7th July 2007
1sts: Old Collegians 21 v 11 Burnside
2nds: Old Collegians 43 v 3 Burnside
3rds: Woodville 20 v 7 Old Collegians
4ths: Barossa Rams 27 v 15 Old Collegians
President's Cup & Champs Award: Tom Horne. College Cup: The College
Cup actually went to Alex Berce, but he wasn't there so Stewart Douglas gave it
to Tom Horne. Tom later passed to Crossy who had scored a beautiful try in
the 1st XV and he in turn gave it to Alex when Alex turned up (having left a
21st to come and claim it).
19th May 2007
1sts: Burnside 34 v Old Collegians 23
Best Player: Kini Tavui
A great performance despite the loss. With something like 17 players missing
across the first and second grade (due to injury, illness, personal
circumstances and Falcon’s duty) this was always going to be a haaard weekend.
We had a lot of youth in the 1st XV this week and they did very well against a
nearly full strength Burnside team at Parkinson, and were only clearly beaten in
the final 10 minutes of the game.
Kini Tavui made a great impact and Brydon Twedell attacked and defended well. A
win would have been nice, but the Coach has no complaints about the effort this
week.
2nds: Old Collegians 14 v Burnside 12
Best Player & President’s Award: David King
A great effort from everyone this week, given the lack of numbers across the
four grades. David King, Simon Allport, Peter Cross, Andrew Shepherd and Rob
Lowe all had conspicuously good games, but every player got at least one point
in the tally for best player this week, which indicates how well the squad
played as whole. A great game!
3rds: Old Collegians 36 v Burnside 7
4ths: Old Collegians 15 v Brighton 36
12th May 2007
1sts: Old Collegians 45 v Port Adelaide 15
Best Player: Brydon Twedell (and College Cup) Tries: Aaron Edmunds, Brydon
Twedell, Simon Burmester, Paul Reynolds, James Stalley, James Finkmeyer, Henry
Nutt Convs: Juan Aguiar (5)
President’s Award: Henry Nutt
Despite the pleasing result, this was not the best of games. Good moments were
too often interspersed with team patterns being abandoned and poor ball being
flung about. “Misunderstandings” between players were common and can be
explained (if not forgiven) by the absence of nine regular players to the
Falcons ARS season.
Port had also lost two strong players, the Mattin brothers, to the ARS and at
least half their team played in both 1s and 2s.
Very soon after kick off, a great run down centre pitch by Simon Burmester
resulted in a try by James Stalley. Shortly afterwards a scrum close to the 22
ended in an easy try by Aaron Edmunds cruising through gaps in Port’s
defensive line. Port responded with a try of their own as a result of our sloppy
passing. A harsh penalty call against us not long later resulted in Port kicking
for points, bouncing it off the posts and regathering and scoring the try
instead. We came back at them, with Leigh Rebbeck charging down the wing and
setting up a good try by Paul Reynolds. Ten minutes later a huge run by James
Hall on the left wing quickly linked up with Brydon Twedell on the right wing,
resulting in our fourth try (and the promise of a bonus point).
We came back in the second half with 10 minutes of scrappy play and alack of
ball retention. Two quick penalties against us in our 22 gave Port their third
try. We settled down for some hard Forwards’ work on Port’s 22, eventually
allowing Simon Burmester to break through three tackles for a close-in try. Ten
minutes later, in almost the same spot James Finkmeyer cruises through with half
a dozen defenders seemingly not keen to get to know him. In the last minutes of
the game Henry Nutt picked up the most popular try of the day, selling the dummy
and running 35 metres to score under the posts to the cries of “Nutty!” from
the crowd.
