Engadine High School 2008 Mitch Healey Cup Champions ( Photo's : ourfooty media ) ACTioN PHoTo'S aFTeR SCHooL

Woolooware High School u 15's 2008 Mitch Healey Cup runnerup ( Photo's : ourfooty media)

Player of the Series : Jeremy Saville - Woolooware High School ( Photo's : ourfooty media )

ENGADINE HS
24 - 12
WOOLOOWARE HS

Engadine High School won the Mitch Healey Cup in 2007.

Match Report coming soon ( does anyone want to write a match report? )

Jeremy Saville was named 'Player of the Series' - good on ya Muz.

UNDER 15's MATCH REPORT
Story By : Jordan Dow - Engadine HS
The Engadine boys seemed very confident at kickoff, but in the dressing sheds, we all had in the back of our minds, that this will be a very tough game, and it was a necessity to shut down Reece (Davidson) and Jezza (Jeremy Saville).

Engadine had alot of early ball, and before long, Jaron Sharp found his way to the line.

4 - 0 Engadine up.

Before long Woolooware had turned things around and Engadine found them selves on their heels, defending their line. Woolooware were set 4 a back line, and certain to score.

Until halfback Bryce mistaked Jordan Dow for Reece, and 'Cheeza' raced almost the length of the field to score under the dot.

10 - 0 Engadine.

Woolooware worked there way up the field due to some handling errors from the Enga boys. Some slack defence saw tommy find a hole and to put the ball over the line, just resisting dodgies chase.

10 - 6.Engadine

This saw the Engadine boys under a bit of pressure and were looking for an answer, soon michael lichaa found a way through some scattered defence and scored in the corner.

16 - 6 Engadine. Half time blew.

Again in the second half, Engadine proved dominant, with tommy fry, leading the engadine forward pack, making a man of the match performance. Very early in the half, Aaron Bennett found some tired defence out wide which saw him go half the lenth of the field to score. 22-6 Engadine.

Woolooware found some fight back and scored to make it 22-12. With only about 5 mins to go, michael ducked and dived over to assure Engadine the Mitch Healey Cup shield. Winning in 24 - 12.

Man of the Match : Tom Fry
Tries Engadine : Jaron Sharp, Jordan Dow, Michael Lichaa (2), Aaron Bennett
Goals Engadine : Brad Ring 2,
PLAYER of the SERIES U 15's - Jeremy Saville, Woolooware High School.
Tries Woolooware : Tom McLennan, Jeremy Saville
Goals Woolooware : Jeremy Saville, # 15
THANX 4 THE MATCH REPORT : cheeza

Wooloware High School face the might of Engadine High after Wooloware easily accounted for Gymea High School last week by belting a game Gymea HS side 58 - 0.

Cronulla Caringbah Under 15A's THE 2008 PREMIERS ( Photo's : ourfooty media ) UNDER 15A's ACTION

De La Salle Under 15B's 2008 PREMIERS ( Photo's : ourfooty media ) UNDER 15B's ACTION

Congratulations to Cronulla Caringbah under 15A's who are now the 15 A 2008 PREMIERS after a big win on Shark Park today.

From when Michael Lichaa kicked the ball off at the start of the game the Sharks were at their best, they were fast off the line, hitting the Dragons with 2 and 3 man tackles everytime and not allowing Engadine to get the ball to their speedy guys.

Jeremy Saville and his mate Michael Lichaa both scored doubles in the Grand Final and were again well supported by Cameron Paddy who rarely misses adding the 2 points.

Engadine didn't play thieir best footy today - MORE LATER & PHOTO'S TOO!

DE LA TOO GOOD FOR BOSCO

De La Salle proved revenge is sweet after defeating St. John's Bosco in this years Under 15B's Grand Final on Shark Park.

De La Salle only lost one game in 2008 and that was the 25 - 0 thumping Bosco gave the boys up at Sutho' oval 2 weeks ago in the semi.

