S4, Res3: Einherjar vs. Squids (vBookie)

Einherjar

1 N Miokovic
2 W Robinson
3 B Phifer
4 C Man
5 DA Crowley
6 R Downpipes
7 D Armstrong
8 T Miokovic
9 N Hunt
10 AR DForum
11 D Diggler
12 JK Lyons
13 BMT Con
14 T Bradford
15 CB Darts


Squids

1. MP Jones
2. Soumyanil Das
3. NN Gurupur
4. OTN Wood
5. Reece Fisher
6. Paul Oz
7. Bibu Immanual
8. C Chapnis

9. James Hughes (C)
10. Jack Holbitt (K)
11. Zac McDonald
12. Elliot Witters
13. Michael Edwards
14. CJ Corka
15. Deddy Lehmann

 

This!

 

It's wet out there.

 

10:15

With the overlap begging, Deddy Lehmann drops the ball cold and the Squids miss out on the try.

 

11:30

Squids win a penalty, but Holbitt hooks the kick at goal and it misses by a mile. Woeful.

 

13:00

Another handling error in these tricky conditions. Corka drops the ball and we'll have an Einherjar scrum, halfway between their try line and the half way line.

Good hit from the makeshift Einherjar front row and it's clean ball for Nigel Hunt.

Hunt to Dforum. Dforum finds Con. Con with a pass back infield to Hunt. The Squids defense is in disarray here as Hunt runs diagonally and then finds Diggler with a cut out pass.

Diggler on the run here. Acres of space to play with and he's broken through the squids defense.

Lehmann tries to cover, but Diggler has run three-quarters of the field and slides over in the corner.

TRY to Einherjar!

Dforum can't convert.

Einherjar 5 - 0 Squids

 

Restart to the Squids. James Hughes with the kick, and he kicks a short one. That's gone straight to David Crowley who drops it cold. Knock on. Scrum down!

Great work from the Squids at the scrum, they've secured their own ball and win that scrum gaining 2 metres.

The next phase to be played from 16 metres on the Einherjar side of the halfway line.

Niranjan Gurupur is tackled by Brenton Phifer for the Einherjar and a ruck forms. The ruck is contested but the Squids show good ball security and extract the ball from the ruck.

The next phase to be played from 19 metres on the Einherjar side of the halfway line.

Incredible stuff here! He's burst through the defensive line and he's on a run. Zac MacDonald with the ball for the Squids. I think he's going to make it all the way. Yes, he touches down under the posts. A great run of 32 metres. TRY!!

TRY TO Squids

Conversion attempt for the Squids. Kick to be taken by Jack Holbitt. That's another atrocious kick. Reminiscent of Aaron Hunt in Season 3. He scuffs it wide.

Einherjar 5 - 5 Squids

 

22.15

Scrum to the Squids here - and the Squids have been awarded a penalty. Clearly some issues with the way that Brenton Phifer was binding on there.

The next phase to be played from 40 metres on the Einherjar side of the halfway line.

Penalty to the Squids to be taken by Jack Holbitt. From here, they're going to have a Kick At Goal. A great connection for him there and he secures the 3 points.

Einherjar 5 - 8 Squids

 

31.00

We've got continual pressure on the Squids try line from the Einherjar. This move has built up to 16 phases now, and only 2m from the line.

Robinson is tackled and brought down just short of the line. Another pick and go is lined up.

Downpipes the man on the spot and he drives for the line. Hard to see that one, this looks like it will go to the TMO...

...No! The referee has seen all he needs, and he awards the try. The replay shows the referee got that spot on.

TRY to the Einherjar!

Dforum steps up and completes the conversion.

Einherjar 12 - 8 Squids

 

34.30

Line Out to Einherjar. That's a good throw, but there's some great work by the Squids. They've contested that Line Out superbly, and Bibu Immanuel steals the ball for them.

The next phase to be played from 17 metres on the Einherjar side of the halfway line.

Michael Edwards is tackled by Will Robinson for the Einherjar and a ruck forms. The ruck is contested but the Squids show good ball security and extracate the ball from the ruck.

The next phase to be played from 17 metres on the Einherjar side of the halfway line.

Corka fills in at half back and spreads the ball down the line. Witters in the centres today, he takes a good hold from a poor pass from Lehmann and runs at the defensive line.

Missed tackle from Con! He should have held him there, and suddenly Witters is away. Cam Darts comes across to cover, but Witters holds him off.

Witters slides over in the corner! TRY!!

TRY TO Squids
Conversion attempt for the Squids. Kick to be taken by Jack Holbitt. Nah, that's sailed wide of the posts.

