Round 5: Central Comets vs Tweed Heads

[Queenslander]

Central Comets vs Tweed Heads
Venue: Browne Park
Date: Sat 14 Apr 2007
Game Time: 7:30pm

Central Comets
1. Junior AURU
2. Aiden TE PUKE
3. Nat BOWMAN
4. Ben FARRELL
5. Shannon STITT
6. Steve FARRELLY
7. Cheyenne MOTU
13. Tyron HAYNES
12. Todd TITMUS
11. Guy WILLIAMS
10. Pete PENAIA
9. Patt DALL
8. Geoff BLACK c
Interchange:
14. Mick ESDALE
15. Mark SUNIULA
16. Brent WILLIAMS
17. Luke FATNOWNA

Tweed Heads
1. Ryan MILLIGAN
2. Nathanael BARNES
3. David MYLES
4. James WOOD
5. Josh VAUGHAN
6. Brad DAVIS
7. Tim MACCAN
13. Matthew POW
12. Daniel CONN
11. Andrew MORONEY c
10. Roy FRIEND
9. Matthew KING
8. Michael HODGSON
Interchange:
14. Matthew AUSTIN
15. Selasi BERDIE
16. Chris ENAHORO
17. Chris SANDOW

[Queenslander]

Tweed Continues Comets' Rocky Start

DAVID met Goliath in Rockhampton on Saturday night, as Tweed?s smaller men ran rampant in a 34-0 victory against the monstrous Central Comets.

Making amends for his send-off in an upset loss at the same ground a year earlier, Seagulls halfback Tim Maccan left Browne Park with two tries to his name.

He and diminutive teammates Matt King, Brad Davis and Chris Sandow hit the ground running from the kick-off, testing the likes of 125kg Pete Penaia and stand-in Comets skipper, 119kg Geoff Black.

Tweed Heads led 20-0 at halftime and then went on with the job to secure back-to-back victories for the first time this season.

At just 168cm and 74kg, the fleet-footed Sandow resembled a pinball dodging the uprights at Stonehenge, causing problems for even his fellow Seagulls.

?Our support guys couldn?t keep up with him,? coach Troy McCarthy said of the Titans-contracted youngster.

?He made a few little breaks and exposed some weaknesses, but he was just too bloody quick.

?We knew Central would play the power game, so we worked on our scooting rucks and right from the start I felt that was working. I thought it was a very clinical and impressive performance.?

While the little men did much of the damage, former Bulldog Daniel Conn stepped up with a big workload and was named Players? Player as the Seagulls kept the opposition scoreless.

In the same contest a year earlier, Central sprang a 29-16 upset after playmaker Maccan was dismissed from the field for a dangerous throw in the 16th minute.

This time though it was the Comets caught short, with captain Wayne Barnett and five-eighth Steve Farrelly still suspended, leaving inexperienced Yoren Major to fill the pivot role.

While Comets mentor Steve Anderson has displayed dedication to a youth policy, he will no doubt be eager for a win after five straight losses to begin the year.

Central?s next opportunity to strike a blow is against Wynnum Manly at BMD Kougari Oval on Sunday, kicking off at 3pm.

Tweed Heads meanwhile, will face the might of North Queensland, Redcliffe and Aspley in succession, beginning the gauntlet against the Young Guns at the Piggabeen Complex at 2.30pm on Sunday.


TWEED HEADS 34 (Tim Maccan 2, Nathanael Barnes, Matt Pow, Josh Vaughan, Brad Davis tries; Brad Davis 5 goals) d CENTRAL 0 at Browne Park.

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