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Wed May 23, 2012
by Matt Manukia
Source: www.aucklandvulcans.co.nzThe Auckland Vulcans completed a combination of wins over the top two teams when they snatched a tough 12-10 victory from the champion Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at Birkenhead Memorial Park, on Saturday.
Having previously disposed of the second placed Windsor Wolves and their State of Origin star in the previous round, this week the Vulcans went about dethroning the competition leaders who struggled to a 28 all draw against Illawarra in their last outing.
This was the first time the two sides had met since the 2011 grand final which ended in heartbreak for the Vulcans. With the electric Glen Fisiiahi playing first grade and playmaking maestro Pita Godinet also travelling with the Warriors as the 18th man, the underpowered home side faced an uphill battle to avenge their grand final woes.
With so much hype surrounding the fixture, the Vulcans fans would have been keen to see this one start with a bang, and it did. Unfortunately that 'bang' came in the form of referee Daniel Caddy awarding the Bulldogs with their first try shortly after the opening whistle.
Working off the back of some excellent work by Canterbury-Bankstown's big men, Captain Trent Cutler received the ball on the fourth tackle ten metres out from the line. The crafty halfback showed his ability to attack the line with a brilliant effort which saw him slip through the defensive line to score. Cutler converted his try to take a 6-0 lead after just two minutes.
The try from Cutler put a damper on the enthusiastic crowd; however the Vulcans weren't going to take it lying down and gave their supporters something to cheer about when they produced the equalizer seven minutes later.
The Aucklanders worked hard on completing their sets and were rewarded with good field position, which they used to advance down the right side. Now 25 metres out from the Bulldogs' line the anticipated sequence of events was another complete set with a kick on the final, but this time was different.
Speaking to his players earlier coach Ricky Henry challenged his men to 'stand up,' take the initiative and lead by example, without the likes of Godinet and Fisiiahi. This obviously struck a chord with winger Leni Sulusi, who took his took his opportunity in two hands, literally, as he scooped out of dummy half and ran the remaining 25 metres to score a vital try. The trusty boot of Dylan Collier added an equally important conversion to level the match at six all in the ninth minute.
An evenly contested battle took place over the next 25 minutes, with both teams fighting for every inch of field position. After a few minor scares for both teams, the Vulcans looked set to break the deadlock as Rusty Bristow and Trent Bishop burrowed their way to within a metre of the line.
After failing to capitalize on the kick at the last tackle the Bulldogs scooped up the ball and the ever-looming threat of Michael Lett turned very real as he burst 50 metres up field, only to be stopped by some last gasp defence. The nightmare was far from over as the dogs quickly made their way inside the Vulcans' 20 metre line and were then awarded a penalty.
Although the Vulcans' defence had stood firm for most of the half, inviting the Bulldogs to an extra set so close to the line was always going to be suicide. After four tackles Lett was able to finish of his earlier run by leaping one metre from dummy half to score near the posts in the 38th minute. The failed conversion turned out to be a crucial one, still at this point the Vulcans urgently needed to improve their discipline and defence.
As the second half began, dense cloud cast a grim shadow over the match and those without an umbrella quickly made friends with those who had taken heed of the weekend's forecast. Wet weather took its toll on handling ability and both teams showed frustration when packing down for multiple scrums.
Canterbury-Bankstown winger Ratu Tagive came agonisingly close to scoring but was ruled to have knocked on in the process. Otherwise in a back-and-forth period of around 30 minutes, a few players worth mentioning were the Vulcans' Manu Ma'u and Steve Waetford who worked tirelessly throughout the match. Ma'u provided some much needed go-forward along with other tackle busters Matagi, Palavi and Ta'ai, while Waetford conquered the challenge of defusing kick after kick from the back. The entire Vulcans side put their hands up when they were forced to defend for long periods due to a barrage of penalties.
As the clock ticked over into the final ten minute, the Vulcans turned up the intensity and the falling rain only made for bigger explosions as the forwards collided. Canterbury matched the passion of their rivals with solid gains up the middle, unfortunately ball security eventually let the visitors down and a loose play the ball at the 73rd minute would eventually lead to their demise.
