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Wyong Roo Attack Essay

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The North Sydney Bears went down to the Wyong Roos 18-16 in a game that saw a scoreless second half thanks to some inspirational defensive efforts from both sides. The Roos flew out of the blocks early to an 18-0 lead after just 15 minutes, before the Bears clawed back with 16 unanswered points just before halftime. Heavy and constant rain caused poor ball control by both sides for the entire 80 minutes, in a match that was separated only by a Tyler Cornish conversion. The two sides has polarizing opening sets to the game, with a Leivaha Pulu try coming off the back of a Cody Walker bomb that went out on the full. Pulu was put over by a lovely Cornish short ball, which meant the Roos were up 6-0 inside the opening two minutes. Scott Sorensen was standing in an offside position at marker in the 7th minute, and therefore did not make a play at Matt McIlwrick, …show more content…

Willie Manu thought he had a try after Cornish threw him an inside ball off the scrum and he crashed over, but the pass was ruled to have gone forward. The Bears were losing the battle of field position at this stage of the game, and giving away back-to-back penalties certainly did not help their cause. Cornish grubbered into the in-goal area in the 15th minute and showed tremendous speed to win the race and score off his own kick to increase the Roos lead to 18-0. Angus Crichton made a huge run towards the goal posts and was pulled down just short of the line, before he dropped the ball in the act of scoring just five minutes later. The Roos immediately found themselves back on the attack after the Crichton mistake and received a penalty in goal-kicking range. They opted for the two points but Cornish missed to the right. The Bears finally opened their account in the 28th minute when Cody Walker dummied to the left and burst through a hole to decrease the deficit to

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