Logan City Rugby Union Club Incorporated

m Logan City Rugby Union Club Incorporated P.O. Box 3455, Loganholme, Qld 4129 14th May 2008 THIS WEEKS MATCHES Friday 15th May Wyatt Cup Logan Saints V’s St Leo’s Old Boys 7.30pm at Logan - Field 1 Golden Oldies Logan Sinners V’s Beenleigh 7.30ish at Logan- Field 2 Saturday 10th May Colts- Logan Saints V’s Sunnybank 3rds- Logan Saints V’s Sunnybank 2nds- Logan Saints V’s Sunnybank 1sts- Logan Saints V’s Sunnybank 1.30 pm at Logan – Field 2 12.00 pm at Logan – Field 2 1.30pm at Logan - Field 1 3.00pm at Logan – Field 1 Last Weeks Results Wyatt Cup- Logan 19 v Sunnybank 7 ColtsLogan 5 v Brothers 10 3rdsLogan 14 v Brothers 28 2ndsLogan 19 v Brothers 12 1stsLogan 17 v Brothers 13 CLUB MERCHANDISE FOR SALE Full stocks of Club Shorts and socks are available for purchase at the canteen. Also for sale are Club Peak Hats, Bucket Caps, and Polo Shirts. NEW SCRUM MACHINE The club has just purchased a new ENFORCER scrum machine and the machine is now available for use by all teams. The outlay is over $6000.00, so please respect the equipment and look after it, and put it to good use. A big thank you to Doug Dry for delivering the machine and putting it together- if you have any queries regarding the operation of the machine, please see Doug. CAN RECYCLING “CAGE” Thanks to a lot of hard work and “overtime”, the Can Recycling Cage has already been filled once and cleared. We will let you know how much we make from the recycling in due course. As you can all also see, a second fill of the “cage” is well underway through the dedicated support of regular patrons at the club- keep up the good work. PLAYER SUBS Subs are $200 this year and have been held at last years price. Fees incorporate Player affiliation and insurance fees, Referees levy and playing and training equipment etc. Fully financial players will also receive a pair of club shorts , sponsored by BAYSIDE SLASHING, as well as a training shirt….this is for Saturday teams only….Wyatt Cup arrangements still being finalised. It is imperative that subs are paid up as soon as possible, with the previously requested minimum payment of $50 upon registration applicable. Please don’t drag the chain…payment can be made on Thursday evenings at the clubhouse.For those that are not fully financial , a minimum of $10 must be paid per game to be eligible to play. Home Ground Homestead Park Jodie Street Shailer Park Qld 4128 Ph 07 3388 1899 Senior Club Mark Konecny 0413 778 515 Junior Club Barry Parker 0413 740 344 Secretary Mick Richards 0431 396 585 Last Weeks Match Reports The Logan City Saints managed to hold on for a nail-biting 17 - 13 win against competition heavyweights, Brothers, in their Brisbane first-division rugby union match on the weekend. The Saints, coming off two wins in as many weeks, were keen to continue their steak but from the outset, going was tough against a determined Brother side. Brothers took an early 6 - 0 lead through two penalty goals resulting from the Saints infringing at the hotly contested breakdown. However, a powerful run from Logan full-back Tim Burrows put the Saints back on track, as Burrows powered through the Brothers defence from twenty metres out to finish a flowing backline move with a try in the righthand corner and a 6 - 5 lead for the Saints. Both sides had the opportunity to score next with penalty goal attempts, however the Brothers' kicker sliced a simple shot at goal resulting in a costly miss, and Saints' hooker Jay Staunton failed to cleanly strike a longrange attempt from well wide of the uprights. Despite the failure to convert penalties into points, the crowd was treated to further point-scoring before halftime, as the Saints took advantage of a scrum feed in good attacking position to launch an attacking play from the back of the scrum resulting in a try to busy openside flanker Andy Chongnee and a 12 - 6 lead heading into the break. The Saints extended their lead early in the second half when five-eighth Monty Pona, a late call-up to replace Chris Staunton who was injured during the warm-up, kicked across field to Saints' winger Colin Beer who cleanly took the high ball before being tackled. Despite the attention from the defence, Beer managed to pop the ball up to prop Stewart Cameron, who was lurking suspiciously wide on the field for a front-rower, and Cameron dived over in the corner for a try. With a 17 - 6 lead and with Burrows almost collecting his second try of the day with an ambitious kick chase, the Saints looked like they had done enough