Pathways Wrap: Round 5

Coach – Scott Clark

Congratulations to the team on their win against CC Roosters. This win consolidates our spot in the top-six and gives us great confidence as we head into our bye weekend.

We knew this was going to be a tough game and that it was,, remaining close until we skipped away at the end.

Again the team delivered on the way we needed to play to win and they all should be very happy with their efforts and results after the first five rounds.

Tarsha Gale Cup (U/19s) – Wests Tigers

Coach – Adel Hage

Another much-improved performance which takes us to two wins in a row.

We had two late blows with Tiana Lee Thorne being ruled out on Thursday and Iemaima Etuale withdrawing during the warm-up but the players took it in their stride and were outstanding.

Claudia Brown led from the front and Kiani Duckett did a great job filling in at fullback.

Harold Matthews Cup (U/17s) – Balmain Tigers

Coach – Tony Bazouni 

Tony and the team have been kept back in New Zealand after a delayed flight meant the team had to stay an extra night.  

SG Ball Cup (U/19s) – Balmain Tigers

Coach – Chris Yates

I can’t fault the players' effort in New Zealand especially our forwards in tough conditions, they were great.

We lost a couple of players through injury and were still in the game trailing 8-6 at half time. A few tough calls hurt us at the start the second half, and unfortunately, we couldn’t convert field position into points.

Massimo Maestrale capped a great debut collecting the players’ player award.

Harold Matthews Cup (U/17s) – Western Suburbs Magpies

Coach – Stephen Isdale

The boys had been on the road for the past couple of weeks and were excited about getting a home game.

We started how we wanted to with our two starting props Christian and Maddax really setting the game up early on which allowed us to dominate field position off the back of a good kicking game from our captain, Alex.

I thought young half Jhevon Lele, who had come in late for Onitoni Large, delivered some great balls to Heamasi Makasini who scored a double, as did Tyson Walker on the other wing.

We enjoyed the win and now we focus on playing Balmain at Lidcombe on Saturday.

SG Ball Cup (U/19s) – Western Suburbs Magpies

Coach – Joey Saukuru

A hard-fought victory but a battle we really needed.

Off the back of a very convincing win the previous week we started very strong with some good tough carry’s backed up by a strong and committed defensive line.

The second half saw us take our foot off the accelerator with some incomplete sets in attack, which led to us doing more than our fair share of defence, and inviting the Raiders back into the game. 

Andrew Johns Cup (U/16s) – Macarthur Wests Tigers

Coach – Harrison Fox

We treated the whole week as if we were preparing for a semi-final and the boys responded well to the challenge. We posted our biggest score-line of the season and were really dominant in defence.

We will enjoy the week off before our biggest game of the season, a semi-final against Newcastle.

Laurie Daley Cup (U/18s) – Macarthur Wests Tigers

Coach – Mitch Tyler

The boys really stepped up for what was a do or die game. We controlled the game defensively and played some good football.

Brady McMillian and Callum McMenemy were outstanding both defensively and with ball in hand. It was another strong performance up front from Kohen Lewis who laid the platform for our halves to control things. It’s a great reward for our team to have locked in a place in the finals.