Round 7: Pumas vs Test Eagles @ Puma Park

Welcome ladies and gentlemen to a beautiful night here at Puma park where the desperate Pumas will take on the undefeated Test Eagles. Tonight we look at two teams that have had seasons that are extremely opposite to each other. For the Test Eagles, they are yet to be defeated. They sit comfortably at the top of the ladder. However, they cannot underestimate tonight's opponents, the home team who will be looking to get their first win of the season and get themselves off the bottom. The Test Eagles come off the bye from last round so they will be fresh and healthy, while the Pumas come off a gutsy performance coming oh so close to beating the Hawks last week.

As for the teams, only one change and that comes from the Test Eagles and that's the debut of Andrew James who has shown great promise in reserves.

We are almost ready for kickoff so here are tonight's lineups:

Pumas:

1. Jesse Harding
2. Dion Alessi
3. Ben Herd
4. Dexter Astele
5. John Thornton
6. Kelvin Fung (c)
7. Ed Ames
8. Simon Humble
9. Luke Pilgrim
10. Jonny Wilkinson
11. Alex O'Driscoll
12. Billy Olsen
13. League Lover

Interchange:
14. Jaques McGrath
15. Mitch Johns
16. Aaron Hunt (vc)
17. Scott Flack

Test Eagles:

1. Rabbit Boy (rabbit_boy)
2. Dave Armstrong (Dave)
3. Ben Manera (Manero)
4. Alec Funkotron (Alec)
5. Haydos Bots (Bots)
6. Kurdt Kobain (Kurdt)
7. Benjamin Jacobs (Incey)
8. Duckworth Lewis (GYR)
9. Allan Izett (Roaddogg)
10. Nigel Hunt (Slyza)
11. Callum Laing (Callum)
12. Ben Parker (Magic)
13. Paddy Orr (Paddy)

Interchange:
14. Boy Blunder (Boy_Blunder)
15. Zack Berkuta (Blocka)
16. Chocolate Man (Choco)
17. Andrew James (Tartmaster)

 

Go Test Eagles. It has been a while but I cleared all the dust from my boots and I am ready to play.

 

Code:

 
Events:
 
10th Minute: Pumas RLFC Try to Ben Herd (4 - 0) 
10th Minute: Pumas RLFC Goal to Alexander O'Driscoll (6 - 0) 
14th Minute: Test Eagles Goal to Alec Funkotron (6 - 2) 
16th Minute: Test Eagles Try to Haydos Bots (6 - 6) [Missed tackle from Billy Olsen leads to try]
16th Minute: Test Eagles Goal to Alec Funkotron (6 - 8) 
20th Minute: Pumas RLFC Goal to Alexander O'Driscoll (8 - 8) 
27th Minute: Test Eagles Try to Chocolate Man (8 - 12) [Missed tackle from Aaron Hunt leads to try]
44th Minute: Pumas RLFC Try to Ben Herd (12 - 12) 
45th Minute: Pumas RLFC Goal to Alexander O'Driscoll (14 - 12) 
50th Minute: Test Eagles Try to Ben Parker (14 - 16) [Error from Simon Humble leads to try]
50th Minute: Test Eagles Goal to Alec Funkotron (14 - 18) 
51st Minute: Test Eagles Try to Haydos Bots (14 - 22) 
51st Minute: Test Eagles Goal to Alec Funkotron (14 - 24) 
70th Minute: Test Eagles Try to Haydos Bots (14 - 28) [Penalty from Scott Flack leads to try]
70th Minute: Test Eagles Goal to Alec Funkotron (14 - 30) 



























RLSim Pumas RLFC Vs. RLSim Test Eagles
Score:		14	-	30
Tries:		2	-	5
Goals:		3/4	-	5/6
Goal Ratio:	75%	-	83%
Possesion:	46%	-	54%
Line Breaks:	8	-	15
Hit-ups:  	168	-	155
Metres Gained:	1496	-	1541
Tackles:	214	-	234
Missed Tackles:	26	-	13
Errors:		6	-	6
Penalties:	9	-	8
 