to guarantee a win, however Brothers showed their true colours and came storming back late in the game. The match quickly turned from a situation where the Saints' were enjoying the run of play, to a situation where they were desperately defending, and it was by only the slimmest of margins that the Logan side managed to shut down a number of incisive Brothers' attacking plays taking advantage of a couple of overlaps out wide in the backs. Eventually, the pressure from Brothers paid off with a line-out move resulting in a try which reduced the Saints' lead to a meagre four points at 17 - 13. Brothers threw everything at the Saints in the dying minutes of the game and last-ditch defence from Beer, blindside flanker Clive Aston, and outside centre David Wilder proved the difference as Brothers simply could not find a gap in the Logan defence. The match ended with one final throw of the dice from Brothers and a wide-ranging backline move had Logan supporters on the edge of their seats, but a tenacious gang-tackle from the Saints' backs resulted in Brothers being held up over the try line as the referee's final whistle blew to signal the end of an enthralling contest. In other matches, the Saints' second grade side managed to hold on for a 19 - 12 win against a strong finishing Brothers' side. The Saints turned in one of their most impressive first-half performances of the year to lead 19 - 0 at the break, but Brothers seemed to have resolved to not let the contest get away from them and came out ferociously in the second-half to score two tries, which was enough for a late bonus point but not enough to steal the win from the Saints. The Saints' third-grade side were swamped early to fall behind Brothers 21 - 0 early in the game, before regaining their composure and almost doing enough to snatch an unlikely victory from Brothers. Unfortunately a late Brothers' try extended the lead to 28 - 14 at full-time, a scoreline which did not properly reflect the closeness of the game. In the colts match, the Saints played their most promising football of the season but were extremely unlucky to lose 10 - 5 against Brothers. The Saints' lead 5 - 3 for the majority of the game but a late Brothers' try snuffed out any hope they had of clinging to the lead for a victory. WYATT CUP REPORT Logan City Saints Wyatt cup team played Sunnybank 2 on Friday night and won 19-7. Great team effort against a very strong opposition.” The Wyatt Cup team is currently on top of the ladder, but there are many hard matches to follow. COLTS REPORT The boys were gallant in defeat.The first half started well and the composure was there and the team looked like they had a lot to offer .We managed to hang onto a 5-3 halftime lead via strong efforts by some of the boys which had the team buzzing. After the break the team had lost a lot of that go forward that they had in the first half as the second half continued the boys started to lose there way a little .Some was fitness and some in the discipline aspects of rugby. The boys never gave up and nearly put a try in the corner only to have a boot slightly over the sideline. If they keep working as a team they are going to be a team not to be taken lightly. Good effort by all and your supporters were talking highly of the efforts put in. Quote:We need consistency if we are going to play at this high level and put some pride back in the Jersey Home Ground Homestead Park Jodie Street Shailer Park Qld 4128 Ph 07 3388 1899 Senior Club Mark Konecny 0413 778 515 Junior Club Barry Parker 0413 740 344 Secretary Mick Richards 0431 396 585 PLAYER PROFILE – Eddie Aila- Assistant Coach Name Edward (Eddie) Te'ere Aila Age 29 years (21.04.79) OccupationFinancial planner Time With Logan Rugby- couple of months Football History 2008 - assistant coach with the Mighty Logan Saints!! WOOHOO!! 2007 – injured (knee reconstruction) 2006 – Sunnybank 2nd Grade, Premiers, Best Back - fullback 2005 - injured 2003 -2004 - Souths Rugby Union Premier Grade – inside centre - coach: Ian Cameron 2002 - Papua New Guinea Rugby League Representative – Presidents XIII against Australian Presidents XIII (played against Mark Gasnier, Petero Civoneciva, Darren Lockyer, Nathan Blacklock and many more NRL players) - coach: Bob Bennett (Wayne Bennett's brother) 2001 – Papua New Guinea Rugby League Representative – 2 x tests against France in PNG. - Wynnum Manly - Bundy Cup Rugby League representative (semi professional) 2000 – Papua New Guinea Rugby League Representative - World Cup Europe => played all tests