The Vulcans fed the scrum and set a course for glory beginning at the halfway mark. Maturity, leadership and control is what was asked of the team and that's exactly what coach Henry got as his side progressed down the field. Manu Ma'u led the way into the 20 metre line and played the ball for what would be the back breaker.
Playing the game from the five-eight position, Krisnan Inu received the ball and elected to chip-and-chase ten metres to the right of the posts. What looked to be a risky option was obviously well thought-out by Inu who collected the rolling bounce and dived in unopposed for the score as the Birkenhead grandstand erupted.
Lining up his most important conversion of the season so far, Collier took his time then landed the final blow which the Bulldogs would not recover from in the three minutes remaining in the match.
The win sees the Vulcans gain enough points to take fifth place on the points table; however points differential leaves them in seventh. The Bulldogs vacate the top spot to make way for the North Sydney Bears who will face the Vulcans in three weeks time at North Sydney Oval.
Auckland Vulcans 12 (Inu, Sulusi tries; Collier 2 goals)
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 10 (Cutler, Lett tries; Cutler 1 goal)
Half Time 10-6 Bulldogs
Other Results:
North Sydney Bears 25 vs Newcastle Knights 24
Illawarra Cutters 17 vs Newtown Jets 32
Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers 24 vs Wentworthville Magpies 18
Mounties 50 vs Western Suburbs Magpies 6
Windsor Wolves 46 vs Cronulla Sharks 18
Manly Sea Eagles Bye
www.aucklandvulcans.co.nzThu April 12, 2012
Source: www.warriors.co.nzUtility Krisnan Inu has been called into the Warriors line-up for Sunday's seventh-round NRL encounter with South Sydney at Mount Smart Stadium.
His selection follows confirmation this afternoon that fullback Kevin Locke had been ruled out after failing to fully recover from the leg injury which sidelined him for the last two away games against the Sydney Roosters and Canberra.
Locke was named in the team on Tuesday after continuing to work his way back from a heavy cork above his right knee in the March 24 match against Gold Coast.
Inu, who trained with the Vodafone Warriors this morning, is now set to play his 98th NRL game on Sunday after earlier appearing against Parramatta last month. He has recently been used by the Vulcans in the New South Wales Cup and spent last week in camp with the Vodafone Warriors in Australia.
The Vodafone Warriors final line-up is yet to be confirmed with McClennan originally listing six players on the interchange bench.
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 2012 NRL Telstra Premiership
New Zealand Warriors
3 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Round 2 [12 Mar 12] W 36-20 v Parramatta (A). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [15 Apr 12] W 44-22 v Souths (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [25 Apr 12] L 14-32 v Melbourne (A). [CT]
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2011 NRL Telstra Premiership
New Zealand Warriors
16 games; 11 tries, 44 points.
[View] Round 2 [19 Mar 11] L 12-20 v Wests Tigers (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 3 [27 Mar 11] L 12-25 v Dragons (H). [WG]
[View] Round 4 [03 Apr 11] W 26-18 v Cronulla (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [09 Apr 11] W 24-12 v Roosters (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 6 [16 Apr 11] L 10-20 v Sea Eagles (A). [WG]
[View] Round 7 [25 Apr 11] W 18-14 v Storm (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [01 May 11] W 26-18 v Panthers (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 9 [08 May 11] W 34-14 v Titans (A). [WG]
[View] Round 10 [15 May 11] W 25-16 v Knights (A). [WG]
[View] Round 11 [22 May 11] W 12-6 v Rabbitohs (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 13 [04 Jun 11] L 6-13 v Roosters (A). [WG]
[View] Round 14 [12 Jun 11] L 22-26 v Wests Tigers (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [18 Jun 11] L 10-30 v Cowboys (A). [CT]
[View] Round 25 [28 Aug 11] L 22-26 v Dragons (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 26 [03 Sep 11] W 18-6 v North Qld (H). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Finals Week 2 [16 Sep 11] W 22-20 v Wests Tigers. [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
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2010 NRL Telstra Premiership
Parramatta Eels
20 games; 11 tries, 3/4 goals, 50 points.
