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NORTHS V BROTHERS, HUGH COURTNEY OVAL, SOUTHS V GPS, CHIPSY WOOD OVAL, 3:30PM 3:30PM (MATCH OF THE ROUND) With finals out of the question for Souths, they’ll be This week’s northside derby will see Norths host out for some retribution this weekend as they host their annual family round, a celebration for the entire GPS, after the Gallopers put 50-plus points on them Eagles’ community to get around. last time they met in Round 2. The rivalry between these two clubs is no secure but Head coach Todd Dammers had made a number the two sides head into the match in very different of changes to his line-up for this clash, with outside shape. centre Michael Siaki a massive omission from the backline. Norths have played some great Rugby in patches this season but injuries are starting to test their Elwee Prinsloo has also shuffled his backline depth and they’ll be hopeful they can bounce back around, with Teti Tela set to line-up at fullback from their 39-nil loss to UQ last weekend. pushing Jono Kent to the wing. In the forwards, club stalwart Dan Gorman is set to earn his first start After a rocky start to the season, the Brethren of the season in Premier Grade after making his seem to be improving incrementally week-on- return from retirement via fourth grade earlier in the week. Just two points out of the top four in fifth season. place, Brothers have three matches to play against Norths, Sunnybank and Easts to finish the rest of the GPS have a narrow two point advantage over season. Brothers to remain in the top four currently, but with a bye in Round 11, the Gallopers cannot afford to The reigning minor premiers will be targeting these drop any matches in Rounds 9 and 10. next two weekends to give themselves the best chance of playing finals Rugby. SUNNYBANK V BOND UNIVERSITY, BIGGS FIELD, 3:30PM EASTS V WESTS, DAVID WILSON OVAL, 3:30PM Bond University return from the bye this weekend This match marks the final home game of the and head to Sunnybank as their run to their maiden season for Easts and it will also be the last time the finals series rolls on. Tigers commander and chief - Ben Mowen - will lead the boys out at Tigerland. The Bullsharks currently sit in third place on the ladder and have three games in hand to finish the With both clubs heading into the match off the back season, but with GPS and UQ still to play, they of convincing wins, Wests head into the clash with will be targeting this weekend’s clash against an unchanged line-up while Easts have only made Sunnybank as a must win. one change with George Francis returning to the starting line-up seeing Zac Crothers return to the The visitors will be bouyed the return of Joey Tigers colts for Round 9. Fittock, a former Sunnybank Dragon, who will start on the wing. Hooker Nick Turner will also return. The battle between the two frontrows will be one to watch, while former Easts backrower Tyrone The Dragons will welcome back some experienced Pritchard will be hungry to make his presence campaigners for this clash, with Dave Feao set to known as he returns to Tigerland. pack down at tighthead prop, and Rex Tapuai named at outside centre. The Paul Mooney Cup will be on the line as the two clubs clash. Sunnybank will be celebrating their annual Ladies Day event this weekend, ensuring the home-side will have plenty of vocal support.
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13 THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE played against him previously when he was at UQ, WATER AT ‘THE CANAL’ WITH he came back from a serious illness at the start of the season where he dropped a lot of weight to be BOND UNIVERSITY OVERCOMING competitive. THE ADVERSITY OF THE COVID “Jake has played for Jersey over in the UK, he came PANDEMIC TO NOW BE WITHIN through our colts program through and he was REACH OF A MAIDEN FINALS always stick thin. He was super skilful, especially in APPEARANCE. the line-out, but putting on some size has changed his game.” Not since the days of the Gold Coast Breakers Much like Upfield, outside back Max Dowd has have the Gold Coast contingent of the Hospital managed to put on some size and improve his game Challenge Cup cohort had the chance to play at as well. Ballymore, but the current crop of players are on “We all knew the potential Max had, he has spent the cusp of creating history in 2020. a lot of time in the gym and bulked up and now For a long time the club has been a four team set anytime you see a photo of him he is flexing his up, with two senior teams and two colts teams, bicep or something like that. but the addition of a third grade side and a “He is going great guns and the injury to Joey Fittock women’s XV program have changed the culture gave him the chance to shift to fullback and he has at Bond. made the most of his opportunity.” “It’s a great feeling at the club at the moment, While there is a lot of excitement at Bond and the especially with the introduction of third grade and performance of their players, the team aren’t getting the women’s program,” said hooker Nick Turner. ahead of themselves and plan on taking these next “It has given us a stronger club feel overall and three rounds week-by-week, starting with Sunnybank we’re all getting around each other and it is a at Biggs Field this Saturday. tight knit group.” “Sunnybank have been unfortunate this year,” said Depth has been an ongoing issue for the Gold Turner. Coast club, with one or two key injuries potentially “A different call from the ref or a different bounce of ruining seasons in years gone by. the ball in a number of games and they could have “I think it is what we’ve been missing. It’s where had a very different season. We need to take them we have struggled the most over the last few seriously.” years, we have been there or there abouts and After the Dragons the Bull Sharks have two hard then a couple of key injuries have derailed us. matches against GPS and UQ, but for Turner, who “Now we have that extra team and more depth is one of very few players at the club who still have and we’re lucky to have guys like Justin Bernstein ties to the Gold Coast Breakers days, he knows who stepped up and killed it for us at flyhalf while how much a finals appearance would mean not Mitch Third was injured. Overall it’s great for the just himself or the players, but for so many people club.” behind the scenes at the club. The club has also benefitted from some new “We were the perennial cellar dwellers when I first recruits in key positions, while some of the clubs came to the club and the last few years we’ve only established players have really stepped up. just missed out on finals,” he said. In the forwards, it’s Turner’s frontrow partners “We have the facilities, we have the coaching and and lock/backrower Jake Upfield that have support stuff, but to see the buy in from the players impressed him so far in 2020. this year has been special and that is pushing us “The two props we’ve had join the club have further. been huge for us. “We have some coaches and managers, who have “George Blake is a 19-year-old fresh out of The also sponsored the club, who have been around the Southport School, to be doing what he is doing club for a long time and it would mean so much to at that age is unreal. Egan Siggs, we obviously play finals footy and hopefully go all the way to the big dance and win it.”
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