The opening round of the NSWRL competitions has been completed, with several stars slowly making a name for themselves in the junior ranks as NRL scouts keep a close eye on them for the future.
Zero Tackleย reviews the results and examines the top try-scorers, top-point scorers and tables of the Harold Matthews Cup, Tarsha Gale Cup, Lisa Fiaola Cup, Andrew Johns Cup and Laurie Daley Cup.
Laurie Daley Cup
Highlight:ย Things couldn't have gone any better for the defending Laurie Daley Cup champions, the Illawarra South Coast Dragons, as they decimated the Riverina Bulls. Back-rower Dreau Clark and playmakers Aaymon Fitzgibbon and Levi Valesini led the team to victory as seven players crossed the try line.
Results
Central Coast Roosters 14 def Monaro Colts 0
NR Titans 38 def NMR Knights 14
Northern Tigers 36 def NC Bulldogs 6
Illawarra SC Dragons 48 def RD Bulls 6
Macarthur Wests Tigers 26 def Western Rams 22
Top Try Scorer
1. Robert Smith 2 (NR Titans)
= Tyler Jarvis (NMR Knights)
= Dylan Keane (Northern Tigers)
= Dreau Clark (Illawarra SC Dragons)
= Aaymon Fitzgibbon (Illawarra SC Dragons)
= Jordi Robertson (Western Rams)
= Archie Duncombe (Macarthur Wests Tigers)
Top Point Scorer
1. Levi Valesini 16 (Illawarra SC Dragons)
2. Dylan Keane 14 (Northern Tigers)
3. Jimmy McCombie 10 (NR Titans)
Table
1. Illawarra SC Dragons
2. Northern Tigers
3. NR Titans
4. Central Coast Roosters
5. Macarthur Wests Tigers
6. Western Rams
7. Monaro Colts
8. NMR Knights
9. NC Bulldogs
10. RD Bulls
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