2nds: Old Collegians 39 v Port Adelaide 12
Best Player: Rob Lowe
Tries: Rob Lowe, James Hall (3), Peter Cross (2), Franky Van Wyk, Alex Berce
3rds: Old Collegians 14 v North Torrens 12
Best Player: Simon Allport Tries: Simon Allport, Stewart Douglas Conv: Leighton
Edwards
4ths: Elizabeth 17 v Old Collegians 12
Best Player: Leon Bowley Tries: Guy Lithgow, Lawrence Hartney (2)
Womens: Old Collegians 15 v Port Adelaide/Burnside 24
Best Player: Kate Reynolds
Tries: Phoebe Hope (2), Conv: Tara Naige
The merged Burnside and Port Adelaide had, at one point, 13 players, with the
result being that they and Old Collegians played 11 aside, 12 aside and even 13
aside this weekend. Port Adelaide were the clear winners, 24 to 14.
The game played not dissimilarly to our last outing against them at Port
Adelaide, with them scoring four good tries in the first half and early in the
second half thanks to strong running combination of Lee Fata and Lee Fry in the
centres.
Old Collegians fought back well against the 24 - 0 lead and played good running
rugby and won a great deal of possession in the last third of the game. Two
excellent tries were scored by the speedy fullback, new recruit Phoebe Hope, and
converted by Tara Naige. However, it was too little, too late.
6th May 2007
1st XV: OC 14 v Woodville 10.
Best Player, Lee Rebbeck
This game was closer than it should have been but it was great to see us win
away from home despite the absence of several of our best players to the
Adelaide Black Falcons squad.
2nd XV: Barossa Rams 16 v Old Collegians 10
Best Player: Stitchface 9 (otherwise known as Rory Sheppard) Tries: Rob Lowe,
James Hall
A close game and one that could and should have been won. Nevertheless, a
generally pleasing performance from a squad which has had many players called up
for 1st grade duty in the absence on our Falcons, and playing away from both the
1st s and the 3rds.
3rd XV: OC lost to Woodville, Best Player Andew Sheppeard
4th XV: OC beat Barossa Rams
All Junior grades lost to Onkaparinga
28th April 2007
Women's XV: Port Adelaide/Burnside 19 v Old Collegians 31
Best Player: Belinda Wade Tries: Belinda Wade, Kate Reynolds (2), Naomi
Woodstock, Liz Gabb Convs: Tara Naige
Burnside and Port Adelaide have merged and their combined team met Old
Collegians this weekend, leaving Souths with the bye. Old Collegians travelled
out to Port Adelaide to play in windswept and pouring conditions, winning
convincingly 31 - 19.
Port Adelaide put their stamp on the game early with two quick tries in the
first five or so minutes. Despite not historically being a team that comes back
from behind, the Frocs showed good discipline and kept battering away. After a
scrum only a few metres of the line, half back Belinda Wade took a quick run
down the blind side to score in the corner. Another scrum delivered clean ball
to the backline and Katie Reynolds dodged through some sloppy defence to run in
a 60 metre try. Another try from Port took the half time score to 19 v 12. After
half time, some of the early hiccoughs were ironed out; Port Adelaide/Burnside
were kept scoreless in the second half and a further three tries were run in, by
Kate Reynolds, Naomi Woodstock and Liz Gabb. The three conversions were kicked
by Tara Naige.
This was a great result for the team who have already suffered some unfortunate
injuries and absences at this early stage of the season.
4th XV: OC 15 v Brighton 22;
Best Player: Simon Allport
3rd XV: OC 0 v Brighton 53;
Best Player: Michael Bell
2nd XV: OC 0 v Brighton 10;
Best Player: Brad McDonald
1st XV: OC 22 v Brighton 10;
Best Player: Josh Badcock; Tries: Christian
Tedge, Jon Collins, Kini Tavui, Charlie Sheppeard; Conv: Andy Farquharson
The two grand finalists from 2006 (and 2005, for that matter) met again at
Tregenza with Old Collegians being clearly dominant throughout. It was a day for
heavy forwards work; it absolutely poured down. Our pack had a great game and
pushed Brighton all around the park, to the delight of the crowd.
