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PREMIER DIVISION IN FOCUS: BACK WITH A BANG The Griffin Legal John I Dent Cup is back with a bang, and the 81st version of the ACT’s premier club rugby competition promises to be one of the most exciting to date. With seven teams vying for four playoff places, every game in this tournament matters because right up until the end of the season, any team can put a run together and join the top ranks. In today’s Hahn Superdry Match of the Round, the defending Champions Tuggeranong Vikings take on the Gungahlin Eagles at Viking Park. The last time the two sides met saw the Vikings run all over the Eagles in the Preliminary Final, which set up the Vikings Grand Final Victory the following week. That was a tough day for the Eagles, but they will draw strength for the battles to come and from what was a miraculous season ending run to finish 2018. In 2019, Vikings have been installed as heavy preseason favourites with many of Nick Scrivener’s title

winning charges returning for another run at it this year. Whilst the Vikings are touted as eventual Champions, the Eagles are shaping as being this season’s dark horses, so expect fireworks in this Round one meeting. In the only other fixture in Round One [Easts, Wests and Uni-Norths Owls have the bye] Queanbeyan Whites welcome 2018 GrandFinalists Canberra Royals to David Campese Field. There is a sense of mystery surrounding both these sides, the pair having lost some key figures in the offseason. Wisdom would suggest that Royals will still be way up there in the final standings, given the quality that remains in the likes of Ben Johnston, Pedro Rolando and Luke Kimber, but the Whites are definitely more of an unknown quantity. Queanbeyan will be relying on youth to get them back in the playoffs this year, and we will know way more about their potential for 2019 after the final whistle this afternoon.

VIKINGS LOOK TO BUILD ON LAST YEAR’S SUCCESS

Feature Article: Pat Woods

The Griffin Legal John I Dent Cup, Canberra’s premier club rugby competition, kicks off this weekend and fans across the ACT and Southern NSW will flock to ovals around the region to watch their team. Last year’s competition was won, of course, by the Tuggeranong Vikings, claiming victory over Royals in a gripping Grand Final 29-17. It was the Vikings’ seventh title in ten years, but ahead of this season’s big kick-off against the Gungahlin Eagles this Saturday at Viking Park, Vikings’ Head Coach Nick Scrivener says the competition will be a tightly contested one. “The past two years if you look at the standings and the table, they changed quite a bit from 2017 to 2018,” said the former Wallabies and Brumbies assistant coach. “The competition is healthy and there’s not a set order of teams. Some teams didn’t make the finals last year that traditionally do and some teams, like Gungahlin and Uni-

Norths, came up and made the finals. There’s a lot of movement which means that it’s a really competitive competition.” In 2018 the Tuggeranong Vikings had easily the most effective attack in the competition, scoring 528 points over the season which was over 100 points more than their nearest competitors Royals. Scrivener says this season his side will need to improve in areas across the park if they are to make the finals again. “While we want to attack well, we know the other teams have improved their attack, so we need to defend well as well,” explained Scrivener. “So that’s probably the area we’ve been concentrating on more in the preseason, our defence rather than our attack.” However, the Head Coach doesn’t want his team to get ahead of themselves. When asked about what the Vikings are doing to defend their title, Scrivener explained that the teams only goal, at the moment, is to play good rugby.

“It’s something that we haven’t spoken about,” he revealed. “We’ve got to raise the bar basically in lots of areas to keep competitive. We’re not talking about defending titles or whatever, we’re just trying to play and get our club going. Basically, our general goal is to make finals and from there give ourselves a chance.” The Vikings first match of the season, against the Eagles, is likely to provide a stern test. Gungahlin went on an incredible run towards the end of last season to surge into the finals, before being defeated by the eventual Champions in a Preliminary Final.

Canberra’s rugby lovers.“I think they’re gonna be really strong. From what I hear they’ve recruited good, there’s a lot of good things going on out there,” said the coach. “They’re building their club up and if you look at how they finished last year, they won 7,8 or 9 games at the end to make the finals so they’re definitely a club that’s improving and I’m picking them as one of the strongest clubs this year for sure.”

