Tweed’s errors were the catalyst for a three-try Souths Logan scoring spurt in just eight minutes before and half-time that sunk the Romano Group Seagulls in the Country Week clash at Julia Creek, near Cloncurry, yesterday. They were beaten 32-18.
Starved of possession early, with the Seagulls having just two sets of possession in the first eight minutes, they fought back from 12-0 down to 12-all four minutes before the break.
The first Tweed try came from hooker Jenan Parrish who snuck over from dummy half after the Gulls had been able to exert some constant pressure.
Just four minutes later James Wood crossed for a great team try after excellent lead-up work by Parrish and stand-in skipper Lamar Liolevave, with Lindon McGrady’s conversion levelling the scores just four minutes out from half-time.
But the momentum changed abruptly.
Souths gained possession from an error from Tweed while in attack and scored just two minutes later through halfback Sam Scarlett to take an 18-12 lead to the sheds and gain a psychological advantage after the Gulls had slogged it out well for the first 40 minutes.
Just 90 seconds into Magpies fullback Jamayne Isaako crossed and within five minutes Souths Logan were in again (a Scarlett show and go) for another converted try and the scored had gone from 12-all to 28-12 in just eight minutes.
The Magpies made it 32-12 in the 64th minute before veteran centre Wood crossed for his second double in successive weekends seven minutes from the end.
The frustrating aspect was that many of the errors came from the more senior players at crucial times.
While disappointed not to bring back the spoils from a trek that took over eight hours each way to the far north of Queensland, coach Aaron Zimmerle saw his side compete hard for a large part of the match but pay for errors – which has been the case in several games this season.
Yet he was pleased with the performances of several newcomers to the team over the past weeks, including fullback Jayden Baker in his debut at ISC level. And that has encouraged him to give further opportunities to young players who have been knocking on the door for selection in the in-form A-grade side.
“Souths are a good side with a couple of good future NRL players but we didn’t help ourselves with some fundamental errors, and some from our senior players although we can’t fault the effort,” said Zimmerle.
“The good thing was some of our young players did well. Sharing the players’ player vote were 21-year-old Jayden Baker on debut and 20-year-old Keegan Hipgrave while Jack Cook really competed well in his first match up.
“We have got four weeks left now … we’re just giving as many of those potential players in A-grade a game or two to find out how they handle it.
Liolevave, a consistent performer all season, led from the front with his effort while lock Keegan Hipgrave, the young Titans player in his fourth match as a Seagull, has undoubted class and was strong and physical with his intent.
“Lamar captained Keebra Park the year they won the schoolboys championship,” Zimmerle said. “He’s not there to deliver elegant speeches, he is there to lead by example and I thought he handled that responsibility really well.”
SOUTHS LOGAN MAGPIES 32 (Sam Scarlett 2, Joe Boyce, Cameron Booth, Jamayne Isaako, Lenny Magey tries; Jamayne Isaako 4 goals) def TWEED HEADS SEAGULLS 18 (James Wood 2, Jenan Parrish tries; Lindon McGrady 3 goals) at Kev Bannah Oval, Julia Creek.
Team lists and full match details – http://live.qrl.com.au/match/a0e2bf7daa672f2c8/e015cf8b4257b77f7
| Team | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | Bye | For | Agnst | Total |
| PNG Hunters | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 448 | 282 | 33 |
| Sunshine Coast Falcons | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 525 | 326 | 29 |
| Easts Tigers | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 468 | 374 | 29 |
| Redcliffe Dolphins | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 462 | 276 | 28 |
| Townsville Blackhawks | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 493 | 365 | 26 |
| Souths Logan Magpies | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 458 | 386 | 26 |
| Ipswich Jets | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 436 | 463 | 22 |
| Mackay Cutters | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 437 | 460 | 20 |
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 19 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 351 | 363 | 18 |
| Burleigh Bears | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 340 | 418 | 16 |
| Norths Devils | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 430 | 502 | 14 |
| Northern Pride | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 320 | 439 | 12 |
| CQ Capras | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 362 | 563 | 11 |
| Tweed Heads Seagulls | 19 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 287 | 600 | 10 |
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