The result drops Illawarra to 3rd on the table, behind new leaders Canberra and second-placed Sydney on points difference. It also elevates North Queensland to 9th on the competition table, poised to break into the top 8, being only 9th on points difference and having hovered just out of the top 8 since Round 1.
Tasmania suffered another double-embarrassment, losing 11-6 in Singapore and in the meantime losing track of Angus Featherlite-Blowingpam and Patricia Elksteine, who attended the match, again against family wishes, then returned to the airport and disappeared. The couple are rumoured to have boarded a flight to Paris for a romantic getaway to escape the intense media scrutiny of their private lives.
Canberra were lucky to hold on and take the competition lead after a titanic struggle with now-19th-placed Greater Blacktown saw them just scrape home 12-10.
Sydney also just scraped home 12-10 against a resurgent North Melbourne, after intially taking an comfortable half-time lead of 7-3.
The Gold Coast continued their inconsistent form in 2011 with a significant 11-4 loss to Geelong. The result sees Geelong surpass the Gold Coast on the table, with the teams now 7th and 8th on the ladder respectively.
ARTTSL Premiership 2011, Round 10 Results
Brisbane 11 d Perth 9 at Brisbane
Melbourne 11 d South New Zealand 8 at Melbourne
Canberra 12 d Greater Blacktown 10 at Canberra
Sydney 11 d North Melbourne 9 at North Melbourne
Newcastle 11 d North New Zealand 5 at Newcastle
North Queensland 11 d Illawarra 6 at Wollongong
Adelaide 11 d Ipswich 8 at Adelaide
Singapore 11 d Tasmania 6 at Singapore
Geelong 11 d Gold Coast 4 at Gold Coast
Darwin 11 d Sunshine Coast 7 at Darwin
1 comment:
2 wins aft a 10 weeks. Perfs farked for this yeer ay?
Smacky
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