiming the scalp of top-of-the-table Royals a fortnight ago. The Eagles were out-muscled by the Vikings, 39-12, in their first round encounter, however, a drastic form reversal has seen the Eagles surge into the top three in recent weeks.
Lock Luke McGrath and flank Brendan Pye return to bolster the Eagles forward pack while Tim Papp, who scored two tries in his first grade debut against Royals, retains his place on the wing.
Tuggeranong: 15 Cameron Wyper, 14 Eddie McLaughlin, 13 Andrew Hunter, 12 Donovan Felice, 11Jon Gibson, 10 Phil Cook, 9 Beau Mokotupu, 8 Ipolito Fenukitau, 7 Colin Montgomery, 6 Eneliko ealiifano, 5 Chris Slack, 4 Hitashi Ipponsugi, 3 Luke Troy, 2 Tetera Faulkner, 1 John Ulugia.
Gungahlin: 15 Tyrone Anderson, 14 Andrew Barrell, 13 Matt Hawke, 12 Tevita Halaifonua, 11 Tim Papp, 10 Dave King, 9 Anthony Dawes, 8 Ben McGee, 7 Brendan Pye, 6 Brendan ONeill, 5 Jack Cuznor, 4 Luke McGrath,3 Derek Leefe, 2 Matt Hogan, 1 Andrew Webber.
Date: Saturday, July 19
Venue: Viking Park, Wanniassa
Kick-off:
15.05 (05.05 GMT)
Referee: Sarah Corrigan
Royals (2) v Easts (5)
Both Royals and Easts head to Phillip Oval after suffering last-round losses to Gungahlin and Queanbeyan respectively.
The home side took the points over the tri-colours, 45-31, in their first round encounter and will run out a reshuffled back row with Laurie Miller, Willie Taufoou and Thenus Jacobs packing down at the rear of the scrum. Wing Ashley Vest and lock Damien Abby will make their first run-on starts in the top grade for the season.
Having held their position within the top four for the majority of the season, Easts now sit three points adrift of third-placed Gungahlin and fourth-placed Wests, both on 30 points. A win for the Griffith club could potentially enable them to take fourth place.
Easts' Jim Crompton returns to the top grade allowing Henry Vanderglas to push to openside flank to cover for his absent brother Jack. Ben Hewitt returns at outside centre allowing Henry Stower to push to fullback.
Royals: 15 Ben Johnson, 14 Ashley Vest, 13 Tim Cornforth, 12 AJ Abel, 11 Jason Swain, 10 Craig McMahon, 9 Brent Hamlin, 8 Thenus Jacobs, 7 Laurie Miller, 6 Willie Taufoou, 5 Soalki Tai, 4 Damien Abby, 3 Kesomi Lolotonga, 2 Robbie Abel, 1 Eugene Mulipola.
Easts: 15 Henry Stower, 14 John Duggan, 13 Ben Hewitt, 12 Darryl Wihapi, 11 Aufaga Lafaele, 10 Jeremy Osborne, 9 Phil Wihapi, 8 Tal Tahlo, 7 Henry Vanderglas, 6 Jim Crompton, 5 Sione Asohivi, 4 Sam Shirley, 3 Paul Bithel, 2 Reza Almasi, 1 John Tutuila.
Date: Saturday, July 19
Venue: Phillip Oval, Phillip
Kick-off: 15.05 (05.05 GMT)
Referee: Brett Bowden
Queanbeyan (1) v Uni-Norths (7)
The Queanbeyan Whites re-instated themselves at the top of the ACT Premier table on the back of their 28-15 win over Easts a fortnight ago.
This weekend they maintain their home ground advantage over a Uni-Norths side brimming with confidence after toppling Wests, 48-38, in their last round match.
The students had been building to such a result with win over Easts and a strong performance against Gungahlin and their cause will be assisted this week by the return of flank Wade Grintell and probing Brumbies Academy scrumhalf Matt Page from injury. Joe Matthews also replaces Peter Birch at fullback.
The Whites have made a number of additions to their forward pack with flank Dan Penca returning from a broken hand while No.8 Seilala Lam runs on for his first match back from the Australian Under-20 campaign in Wales. Prop Jack Kennedy will miss Saturday's match with his place in the front row taken by veteran Glen Stumbles.
Queanbeyan: 15 Josh Hastings, 14 Jamie Marmont, 13 Henry Seavula, 12 Richard Windsor, 11 Robert Beath, 10 Sam Windsor, 9 Rhyan Caine, 8 Seilala Lam, 7 Dan Penca, 6 James Stonham, 5 Darren ully, 4 Andrew Garton, 3 Glen Stumbles, 2 Anthony Hegarty, 1 Chris Barbaro.
Uni-Norths: 15 Joe Matthews, 14 Frank Igliewski, 13 Rob McReery, 12 Josh Sebbens, 11 George Morice, 10 DeVilliers Hugo, 9 Matt Page, 8 Tim Sloan-Gardener, 7 Reuben Heagney, 6 Wade Grintell, 5 Brett McIntyre, 4 Joe Ritchie, 3 Kian Bone, 2 Patricio Noriega, 1 Daymian Clydesdale.
Date: Saturday, July 19
Venue: Campese Field, Queanbeyan
Kick-off: 15.05 (05.05 GMT)
Referee: Robert Paloni