Scrivener is predicting the Eagles will be a tough team to beat this year, making this match up an exciting one for

THE JOHN “JACK” MAGUIRE CUP The late John “Jack” Maguire will be recognised when Queanbeyan Whites play Canberra Royals in Round One of the Griffin Legal John I Dent Cup at Campese Oval this weekend. Each season the Whites and Royals play for the Cup at Queanbeyan’s home game in the Griffin Legal John I Dent Cup. Jack passed away at the age of 61 in January after a battle with cancer. He played in a Premiership team for Royals in 1977 and then went onto become a premiership winning player with the Whites, being named First Grade Best and Fairest in 1980. A prolific goal kicker, and a memorable character, he will be remembered by the Whites, Royals and his last club, Uni-Norths. Jack’s formative years were at St. Brigid’s School, Daramalan College and finally at Waverley College where he played in the first XV. After leaving school, Jack joined Royals following in the

footsteps of his father “Happy” Maguire, a legendary representative half-back. Jack was a member of the Royals Premiership team of 1977 and their 1978 Semi-Final side which lost to the Whites 13-4. He joined Queanbeyan in 1979 and played in the Grand Final which the Whites lost to Royals 13-12 following a drop-goal from Michael O’Connor after the hooter. Jack went on to play with the Whites until 1984 and became the 21st player to achieve 100 First Grade games for Queanbeyan. He was the club’s, and the competitions, leading point scorer in 1980 (200 points), 1981 (215) and 1982 (217). In 1979 he was named the club’s Most Consistent and in 1980 was the First-Grade Best and Fairest. He represented the ACT on several occasions, including a win over Queensland in 1977 and a victory over the touring Wales team in 1978.

REPRESENTING THE WALLABIES – 1960-1980: PART 1

A new series looking back at the biographies of the ACT’s First Wallabies, from 1960-1980, taken verbatim from the book, Australia Rugby Union: The Game and the Players by Jack Pollard (1984)

PETER ROBERT SCOTT PETER FRANCIS RYAN

(Canberra Royals, ACT, NSW) 2 Tests A goal-kicking centre three-quarter who played for Australia in two Tests against New Zealand in 1962. He won selection from the Canberra Royals Clun with an outstanding display for the NSW side which defeated the All Blacks 12-11 the week before the first Test. He was one of those responsible for subduing the New Zealand inside backs, but he could not repeat the performance in the Tests. Scott landed two penalty goals on his Test debut and converted Dick Thornett’s try in the second Test, but his prospects of a longer career in international rugby faltered when he played for the Southern NSW against the All Blacks in Canberra. The All Blacks scored nine second-half tries to win 58-6, and Scott was missing when the Australian team to tour New Zealand later that year was announced.

(Queanbeyan, NSW Country, NSW) 4 Tests A 177.5cm (5ft 11in), 77kg (12st 2lb) fullback who scored a record 79 points on the Australian tour of South Africa in 1963 – 16 points better than Queenslander Tom Sweeney’s previous best by an Australian on a South African tour, scored I 1953. His record lasted until 1969 when John Ballesty scored 89 points. Ryan was an attacking player who joined the three-quarter line frequently, a splendid left-foot kicker, but suspect in defence. Born 2 April 1940, he was educated at St. Joseph’s College, Sydney, and represented GPS firsts in the same team as Ken Catchpole in 1957. He played two Tests in 1963, the first in Sydney against England when his three goals helped Australia to a shock 18-9 win, and the second on tour in South Africa. Despite his high points tally, he was not the No.1 fullback, and played second fiddle to Terry Casey in three of the four Tests. Ryan played in the two Tests against Great Britain in Australia in 1966, but Casey was preferred when the Wallaby team to tour Britain, France and Canada was picked. Not long before the team left, Casey withdrew because of an injury and Ryan took his place, but Lenehan played fullback in all Tests on the tour. Ryan runs a dry-cleaning business in the Australian Capital Territory.

Griffin Legal John I Dent Cup 2018 Team of the Season S. Taula

R. Kiely

S. Lolohea

W. Morrison

A. Wagner

J. Helgesen

D. Bennett

B. Leber J. Abel

J. Marmont

I. Thompson

J. Jackson-Hope

N. Lolesio

G. Morseu

B. Taueki

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16. M. Henry

17. M. Erasmus

18. I. Fa

19. OJ. Noa

20. M. Oakman-Hunt

21. P. Rolando

22. M. Hansen

23. S. Irwin

FIXTURES Saturday 6 April Premier Division All Grades

Whites v Owls (Campese Field) Eagles v Easts (Gungahlin Enclosed) Wests v Vikings (Jamison Oval)

1st Division

Eagles v Easts (Nicholls Enclosed) Whites v Owls (Campese Field) Wests v Hall (Jamison Oval) Royals v Cooma (Phillip Oval) RMC v ADFA (Portsea Oval) Goulburn v Vikings (Poidevin Oval)

2nd Division

Broulee v Bungendore (Oldrey Park) Batemans Bay v Jindabyne (Hanging Rock Oval) Taralga v Yass (Taralga Field) Braidwood v Crookwell (Braidwood Recreation Ground)

