Melbourne Storm celebrity Ryan Papenhuyzen made his long-awaited return from a knee damage, whereas hookers Tom Starling and Jake Turpin responded to being dropped.
Daejarn Asi returned to New South Wales Cup beaming with confidence after a seven-week NRL stint, whereas Brendan Hands additionally joined him in reserve grade and up-and-coming prop Ky Rodwell exploded with one in all his greatest performances of the season.
Three North Sydney gamers bagged doubles because the first-placed Bears made a premiership assertion and a 26-year-old Queensland Cup battler had a recreation for the ages after years of making an attempt to cement his spot within the grade.
Read on for the newest Reserve Grade Wrap.
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ALL EYES WERE ON
If ever there was a highly-anticipated return from damage it was Ryan Papenhuyzen’s. The star No.1 has spent the final yr recovering from a fractured kneecap.
After 384 days on the sideline, Papenhuyzen solely performed the primary half for Storm feeder facet Sunshine Coast Falcons. He completed with a strive help, a linebreak help, 46 working metres and kicked two conversions from three makes an attempt within the 24-10 win over Ipswich.
But most significantly, he bought by means of the 40 minutes unscathed.
Storm skipper Christian Welch, Harry Grant and Nelson Asofa-Solomona have been within the crowd cheering Papenhuyzen on.
It’s anticipated the 25-year-old will play for the Falcons once more subsequent week, however will intention for the complete 80 minutes.
Fellow Storm star Justin Olam was on deck for the Falcons too. He completed with a linebreak, three deal with busts, 142 working metres and 9 tackles — together with a trademark bone-cruncher — however did miss 4. Olam, nonetheless, left the sector within the closing two minutes with what an arm damage.
Raiders hooker Tom Starling performed his first NSW Cup recreation of the season after being dropped from Ricky Stuart’s NRL facet. The 25-year-old performed the complete 80 minutes, ending with 91 working metres and 4 deal with busts in addition to a game-high of 43 tackles with no misses.
The Roosters’ Jake Turpin additionally dropped again to NSW Cup and was spectacular within the North Sydney Bears’ massive win with a strive help, two linebreak assists, 133 working metres and 22 tackles — one miss.
With Tom Burgess unavailable as a consequence of a suspension and Jai Arrow struggling a again damage, the Rabbitohs are going to want to fill some holes of their pack. Daniel Suluka-Fifita and Shaquai Mitchell are the 2 gamers subsequent in line they usually each delivered in NSW Cup over the weekend.
Suluka-Fifita notched up 199 working metres to go along with his 21 tackles — three misses — whereas Mitchell made 128 metres and made 21 tackles with only one miss.
Upon Dylan Brown’s return from a suspension, Daejarn Asi returned to the Eels’ Cup facet — at fullback — and performed a giant hand of their win over the Dragons. Asi bagged a hat-trick, arrange one other strive, bought 5 deal with busts, a linebreak and 159 working metres.
And in an eerily comparable scene to the NRL conflict between the 2 golf equipment, Dragons centre Savelio Tamale scored 4 tries in a dropping facet. Mikaele Ravalawa did the identical on Sunday. Tamale completed with two linebreaks, 9 deal with busts and a game-high of 229 metres to go along with his tries.
A shoutout goes to prop Matt Koellner, who had his finest efficiency in Queensland Cup so far. The 26-year-old made his Cup debut with Tweed in 2021 however didn’t get a second recreation till Round 9 this season with Burleigh. He joined Burleigh on a train-and-trial this yr after taking part in for Tugun in native A-Grade and eventually compelled his approach into the 17 in Round 9. He was dropped in Round 15 after which recalled per week later, nevertheless it’ll be onerous to drop him after his efficiency over the weekend — two strive assists, 5 deal with busts, a linebreak, 197 working metres and 27 tackles with zero misses.
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STANDOUTS
Warriors centre Viliami Vailea arrange two tries, bought three linebreak assists and ran 103 metres in his facet’s 26-14 win over the Panthers, whereas fullback Setu Tu scored a strive, set one other one up and ran for a game-high of 205 metres.
The Bears confirmed why they’re premiership heavyweights with a 54-14 win over the Knights. Five-eighth Jesse Marschke had a blinder with two tries, two strive assists, three linebreaks, a linebreak help, 5 deal with busts and 163 working metres.
