Category: Match Roundup – Men – 2013

Springsure made the trip over to play Emerald on the “Tigers Family Fun Day”. Will the heat kicking in and the beers flowing the day was enjoyed by a good Sunday footy crowd.

Springsure showed lots of passion for their jersey with strong defence and their forwards running with purpose. One forward running hard was 2012 Tiger Matthew Travers. The Tigers looked good in patches but sometimes made mistakes in succession. The Tigers had made a lot of changes due to work commitments and injury concerns.

This meant there was a few who had to stand up. Two of these were defensive second rowers Wade Campbell and Juston Cavanagh who both shared the 1 point. The Tigers only turned over the lead for the middle 20 mins and controlled the lead for the best part of the game. Springsure wouldn’t go away and their hits were still hard right up until the 80m mark. Tigers came away with a 28-18 win.

Old boys man of the Match went to Whetu Austin.

Man of the Match Points went to

3 Jake Madsen

2 Kyle Mattingley

1 Juston Cavanagh and Wade Campbell

Tigers headed over to Blackwater with a few missing but had the depth to cover. The game started off with tit for tat footy. The game was hindered for 30 mins due to a serious injury to a Blackwater player. In a game with the forwards scoring the first half points and the backs picking up the points in the second half.

 

After the injury the local side skipped away with a few quick tries but Tigers scored enough to keep within reach. With 8 minutes to go Blackwater slotted a field goal to take the lead 29-22. A 60m special from Fijian Flyer Wanui Matainavora got the Tigers within a point with 3 mins to go. Blackwater lead for the entire game until Whetu Austin scored his second on the hooter off a Ricky O’Donnell inside ball. The game finished 32-29.

Tigers went into round 15 with a few hurdles to jump before the game ,missing some of our key players to both injury and work commitments . Lucky for us the u/ 18 players had the weekend off so it became a perfect opportunity to give these more then capable young men a chance to get some good game time in first grade . All three U / 18 players had a very big part on our success for this game (more…)

Headed to Tieri with a Hoodoo to break the Tigers put in one of their better performances of the year. The Tigers had not won at the Pirates home ground since 2010 and were keen to break the cycle.

The game started out with tit for tat scoring until the Pirates skipped out to 18-12 lead at the break. Losing Henry Watkins at the 30min mark with a knee injury the side took a little to regain their shape. After a halftime talk from Coach Catip about Ball Security and wining the ruck the green and whites started to dominate. With 15 mintues remaining it was 34-22. 3 long range tries were scored with some great displays of support play. The final score was 46-22 and the Hoodoo was broken.

Whetu Austin continues his incredible return to his old club featuring regularly on the scoresheet.

Tries- Whetu Austin, Jake Madsen 2, Clint Day, Connor Jones, Ricky O’Donnell, Ray Ebsworth 1

Goals- Ray Ebsworth 7

Points 3 Billy Neal 2 Jake Madsen 1 Ray Ebsworth

Top Tackler- Billy Neal 38   Top Hitups- Ray Ebsworth 17

Team

1. Ray Ebsworth

2. Ricky O’Donnell

3. Whetu Austin

4 Jamie Priddle

5. Warwick Ahern

6. Jake Madsen

7. Connor Jones

8. Griffin Freeman

9. Henry Watkins(vc)

10. Joe Mahony

11. Billy Neal(c)

12. Kyle Mattingley

13. Ray Downie

14. Clint Day

15. Peter Harbord

16. Reece Kennaugh

17. Juston Cavanagh

18. Wade Campbell

19. James Powlton

Tigers Men’s have gained revenge for their earlier loss in the season and jumping from 5th to 3rd on the ladder. At one stage it looked like the scoreline was going to blow out but fatigue had set in and the Green and Whites let in some late tries to close the final gap. Tigers lead 38-10 with 12 mins to go but the final score read 38-26.

The game saw some brilliant individual efforts. Whetu Austin showed picked up 3 tries which included an 80m try and a chip and chase to score. Ray Ebsworth also scored a 80m try and kicked a handful of goals. Wanui Matainavora made 3 line breaks but none as graceful as Tigers stalwart Joe Mahony. Arms and Legs swinging everywhere he gained 50 metres after busting the middle.

The Halves pairing of Connor Jones and Jake Madsen combined well steering the side around the park aswell as gaining previous ground with their outstanding kicking game. Plenty of go forward from the pack with strong bench players coming on regularly to bash the defensive line.