V SATURDAY 30 MARCH, VIKING PARK 12.15pm

1.40pm

1. John Madjaga 1. Harry Innes 2. Charlie McGann 2. Lachie Carey 3. TJ Sione 3. Hugh Van Ede 4. Bailey Peak 4. Zach Perrin 5. Jack Wright 5. Liam Bashford 6. Joel Thomas 6. Lachie Hawke 7. Harper Kemp 7. Abraham Peters 8. Tristan 8. Matt Kingma 9. Bena Elise 9. Ben Anau 10. Billy Carberry 10. Joey Caputo 11. Cooper Spence-Jones 11. Corey Toole 12. Hunter Davis 12. Jackson Stewart 13. Turi Hides 13. Tom Haddad 14. Keiran Reilly 14. Iai Taupeamuhu 15. Jed Englert 15. Isaac Crowe COACH: Robbie Kydd MANAGER: Dean Browne

1. Junior Sotogi 2. Michael Henry 3. Nic Cushan 4. Ethan Brazel 5. Sam Allen 6. Antonio Vailualua 7. Isaak Weston 8. Richard Joyse 9. Seamus Smith 10. Jack Evenden 11. Jayden Mackern 12. Travis Pula 13. Tom Leddy 14. Jeremy Mututu 15. Dean Wilson

COACH: Ben McGee COACH: Brendan Allardyce A/COACH: Anthony Dawes MANAGER: Ian Chattin MANAGER: Brendan McGee

1. Ben Kautuke 2. Connor Jones 3. Nic Dobson 4. Conor O'Byrne 5. MARC BERTHALOT 6. Sam O'Leary 7. Tayn Atkins 8. Simon Anau 9. Mitch Ward 10. Isaac Walker 11. Harris Uin 12. Matthew Driti 13. Jamie Kotz 14. Claude Edwards 15. Dan Garner COACH: Glenn Carey A/COACH: Tim Davis MANAGER: Graham Johnson

PREVIOUSLY Colts

2nd Grade

23/06/18: Round 12 Vikings 40 Eagles 12

23/06/18: Round 12 Vikings 31 Eagles 13

(Viking Park)

MATCH OFFICIAL:

Referee: Reece Henshaw

Referee: Robert Whyte

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MATCH OF T VIKINGS

PREMIER DIVISIO

3.05pm, V 1. Vunipola Fifita 2. Sam Thomas 3. Angus Wagner 4. Darcy Swain 5. Luke Corcoran 6. Michael Oakman-Hunt 7. Rhys Griffiths 8. Jayme Field 9. Ryan Lonergan 10. Noah Lolesio 11. Nic Murray 12. Jordan Jackson-Hope 13. Len Ikitau 14. Ernest Suivai 15. Brendan Taueki

COACH: Nick Scrivener MANAGER: Greg Hayes

MATCH OFFICIALS: Referee: Matthew Hogan AR1: Robert Whyte AR2: Reece Henshaw

THE ROUND V EAGLES

ON - FIRST GRADE

Viking Park 1. Ray Dobson 2. Alex Small 3. Tom Ross 4. Tristan Stanley 5. JP Fenukitau 6. Jake Helgesen (Vc) 7. Jahrome Brown 8. Tamati Ioane 9. Joel Atkins 10. Wharenui Hawera 11. Jackson Duffey 12. Josh Gillard (C) 13. Matt Hawke 14. Luke Duffey 15. Mack Hansen

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COACH: Marco Caputo ASSISTANT COACH: Troy Atkins MANAGER: Matthew McGrory 13

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FIRST DIVISION PREVIEW The spirit of rugby is not defined in the professional game or even at premier grade for that matter. No, the camaraderie through intense competition that separates our game from the rest comes from lower down the ranks, and that certainly applies to our First Division Championship.

making the Preliminary Final where they fell to Royals after recording some heavy wins during the regular season. Royals will get 2019 underway with a trip to Queanbeyan.

The Vikings will begin their campaign, aiming to reach another Grand Final, with a home fixture against the Gungahlin Eagles at Viking First Division First Grade Champions ADFA Park with both sides intent on getting 2019 kick-off their 2019 season at home to Cooma off to a winning start. as the action in the lower grades commences. ADFA topped the table last season but did First Division Second Grade Premiers end up taking the long road to their victory, Tuggeranong Vikings get their season off and losing their Major Semi-Final to Vikings before running when they welcome Eagles to Viking beating Royals and Vikings to take home the Park on Saturday. Queanbeyan welcome title. RMC have risen up the ranks into First Royals while last season’s fourth placed side Division First Grade and they will take on Easts ADFA take on Cooma. Such is the strength in Round one. Easts finished third from the in numbers at the Australian Defence Force bottom and will look to set an early tone for Academy, a third ADFA side combines with RMC’s seconds to join the comp this year, the season to come. though they’ll have to wait ‘till next week In a packed opening day calendar there are six to get their season underway. Wests face a fixtures in all with last season’s third-placed Round one trip to Goulburn. team Goulburn hosting Wests in a fixture that may well produce some fireworks. Goulburn were incredibly strong at this level in 2018,

