OFFICIAL Harold Matthews Cup

[AmericanHistoryX]

The father and son aiming to lead Magpies to grand final berth

The Western Suburbs will take on the Cronulla Sharks in a must-win game on Saturday.

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[MothMan]

Magpies looking good so far. 8-0 with 19 minutes gone.

 

[ancient_magpie]

Anybody having trouble watching the harold matts game it keeps freezing on me

 

[MothMan]

Half time wests lead 8-0. Defence has been good but turning the ball over regularly in the last 10 minutes of the half.

 

[balmain boy]

Magpies aggressive in attack and defence but some absolutely atrocious passing and running means it's only 8-0. Service from dummy half appalling. So many players constantly over running the ball too. Passing to decoys rather than the runners. Shambolic with ball in hand but a few big hits and a couple of strips have saved us.

 

[MothMan]

Working fine for me

 

[MothMan]

Magpies aggressive in attack and defence but some absolutely atrocious passing and running means it's only 8-0. Service from dummy half appalling. So many players constantly over running the ball too. Passing to decoys rather than the runners. Shambolic with ball in hand but a few big hits and a couple of strips have saved us.

They always seem to lose their way when Ashton large goes off. Usually the same time both props go off too.

 

[balmain boy]

Magpies been atrocious so far in the second half

 

[balmain boy]

Completing at about 20% in the second half. It's wet and windy and the boys have not adjusted whatsoever. No one running hard, it's all sharks in the second half. Isdale trying hard

 

[balmain boy]

The ref and touchie miss a triple knock on and Sharks scouts next to the posts 8-6 and magpies in massive trouble. Can't see them holding on, just playing too poorly

 

[MothMan]

Wests hold on 8-6.

 

[LeichhardtTiger]

Never in Doubt! Well done lads!

 

[balmain boy]

We hold on to win 8-6. Warriors upset the dogs in the other match so we're now the highest ranked team heading into the GF next week.

 

[boonboon]

Magpies won. Great defence in horrible conditions.

Isdale, Moors, Maksini the ones who impressed me in the 2nd half - I missed the 1st half.

 

[MothMan]

I don’t think the competition format helps the first and second placed teams. Dogs got rolled against the sixth placed warriors. Doesn’t seem Like much of a reward to have 3 weeks between games going into the preliminary final for the top two teams.

 

[LeichhardtTiger]

vs The Worriers next week in the GF!

 

[Vicious]

what impresses me is none of the forwards appear lazy, they all demonstrate good line speed when defending and all run the ball and tackle with a bit of venom.

 

[Tigers_Wests]

 

[jrtiger]

the character and effort shown by this Wests side is incredible. defensively we turned up time and time again on our line, but the sheer contact and technique amongst all of our players is second to none.

Alex Isdale, Heamasi Makasini and the entire forward pack are the crowning jewels of this side. Isdale is incredibly measured for a 17 year old in the manner he controls football games. Masi is Masi, enough said, but there could easily be 3-4 regular first graders amongst Moors, Fui, Godinet, Epati, Taai and French. the workrate, attitude and technique of all of them is extremely impressive. I'm also a massive fan of Thomas Goodfield. I'm pretty confident he's going to be a can't miss prospect in the next couple years.

very excited about this week. it'll be an incredibly tough game but providing it's a dry track and our attack improves I give us every chance of coming away with a trophy. super exciting times in the pathways with sides like this.

 

[KingRobbie]

UNE Harold Matthews Cup - Grand Final vs. Warriors

Saturday, April 27 - 12:00 p.m. AEST
CommBank Stadium, Sydney

WESTERN SUBURBS MAGPIES
1. Ali Hicham Karnib
2. Tyson Walker
3. Glassie Glassie
4. Heamasi Makasini
5. Thomas Goodfield
6. Jhevon Lele
7. Alex Isdale (c)
19. Henare Reti
9. Ashton Large
10. Christian Taupau-Moors
11. Teancam Epati
12. Pheonix Godinet
13. Peter Taai

14. Lorima Cosgrave
15. Siotame Havea Jr.
16. Malcolm Mailo
17. Peter French

18. Stirling Faumui
Coach: Stephen Isdale