All the action in the APJ Law New England Rugby first grade competition was at Bellevue Oval on Saturday, with both minor and major semi-finals played back-to-back in front of a strong contingent of rugby supporters.
In the minor semi-final, Robb College played a red hot UNE Barbarians who went on to demolish Robb 47-10. In the major semi-final, it was a much closer affair, with St Albert’s narrowly defeating the Armidale Blues 15-10.
2011 APJ Law New England Rugby Major semi-final results
1st Grade
St Albert’s 15 (James Perrett 2 tries, con pen) def Armidale Blues 10 (Mike Te Moana try. Anthony Golding con pen)
2nd Grade
Gwydir River Rats 13 (Kyle Miller try. Jon Alliston con 2 pen) def St Albert’s 11 (James Aitchinson try. Tom Perrett 2 pen)
3rd Grade
St Albert’s 3 11 (Tim Murray try. James Mellville 2 pen) def Barbarians 10 (Jeremy Lipscombe, Tim Brennan tries)
Minor Semi-final results
1st Grade
Barbarians 47 (Tukai Muli 2, Josh Coulthurst 2, Robbie Skilton, Brad Charter, Keith Ellis tries. Keith Ellis 3 con pen) def Robb College 10 (Matt Warne try, Jake Cutcliffe con pen)
2nd Grade
Robb College 22 (Angus Keen try. Seamus Rean con 5 pen) def Armidale Blues 20 (Haydon Surridge, Brad Hague tries. Justin Lowe 2 con 3 pen)
3rd Grade
Armidale Blues 19 (Josh Rabua, Luke Stephen, William Bryden tries. Nick Whitton 2 con) def St Albert’s 17 (Pete Meppem, Adam Davis tries. Joey Howard 2 con pen)
Preliminary finals next weekend
1st Grade
Armidale Blues vs Barbarians
2nd Grade
St Albert’s vs Robb College
3rd Grade
Barbarians vs Armidale Blues
Venue to be announced, due to state of Bellevue pitch