Stats

Top Tackles- Billy Neal 33, Ray Downie 26, Jake Maden 25

Top Hitups- Ray Ebsworth 18, Billy Neal/James Powlton 11, Whetu Austin 10

3,2,1

3 Billy Neal 2 Jake Madsen 1 Connor Jones

 

 

 

Tigers travelled to Clermont hoping to avenge their earlier season loss to the undefeated Bears. Tigers were brimming with confidence after their dominance in the first half against 2nd on the table Bluff the previous but it didn’t continue onto the field with Clermont jumping out of the blocks to an 12-0 lead after 7 mins.

With both sides trying to assert dominance the game was halted with a serious leg injury to Tigers 2nd Rower Jordon Parekura which he was transported from the field by Ambulance. After the resumption of play and the Coach Chris Catip  the boys were finally kicking into gear. Tigers put 3 tries on through Austin(2),Downie(1) to trail 18-16 at the break.

2 mins into the second half the Bears broke the line and went to an 8 point lead. With some strond defence from both teams the points dried up for a period. Once the scoring resumed Clermont got out to 28 whist after 2 disallowed tries the Tigers posted points with 8 mins to go. The score was 28-22 to the home team. Ricky O’Donnell went over in the corner and the try went unconverted leaving the Tigers 2 points adrift until 40secs from fulltime where Ray Downie converted a penalty goal to draw the match level and finish the game.

Tigers would like to wish Jordan Parekura all the best with his recovery.

Vs Clermont
Top Tackles- 38 Kyle Mattingley, 33 Billy Neal, 27 Wade Campbell
Top Hitups- 14 James Powlton, 13 Whetu Austin/Clint Day/Jake Madsen

3 Billy Neal 2 James Powlton 1 Kyle Mattingley

Tigers travelled over to Bluff after a 38 point win over Springsure the previous week. Missing 5 of the starting side a lot of the depth was shown. Tigers conceded an early 4 pointer before putting on 4 unconverted tries to lead at the break. Half Time score was 16-10 to the visitors. Shortly after the break Bluff had a purple patch of possession after Tigers were hit with multiple penalties and Bluff capitilised putting on 3 quick tries to make it 28-16. After a 8 minute stalemate Bluff once again scored out wide with a controversial try being awarded. At 32-16 the boys fought hard and scored again late in the game. In the end Bluff broke the Tigers back 3 mins out from full time with another and conversion leaving the final score at 38-22.

Top Tackles- 30 Kyle Mattingley, 17 Kitione Saukuru/Connor Jones
Top Hitups- 15 Griffin Freeman, 13 Whetu Austin/Ricky O’Donnell

3,2,1 points

3 Ricky O’Donnell

2 Whetu Austin

1 Dan Bock

Our clash against the Crushers was a shaky one as we had alot of team changes in the fina 2 hours before the match. We had a few drop out with illness on the day. Added into the squad late was u18’s Connor Jones and making his debut Koby Scott.

The game started off with hard hits and good stucture from both sides.Neither team looked like budging and the half time score was level at 10 a piece. Blackwater had the considerable size advantage but look disjointed at times with the fowards. The smaller Tigers pack hed their shape well and chipped away at the defence.

Tigers showed good movement in the first 20 mins of the second half and skipped away to a 24-10 lead. Some ill-discipline and foundamental mistakes from the Tigers let the Crushers back in the match and with 9 minutes to go it was once again level at 24 all.

Field Goal shots were taken by either side but none succesful. It came down to a massive bomb put up by Ray Downie where Blackwaters fullback fumbled and Connor Jones picked up the loose ball and scooted 30m to seal the game 28-24.

Points

3 Kyle Mattingley 2 Jordan Parekura 1 Joe Mahony

Old Boys MOM went to Clint Day

 

 

Tigers sealed a 6 point win with a late try to Connor Jones after he grab a loose ball and scurried 30m to steal the game. It was converted by Ray Ebsworth. There was still 3 mins to go after the Try but the Green and Whites defence held on. Koby Scott debuted well after a last minute call up. He made 14 tackles in the second half after beating his U18’s oppenent by more than 50 3 hours earlier. Connor Jones also backed up. Whetu Austin scored in his first game back from East Tigers. Whetu is on loan from Easts Colts in Brisbane.  The win will benifit the Tigers as the 2 gringing games they have had so far ended up in 4 and 8 point losses. The lads are away at Springsure next week as they face the Mountainmen for the first time in 2 years.

Top Tackles- Kyle Mattingley 31,Matt Langby 30, Ray Downie 29,Jordon Parekura 28

Top Hitups- Joe Mahony 16, Wanui Matainavora 15, Ray Ebsworth 13, James Powlton 12

Points 3,2,1

3 Kyle Mattingley

2 Jordan Parekura

1 Joe Mahony

Old Boys Man of the Match- Clint Day