Cronulla Vs Engadine Rnd 18 - Under 15 A's Cronulla Vs De La U 15 A Final Action De La Vs Sutherland U 15 B Final Action

Cronulla Caringbah have been bitting at the teeth to get into this years Grand Final and will give Engadine a Grand Final welcome to Shark Park.

The Sharks have had the privilage of playing in the past few Grand Finals and will know what is required on Saturday, the Dragons who lead the comp for most of the year right up to the last game which they lost to... Cronulla Caringbah, but the Dragons boys will be quietly confident.

The Dragons bounced back with fire and destroyed the Sharks in the Semi a week ago and will face the same speedy Dragons line up that ran in 25 unanswered points.

The 15 A's Grand Final should be a cracker.

BOSCO VS DE LA
Bosco will be playing De La Salle in the 15 B's Grand Final this year.

Bosco gave De La their 1st defeat of the year in the Semi's and will be hoping to play well again.

De La on the other hand will be hungry for some more footy on Saturday and the boys can't wait to get onto Shark Park for some justice.

For many teams being in the finals is a new expreience, don't worry, it's just another game, talk to your team mates, keep your eyes on the football and enjoy the game.

Try time Cronulla Caringbah vs Engadine Dragons U 15A's PHOTO'S SOON GUYS

Luke Dodge, Luke Richmond & Harry Day with the Red Bull babes ladies

ACTION PHOTO'S UNDER 15A's CRONULLA Vs ENGADINE *** UNDER 8 B's DE LA SALLE Vs YARRAWARRA

WELL DONE SHARKS!!

In a game full of errors by both sides, Cronulla Caringbah managed to score 3 tries to 1.

Stacy Morell was the 1st to cross the line and score, Rea Pittman crossed over for 2 tries in the second half and Luke Dodge busted his way over the line for the Dragons only points for the day.

The Sharks forwards worked harder today, they all ran the ball hard and straight and in defence they stood up.

The Dragons all worked well, today the Dragons lacked some of the fire they usually burn sides with, Engadine did almost everything right except finish off, some off the credit has to go to the Sharks defence which was pretty tight.

What happened to the De La vs Gymea Gorilla's game, some how the Gorilla's managed to convince the Junior league to grant them a forfeit, which is strange as other teams have applied to postpone of forfeit games this year and were told no or it will cost you eight ( That's right 8 ) competition points.

Hopefully the Gorilla's will have a few more of their players back by then, if they can even have a couple blokes on the bench they should do well next week.

It doesn't matter as De La Salle will be playing Gymea in next weeks semi, with the return of their injured players De La will be spewing they didn't play today as they need the hit out to ready themselves for their premiership defence.

Menai Roosters avoided the wooden spoon in their game against the Aquinas Colts at Menai.

In a good close game both sides lost the plot late in the second half where an all in brawl resulted in an unnecessary hold on the action, then each team lost 1 player each and these blokes let their teammates down in the last game of the year.

Tries for the Roosters : Alex Belford 3, Rhyce Scott, Yahia Masri, Goals : Nathan Bailey 4

Tommy Mc Lennan crashes over for De La's first quick try (Photo : ourfooty media) ALL THE ACTION

CRONULLA CARINGBAH U15A V DE LA SALLE Story By : Grant Drinkwater Photo's By : MATCH REPORT : De La Salle were too strong for Cronulla Caringbah today running away with a 28 – 16 win.. | READ MORE |

Goonnnnne - Stacey gets 10 in the bin

De La Salle played against Cronulla Caringbah on the carpark at Endeavour today.

De La hit the Sharks line early in the game and twice in the first few minutes scored tries after De La got on top right from the start of the game.

With a 12 nil lead, De La did well to hold out the Sharks when they had 3 sets with in 20 meter of the line and Michael Lichaa sneaked over to put his teams 1st points on the board approaching half time.

De La hit back with a try and had a suprising 6 - 16 lead over the 2nd placed Sharks.

