Update: 40 mins It is a scrum from the place where Perry kicked it from and Cribb is ready to put it in. NSW drive them back a good 5 metres. Flack hooks it back and Burridge holds it up at the back. Cribb loops around Jacobs and receieves it again. Lovely play from Cribb, he has got NSW an overlap. NSW simply pass it down the line and BG Herd has the ball. TRYYYYYYYYY FOR NSW! HERD PLOPS IT DOWN IN THE CORNER AND GIVES FARHAT A HARD KICK. Farhat misses the conversion and the scores are now level at 5-5. GEC King steadies himself for the kick off. He goes long and K Fung claims it. He uses a brilliant burst of pace and goe around. He still has the ball after ut pacing 2 men. FUNG IS STILL GOING! HE HAS MADE 50 METRES NOW AND MORE! AJ Son makes a last ditch tackle after a superb run from Fung. But Fung has no support and he has been turned over by Manera. That is awesome flanker stuff from Manera. That has impressed a few people. He shovels it back for M Perry and he hands it back to GEC King. King clears it very well and gains valuable territory and relief of pressure for ROA. The ref has called last play of the half and SA Flack readies himself for the lineout. O'Driscoll claims it well and taps it back to Cribb. He passes it back to Jacobs who hoofs it into touch at half time the score is 5 all.
Update: 60 mins GEC King has taken the kick off and that one is floating magnificently. What a perfect kick! His forwards have a real chance to get to it. Gemmell was so close to getting to that, but Armstrong has claimed it well for NSW and he starts the attack. Cribb passes the ball to Jacobs who performs a miss pass to Green. LOVELY STUFF! GREEN HAS BROKEN THE LINE AND IS MAKING A BRILLIANT RUN! TRY FOR NSW!!! UNDER THE POSTS AND THE CONVERSION IS EASY! Farhat makes the kick and the score is now 12-5 to NSW. P Orr has come on for BH Borisc now and will go into Inside Centre moving A Vago out to 13. And GEC King has to take his second kick off in about 8 minutes. He goes for a long reverse and finds space. The ball bobbles around a bit and AM Farhat claims it. He steadies himself and clears the ball quite well. It rolls into touch and that is an excellent kick from Farhat. P retzel has the ball for the lineout and has made a solid throw into R Gee. He taps it back to Perry. He throws a nice pass to King who steadies himself and chips one over the top. DEVONSHIRE WAS OUT WIDE THERE AND IS ALMOST AT THE BALL! Unlucky. He was so close but he knocked it on at the last second. B Dover has come on for S Masters for ROA and L Pilgrim has come on for M Perry. This could turn out to be a vital desicion to bring Pilgrim on. I think it will pay off.
Update: 80 mins NSW are going to make some changes of their own now and AJ Parker is coming on for DW Lewis and MJ Johns has come on for BC Jacobs at the 60th minute stage. Cribb has the ball to put into the scrum now. Flack has hooked it back straight away. This NSW scrum really is dominating that of ROA. Cribb offloads it to the blind and the blindside winger has two mean with him. Farhat has Burridge and Cribb alongside him and is away. HE OFFLOADS TO CRIBB AND HE FINISHES OFF A BRILLIANT MOVE THAT HE STARTED. It is a difficult kick but not impossible. Farhat has missed it too the left and the score is now 17-5 to NSW. I really cannot see ROA coming back from this. It doesn't look like the ROA players do either. They know it is a friendly and don't seem to be trying much anymore. But GEC King takes the kick anyway and has gone towards SM Green. Green makes good ground before being taken down on the 10 metre line in the NSW half. Cribb pops it up to Armstrong who takes it well. Now Kolar has a pick and go and makes good ground. Flack's turn now and they have made about 10 metres from those 3 phases. The ref calls last play and Cribb simply leathers it out. The final score is 17-5 to NSW and The Man of the Match Award goes to RG Cribb for orchestrating his forwards and backs brilliantly and getting a try.