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TIGERS AIM FOR THREE-PEAT IN 2019

South Coast Monaro Preview

The South Coast Monaro Second Divisions will welcome some new blood for the 2019 campaign as Broulee enter the competition for the first time in several years. The Dolphins return to South Coast Monaro action this weekend with a home tie against the Yass Rams at Captain Oldrey Park and the largest rugby union club on the NSW Far South Coast, supported by players from Long Beach to Bodalla, will be keen to get their season off to a flying start.

title for the Tigers after a season in which they blitzed most of the opposition that was put before them, topping the table by twelve points. Braidwood didn’t win a match in 2018 and couldn’t have asked for a trickier start.

Crookwell Dogs were favoured to reach the Grand Final in 2018 but were stunned by the Mudchooks in the Preliminary Final, going down 19-21 to miss out on a date with the Tigers. They start the new season by welcoming Batemans Bay Boars as new Dogs Standing in their way will be a Rams side that Coach Bruce Nixon returns to the hot seat just missed out on finals football in 2018, with 2018 boss Ian McIntosh moving into the ending the regular season in fifth place, only Club President’s role. five points behind the top four. The Rams were in finals contention until the last round last The final match of the opening weekend year and will be one of the favourites to make is in Bungendore where the Mudchooks, beaten Grand Finalists in 2018, kick-start the top four this time around. their season with a visit from the Jindabyne Champions Taralga Tigers will begin the Bushpigs. This has the potential to be the defence of their crown when they welcome best match of the round with both sides Braidwood Redbacks to the Taralga Sports having played finals football in August after Fields looking to begin the new season how the Bushpigs ended the regular season in they ended the last. A narrow 18-17 win over third and the Mudchooks just one place Bungendore secured the South Coast Monaro further back, in fourth.

THE WOMEN’S GAME

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The Women’s competition won’t kick-off for another couple of weeks but, in the meantime, all eyes are glued to the Buildcorp Super W as Adam Butt and his side have advanced to the Finals for the first-time. They’ll face Queensland in Brisbane this weekend for a place in the Grand Final where New South Wales await the victors. Here’s how they achieved the feat.

SUPER-W: ROUND 4 STATISTICS

WIN SECURES FIRST PLAY-OFF SPOT The Brumbies Women secured a first ever Play-Offs spot, an away semi-final against Queensland, after securing a 17-12 victory against Western Australia in Perth. The damage was done in the first-half as the away side scored three tries to lead 17-5, an advantage that they were to hold onto for the second forty minutes, showing excellent defensive skills to hold out a fast-finishing RugbyWA who also needed a win to progress. The home side had got off to a perfect start with a try inside the opening sixty seconds as wing Claudia Neilson crossed but, from then on, it was the Brumbies in control. Two tries in four minutes from Georgia O’Neill, her first at Super W level, and Remi Wilton, had the Brumbies in front. When Tayla Stanford claimed her fourth try of the campaign in first-half stoppage time, Adam Butt’s team had a lead that they weren’t to relinquish.

Sunday 24 March 2019 (UWA Sports Park, Perth) Western Force (5) 12 (T: Neilson, Mason, C: Cope) Brumbies (17) 17 (T: O’Neill, Wilton, Stanford, C: Wood)

TEAM

1. Violeta TUPUOLA (17. Stefanie STEWARTJONES 53’), 2. Louise BURROWS, 3. Peta COX (16. Anna KOROVATA 68’), 4. Emily SOGAL (20. Ema MASI 59’), 5. Shellie MILLWARD, 6. Michaela LEONARD, 7. Georgia O'NEILL, 8. Tayla STANFORD (19. Sammie MAXWELL 69’), 9. Remi WILTON (21. Jane GARRAWAY 74’), 10. Carly HILL, 11. Biola DAWA, 12. Sammie WOOD, 13. Michelle PERRY, 14. Brooke GILROY (23. Lanieta YABAKI 71’), 15. Rachel CROTHERS