The De La forwards continued to dominate the game pushing De La forward in both defence and gaining plenty of meters in some good attacking runs which gave the De La backs a run with the footy.

With the finals approaching in 3 weeks there will be a few teams looking over their shoulder after competition leaders were smacked by bottom placed Menai.

Menai won the game by 2 points, most of the Engadine blokes played in the High School Knockouts on Wednesday and may have been a bit score, but Menai are pretty tough and go forward and run the ball hard at the defence, and the Roosters are learning what playing A grade footy is all about.

Sharks Under 15's 2008

Its been a tough week & a half with plenty of Development footy plus the normal weekend stuff too.

Cronulla spread the ball far and wide in attack and were rock solid in defence.

Menai are a good team and at times threatened to break through.

They did some great last ditch defence as well to save more points.

TO Menai's credit they never stopped trying but silly penalties and dropped balls from sustained defensive pressure let them down Cronulla took full advantage and were just clinical going in for try after try with an average of one every five minutes with almost every try from great backline moves.

Engadine celebrate a rare win over Cronulla Caringbah at Endeavour (Photo : ourfooty media)

| CRON Vs ENGADINE | GYMEA Vs DE LA |

Gymea Gorilla's & De la Salle shake hands b4 the game ( Photo : ourfooty media ) ACTION PHOTO'S

The Engadine Dragons haven't sniffed a victory at over Cronulla Caringbah at Endeavour Field for many years and now they have broken that hoodoo in round 13.

The dragons were the better team on the day but just couldn't put the Sharks away, the Sharks kept biting back to counter every Engadine point.

Gymea have been the form side in the comp for the pat few weeks but their roll came to a big halt as Team Spirit kept De La in the game up to half time were the visitors enjoyed a small 6 - 8 lead at the break.

The 1st half was a mistake ridden affair, it was possibily the worst half of footy played this year with both teams dropping too much ball and only De La Salle completing 3 sets for the entire half.

De La once again relied on their U15B's for troops and needed Blayne yesterday to make up the 12 players. Blayne looked uncomfortable out on Monty's wing, but played well, was reliable in 'D' and made some good meters.

The second half was a competely different story when De La ran in 3 tries to nil.

The Gorilla's were missing their exciting and agressive fullback Kyle, but apart from a couple of injuries, the Gorilla's had a full bench of reserves and can offer no excuses for their poor performance. The Gorilla's also surrendered 3 rd spot of the ladder to De La Salle in the race for the finals.

In the Under 15A's, De la Salle get to play their round 3 game & the Engadine Dragons have to replay their called off game against the Menai Roosters.

With all four teams building towards the finals they should provide some really good footy, so grab a few blankets and your beanies and come to Shark Park on Wednesday night.

Tough 'D' & gang tackles was the order of the day, this is a NO TRY - Held Up by good defence by Nick Ratcliffe & Aaron Faulkner (Photo : ourfooty media)

How cold was it today for all the parents and spectators around the grounds today, but the action on the fields was hot, hot hot.

Gymea outplayed competition leaders Cronulla Caringbah to record an impressive 24 - 22 victory, and it was a Cronulla - Caringbah home game.

De La Salle are back in the winners circle after a hard fought tough game against the ever improving Menai Roosters at Menai.

Menai came out in the 1 st half really pumped knowing they had a tough job in front of them with De La at almost full strength with the return of NSW State Rep's Zac Wederswieler & Gene DuBois, Nick Pleasence and Andrew Montgomery.

Menai scored the 1st 2 tries of the game and led 10 - 4 at the half time break.

Then in the 2 nd half De la started to show some of the form that won them last years grand final with Nick 'RAT' Ratcliffe sniffing around to score a couple great tries, Dion Beattie put the sealer with long distance try then Ratcliffe combined with De la full back Aaron Faulkner to hold up a determined Roosters attack over the line right next to the posts, it was great 'D'. De la won the game 18 - 14.

