S4, Res5: Squids vs. Typhoons (vBookie)

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 MacDonald
12. Eliott Witters
13. Michael Edwards
14. CJ Corka
15. Deddy Lehmann

Typhoons

1)Bochat
2)Rhodes
3)Wilkinson
4)Nielson
5)Clough
6)Fittaman
7)Shreyas
8)Anraad
9)Harding
10)Dyer
11)Veza
12)Haque
13)Quilty
14)Nova
15)Ikram

 

Sent this game to Howe to report up on when he's ready. Will close the vBookie shortly if anyone wants a last minute punt.

 

Tomorrow, 10am BST / 8pm AEST / 10pm NZT.

Edit: revised.

 

We're underway.

 

02.30

The next phase to be played from 36 metres on the Squids side of the halfway line.

Jonty Rhodes is tackled by Paul Oz for the Squids and a ruck forms. The ruck is contested. The Squids forwards charge in and, yes, it looks like they've turned this over. Great work from Matthew Jones in particular there. Looks like he landed the telling blow and won the turnover.

36 metres into the Squids side of the field.

Incredible stuff here! He's burst through the defensive line and he's on a run. Michael Edwards with the ball for the Squids. Wow he's looking like John Kirwan here - there's no stopping him and he's in. Great effort. A great run of 87 metres. TRY!!

TRY TO Squids

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

Squids 5 - 0 Typhoons

 

04.15

4 metres into the Squids side of the field.

Jack Holbitt on the run with the ball. He looks to run, but it doesn't look like there's anywhere to go. The move ends as he passes low and his target's knocked it forward. Scrum down!

That brings the ball up to 4 metres in Squids territory.

Scrum to the Typhoons. Great work by the Typhoons. That's gone with the feed and Jesse Harding picks it up at the base of the scrum. A metre is gained by the Typhoons in that contest.

5 metres into the Squids side of the field.

He's spotted a gap, and he's gone for it. Yes, he's through! Jesse Harding with the ball for the Typhoons. He's in - great try by Jesse Harding. A great run of 46 metres. TRY!!

TRY TO Typhoons

Can the Typhoons make it seven points? Zohaib Ikram steadies himself for the conversion attempt. That's gone straight down the middle. Excellent strike.

Squids 5 - 7 Typhoons

 

12.45

The next phase to be played from 37 metres on the Squids side of the halfway line.

Scrum to the Typhoons. That's a penalty to the Typhoons. The referee has spotted that Niranjan Gurupur was angling in to his opposite number.

The next phase to be played from 37 metres on the Squids side of the halfway line.

Penalty to the Typhoons to be taken by Zohaib Ikram. From here, they're going to have a Kick At Goal. The aim's good, but does it have the distance? Yes! 3 points to the Typhoons total.

PENALTY GOAL to Typhoons

Squids 5 - 10 Typhoons

 

17.30

We're now 45 metres into Typhoons territory.

Scrum to the Typhoons. That's a penalty to the Typhoons. The referee has spotted that Niranjan Gurupur was angling in to his opposite number.

That brings the ball up to 45 metres in Typhoons territory.

Penalty to the Typhoons to be taken by Zohaib Ikram. From here, they're going to have a Kick for Touch. Poor kick. He's failed to find touch there with the penalty, and the Squids snap up the ball. Terrible.

That brings the ball up to 37 metres in Typhoons territory.

James Hughes with the ball on the run here. He's already gained 9 metres. It looks like he's going to be tackled by Jonty Rhodes but incredibly, he's able to get the ball away to Soumyanil Das.

The next phase to be played from 46 metres on the Typhoons side of the halfway line.

Soumyanil Das with the ball on the run here. Too easy. He shrugs a couple of guys out of the way and offloads to Niranjan Gurupur.

He blasts over the line and the Squids retake the lead.

TRY to Squids

And it'll be Jack Holbitt to kick for the extra two points. He's got a fine connection on that one and his aim's good too. Two more to the total.

Squids 12 - 10 Typhoons

 

21.45

Great defensive work there. The ball carrier has been forced out into touch. That'll be a Line Out to the Squids.

We're now 45 metres into Squids territory.

Line Out to Squids. The calls come from the lines. Soumyanil Das throws and that's right down the middle. Who can time their leap best?

Ah, he's given a duff call there. Possession given away as Tom Clough collects the loose ball for the Typhoons.

And they've gained another 4 metres from driving the resulting maul. Some impressive power out there today and they've driven Clough over the line! TRY!!

