NSWRL Round 17

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ROUND 17

Friday 23rd July

North Sydney 15 (N Soloman C Makepeace tries D Halligan 3 goals
J McArthur field goal) beat Eastern Suburbs 10 (S Whereat N Gaffey tries
N Gaffey goal) at North Sydney. Crowd: 15,753. Referee: G McCallum.

Norths break a three match losing streak to just stay in the five.

Saturday 24th July

St George 18 (R Walford 2 G Bradley W Collins tries B MacKay goal) beat
Balmain 16 (D Bayssari M Edwards tries B Smith 4 goals) at Leichhardt.
Crowd: 7105. Referee: G Annesley.

A scrappy but gripping encounter in which St George came from behind
twice to win. Saint's David Barnhill was send off for a high tackle in
the 34th minute.

Sunday 25th July

Manly 38 (O Cunningham 2 I Cleary J Devereux G Toovey D O'Connell tries
I Cleary 7 goals) beat South Sydney 10 (S Wilson R Maybon tries B Pearson goal)
at Sydney Football Stadium. Crowd: 8059. Referee: T Kelley.

Illawarra 26 (B O'Meara P McGregor B Lindner R Wishart B Rodwell J Cross tries
R Wishart goal) beat Gold Coast 0 at Steelers Stadium.
Crowd: 8926. Referee: T Mander.

The Gold Coast went to pieces in the second half.

Brisbane 38 (S Renouf 4 J O'Neill M Hancock Kevin_Walters G Lazarus tries
T Matterson 2 J O'Neill goal) beat Canterbury 18 (J Serdaris S Wilson D Smith
tries G Hill 2 S Wilson goals) at ANZ Stadium.
Crowd: 54,751. Referee: B Harrigan.

Three sinbinnings in the second half saw Canterbury playing 30 minutes
with only 12 men in 20 degree plus heat against Brisbane's freeflowing
style.

Newcastle 20 (R O'Davis J Ainscough P Harragon tries A Brunker 4 goals) beat
Western Suburbs 11 (R Wyer try J Taylor 3 goals field goal)
at Campbelltown Sports Ground. Crowd: 4537. Referee: S Clark.

Cronulla 14 (F Kelly C Quinn tries M Healey 3 goals) beat
Parramatta 12 (J Bartolo T Tollett tries M Buettner 2 goals)
at Parramatta Stadium. Crowd: 6349. Referee: E Ward.

Good work before the break an stout work after it see Cronulla win their
7th of the season. Buettner missed a last minute penalty that would have
drawn the game.

Canberra 16 (M Meninga B Mullins J Croker tries M Meninga D Furner goals) beat
Penrith 10 (M McGaw try G Alexander 3 goals) at Penrith Park.
Crowd: 8725. Referee: D Manson.

Canberra came from behind to beat an improving Penrith, after Sheens used
Gould's notes on his team to motivate them.

                        PD   WN DR LS    GF  GA  DF   PTS
 1 St George            17   14  0  3   323 200 123   28
 2 Canberra             17   13  0  4   417 192 225   26
 3 Canterbury Bankstown 17   13  0  4   367 197 170   26
 4 Brisbane             17   13  0  4   404 272 132   26
 5 North Sydney         17   11  1  5   306 235  71   23
 6 Manly Warringah      17   11  0  6   314 188 126   22
 7 Illawarra            17   10  0  7   283 177 106   20
 8 Eastern Suburbs      17    8  1  8   225 250 -25   17
 9 Parramatta           17    8  0  9   191 285 -94   16
10 Newcastle            17    7  0 10   225 305 -80   14
11 Cronulla Sutherland  17    7  0 10   222 317 -95   14
12 Balmain              17    5  0 12   239 282 -43   10
13 Penrith              17    5  0 12   246 320 -74   10
14 Western Suburbs      17    5  0 12   213 345-132   10
15 South Sydney         17    4  0 13   229 433-204    8
16 Gold Coast           17    1  0 16   184 390-206    2


MOST POINTS:
  126: D Halligan (North Sydney)
  114: R Wishart (Illawarra)
  106: D Furner (Canberra)
   98: M Buettner (Parramatta)
   96: T Matterson (Brisbane)
   89: J Taylor (Western Suburbs)
   86: M Healey (Cronulla)
   78: G Alexander (Penrith)
   76: I Cleary (Manly), C Field (South Sydney)

MOST TRIES:
   15: N Nadruku (Canberra)
   14: S Renouf (Brisbane)
   12: S Hoppe (Canberra)
   11: W Carne (Brisbane), R Wishart (Illawarra)
   10: J Ainscough (Newcastle), R Walford (St George)
    9: B Mullins (Canberra)
    8: M Coyne (St George), C Polla-Mounter (Canterbury),
       J Williams (Canterbury)
 
MOST GOALS:
   58: D Halligan (North Sydney)
   45: D Furner (Canberra)
   42: T Matterson (Brisbane)
   39: M Buettner (Parramatta), J Taylor (Western Suburbs)
   35: M Healey (Cronulla), R Wishart (Illawarra)
   31: G Alexander (Penrith)
   28: C Field (South Sydney), G Hill (Canterbury)

MOST FIELD GOALS:
    5: N Goldthorpe (St George)
    4: R Stuart (Canberra)
    3: L Goodwin (Canterbury), J Simon (Illawarra), J Taylor (Western Suburbs)
-- 
James J Smith             | "I couldn't get over it. All these women
School of Engineering     | in the world...and under their clothes
Newcastle University      | each and every one of them was naked, you
engjs@cc.newcastle.edu.au | know..." -- Psycho-killer, "Sandman"