Junior Pauga added two extra tries to his tally to make it 20 in 14 video games and likewise bought a strive help, a linebreak, a linebreak help and 147 working metres. Skipper Zach Dockar-Clay additionally bagged a double in a rock-solid efficiency the place he additionally sett up a strive, bought two linebreaks, a linebreak help and 109 metres, whereas Ben Thomas topped the metre-count with 192.
Veteran playmaker Matt Frawley scored a double for the Raiders of their six-point win over the Magpies. He additionally arrange a strive, bought two linebreaks and completed with 124 working metres. But for what it’s value, his opposing halfback Brandon Wakeham was busy in a dropping facet, organising three tries, busting 4 tackles and getting 71 working metres.
The Rabbitohs had a dominant 32-16 win over Newtown with up-and-coming hooker Peter Mamouzelos and departing fullback Blake Taaffe pulling all of the strings. Mamouzelos arrange three tries, ran for 84 metres and made 34 tackles with only one miss, whereas Taaffe scored a attempt to arrange two extra to go along with his 122 metres.
Newtown hooker Jayden Berrell was stylish in a dropping facet with two tries, two linebreaks, a linebreak help and 157 metres. He additionally made 39 tackles however did miss six.
The doublathon continued in NSW Cup with younger gun halfback Latu Fainu scoring two tries in Blacktown’s 28-18 win over the Roosters.
Brendan Hands discovered himself in NSW Cup for the primary time since Round 3 — and performed five-eighth after 17 video games in first grade taking part in hooker for the Eels. He arrange three tries, bought a linebreak, a linebreak help. 24-year-old prop Ky Rodwell was huge within the win, punching out 72 minutes — his most this season — and ending with a linebreak, a linebreak help, 195 metres and 38 tackles with only one miss.
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Up in Queensland, Northern Pride second-rower bagged a hat-trick, whereas hooker Christopher Ostwald arrange three tries and bought two linebreak assists.
Benji Kot scored the matchwinner for PNG Hunters within the 79th minute to seal a 26-22 victory over the Dolphins, however winger Solo Wane was their most necessary participant with two tries, two linebreaks and 136 metres.
Western Clydesdales winger Melino Fineanganofo bagged a double, bought two linebreaks, seven deal with busts and 110 metres in his facet’s win over Norths Devils, whereas five-eighth Jordan Lipp matched with two tries additionally.
The two-try development was current in Queensland Cup too with Edrick Lee crossing twice for Dolphins feeder facet CQ Capras, as did hooker Trey Brown. Nixon Putt was huge within the second row with a strive, a strive help, a linebreak help, 5 deal with busts and 153 metres. He additionally made 19 tackles with two misses.
Sunshine Coast winger Sualauvi Faalogo scored a double, bought two linebreaks, 11 deal with busts and a game-high of 183 metres in his facet’s win over Ipswich, whereas Max Bailey was spectacular off the bench with a strive, a linebreak, 12 deal with busts and 177 metres in addition to 24 tackles — two misses.
Brisbane Tigers second-rower Thomas Rafter bagged two tries, whereas Corey Thompson was his standard busy self at fullback with a strive help, a linebreak, seven deal with busts and 194 metres. Meanwhile, Tristan Sailor was strong in a dropping facet, organising two tries for Souths Logan, getting two linebreak assists and ending with 238 metres.
Burleigh centre Sami Sauiluma scored a double and ran for over 200 metres, nevertheless it was halfback Guy Hamilton, who bought man of the match honours after scoring a strive, getting two linebreak assists and making 124 working metres. He additionally slotted a subject objective on full-time to seal a 35-6 win pretty much as good observe with finals simply across the nook.
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SPOTTED
Jarrod Cole refereed his a hundred and fiftieth Queensland Cup recreation over the weekend. It was an additional particular achievement given he suffered a coronary heart assault in 2019 and didn’t know if he’d get again to refereeing. He started refereeing at 15-years outdated with a younger Jayden Campbell taking part in in his first recreation — an underneath 7s recreation. He made his Queensland Cup refereeing debut in 2014 and checked off the milestone at Totally Workwear Stadium in a conflict between the Brisbane Tigers and Souths Logan Magpies. You can learn extra about his journey right here.
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