OFF THE FENCE PREVIEW - Preliminary Finals Edition - 8/09/17 to 10/09/17

Preliminary Finals — WA Smarter Than Smoking Competition — Team Lists: Reserve Grade & Premiership

Willagee

Bears

v North Beach

Sea Eagles

Ken Allen Field, Hilton - Kick off 2.00pm

Jerrold Gare 1 Fahren Marsh

Tesimale Aisea Aimasi 2 Rikeem Richards

Stevie Aull 3 Kani Solomon

Ricky Cathro 4 Jacob Stevens

Jon Prior 5 Sam Buckley

Luke Pollock 6 Vili Pagett

Lewis Samuels 7 Cario Takarangi

Victor Ulukita 8 Pita Daurua

John Hookham 9 Jordan Tou

Mitchell Marsh 10 Mitchell Backhausen

Peter Parsons 11 Jake Ryle

Dawson Davis 12 Brody Whitehead

Menuel Koia 13 Mick Kestel

Faapaia Aisea Aimasi 14 James Blake

Ruhullah Karimi 15 Rapata Haeata

Jackson Hansson 16 Nathan Roa

Hansen Baleu 17 Charles Pulsford

Louie Kidwell 18 Cheryko Richards

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Robert Kris 20

Nelson Davis Coach Jamie Rogers

Rockingham

Sharks

v Joondalup

Giants

Ken Allen Field, Hilton - Kick off 3.30pm

Benton Leme 1 David Martin

Connor Hudson 2 Rodney Mauga

Logan Barclay 3 Tuipolotu Lasike

Geordie Connelly 4 Joell Irvine

Hayden Dangen-Toby 5 Bryce McRobert

Anthony Bowman 6 Jeremy Browne

Tyler Hunt 7 Christian Smith

Reece Potter 8 Logan Houghton

Andrew Jeffery 9 Craig Richardson

Benjamin Bolth 10 Thoren Fidow-Kele

Julian Wilson Wyllie 11 Saula Fifita

Joshua Bransby 12 Zan Pomare-Tutagalevao

Brandon Wright 13 Macey Howarth

Matthew Rangiuia 14 Jason Rapana

Ian Wood 15 Gallesbie Fai

TBC 16 Adam Smith

Caleb Reedy 17 Joshua Houghton

Darren Shaw Coach Darren Smith

Premiership – Rockingham Sharks v Joondalup Giants - Kick Off 3.30pm After a nail-biting loss last week, the Sharks will be looking to things the hard way and qualify for the grand final this weekend. The Rockingham side, led by workhorse Reece Potter, will remind themselves of the meetings so far with the Giants, and take some confidence after beating them twice this season in the three previous games, and a 26-all draw too. Caleb Reedy will look to lift once again, coming up against his former side. The Sharks have been consistent all season, and were deservedly crowned Minor Premiers. With Young Halfback Tyler Hunt finding his feet in First Grade, he is slowly learning to control the tempo of the game, and assert his dominance when needed. Coach Darren Shaw will be wanting to stick strong with his team selections and reward the players that have got them into this position. A couple of injuries may unsettle the Sharks, but they will enter the game as favourites. On the other side, the Giants will take their siege mentality into this one, after beating Fremantle and South Perth in the previous two games. The Giants will be very happy to take the underdog tag, and will look to their monstrous forwards to get them over the line this weekend. Also with a young halfback, the Giants will look to Christian Smith to utilise his short kicking game, and direct his forwards around. Boasting players such as Logan Houghton and Lesi Fai, Coach Darren Smith will want to dominate the middle third this week, and hope that his Hooker Craig Richardson will take advantage and show everyone why he earned the nickname ‘Lightning’. In what is the biggest game for the club for close to 10 years, the Giants faithful will be out in numbers, and will be hoping their team can get over the line and qualify for the big dance.

Reserve Grade – Willagee Bears v North Beach Sea Eagles - Kick Off 2.00pm The Willagee Bears have been the form side in the Reserve Grade Competition this season, but had a little slip last weekend in their 24-14 loss to the Sharks. Having already met the North Beach Sea Eagles 4 times this season, the score is 2-all, with the Bears winning the first 2 meetings, and North Beach winning on the following two occasions. The Bears will look to the experience of Ryan Mills, who will reminisce of playing Finals Football for the Bears in first grade not so long ago. The Beach boys will be full of confidence, having thumped the South Perth Lions in week 1 on the finals. Cairo Takarangi and Kani Soloman were dominant, and gave the North Beach team the finishing touches they needed. This game will be a cracker, with less than 6 points splitting these two sides in three of the earlier battles they have had this season.

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V

Reserve Grade Game

Premiership Game

REFEREE : M. Sims

TOUCH JUDGES : J. Makdessi & L. Noonan

REFEREE : D. Wallis

TOUCH JUDGES : P. Lawrence & A. Devene

NRL WA Proudly Supported By

SMARTER THAN SMOKING COMPETITIONS — PRELIMINARY FINAL GAMES

Under 18’s -

The Chairman’s Sportsmanship Award

Winners Semi-Finals:

Joondalup Giants -

Oneal Anderson-Hamlin

North Beach Sea Eagles -

Jaylen Grey

KEN ALLEN AWARDS 2017

September 22nd | Pan Pacific Hotel | Perth WA The Ken Allen Awards are Rugby League’s night of nights in Western Australia, where we

honour and celebrate WA’s Smarter Than Smoking Premiership

‘Player of the Year’ who receives the Ken Allen Medal.

Senior

GRAND FINAL 2017 Saturday 16th September 2017

Dorrien Gardens, West Perth

Junior

GRAND FINAL 2017 Sunday 10th September 2017

Dorrien Gardens, West Perth

Female Tackle Series (Perth)

7 weeks: October - December

RLWC - Double Header Sunday 12th November 2017

nib Stadium, Perth

Samoa / PNG v CAS

Community Challenge Monday 16th October 2017 Franklin Offshore Sportsplex, Port Kennedy

CAS v England

England RLWC Warm Up Friday 20th October 2017

nib Stadium, Perth