All Second-Division sides that survived the Wildcard Round of the Pre-Season Trophy have been eliminated in the Prelminary Round.
Adelaide, Darwin, Geelong and North Queensland were all eliminated by the top four seeds - Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Sydney (respectively).
However Adelaide almost pulled off the upset of the tournament, going down 13-11 to 2009 Premiers Melbourne, after leading 10-6 only to lose four straight points and see the match move into extra time.
Darwin put up a strong fight, going down to Perth, also in extra time at 13-11.
Also out in the preliminary round were South New Zealand, Canberra, Singapore and North New Zealand.
North New Zealand captain Solomono Vave was late to his side's losing match against Sunshine Coast after attending Rotorua Police Station to pay bail for his brother who had been arrested in a road-side check excess Pippies, which he'd collected earlier in the Bay of Plenty.
PRELIMINARY ROUND RESULTS:
P1: Melbourne 13 d Adelaide 11 (at Melbourne)
P2: Gold Coast-Tweed 11 d South New Zealand 5 (at Christchurch)
P3: Perth 13 d Darwin 11 (at Perth)
P4: Illawarra 12 d Canberra 10 (at Canberra)
P5: Brisbane 11 d Geelong 6 (at Brisbane)
P6: Newcastle 12 d Singapore 10 (at Newcastle)
P7: Sydney 11 d North Queensland 9 (at Sydney)
P8: Sunshine Coast 11 d North New Zealand 8 (at Auckland)
QUARTER FINAL DRAW:
Q1: Melbourne V Gold Coast-Tweed (at Melbourne)
Q2: Perth V Illawarra (at Perth)
Q3: Brisbane V Newcastle (at Brisbane)
Q4: Sydney V Sunshine Coast (at Sydney)
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I heard that South New Zealand wants results and is holding contract negotations on all it's players is this true..
You're right Karen. Sources tell us they're prepared to sack everyone and hire Solomono Vave's four brothers, well three at least and the fourth if he can get off the pippie charges without a sentence.
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