Stats:			(T	G	P	LB	LBA	H	MG	T	MT	Err	Pen)
 
Pumas RLFC
1.Jesse Harding		(0	0	0	0	0	16	105	3	1	0	0)
2.Dion Alessi		(0	0	0	0	1	13	75	4	2	1	0)
3.Ben Herd		(2	0	8	2	0	12	164	10	0	0	1)
4.Dexter Astele		(0	0	0	0	0	13	92	12	0	1	0)
5.John Thornton		(0	0	0	1	0	9	75	11	0	0	0)
6.Kelvin Fung		(0	0	0	0	0	3	68	11	2	0	2)
7.Ed Ames		(0	0	0	0	0	7	84	15	3	0	0)
8.Simon Humble		(0	0	0	1	0	6	76	10	3	0	0)
9.Luke Pilgrim		(0	0	0	1	0	14	125	21	2	2	0)
10.John Wilkinson	(0	0	0	1	0	8	73	14	1	0	2)
11.Alexander O'Driscoll	(0	3	6	0	0	11	100	25	0	0	1)
12.Billy Olsen		(0	0	0	2	0	15	106	26	2	0	1)
13.League Lover		(0	0	0	0	0	10	87	26	0	0	0)
14.Jaques McGrath	(0	0	0	0	0	8	76	6	0	0	0)
15.Mitch Johns		(0	0	0	0	0	14	67	6	0	2	0)
16.Aaron Hunt		(0	0	0	0	0	3	65	6	1	0	0)
17.Scott Flack		(0	0	0	0	0	6	58	8	9	0	2)
 
Test Eagles
1.Rabbit Boy		(0	0	0	0	1	16	105	12	0	0	2)
2.Dave Armstrong	(0	0	0	2	1	6	100	5	2	0	0)
3.Ben Manera		(0	0	0	1	1	9	88	11	1	0	2)
4.Alec Funkotron	(0	5	10	1	3	7	92	8	1	0	0)
5.Haydos Bots		(3	0	12	6	0	6	174	9	0	0	0)
6.Kurdt Kobain		(0	0	0	0	2	5	73	11	0	0	0)
7.Benjamin Jacobs	(0	0	0	1	1	4	65	10	0	0	0)
8.Duckworth Lewis	(0	0	0	0	1	10	86	17	3	1	0)
9.Allan Izett		(0	0	0	1	1	13	91	30	0	0	0)
10.Nigel Hunt		(0	0	0	0	1	11	88	19	0	0	0)
11.Callum Laing		(0	0	0	0	0	15	59	29	0	0	0)
12.Ben Parker		(1	0	4	1	0	11	109	17	2	2	0)
13.Paddy Orr		(0	0	0	0	0	13	86	16	1	1	0)
14.Boy Blunder		(0	0	0	1	0	7	104	7	1	1	2)
15.Zac Berkuta		(0	0	0	0	0	10	64	9	0	1	1)
16.Chocolate Man	(1	0	4	1	0	9	92	11	2	0	1)
17.Andrew James		(0	0	0	0	0	3	65	13	0	0	0)

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Overview: Well, there goes the siren. That's fulltime and the Test Eagles remain undefeated. A very solid performance on their behalf just too good and too strong for the Pumas. The Pumas will be very disappointed with that effort, especially since they were leading just after the break and let it slip away quite easily. It is safe to say that with 3 games left, their season is well and truly over. As for the Test Eagles, they march on with another solid performance. The standout was no doubt Haydos Bots who absolutely carved the defense up. He certainly made the Origin selectors aware that he is there and killing it. Props goes to Ben Herd for the Pumas who tried his guts out and had quite a good game, a stand out for the losing side.

 

Haydos is the man