at centre (No.3) - undefeated in pool and made it to quarter finals - played with Adrian Lan, Marcus Bai & Stanley Gene plus other NRL & Super League players - Brisbane Souths Rugby League - A Grade 1999 - Brothers Colts 1st XV 1998 - recovery from shoulder reconstruction 1997 - Queensland Academy of Sport – rugby union (scholarship) - Brothers Colts 1st XV and Premier Grade 1st XV (under Tony Darcy) - Byron Bay 7's with Brothers A Grade - Wellington 7's with Brothers A Grade - also offered Broncos Scholarship 1996 – St.Joseph's College Nudgee, First XV captain - lost only one game to Gregory Terrace. - Australian Schoolboys representative against Irish Schools. - Australian Schoolboys representative – NZ Tour. 1995 – St.Joseph's College Nudgee, First XV, undefeated Premiers - partnered Elton Flatley at inside centre for Nudgee College - Metway Cup Premiers (Nudgee College) - Open Schoolboys, Queensland 1 representative, 1994 – Queensland Rugby Union - Under 15's representative, First XV Greatest achievements - Seeing my kids being born and watching them grow - helping people out whether it's rugby, family or otherwise - Rugby League World Cup representative for my country in 2000. Eddie in action for New Guinea in the Rugby League World Cup Greatest fears - not being true to yourself and the best you can be - not being next to my kids Home Ground Homestead Park Jodie Street Shailer Park Qld 4128 Ph 07 3388 1899 Senior Club Mark Konecny 0413 778 515 Junior Club Barry Parker 0413 740 344 Secretary Mick Richards 0431 396 585 Player Profile- Continued……. Favourite team - besides Logan Saints I haven't got any...maybe Wests Tigers (rugby league) Best things in rugby - meeting people, brotherhood/comradery, watching people develop their game, learning, opportunity for aspiring players to become professional, putting a good shot on somebody bigger than you, making a break, doing stuff you didn't think you could do, opportunity to release your frustrations from home and your wives or girlfriends...or boyfriends if you swing that way...it's all good Masey, we still love you….well..some of us anyway! Favourite Food: - seafood - crab/lobster - tbone steak -and Beetle Nuts on the side Famous Quote: "Just do it".................Nike ...because there's no better time than now, and nobody else is going to do it for you, so who cares what happens afterwards - you got more to lose from NOT trying........................................what kind of person are you?? Favourite Pastime- Eating/chewing Beetle Nuts and then getting the stains out of his mouth- ask Eddie for a taste!!- or a demonstration!! For those of you who don’t know what Beetle Nut is, we have extracted a description from Wikipedia –please refer to the next page for an explanation!........................................... Betel nut (also known as Bettlenut, Paaku, Pinang, Areca nut, is not a true nut but rather a drupe, the seed of the Betel palm (Areca catechu). Betel nut is commercially available in dried, cured and natural forms. Considered an auspicious ingredient in Hinduism, it is used along with betel leaf in religious ceremonies and also while honoring individuals. Betel nuts are chewed for their effects as a mildly euphoric stimulant, attributed to the presence of relatively high levels of psychoactive alkaloids and terpineols . Chewing betel nuts increases the capacity to work, also causing a hot sensation in the body, heightened alertness and sweating. Chewing betel nuts is an important and popular cultural activity in many Asian and Oceanic countries. In East and North-east India, Betel nut is chewed with Paan (Betel leaf). . If you have been to New Guinea, you’ll know what we are talking about!!! PLAYER TRAINING SHIRTS Player Training shirts will be available within the next 2 weeks. These are provided with Club shorts when players have paid their subs in full. These items are sponsored, and are available to Saturday teams only, due to individual sponsorship arrangements made. The Wyatt Cup team are still finalising arrangements regarding sponsorships… SATURDAY AFTER MATCH FUNCTION Our normal club function and speeches will be held after the final match on Saturday. Please stay around for some good Rugby talk, and then stay to watch the Super 14’s NSW v’s Queensland on the Big Screen. SATURDAY BBQ VOLUNTEERS A big thank you to the people who have assisted on the BBQ in past weeks…. These include Sean, Josh, Lisa, Del, Tracey, Andrea, Leigh and anybody else I haven’t mentioned. Thank you as well to Maureen , Debbie and Sarah in the canteen itself. If you are able to assist in anyway , paticularly on the BBQ , please let Debbie know and make yourself known. Thanks also to the volunteers who set up and pack up the fields- Danny, Doug, Kenny, Brad, Scott and others. Lend a hand if you can, and please assist with leaving the facilities spotless for the next day and the junior teams. Home Ground Homestead Park Jodie Street Shailer Park Qld 4128 Ph 07 3388 1899 Senior Club Mark Konecny 0413 778 515 Junior Club Barry Parker 0413 740 344 Secretary Mick Richards 0431 396 585 LOGAN CITY RUGBY UNION CLUB CODE OF CONDUCT Our code of conduct follows, and it is a timely reminder to all players, supporters and anyone associated with the club that we review the code. Objective The purpose of this Code of Conduct is to promote and strengthen the positive image of Logan City Rugby Union Club and to establish standards of performance and behaviour to ensure that all Members act in a considerate, professional manner thus ensuring that the game and the club are promoted in a disciplined and sporting fashion. The Code of Conduct also seeks to deter all on-field and Rugby-related conduct that could damage the club’s reputation or the game of Rugby Football by impairing public confidence in the honest and orderly conduct of matches and competitions or in the integrity and good character of participants. In addition this Code of Conduct seeks to ensure that every Member is liable to effective sanctions if they are found to have breached the Code of Conduct. All Members are bound to :a) Abide by the Codes of Conduct issued by Australian Rugby Union, Queensland Rugby Union and Brisbane Junior Rugby union (all of which can be found on the respective web sites). b) to promote the reputation of the game and to take all reasonable steps to prevent the game from being brought into disrepute c) not to conduct themselves in any manner, or engage in any activity, whether on or off the field, that would impair public confidence in the honest and orderly conduct of matches and competitions or in the integrity and good character of participants d) not to do anything which adversely affects or reflects on or discredits the Club e) Display control and courtesy to all involved with the sport. f) Respect the rights and worth of every person regardless of their gender, ability, cultural background or religion. g) Ensure your decisions and actions contribute to a harassment free environment. h) Respect the decisions of officials, coaches and administrators in the conduct of the sport. i) Wherever practical, avoid unaccompanied and unobserved one-on-one activity (when in a supervisory capacity or where a power imbalance will exist) with people under the age of 18 years. j) Adopt appropriate and responsible behaviour in all interactions. k) Adopt responsible behaviour in relation to alcohol and other drugs. l) Act with integrity and objectivity, and accept responsibility for your decisions and actions. m) Complete payment of all outstanding fees upon request with the minimum of delay n) Ensure your decisions and actions contribute to a safe environment. o) Do not tolerate harmful or abusive behaviours. p) Act with control and courtesy in any interaction with co-tenants of Homestead Park q) Take pride in the facilities provided by the Club and treat them with care. r) Contribute towards the club in ways other than playing (eg. coaching, managing, sitting on one of the club’s committees, providing expertise and labour, keeping playing areas and club house surrounds clean and tidy) The Logan City Executive Committee shall be the sole arbiter of any contraventions of this Code of Conduct in accordance with clause 8 and Clause 9 of the Club’s Constitution. Clubhouse and fields- Rubbish and tidiness Our code of conduct mentions keeping the playing areas and club house and its surrounds neat and tidy. Please respect this and assist by ensuring that all rubbish is placed in bins and that we are all watchful and assist if we notice any rubbish by placing it in the bins provided. Please also respect the clubrooms and changing rooms and do your bit there as well. Home Ground Homestead Park Jodie Street Shailer Park Qld 4128 Ph 07 3388 1899 Senior Club Mark Konecny 0413 778 515 Junior Club Barry Parker 0413 740 344 Secretary Mick Richards 0431 396 585 Home Ground Homestead Park Jodie Street Shailer Park Qld 4128 Ph 07 3388 1899 Senior Club Mark Konecny 0413 778 515 Junior Club Barry Parker 0413 740 344 Secretary Mick Richards 0431 396 585