Burleigh Bears 2022

[Hail Sezer]

Jwal with about 5 errors including some overly ambitious offloads to the opposition. Very on brand

[Titanic]

Yep … I wouldn’t rush him into the NRL team unless absolutely necessary.

[DIEHARD]

Narrow win for Bears over Blackhawks in Townsville
https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2022/03/...in-townsville/

The Townsville Blackhawks hosted Burleigh Bears for the Round 2 fixture of the Hostplus Cup and it was the Bears who were victorious.

The last time these two sides clashed was in Round 8 last year, where the Bears won in a close match, with a score of 22-18.

The Blackhawks were looking to win in front of their home crowd after suffering a loss last week to Norths Devils, and Burleigh were coming off a win against Wynnum Manly Seagulls.

The visitors opened the scoring with Jacob Alick finding a spot in the Mendi Blackhawks defence to take advantage of and Josh Rogers successfully converted.

The Blackhawks answered back through Riley Price diving through his defence to hit the try line and Michael Bell was able to convert.

Kalifa Faifai-Loa sprinted down the sideline and was able to draw in his defence to pass the ball to Jaelen Feeney to score for the Blackhawks and Bell successfully converted.
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Patrick Kafusi was sent to sin bin after a professional foul which left his side vulnerable to the Bears attack.

As the home team desperately tried to hold out their opposition with only 12 men, Burleigh's Rogers found space in the defensive line by scoring a try and successfully converting, locking the scores.

After an error from the Blackhawks, the Bears were able to take the lead after Rogers was able to convert a penalty goal.

The first half finished at 14-12 in favour of the Bears.

With the second half well underway, the Bears pushed through the Blackhawks defensive line in the 50th minute through Tristan Powell, who was too powerful for his opposition to hold up from scoring and Rogers was able to convert.

The Blackhawks' Faifai-Loa put on one of his specials by winning the race to the ball in the corner and scored but Bell’s kick attempt was unsuccessful.

Trailing behind by four points, the Blackhawks desperately tried to find a way through the Bears and Taniela Sadrugu, on his debut, was the man to find a weak spot in the opposition's defensive line where he was unable to be stopped and Bell was able to convert the try, putting the home team in front.

In the dying seconds of the game, the Blackhawks scrambled to stop the Bears from scoring, but Tony Francis was too much for the home team to handle as he put the ball down and the conversion attempt was successful.

In a thrilling finish, the Bears were able to beat the Blackhawks on their own turf. The final score was 26-22.

Making his debut for the Blackhawks, Zac McMinn impressed with his first stint.

“We can put all that effort in, and then with just a little lap of concentration, unfortunately Burleigh was able to capitalise on it and got us it in the end,” McMinn said.

“I made it my goal to play one Hostplus Cup game this year and now I’ve done that and I’m very happy, I just want to keep striving to play again and to play well.”

The Blackhawks will host Wynnum Manly Seagulls in Round 3.

The Bears will host Redcliffe Dolphins.

[NZFan]

Does anyone have any info on what Troy Leo and and Kurtis Rowe are doing now?

[Hail Sezer]

Does anyone have any info on what Troy Leo and and Kurtis Rowe are doing now?

Troy suffered back to back ACL’s and isn’t playing. His little brother Moses is currently with NZ All Blacks sevens on their world circuit though…and he’s also an absolute gun

Kurtis is playing A grade for Burleigh. Taine’s form is keeping him out of a Qcup jersey.

[NZFan]

Thanks HS. Tough on Rowe I thought he was one of Burleighs better players last year but Taine has looked impressive in the limited game time I’ve seen.

Hoping we see Leo back on the field one day. He was exciting to watch

[DIEHARD]

Considering how the Titans are going, I'm going to expand my horizons and try to watch the games of our feeder teams every weekend.

Tomorrow it is Souths Magpies vs Burleigh Bears. On Kayo, Nine Now and QPlus. Also WatchNRL.

https://www.qrl.com.au/draw/qrl-prem...gpies-v-bears/

[DIEHARD]

25 mins in. Burleigh up 18-0.

Make that 22 nil and kick to come!

Taine Tuaupiki 9'
Sam Coster 16'
Alofiana Khan-Pereira 21'
Sami Sauiluma 25'

[DIEHARD]

Burleigh v Easts tomorrow

https://www.qrl.com.au/draw/qrl-prem...ears-v-tigers/

[lonegull]

Interesting today Marzhew in the centres for the bears, hopefully Holbrook went out for a look as the bears are once again dominating

[Hail Sezer]

Interesting today Marzhew in the centres for the bears, hopefully Holbrook went out for a look as the bears are once again dominating

I'm glad because it kept our young gun wingers on each edge

Lofi had a blinder. Marzhew was very good too but didn't get tested too much defensively at centre. Aaron Booth got increased minutes (which could be an indicator) and played well. Francis was good and made a few half breaks just from pure strength and power.

Was a very entertaining match and a good win for Burleigh against Easts who are a Top 4 team.

[lonegull]

Hopefully Holbrook is out watching the bears belay today 42-0 up at half time this team has serious talent and are very well coached. Their set pieces would rival NRL teams

[RavShamrock]

Well he is an ex-NRL coach and we'd probably be travelling better if he was at the helm

Hopefully Holbrook is out watching the bears belay today 42-0 up at half time this team has serious talent and are very well coached. Their set pieces would rival NRL teams

[Titanic]

Stone’s a reasonable coach.

[Titanic]

Any video of Bears d Gulls