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Sunday, June 5, 2011 - 9:50pm
Womens V Wanderers

Women – Merewether Carlton v Wanderers – Won by Wanderers

Score – 19-14

With Coach Middo absent on a romantic weekend away the coaching reins were handed to Callan Blanch. The greens girls turned out in force to take on the team with no Suburb and no home ground.

Wanderers were first to open the scoring with a try out wide taking advantage of the broken play. The Wanderers were looking dangerous and were quick to take advantage of any errors made by the Greens.

Wanderers quickly put more points on the board with the assistance of what appeared to be a Mack Truck for a front rower brushing off players as if they were leaves and bumping off players like dodgems, scoring under the posts.

The Green Girls finally got their heads in the game and after some structured play winger / fullback Amy Broadhead was to score under the posts to put some much needed points on the board for the home team before half time.

Coach Callan's inspirational half time speech teamed with lollies and oranges had the greens girl pumped to hold the Wanderers scoreless in the second half both attack and defence was looking more structured. With some missed opportunities the Greens were doing well to hold the 2 blues out from the try line.

With a penalty finally going our way 5 metres out from the try line the Greens taking the opportunity to show the other team what our backs were made of, put centre Melanie Sutton under the posts to bring the scores closer together.

With the clock ticking away, time was not on our side the final whistle blew and the game went to the Wanderers.
 

 

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Sunday, May 22, 2011 - 11:03pm
Pics from Wanderers Game -

Pics from wanderers Game 15th May at No 1 Sportsground.

 

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Sunday, May 22, 2011 - 10:48pm
Premier 3 - match report V Wanderers

Match Report Premier 3: Merewether Carlton vs. Wanderers 15/5/11
The sun was shining and the birds were chirping on a glorious Sunday at number one. This was great news for the Greens third grade boys who had been looking forward to the match against the team without a suburb all year.
The team was largely unchanged from last week with Johl Garret suffering an elbow injury while Nick Davies was a late withdrawal due to a mysterious injury sustained while apparently on a bender in Maitland (why he was in Maitland is anyone’s guess). Third grade also welcomed back local DJ and Nathan Tinkler wannabe Moe Mathews after a stint in second grade.
It was obvious from the kickoff that the forwards meant business this week as the dressing down the coaches gave the boys during the week did the trick. Self proclaimed super coach Jode Roach was a standout in his opening stint. Sam Rowe and Tommy Lunch also didn’t take a backwards step. The Greens forward completely dominated the ball and field possession and it was only some good luck and determined defence that kept the hosts in the game. The boot of Evan Renfrew was on fire in the first half, probably due to a midweek kicking session with goal kicking guru Nick Riley. At the half the score was 9-0 after 3 penalties to the good guys.
Star injured fullback Eddie Clifton had this to say of the team’s tryless first half efforts “The lads are remaining patient and relying heavily on the boot of RenThrough, they need to have a nibble at the try line. Like they say, the dog that didn’t nibble never grew!”
The second half began much like the first with the greens forward completely dominating the breakdown while some clever kicking from the ever reliable Dunc Williamson (who might have found a yard of pace in the offseason) kept the Wanderers completely out of the game. However the Greens boys still couldn’t break through for a try. It took the injection of part time fisherman and full blown nutcase Danny Curtis to swoop on a loose ball from the opposition in their own half to finally break the game open. He scored under the posts to give the boys a commanding 16-0 lead midway through the second half. The greens played very attacking football for the rest of the game with fullback James Dillon and Moe looking particularly dangerous. For all the attack though the movements ultimately lacked the finishing touch with the game ending 16-0.
The game was easily the most complete performance for the team this year. Everyone contributed except for Ben Zwolinski who only got on for 45 seconds in his comeback appearance.
Tries: Danny Curtis
Conversions: 1/1 Evan Renfrew
Penalties: 3/3 Evan Renfrew
Points: James Dillon (3 points), Chris Isles (2 points) and Dunc Williamson (0.5 points) Ryan Harris (0.5 points). Players Player: Jode Roach.
 

 

 

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 8:52pm
Womens - Saturday 7th May 2011 V Hamilton

Women – Merewether Carlton v Hamilton Harps – Won by MC

Score – 27-19

With dismal numbers due to several key players out trialling for the NSW Blues League Team the Greens Girls brought players Pru Harper and Jo Murray out of retirement to play against the army that Hamilton Harps have registered this year.

Showing the Green pride in the 'oh so tight jersey’s' the Green Girls showed courage and brilliance in their 27-19 win against the Harps.

Starting the game with 12 players against Hamilton’s 22, the Greens opted to contest the scrums and this proved a great strategy as they dominated Hamilton's pack, until Hamilton called uncontested.

In the spirit of the game, Hamilton matched numbers late in the first half which gave the greens girls an opportunity to outshine their opponents.

Hamilton scored the first points of the match but this was quickly answered by greens Fullback Naomi Medlin crossing to even the scoreboard.

The green girls were down at half time, but with a quick rev up from Middo and Captain Stevie-Lee the girls were firing after their oranges.

The forwards showed dominance in both attack and defence, with some brilliant runs from steam rolling sisters Minah and Jenny Mauli opening space for the backs to do the damage.

The girls were reduced to 11 players in the second half due to injury but the brilliance showed by our number 10 Kiya Simon as she quickly put people over the line to even up the score and bring the team back into contention for the win.

Kiya crossed for a double herself with a Chip-Chase-Regather that had the opposition and even the referee speechless. The final 3 points were kicked by Kiya on the back of a head-high, securing Merewether the win.
 

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