Sydney Rugby Union 1st Colts Rd 1 wrap, stars, standouts, upset, try scorers, match results, ladder
Two sides cracked 80, a favourite fell, one team kept their rivals scoreless and there were multiple hat tricks in a wacky and wonderful opening round of Sydney Rugby Union 1st Colts.
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Two sides cracked 80, a favourite fell, one team kept their rivals scoreless and there were multiple hat tricks in a wacky and wonderful opening round of Sydney Rugby Union 1st Colts.
The red hot boot of Felix Turinui also turned heads in the opening round of 1st Colts where his teammate Oscar Jorgenson was one of a number of players to go over three times and the defending champions fell in a shock loss.
Sydney Uni amassed an extra extraordinary 87 points in round one despite having numerous players absent due to an Australian U20s camp ahead of the U20 World Cup later this year.
Randwick left the field with an impressive 80 point score line in another dominating performance in round one where Felix Turinui nailed 10 conversions.
In a weekend of good kicking, Ben Playford, Hugo Kulcsar and Macintyre Bird all kicked nine.
Gordon were the only team able to keep their opposition scoreless in their 78-0 defeat of the Two Blues.
The closest match of the round was between Warringah and the Hunter Wildfires in Newcastle with the Rats just edging their opposition.
Eastern Suburbs, also hit by the Australian squad camp and a loss of personnel, caused the shock of the round with their unexpected loss to Southern Districts who had two players score three tries each in Kamisese Tuqalo and King Manu.
MANLY 37 beat NORTHERN SUBURBS 14
Manly drew first blood in the 2025 season with a big win over Northern Suburbs on home turf at Manly Oval
In the first evening match of the season the Marlins dominated in the 23 point victory.
Manly scorers: Angus Pepar 2, Tallis McEwen-Welsh 1, Albert Ingleton
1, William Hayes 1, Nicholas Newton 1, Xavier Stewart 1.
Norths scorer: Bailey Park 1.
HUNTER WILDFIRES 34 lost to WARRINGAH 38
Warringah headed up the freeway for a match their coach always expected to dangerous for his young side and it was.
But in the end they prevailed by four with Ezekiel James Guttenbeil on of the stars for the Rats at Newcastle Sports Ground 2.
Warringah scorers: Ezekiel James Guttenbeil 2, Brodie Hitchman 1, Sam Blank 1, Riley Osborn 1.
Wildfires scorers: Noah Jackson 1, Charlie Moroney 1, Milos Safranek 1, Ethan Hamilton 1
Mitchell Balzer 1, Angus Cornish 1.
TWO BLUES 0 lost to GORDON 78
The Two Blues were the only club in the Sydney Rugby Union 1st Colts comp not to get points on the board in round one.
In contrast last year’s runners up went on a scoring rampage in the blowout at Eric Tweedale Stadium.
Gordon scorers: Harrison Darling 2, Hamish MacDonald 2, Max Roach 2, Tom Quigley 1, Finn Graham 1, Charlie Foster 1, Charlie Burt, 1, Tunui Jorgensen 1, Aaron Neville-Smith 1
Two Blues: 0
WEST HARBOUR 24 lost to SYDNEY UNI 87
Uni put on quite a show at St John’s College Oval with their big win over West Harbour.
Standouts for Uni included Tuqalo and Manu who both scored three tries each in the match.
West Harbour scorers: Sevuloni Satala 2, Jeremiah Raniga 1, Jayden Mazoudier 1, Joshua Tredwell 1.
Sydney Uni scorers: Kamisese Tuqalo 3, King Manu 3, Charles Bull 2, Pat O’Connor 2 Dane Mitchell 2, Edward (Ned) Ericsson 1, Daniel Saunders 1, Hamish Grover 1.
SOUTHEN DISTRICTS 31 beat EASTERN SUBURBS 25
In the shock of the round the defending 1st Colts champions fell at Woollahra Oval.
Levi Dangerfield scored two tries for a Souths side their coach said came via “outstanding defence’’.
“They just put it out there,’’ Jake Holman said.
Souths scorers: Levi Dangerfield 2, Jack Headley 1, Hunter Goldsbrough 1,
Liam Manu 1.
Easts scorers: Nick Swain 1, Joshua Vaalotu 1, Arthur Greer 1
EASTWOOD 12 lost to RANDWICK 80
Jorgensen was a standout with his three tries and Turinui was deadly with the boot in this blowout.
“No one played poorly. It was a good start for us,’’ said coach Jack Harriosn.
“We played will but we have plenty ton improve.’’
Randwick scorers
Oscar Jorgensen 3, Cooper Habler 2 Matteo Cleverley 2, Wyatt Ballenger 1, Darcy Standfield 1, Benedict Lopeti 1, Tyler Maybery 1, Pauliasi Taulava 1.
Eastwood scorers: Taite Howells 1, Junior Latu 1
1ST COLTS LEADERS LADDER AFTER RD 1
Gordon 5
Randwick 5
Sydney Uni 5
Manly 5
Souths 5
Warringah 5
Wildfires 2
Easts 2
West Harbour 1
Norths 0
Eastwood 0
Two Blues 0
Red hot boot
Rd 1 Leaders board: Conversions
1 Felix Turinui 10
2 Ben Playford 9
3 Sam Blank 5
4 Sam Sharman 5
5 Sebastian Newman 3
6 Preston Hansen 2
7 Angus Cornish 2
8 Brody McLaren 2
9 Jonty Fowler 1
10 Ben Whatley 1
11 Henry Conick 1
12 Luke Alderson 1
SYDNEY RUGBY UNION 1ST COLTS ROUND 2 FIXTURE
Sydney Uni v Randwick, St Andrews College, 12/4/2025 11:30am
Easts v Wildfires, Woollahra Oval, 12/4/2025 11:50am
Two Blues v Manly, Eric Tweedale Stadium, 12/4/2025, 11:50am
Warringah v West Harbour, Concord Oval, 12/4/2025 3pm
Eastwood v Souths T G Millner Field, 12/4/2025 3pm
Gordon v Norths, Chatswood Oval, 12/4/2025 4:50pm
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