[View] Round 1 [12 Mar 10] L 12-18 v Dragons (H). [CT]
[View] Round 3 [26 Mar 10] L 12-23 v Tigers (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 1t, 2/2g
[View] Round 4 [03 Apr 10] L 0-11 v Sharks (A). [WG]
[View] Round 6 [18 Apr 10] W 22-8 v Rabbitohs (H). [CT]
[View] Round 7 [23 Apr 10] W 24-18 v Cowboys (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [30 Apr 10] W 26-10 v Bulldogs (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t (19)
[View] Round 10 [17 May 10] W 19-12 v Sea Eagles (A). [WG]
[View] Round 11 [22 May 10] L 18-22 v Sharks (H). [CT]
[View] Round 13 [04 Jun 10] W 24-10 v Storm (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 16 [26 Jun 10] L 6-10 v Broncos (H). [WG]
[View] Round 17 [04 Jul 10] L 6-35 v Warriors (A). [WG]
[View] Round 18 [12 Jul 10] W 36-24 v Cowboys (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [17 Jul 10] W 34-28 v Panthers (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 20 [23 Jul 10] W 32-16 v Bulldogs (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 21 [31 Jul 10] L 12-48 v Roosters (H). [WG]
[View] Round 22 [06 Aug 10] L 12-34 v Titans (A). [WG]
[View] Round 23 [13 Aug 10] W 30-14 v Broncos (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [22 Aug 10] L 18-20 v Tigers (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [27 Aug 10] L 16-24 v Rabbitohs (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 26 [04 Sep 10] L 12-26 v Warriors (H). [WG] 2 Pts; 1/2g
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2009 NRL Telstra Premiership
Parramatta Eels
21 games; 6 tries, 5/7 goals, 34 points.
[View] Round 1 [14 Mar 09] L 18-26 v Warriors (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 2 [20 Mar 09] W 14-8 v Rabbitohs (A). [CT]
[View] Round 3 [28 Mar 09] W 18-16 v Raiders (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 4 [03 Apr 09] L 6-24 v Roosters (A). [CT]
[View] Round 5 [10 Apr 09] L 8-22 v Dragons (H). [CT]
[View] Round 6 [19 Apr 09] L 18-48 v Bulldogs (H). [CT]
[View] Round 10 [17 May 09] L 10-34 v Sea Eagles (A). [CT]
[View] Round 11 [22 May 09] D 16-16 v Rabbitohs (H). [CT]
[View] Round 14 [15 Jun 09] L 6-23 v Tigers (H). [CT]
[View] Round 16 [28 Jun 09] W 21-14 v Broncos (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 18 [13 Jul 09] L 12-18 v Titans (A). [WG]
[View] Round 19 [20 Jul 09] W 18-16 v Storm (H). [CT]
[View] Round 20 [25 Jul 09] W 27-8 v Bulldogs (A). [CT]
[View] Round 21 [02 Aug 09] W 30-0 v Sharks (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 22 [09 Aug 09] W 40-8 v Knights (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 23 [15 Aug 09] W 40-4 v Warriors (H). [CT]
[View] Round 24 [21 Aug 09] W 26-18 v Tigers (A). [CT] 14 Pts; 1t, 5/5g
[View] Round 25 [28 Aug 09] W 48-6 v Panthers (H). [CT]
[View] Round 26 [04 Sep 09] L 0-37 v Dragons (A). [CT]
[View] Finals Week 3 [25 Sep 09] W 22-12 v Bulldogs. [CT]
[View] Grand Final [04 Oct 09] L 16-23 v Storm. [CT]
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2008 World Cup
New Zealand
1 games; 6/8 goals, 12 points.
[View] Pool A [01 Nov 08] W 48-6 v PNG. [CT] 12 Pts; 6/8g
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2008 NRL Telstra Premiership
Parramatta Eels
16 games; 7 tries, 15/19 goals, 58 points.