Engadine have continued their fantastic season with a seemingly easy win over the Colts, but knowing the way the Colts always turn up for a game, they must have been playing well to keep the Dragons to 24 points.

Reece Davidson in action for East Sydney against Sydney North in the Sydney Schoolboys trials last week (Photo : ourfootyteam)

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Reece will jion his De la Salle Under 15A team mate Zac Wederswieler at the ASSRL National Championships to be played at Kougari Oval, Wynnum in Brisbane starting on Sunday 29 th June.

Congratulations to both local Cronulla Juniors Reece & Zac, the whole Shire wishes both of you all the best & hammer those Queensland boyz.

Congratulation to Zac Wedesweiler for being chosen to represent the NSW CCC in the Under 15's Rugby League squad to play in Brisbane at the Australian Schoolboys Championships in a couple of weeks.

Zac, was one of plenty who didn't play in the game against Gymea was selected for NSW CCC today after 2 days of intense footy against the best players in the Catholic Schools around all of NSW.

Sharks Matty's boyz & gals were some of the comedy on and off the field. De la Vs Gymea Photo's

ZAC WEDESWEILER NSW CCC Under 15 Rep (Photo : ourfooty media)

Check out the action from the CCC trials

Photos of the U 15A De la v Gymea game

This week the match of the round should have been at Anzac Oval with the top two teams in the comp doing battle.

Cronulla Caringbah were good enough to hold off when the Dragons really breathed a bit of fire at the end of the game to make the Sharks hold hard in 'D' to win by 2 points in a close game. Rea scored a couple of tries, which was handy considering the score.

The Aquinas Colts grabbed 2 very valuable competition points at Akuna Rd with a gutsy hard fought win over the Menai Roosters, it's pretty tight at the bottom end of the table with the Colts only one game behind the Roosters and both sides still in with a go at the finals.

In what turned out to be a battle royale at Captain Cook oval when the home side played the Gorilla's for the 1st time this year, they have yet to play their round 3 game.

Gymea are a much improved footy team this year, with a few new guys, they must have thought they were in with a real show of stealing the 2 points against a much depleted defending Champions.

The teams went tong & nails with neither team able to command the score board & went try for try right to the end of the game, and Drew the De la coach must be rapped to score the 1 point from today.

Congratulation to Zac Wedesweiler for being chosen to represent the NSW CCC in the Under 15's Rugby League squad to play in Brisbane at the Australian Schoolboys Championships in a couple of weeks.

Zac, was one of plenty who didn't play in the game against Gymea was selected for NSW CCC today after 2 days of intense footy against the best players in the Catholic Schools around all of NSW.

A few local boys played for SICC (look it up) and his team mate Nick Ratcliffe and the Sharks Joseph Drinkwater, David Pasqualino from the Colts & Kyle Albert (CBSA) from the Gymea Gorilla's also fought it out with the country boys, the 5 Shire kids did real good and won a game & drew a game yesterday & today SICC wen 't good enough in the Under 15's final.

The game got off to a quick start with De La taking advantage of a Cronulla mistake they regathered the ball and made it look easy down the clubhouse side to scoring in the corner.

Luke Manahan missed the conversion. 4-0 Cronulla’s Michael Lichaa put the “kick off” right up in the air and it carried with the wind ending up over the dead ball line.

Soon after Cronulla’s utility forward Luke Brown who is pushing for a development squad jersey got a nice overlap and shoved his way over for a try. Michael got the conversion.

6-4 The next try was all De La’s fast talking Rory Hood who took a moment off from directing traffic to steal a brilliant intercept and score under the posts. Luke Manahan potted it over for a 10-6 lead.

Possession is key and Cronulla were soon back into it with some good ball down on De La’s line to for Cronulla struck back soon after with a barging run by big Tokerau Raru “Toks” to score almost right under the posts.. Michael kicked the conversion 12-10 for Cronulla.