College Cup & Champs Voucher: Ben Suttell; President's Award: Leigh
Marsland
21st April 2007
1st XV: Southern Suburbs 21 v Old Collegians 17
Best Player: Josh Badcock, Tries: Jon Collins and Christian Tedge, Conv: Andy
Farquharson (2), Pen: Andy Farquharson, Best Player: Josh Badcock
The game against Onkaparinga last week may have lulled us into a false sense of
security. We were a bit sleepy against Souths and this was well short of our
best performance. That said, after four games Souths are top of the table and
undefeated and should obviously not be underestimated in 2007. We’ll have to
do much better than this.
2nd XV: Southern Suburbs 10 v Old Collegians 22
Tries: James Stalley, Aaron Edmunds, Harry Dobson, James Hall, Conv: Juan Aguiar,
Best Player: James Stalley
3rd XV: Bye
4th XV: Brighton 24 v Old Collegians 8
Try: Tony Bird?, Pen: Michael Bell, Best Players: Ed Mitchell, Tony Mills and
Rob Papryscki
Women’s: Southern Suburbs 22 v Old Collegians 7
Try: Penalty Try (would have been Kate Reynold’s), Conv: Tara Naige, Best
Player: Kristie Hume
Last year's grand finalists Souths and Old Collegians met again at Bailey with
Souths winning convincingly 22 - 7. Despite having most of the possession, the
Frocs failed to turn it into points. The Frocs were awarded a penalty try when
Kate Reynolds toed a loose ball over the line only to be held off the ball by
Souths' new winger. The try was converted by Tara Naige. Souths took advantage
of their speed outside, running in four tries.
14th April 2007
Women’s: Old Collegians defeat Burnside by forfeit
Shocking start to the season. Neither Port Adelaide nor Burnside could field a
team, so both Souths and Old Collegians won their respective games by forfeit.
Boo.
4th XV: OC 0 v Elizabeth 32.
(Best Player, David King)
3rd XV: OC 12 v Onkaparinga 12.
(Best Player, Alex Berce. Tries: Ed Mitchell, ?.
Conv: Leighton Edwards)
2nd XV: OC 19 v Onkaparinga 10.
(Best Player, Brad McDonald. Tries: Peter Cross,
Henry Nutt. Pens: Franky Van Wyk)
1st XV: OC 78 v Onkaparinga 0
(Best Player, Andy Farquharson. Tries: Andy
Farquharson 4, Charlie Sheppeard 2, Simon Burmester 2, Richard Czeglik, Lee
Rebbeck, Tedgie, James Hopkins. Convs: Andy Farquharson (9)).
This cricket score was a great start to the season. We were well ahead very
quickly and it was encouraging to see that we never relaxed; we are renowned for
letting teams back in the game once we’ve pulled ahead but in this game we
proved we can apply pressure throughout 80 minutes, keeping Onkaparinga
scoreless. Good performances all round!
College Cup: Andy Farquharson
President’s Award: Henry Nutt
BARTERCARD CUP
Coach: Rob Sadler
Managers: Hamish Cranna and Harry Clark
In our three games of the pre-season Bartercard Cup, Old Collegians was
defeated by Burnside (17 to nil, an improvement on last year) and then defeated
Uni 5 – 0 (Uni beat us in the same game last year, so this was also an
improvement) and then drew to Woodville in the Plate Final 5 – 5 but lost in a
penalty shoot out.
At least one punter took violent exception to the very concept of a penalty
shoot out. He called the entire process the Whatever Cup. It would be fair to
say the Old Collegians views the Bartercard Cup as simply a good opportunity to
trial new players and run old players in new positions, and without minding very
much what the score-board says.
There were some strong performances. We were very interested to have a
look at Brad McDonald and Henry Nutt in action.
They both played Under 18s last year and performed very well in their senior
debut. We were also impressed by newcomers such as Seru, Paul Reynolds and
Matt.
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