Einherjar 12 - 13 Squids</pre>

 

HALF TIME ANALYSIS

Fifty/fifty here, pretty much, in the stats and in the scoreline. Anyone's game this one.

 

45.30

Another line break, and another missed tackle in the Einherjar back line.

Hughes received the ball off the boot of the scrum and ran with it. He flattened Dforum and evaded Nigel Hunt with ease. A missed tackle from Bradford and all Darts can do is push Hughes to the corner.

TRY to Squids

Holbitt misses another conversion attempt.

Einherjar 12 - 18 Squids</pre>

 

54.15

Niranjan Gurupur is tackled by Will Robinson for the Einherjar and a ruck forms. The ruck is contested and the Einherjar players pile in. I think he got a little isolated there, and they've turned the ball over.

The next phase to be played from 18 metres on the Squids side of the halfway line.

David Crowley is tackled by Soumyanil Das for the Squids, but he's gained a few more metres and the Squids recycle possesion. Brenton Phifer goes next, and is tackled by Niranjan Gurupur for the Squids, and again the Einherjar get it back out of the ruck.

Cam Darts opts to kick for touch here for the Einherjar. That's been charged down! Great defensive work there.

The next phase to be played from 21 metres on the Squids side of the halfway line.

Michael Edwards grabs the ball and attempts a run. He's moving sideways at the moment in the face of a good defensive line. He lets off an awful pass in the tackle. That's been knocked on and we'll have a scrum here.

The next phase to be played from 21 metres on the Sharks side of the halfway line.

Scrum to the Einherjar. The scrum collapses as the ball's fed. The referee has called Soumyanil Das for that offense, and that'll be a penalty to the Einherjar.

Penalty to the Vikings to be taken by Aby Dforum. From here, they're going to have a Kick for Touch. Great kick. That finds touch 19 metres upfield. The players run up to form the line out.

The next phase to be played from 40 metres on the Squids side of the halfway line.

Line Out to Einherjar. That's a good throw, makes it easy for Rusty Downpipes to secure the ball. The maul is set up and the Einherjar rumble forward a few metres.

The next phase to be played from 47 metres on the Sharks side of the halfway line.

The ball is spread to Jamie Lyons who is tackled by Oscar Wood for the Squids and a ruck forms. The ruck is contested but the Einherjar show good ball security and extracate the ball from the ruck.

The next phase to be played from 48 metres on the Squids side of the halfway line.

Nigel Hunt off the back of the ruck. He spots a gap, and he's through! Great vision from Hunt! TRY!!

TRY TO Einherjar

Conversion attempt for the Einherjar. Kick to be taken by Aby Dforum. Great kick. He's nailed that one and they earn the extra 2 points.

Einherjar 19 - 18 Squids </pre>

 

69.00

Cam Darts opts to kick here for the Einherjar. He's trying to Kick for Touch. Kicked out on the full, but from this point on the field, that's fine. Line out.

The next phase to be played from 39 metres on the Einherjar side of the halfway line.

Line Out to the Squids. That's a good throw and an easy take for Cameron Chapnis. The Squids set up the maul, and the Einherjar really struggle to hold this one.

The ball comes out only inches from the Einherjar line.

With so many bodies committed to the maul, Hughes easily scythes through and scores another try.

TRY TO Squids

Conversion attempt for the Squids. Kick to be taken by Jack Holbitt. Great kick! He's nailed that one and they earn the extra 2 points.

Einherjar 19 - 25 Squids</pre>

 

75.00

The Einherjar need to do something here - six points behind with only minutes left on the clock. Con is tackled 20m short of the Squids line.

The ruck forms. Clean ball for Hunt. Hunt spies a gap, but is brought down.

Another ruck, and Hunt has done well here. Dforum fills in as halfie and spreads wide. Diggler with a run. He's gained 10m there, but passes back in field to Bradford who is tackled.

10m from the Squids line now, slow ball here. Robinson with the drive from the back of the ruck and gains a couple.

The Squids seem worried about committing too many bodies to the ruck here, with Diggler looking for the ball out wide.

Hunt feints a pass and drives forward, but is held off by Jones.

6m from the line now.

Another pick and go, and Crowley gains a couple. Definitely within drive distance now. Can the Einherjar do it?

Quick ball again and Downpipes the man for the drive. He slams into Chapnis who tries to hold him up, but Downpipes wriggles free...

He dives for the line! YES! TRY!!!!

Einherjar 24 - 25 Squids

Pressure on the debutant now. Can Dforum give the Einherjar the lead?