It wasn’t all straight shooting for Cronulla who got the “wobbly” boot and started dropping balls and making some fundamental errors which let De La have 3 sets of six on their line.

Reece Davidson smashed through a hit from Joseph to score near the posts. Luke hit the posts on the conversion attempt but it bounced away. 14 – 12 De La’s way.

The second half seemed to be a different game with Cronulla Caringbah forwards winning the war in and around the ruck. Big “Toks” made ground up the middle as did the smaller but no less enthusiastic Jeremy Saville.

Michael threw a great “dummy” which left the De La defence saying “where did he go “and scored. 18-14
Cameron Paddy did the same zipping through the gap to score shortly after and capped off a really good game from the little “General” 22-14

Cronulla’s had the bulk of the possession in the 2nd half and they converted it into points however Big Zach Wedersveiler didn’t give up and make some great yards up the middle of the Cronulla pack.

De La threatened Cronulla line on a number of occasions with Jackson Clarke making a break.

The Cronulla defence hung in despite Nick Radcliffe doing all he could for De La and showing why he is a form player this year.

Luke Manahan was seeing stars after a hard collision with the powerful running Rea Pittman and Stacey Morrel showed great pace to score a nice one in the corner. Michael Lichaa continued his great form from the sideline with a last minute wind change carrying the ball back inside the sticks.

28-14 There’s no love lost between these two teams.

It’s a bit of a “State of Origin” affair but it’s good to see the boys shake hands and wish each other well after the game. The De La boys were vanquished today but the look in their eye said “we’ll get you next time”

The victorious Cronulla Caringbah team left feeling a little chuffed with a hard fought victory under the belt.

Cheeza scores a good long range try off a slick Ringy pass (Photo ani : ourfooty media) PHOTO GALLERIES

Dion Beattie puts a good hit on Michael Morris

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De La Salle u 15'b (2) have been a team on the move, saturday they faced Gymea who put a bit of a scare into the competition leaders De La side last week missing taking home the game by only 1 point, was it that little sneak Ellis that popped a field goal, De La (2) bravely fought back from a 2 tries down with 2 great team tries to level the scores at the later stages of the game.

Gymea however were good enough to control the game and put on the winning tries, well done to both of these team.

The much vaunted De La Salle U15a's played the much improved Engadine Dragons.

The Dragons turned up to Capt Cook oval with the eye of the tiger in them, wow, what a display we saw from the Engadine boys.

Engadine play very well against De La & combined well with a simple game plan that is deadly, close down the De La halves, restrict the ball getting to the De La forwards, then their speedy backs don't come into the equation at all. This doesn't allow the De La backs into the game. De La are missing their right winger.

It was a very physical game with plenty of classic hits with the return of holiday harry directing his troops and in control of the middle of the paddock. Luke Dodge, the 2 red heads, cheesa, wingy and young Denford having blinders.

There were tiny moments when De La were desprate and we saw glimpes of go forward from the home side.

Jesse Faye was the best player for De La who had plenty of good runs every time he got the footy, Nick 'RatAttack' Ratcliffe played strong and was rewarded with a second half try when he out ran the Dragons defenders down the left wing. Well done the Dragons, thats 2 from 2 so far this year and Engadine are the pace setters in this comp.

Cronulla Caringbah got on with the job against The Colts and had to work hard for their 32 point victory, the Sharks have had some good wins so far this year, but their defences seems to close down and they allow teams to score, Joe & Noel will no doubt be having some concerns over this. Stacey crossed for 3 tries.

Comp newcomers Menai added another 2 points to their '08 tally with a good win over the Gymea Gorilla's, that 1 win each for these to sides, so the teams are pretty close in on the footy field, which is great for the comp.

MENAI ROOSTERS HAVE SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT

In the Other game at Syclla Bay Oval, Cronulla Caringbah over came a determined Engadine Dragons team to record their second win so far this year.