First Grade Report
West Harbour 37 Parramatta 36 (Brendan Lane, Andrew Cox, Lua  Vailoaloa tries , John Fonua 2 tries Pierre pen goal, 4 goals)

Thirty seven to thirty six. I’ll say that again. Thirty seven to thirty six. Should have, would have, could have. This game was the one that truly got away. There is always a defining moment in a game and ours was at the 60 minute mark, when we failed to find touch with a clearing kick. The ball lands centimetres inside the field of play, the Wests winger reaches down to pick up the ball and there is a slight knock on. Everyone sees the knock on, even West Harbour acknowledge the mistake after the game. The game is allowed to play on and Wests run from the half way and score - 29-22. Our heads go down ever so slightly. Wests kick off again, we turn the ball over from the ensuing line out. Wests receive the put in from the scrum. They breakaway and score 34-22. A simple missed knock on costs us 12 points. The irony in this is because you are coming last, no body expects you to win and more often than not the 50/50 calls go against you.

Second Grade Colts
Parramatta 5 Wests 93

Unfortunately due to injuries and player unavailability seconds only had 14 players for this game. Our thanks to First grade players Todd Carter, JD and Destroy for making themselves available allowing us to play with 15. Our preparation for this game was ordinary and with constant changes to the team we were hard pressed to remain competitive. Wests gradually wore our resistance down and scored many tries and a demoralizing defeat.

We scored a good try from pressure applied and then moved the ball wide with Gil supplying the last draw and pass for Junior to score in the corner.

Moses flies!

Check out some photos from Grade's matches against Wests here.

In the September newsletter:

• From the development team
• Bledisloe cup roadshow
• Coach & Match Official education
• Western Sydney Talent Identification programme
• Junior Gold Discovery Day
• Australian School Boys
• Schools Rugby

Click here for the September Newsletter (PDF File).

The Australian Rugby Union and NSW Rugby cordially invite two teachers and up to 25 students from Your School to a Forum with players from the Qantas Wallabies EdRugby Values in Sport Forum.

An opportunity to hear from two players in the Qantas Wallabies about the values underpinning their teams including pride, teamwork, sportsmanship, respect, honour and standards.

When: Thursday 9th September, 2010 1.00 to 2.30pm
Where: The Hills Sports High School 56 Best Road Seven Hills NSW 2147

Click here for more details (PDF file).

Parramatta has continued to build its off-field structure with the appointment of a successful new head coach to take the club forward in 2011. Tuggeranong Vikings coach Glen Christini will make the move to the Two Blues next season after a successful period coaching in Canberra.

Before making the move to Australia, Christini coached NPC Rugby in his homeland with South Canterbury as well holding a National Development role with Northland.

He moved to Canberra in 2007 where he took over as head coach of the Queanbeyan Whites, guiding the club to its first premiership in 24 years. He followed that up with back-to-back titles in 2008 before moving to Tuggeranong where a last minute conversion handed his side the 2009 John I Dent Cup.

With one round remaining Tuggeranong has already wrapped up the 2010 minor premiership with Christini hoping to complete his Canberra experience with a fourth-straight title before heading to Parramatta.

"I am deeply honoured to be considered the right person to take the Parramatta Two Blues forward," said Christini. "It is a proud club with a lot of tradition behind it and it's entering an exciting phase."