RWO Game Day Thread - Round 2 - April 9-10

[Norris Lurker]

Saturday 9th April

Mahoney Park
10:00 Balmain Tigers v Pennant Hills Division Three
12:00 Balmain Tigers v UTS Bats Division Five
14:00 Balmain Tigers v UTS Bats Division One

Kanebridge Oval
10:00 East Coast Eagles v Campbelltown Blues Division Three

Gipps Road Oval
9:00 Holroyd Parramatta v Campbelltown Blues U19s Two
11:00 Holroyd Parramatta v Nor-West Jest Division Five
13:00 Holroyd Parramatta v Nor-West Jets Division Three
15:00 Holroyd Parramatta v Western Magic Division One

Mortgage Choice Oval
8:30 North Shore Bombers v Western Magic (Clash) Division Four
10:30 North Shore Bombers v Western Magic (Clash) U19 Division Two
12:30 North Shore Bombers v UNSW/ES Bulldogs Division Two
14:30 North Shore Bombers v UNSW/ES Bulldogs Premier Division
17:15 North Shore Bombers v East Coast Eagles U19 Division One

Sydney Uni Oval 1
9:00 Sydney University v South West Sydney Division Four
11:00 Sydney University v Campbelltown Blues Division Five
13:00 Sydney University v Camden Cats Division Two

Greygums Oval
10:30 Penrith Rams v Wollondilly Division Three
12:30 Penrith Rams v South West Sydney Division Five
14:30 Penrith Rams v South West Sydney Division Two

Pioneers Park
11:40 Randwick City Saints v Camden Cats Division Four
14:10 Randwick City Saints v Manly Division Two

Henson Park
10.00 Sydney University v Pennant Hills Demons U19 Division One
14:00 Sydney University v East Coast Eagles (Clash Strip) Division One
16:00 Sydney University East Coast Eagles (Clash Strip) Premier Division

Picken Oval
12:00 Western Suburbs v UTS Bats Division Two
14:10 Western Suburbs v UTS Bats Premier Division

Sunday 10th April

Olds Park
9:00 St George Dragons v South West Sydney/Wests U19 Division Two
11:00 St George Dragons v UTS Bats Division Four
13:00 St George Dragons v Pennant Hills Demons Division One
15:00 St George Dragons v Pennant Hills Demons Premier Division
17:30 St George Dragons v Camden Cats U19 Division One

Henson Park
10:30 UNSW/ES Bulldogs v South Coast Thunder U19 Division One
12:30 UNSW/ES Bulldogs v Pennant Hills Demons Division Five
14:30 UNSW/ES Bulldogs v Manly Warringah Division Four

University Oval (Macquarie University)
11:00 Macquarie University v Camden Cats Division Five
13:00 Macquarie University v Southern Power Division One
15:00 Macquarie University v Southern Power Division Four

[Norris Lurker]

Did anyone get out to any games this weekend? What were your thoughts? Who's hot & who's not?

[felix]

Did anyone get out to any games this weekend? What were your thoughts? Who's hot & who's not?

On the form they showed today Norths are sizzling hot as their start to the season ended in a comprehensive victory.

[Pmcc2911]

The norths vs unsw game was pretty tight early on but the bombers really pulled away in the third term

[saviour01]

Moorebank wests merger in 19s 2 off to a good start. Need to borrow players to get a game started.

[tara]

Moorebank wests merger in 19s 2 off to a good start. Need to borrow players to get a game started.

Actually it was your offer and was in the interest of not delaying the game. By your offer i mean brendan and the umpires wanted it knowing a kid was ruuning late.

[ShortHalfHead]

Actually it was your offer and was in the interest of not delaying the game. By your offer i mean brendan and the umpires wanted it knowing a kid was ruuning late.

Saviour is probably just a bit upset because it threw his match plan off completely for the following game. I'm sure that if it was his team running late, he would hand out arvo detentions and get the players to write 100 lines "I must not be late to football games"

Penrith had three games. We got flogged in Div 5 by a very experienced bunch of old heads, including Tara. Div 3 went down to Wollondilly and Div 2 got up against Moorebank with a dozen players stepping up from last years two's and 19's. Ambulance called and last two quarters shortened to 15 mins each with an injury to a young Moorebank player, Jarrod Dowton, who was formerly with the Rams until moving out of the area. He was released from hospital today after scans. Came out the worst after a three way collision. Girls had a trial against Wollondilly after this week's first rounds were cancelled

[saviour01]

Yeh. Well done on getting 14 there half hour after start.

[saviour01]

I was hoping for 15 mins quarters! def got run over after being up by 4 goals at ht then even in the last quarter. 4/5 teams won at home today, we let everyone down!

But seriously, 2 u19s merge and you still can only get 13 to a game? good on wynny for allowing 1 of our boys to play for wests/moorebank so the game could get started. What would have happened if he didnt and the 1 bloke to make 14 turned up half hour late? Forfeit after 15 mins?

[unconfuseme]

Also good to hear that tara has unearthed another budding superstar in Div 5 ... he has a good pedigree, and reckon he might just be the best player in his family!!! ... is there a GWS Super Masters Academy? ... he could be their poster boy!!!

[Coastal Boy]

But seriously, 2 u19s merge and you still can only get 13 to a game? good on wynny for allowing 1 of our boys to play for wests/moorebank so the game could get started. What would have happened if he didnt and the 1 bloke to make 14 turned up half hour late? Forfeit after 15 mins?

My understanding of the laws relating to this is are as follows:

Each team must have a minimum of 14 players. The game cannot commence if there are less than 14 players. Transferring of players from one team to the other is not permitted.
The game must commence at the scheduled time. If one team is unable to start the match at the scheduled time due to insufficient numbers then the starting time of the game is recorded and the league decides afterwards if it's a forfeit or not, even if the game is eventually commenced and completed.
The umpires are required to wait 20 minutes for the 14th player to arrive. After this they have no obligation to commence the game and a forfeit is automatic.

So there's really no room for common sense to prevail or interpretation. The rules cover it all. Even if the game is played with the umpires consent the league can disregard the outcome and announce a forfeit.

[Norris Lurker]

You'd love to have UTS's goal-kicking radar working for you. They got 20.3 against Wests on Saturday, after kicking 16.5 against UNSW-ES in the first round.