[View] Round 1 [15 Mar 08] W 28-20 v Bulldogs (H). [CT]
[View] Round 12 [30 May 08] L 26-30 v Broncos (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 13 [07 Jun 08] W 30-12 v Raiders (H). [CT]
[View] Round 14 [15 Jun 08] W 44-6 v Tigers (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [22 Jun 08] L 14-16 v Sharks (A). [CT]
[View] Round 16 [29 Jun 08] W 24-22 v Storm (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 17 [06 Jul 08] L 16-22 v Panthers (H). [CT]
[View] Round 18 [12 Jul 08] L 20-32 v Rabbitohs (A). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 19 [18 Jul 08] L 10-28 v Sea Eagles (A). [CT] 2 Pts; 1/2g
[View] Round 20 [25 Jul 08] W 16-4 v Cowboys (H). [CT]
[View] Round 21 [04 Aug 08] L 12-32 v Knights (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 2/2g
[View] Round 22 [10 Aug 08] W 28-24 v Roosters (A). [CT] 16 Pts; 1t, 6/7g
[View] Round 23 [18 Aug 08] W 40-12 v Tigers (H). [CT] 12 Pts; 6/8g
[View] Round 24 [23 Aug 08] W 26-12 v Bulldogs (A). [CT]
[View] Round 25 [30 Aug 08] L 14-40 v Dragons (A). [CT]
[View] Round 26 [06 Sep 08] L 6-28 v Warriors (H). [CT]
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2008 International Test Matches
New Zealand
6 goals, 12 points.
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2007 NRL Telstra Premiership
Parramatta Eels
19 games; 12 tries, 37/44 goals, 122 points.
[View] Round 4 [07 Apr 07] W 38-6 v Raiders (H). [CT]
[View] Round 8 [05 May 07] W 28-10 v Roosters (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 9 [11 May 07] L 12-22 v Sea Eagles (A). [CT]
[View] Round 10 [19 May 07] W 44-14 v Cowboys (H). [CT]
[View] Round 12 [04 Jun 07] W 38-8 v Tigers (A). [CT]
[View] Round 13 [09 Jun 07] L 10-38 v Raiders (A). [CT]
[View] Round 14 [17 Jun 07] W 20-12 v Dragons (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [23 Jun 07] W 36-16 v Roosters (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 17 [09 Jul 07] L 10-34 v Knights (H). [CT] 6 Pts; 1t, 1/1g
[View] Round 18 [15 Jul 07] W 18-12 v Rabbitohs (H). [CT] 6 Pts; 3/4g
[View] Round 19 [23 Jul 07] W 20-16 v Broncos (A). [WG] 12 Pts; 1t, 4/4g
[View] Round 20 [29 Jul 07] L 24-32 v Sea Eagles (H). [WG] 12 Pts; 1t, 4/4g
[View] Round 21 [03 Aug 07] W 34-22 v Bulldogs (A). [WG] 14 Pts; 1t, 5/7g
[View] Round 22 [11 Aug 07] L 24-25 v Cronulla (H). [WG] 8 Pts; 4/4g
[View] Round 23 [17 Aug 07] L 10-14 v Storm (A). [WG] 6 Pts; 1t, 1/2g
[View] Round 24 [27 Aug 07] L 6-14 v Dragons (A). [WG] 2 Pts; 1/1g
[View] Round 25 [02 Sep 07] W 68-22 v Broncos (H). [WG] 26 Pts; 3t, 7/9g
[View] Finals Week 2 [15 Sep 07] W 25-6 v Bulldogs. [WG] 8 Pts; 4/4g
[View] Finals Week 3 [23 Sep 07] L 10-26 v Storm (A). [WG] 2 Pts; 1/2g
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2007 International Test Matches
New Zealand
2 games; [View] Bundaberg Rum Test [20 Apr 07] L 6-30 v Australia (A). [FB]
[View] Centenary Test [14 Oct 07] L 0-58 v Australia (H). [FB]
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2006 VB NSWRL Premier League
Parramatta Eels
7 tries, 24 goals, 76 points.
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