TRY to Typhoons

And it'll be Zohaib Ikram to kick for the extra two points. He's got a fine connection on that one and his aim's good too. Two more to the total.

Squids 12 - 17 Typhoons

 

23.30

We're now 34 metres into Squids territory.

Security Nielson is tackled by Niranjan Gurupur for the Squids and a ruck forms. The ruck is contested but there's clearly some Squids hands in that ruck. The ref's spotted it. Penalty to the Typhoons.

Now they're 34 metres on the Squids side of the halfway line. What can they do with the ball from here?

Penalty to the Typhoons to be taken by Zohaib Ikram. From here, they're going to have a Kick At Goal. He's made that kick look easy, and over it goes.

PENALTY GOAL to Typhoons

Squids 12 - 20 Typhoons

 

29.15

We're now 32 metres into Squids territory.

Soumyanil Das on the run with the ball. He looks around and sizes up his options. He's already gained 8 metres. Not great work from Soumyanil Das as he runs straight into the arms of Security Nielson who tears the ball away from him. Turnover.

That brings the ball up to 40 metres in Squids territory.

Jesse Harding with the ball on the run here. He's already gained 7 metres. Jack Holbitt is zeroing in for the tackle but he holds the tackler off for just long enough to get the ball away to Zohaib Ikram with a well weighed pass.

That brings the ball up to 47 metres in Squids territory.

Zohaib Ikram with the ball on the run here. He's through! That was a great set-up by Harding. Ikram dots down by the posts for another try.

TRY to Typhoons

Conversion attempt for the Typhoons. Kick to be taken by Zohaib Ikram. He's got a fine connection on that one and his aim's good too. Two more to the total.

Squids 12 - 27 Typhoons

 

That's half time.

 

43.00

Now they're 41 metres on the Squids side of the halfway line. What can they do with the ball from here?

A maul is formed by the Typhoons. They try to get a roll on. That's been called off side. That's a penalty to the Typhoons

Looks like there's been some infringement from the Squids here. Penalty to the Typhoons.

The next phase to be played from 41 metres on the Squids side of the halfway line.

Penalty to the Typhoons to be taken by Zohaib Ikram. From here, they're going to have a Kick At Goal. What a kick. That's gone straight down the middle.

PENALTY GOAL to Typhoons

Squids 12 - 30 Typhoons

 

48.30

That brings the ball up to 1 metres in Squids territory.

Penalty to the Squids to be taken by Jack Holbitt. From here, they're going to have a Kick for Touch. That's a Ben Jacobs-esque BOOM kick there. A solid gain of 19 metres as it sails into touch where the ball-boy takes a clean catch.

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

Line Out to Squids. The calls come from the lines. Soumyanil Das throws and that's right down the middle. Who can time their leap best?

Easy take there for the Squids. It's taken long by Oscar Wood and he weighs up his options.

The Squids look to form a maul and rumble a few metres up field. They gain 1 metre.

19 metres into the Typhoons side of the field.

What a break! He's scythed through their defence like the proverbial hot knife through butter. James Hughes with the ball for the Squids. He's in - great try by James Hughes after a run of 32 metres. TRY!!

TRY to Squids

Conversion attempt for the Squids. Kick to be taken by Jack Holbitt. Oh dear me. He's sliced that one horribly, the try remains unconverted. Only 5 points added to their total.

Squids 17 - 30 Typhoons

 

62.45

We're now 39 metres into Squids territory.

Scrum to the Typhoons. Great work by the Typhoons. There's some twisting and turning going on up front but the Typhoons have won the scrum. That was a good, clean good put in.

We're now 39 metres into Squids territory.

Jonty Rhodes with a great turn of pace. He's already gained 10 metres. Reece Fisher is zeroing in for the tackle but he manages to offload to Jake Wilkinson in time.

We're now 49 metres into Squids territory.

Jake Wilkinson on the run with the ball. He looks around and sizes up his options. He's moving sideways at the moment in the face of a good defensive line. Michael Edwards completes a good tackle, causing a ruck to form.

That brings the ball up to 49 metres in Squids territory.

Brian Quilty with the quick snatch from the back of the ruck and burrows under one of the Squids' locks. That's a try says the referee! Great vision by Quilty.

TRY to Typhoons

Conversion attempt for the Typhoons. Kick to be taken by Zohaib Ikram. That's gone straight down the middle. Excellent strike.

Squids 17 - 37 Typhoons