Brothers crash over rivals ’Roos run down and Waves rolled

TEAMS and players enjoy their football the most when they are winning and McKeown might still enjoy playing league when he is on the end of a belting.

WALL BREAKER: Brothers front-rower Ikuna Manuofetoa is free to play his team's next game. Photo Ben Turnbull / NewsMail. Picture: Ben Turnbull

TEAMS and players enjoy their football the most when they are winning and McKeown might still enjoy playing league when he is on the end of a belting, imagine how the Brothers players feel after scoring 16 tries in the huge win.

With Brothers massive forwards leading the way - and scoring tries themselves - for the backs, the damage was done out wide with Shaun Collins and Lewis Williams bagging a double.

Brothers dominance was so evident every player wearing number one through to 10 got on the score sheet, with Quade McGrory adding his name for good measure.

The crowd applauded Waves's determination not to give up as well as Brothers halfback Matthew Hall.

"They have had trouble as a club, they had to pull out of reserve grade but full credit must go to them for sticking it out for 80 minutes," Hall said.

"Our confidence was high and we stuck to our game plan that was how we got the win."

The only negative for Brothers from the game was Ikuna Manuofetoa being reported for biting after Chris Geogiu complained to the referee.

While the margin wasn't the same in the Wests and Wallaroos game, the Panthers 64-12 win was impressive in its implementation.

Early in the season Wests Corey Tanner said the team's goal was to keep their opposition to less than 20 points in a match, and apart from one game against Hervey Bay they have succeeded. Wests captain-coach Brent Kuskey was happy with the win.

He said a particular approach was brought to the game to counter Wallaroos size.

"Aaron Kuskey got us around the park well and his kicks were good," Kuskey said.

"They were a big side and we wanted to turn them around and get to our kicks and jam them in the corners."

Wests were able to execute the plan and Wallaroos often kicked from the 20m line paving the way for another Wests attack.

Hervey Bay upset Isis 28-24 in a game Isis will consider one that got away. Handling errors plagued the Devils and with Tyrone Hopgood more accurate on goal the Seagulls continued to fly high in the run up to the finals.

In upcoming games Wallaroos play Isis, Wests tackle Waves Tigers and Easts take on Hervey Bay.

WAVES Tigers considered forfeiting the A-grade game to Brothers, and after being flogged 88-6 some of the players would have wondered why they took the field.

But not the team's captain, Robert McKeown, he compared the game to a more painful pursuit but he enjoyed his rugby league and he wouldn't be giving in any time soon.

"The game was like 80 minutes of banging your head against a brick wall. But I won't quit because I just love playing footy," McKeown said.

Scoreboard

Wests 64 (J Tanner 3, L Darby, T Turaga, N Broadhurst, H Smith, A Kuskey, J Fagan, L Baldry, B Kuskey, J Turaga tries; A Kuskey 6, B Kuskey 2 goals) d Wallaroos 12 (L Beatty, D Sandow tries; L Beatty, D Sandow goals)

Brothers 88 (S Collins, L Williams, I Manuofetoa, J Keune, Q McGrory 2, B Jung, M Hall, J Andrews, S Tua, J Akers, T Dodd tries; d Waves Tigers 6 (L Houston try; B McKeown goal)

Hervey Bay 28 (J Denduck, T Freshwater, B Eldridge, B Stefaniuk, D Horgan tries; T Hopgood 4 goals) d Isis 24 (D Dann, C Murchie, M Curtis, N Sullivan, M Cassidy tries; R O'Donnell 2 goals)