V CAMPESE FIELD, 3.05PM 1. Neori Nadruku 2. Carl Elliot 3. James Douglas 4. Soakai Tai 5. Michael Gordon 6. Lewis Bozzato 7. Ryan Jones 8. Justin Sikimeti 9. Mitchell Douch 10. William Goddard 11. Levi Clark 12. Christino Manuolevao 13. Keith Morgan 14. Jamie Marmont 15. Pierre Mounal

1. James Bundy 2. Connal McInerney 3. Ryan Kotlewski 4. Sam Von Blanckansee 5. Hugh Cowan 6. Luke Kimber 7. Jack Farrell 8. Rory Scott 9. Pedro Rolando 10. Craig McMahon 11. Ben Johnson (c) 12. Jamie Bodman 13. Andy Muirhead 14. Seth Going 15. Lincoln Smith

COACH: Paul Dillion

COACH: Wayne Southwell

PREVIOUSLY Premier 1st grade

21/07/18: Round 16 Royals 28 Whites 24 (Phillip Enclosed)

CELEBRITY TIPS: Chelsea Wilson (Stampede Designer)

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MATCH OFFICIALS: Referee: Brodie Ingram AR1: Dennis Beissner AR2: Steve Peak

V SATURDAY 30 MARCH, CAMPESE FIELD 12.15pm

1.40pm

1. Vincent De Masson 1. Faalelei Sione 1. Dan Vrikic 1. Andy Scheele 2. Siuta Tai 2. Matt Taylor 2. Caleb Bower 2. James Pearson 3. Hayden Lazarus 3. Tyron Dargue 3. Mika Eli 3. Josh Colussi 4. Hugh Swann 4. Daniel Sweeney 4. Matt Winchester 4. Jack Houston 5. Tom Isles 5. TBC 5. Zeph Tuinona 5. Connor Smith 6. Thomas Newcombe 6. Alex Verass 6. Kane Kilmeister 6. Oli Miller 7. Rowland Mateyawa 7. Max Singh 7. Wyll Holland 7. Angus Garraway 8. Michael Copsy © 8. Noa Nadruku 8. Davea Teoteo 8. Karim Amin 9. Ben Brown 9. Tom Hallam © 9. Christopher Prail 9. Ben Magro 10. Sam Ross 10. Ben O’halloran 10. Brad Winchester 10. Bryce Keane 11. Doug Lancaster 11. Ben Cassie 11. Elijah Chadwick 11. Hayden Say 12. Reuben Keane 12. Jacob Tozer 12. Harry Quinlan 12. Steven Prail 13. Jason Swain 13. Haloti Fonou 13. Riley van Leeuwen 13. Angus Balmaks 14. Benjamin Pattenden 14. Hayden Egerton 14. Toby Alleyn 14. Liam Shaw 15. Nick Jervis-Hamilton 15. TBC 15. Michael Rademaker 15. Zac Ross

PREVIOUSLY Colts

21/07/18: Round 16 Royals 24 Whites 17

(Phillip Enclosed)

MATCH OFFICIAL:

Referee: Steve Peak

2nd Grade

21/07/18: Round 16 Royals 14 Whites 38

Referee: Dennis Beissner

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COMPETITION LADDERS: 2018 REVIEW 1ST DIVISION COMPETITION

PREMIER DIVISION COMPETITION Team – 1st

Pts

Tuggeranong

207

Royals

116

Uni-Norths

Queanbeyan

-49

Gungahlin

-39

Easts

-126

Wests

-155

Team – 2nd

Pts

Queanbeyan

224

Tuggeranong

179

Uni-Norths

Royals

123

Gungahlin

-80

Wests

-254

Easts

-275

Pts

Tuggeranong

348

ADFA

264

Goulburn

190

Royals

187

Hall

179

Queanbeyan

Young

-74

Gungahlin

-6

Easts/RMC

-185

Uni-Norths

-264

Cooma

-347

Wests

-374

Team – 2nd

Pts

Tuggeranong

270

RMC

296

Queanbeyan

135

ADFA

Gungahlin

159

Team – Colts

Pts

Tuggeranong

369

Wests

Royals

Queanbeyan

234

Gungahlin

Goulburn

-74

Uni-Norths

-154

Uni-Norths

-53

Royals

-94

Hall

-375

Cooma

-355

Easts

-126

Wests

-429

WOMEN’S DIVISION

Team – 1st

Team

Pts

Tuggeranong

646

Uni-Norths

191

Royals

-34

Gungahlin

-308

ADFA

-495

SOUTH COAST MONARO – 2ND DIVISION Team

Pts

Taralga

361

Crookwell

314

Jindabyne

242

Yass

153

Bungendore

259

B’Bay

-15

Gungahlin

-28

Boorowa

-39

Braidwood

-521

ADFA

-726

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