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Sydney University has trumped Eastwood of their Shute Shield hopes claiming victory at Concord Oval this afternoon.
Despite Eastwood boasting the coach of the year, the Ken Catchpole Trophy winner and the rookie of the year they couldn’t crack a star studded Sydney University side.
The student’s team was bolstered with a number of representative players including the likes of Dave Dennis, Nick Phipps and Bernard Foley to name a few.
Sydney University was camped in Eastwood territory for the majority of the first half with a strong breeze working in their favor and playing with the minds of their opposition.
University capitalized on their possession with Foley kicking an early penalty followed by a class cut out pass to his winger to claim first meat.
Eastwood kicked two penalties to stay competitive but they struggled to defend Tom Kingston who scored an impressive solo try just before the break.
Quick ball was the key for the team in stripes with University setting the pace of the game and making Eastwood pay for their lack of composure.
In what was a rather stop start game, Sydney University’s experienced proved crucial with Foley’s accuracy in front of goal and their pace out wide.
Ben Robinson tried his best to steady the Eastwoods set piece but Sydney University were to clinical and made their friends from across the bridge pay big time in the second half.
Play turned from bad to worse for ‘the woods’ as Sydney University unleashed their jack in the box Greg Jeloudev who scored twenty minutes into the last forty.
From there, the cookie eventually crumbled with Tom English and co. scoring a succession of tries seeing University run a riot over a lackluster Eastwood side resulting in a end score of 51 to 6.
Another year gone and the juggernaut that is the Sydney University Football Club claimed trophies across all four grades in their 150th year anniversary.
The ARU’s move towards an exclusively amateur competition couldn’t come any sooner for the rest of us.
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