by Chelsea Cryer | Mar 31, 2019 | Latest News
Homebush Men’s Opens scored two late tries to claim a come from behind 2-1 victory over Central Coast and back to back NSW Senior State Cup titles.
Little separated the two sides for the majority of the final, until Central Coast broke the deadlock late in the second half to claim a 1-0 lead.
Homebush levelled the scores with two minutes on the clock, then added the match winner from long range to cap a memorable win.
Earlier in the day, Coffs Harbour claimed their first ever NSW State Cup title, defeating Engadine Heathcote in the Women’s Division 2 decider.
Kiama took out the Mixed Open’s division in their first tournament playing together, while Tamworth claimed the Men’s Opens Division two title.
by Chelsea Cryer | Mar 31, 2019 | Latest News
Kiama Mixed Opens have won a NSW State Cup title in their first tournament playing together.
Filled with a number of star players from the south coast, the Kiama side decided to change things up ahead of the 2019 tournament.
“It’s actually the first time we’ve come to a tournament together and played as a Mixed side,” captain Tom Atkins told Oztag Australia.
“Most of us have come from playing men’s or women’s so it’s awesome to get the win.”
After dropping just one of their six pool matches, Kiama defeated Penrith and St George to book a match up with Souths in the final.
Little separated the two sides for the majority of the first half, before Kiama showed their class in the final stages and raced away to claim a 5-1 victory.
“We always knew it was going to be tight and it took us until late in the game to push ahead,”Atkins said.
“Souths have been one of the better mixed sides for a number of years now so to beat them in the final is pretty special.”
After getting their first taste if mixed Oztag, Atkins said the team were keen to stick with the division and claim more silverware in the years to come.
“It’s probably a little bit slower than mens, although that game probably wasn’t. You need to work as a team more, particularly in defence and we did that really well today.”
by Chelsea Cryer | Mar 31, 2019 | Latest News
Tamworth Boys 20s have broken through to win their maiden NSW State Cup title, taking out the division two final on Sunday in Coffs Harbour.
After a tight start, the Taipans showed their class in the second half and raced away to claim a 5-2 victory over Baulkham Hills.
“It’s great to finally win a State Cup, we’ve come close before but never quite got there so it’s good to get the monkey off our back,” Tamworth captain Jackson Shape told Oztag Australia.
“We added a few young guys to the group this year and they added a lot. The win will give us all plenty of confidence that we can match it with all the other teams.”
Sharpe said the side would happily move up into the division one tournament next year.
“We’d probably prefer to play in div one. After this I think we’ll all have the confidence to take on the best teams next year.”
Sharpe said Oztag is going from strength to strength in the Country Music captain of Australia.
“Oztag is huge in Tamworth. I think we’ve got something like 180 teams playing seniors up here and it’s just getting bigger and bigger each year.”
After a wet Saturday, the conditions were perfect on Sunday as the grand finals began at C.ex International Stadium.
All matches on field one will be live streamed via the Oztag website.
by Chelsea Cryer | Mar 31, 2019 | Latest News
The 2019 NSW Senior State Cup has reached the pointy end with finals matches underway in prefect conditions in Coffs Harbour.
After heavy rain on Saturday, the sun dried the fields throughout the morning setting up a bumper afternoon of Oztag.
Mixed Opens Quarter Finals
Macarthur (1) v St George (8)
Kiama (4) v Penrith (5)
Cronulla (2) v Lake Macquarie (7)
Souths (3) v Parramatta (6)
Mens 45s Semi Finals
North Coast Barbarians (1) v Norwest (4)
Central Coast (2) v Penrith (3)
Mens 20s Quarter Finals
Penrith (1) v Central Coast (4)
Cronulla (2) v St George (3)
Illawarra Steelers (2) v Canterbury (3)
Souths (1) v Parramatta (4)
Mens 20s Division 2
Tamworth (1) v Sydney City (4)
Baulkham Hills (2) v Penrith 2 (3)
Mens Opens Division 2 Quarter Finals
Homebush (1) v Penrith (4)
Coffs Harbour (2) v Norwest (3)
Fairfield City 1 (2) v Kiama (3)
Fairfield City 2 (1) v Penrith (4)
Mens 40s Quarter Finals
Cronulla (1) v Tamworth (8)
Illawarra (4) v Sydney City (5)
Razorbacks (2) v Central Coast (7)
Norwest (3) v Canterbury (6)
Mens 55s Semi Finals
Souths (1) v Cronulla (4)
Kiama (2) v Far North Coast (3)
Womens Opens Division 2 Quarter Finals
Heathcote (1) v Baulkham Hills (4)
Fairfield City (2) v Lake Macquarie (3)
Coffs Harbour (2) v Grafton (3)
Ryde 1 (1) v Ryde 2 (4)
Womens 20s Quarter Finals
Central Coast (1) v Norwest (4)
ACT (2) v Souths (3)
Tamworth (2) v Razorbacks (3)
Penrith (1) v Nepean (4)
Womens Masters Semi Final
Tamworth (1) v Norwest (4)
ACT (2) v Central Coast (3)
Mixed Opens Division 1 Semi Finals
St George (1) v Kiama (4)
Cronulla (2) v Souths (3)
Mixed 20s Quarter Finals
Penrith (1) v Southwest Razorbacks (8)
Cronulla (4) v Central Coast (5)
Souths (2) v St George (7)
Heathcote Engadine (3) v Sydney City (6)
by Chelsea Cryer | Mar 30, 2019 | Latest News
A revised draw for day three of the 2019 NSW Senior State Cup has been released. All postponed matches from Saturday will be played on Sunday morning ahead of finals matches.
CLICK HERE: REVISED DRAW – SUNDAY 8AM
by Chelsea Cryer | Mar 29, 2019 | Latest News
North Sydney have made their NSW State Cup debut on the opening day of the 2019 senior championships in Coffs Harbour.
Despite a local Oztag competition only starting in the area 18 months ago, the Bears were eager to test themselves against the state’s best.
“It was a bit of a baptism of fire this morning,” North Sydney Bears self appointed skipper Joel Holmes told Oztag Australia.
“We played a team that were in the grand final last year and they gave us a bit of a towel up early. But we regrouped at half time and came out a different side in the second half and played really well from that point on.”
While the second half resurgence wasn’t enough to claim North Sydney’s first State Cup victory, Holmes seems confident that they’ll break their duck egg sooner rather then later.
“We’re playing on field one this afternoon so we’re all really looking forward to that,” he said.
“We’ve got plenty of talent in the side, but it always takes a bit of time to get used to playing with one another. I think we’ve got players from five different local teams, so it’s a really good representation of the North Sydney competition actually.”
“If we play like we did in the second half, I think we’ll be hard to beat this afternoon.”
Holmes, an immigration dodging Englishman who initially moved to Australia to referee at the Tag World Cup said the North Sydney competition is growing quickly and has a fantastic feel to it.
“It’s a very social and friendly competition. It actually reminds me a lot of Tag in London,” he said.
“Most of the players live nearby the fields and we usually have plenty of family and friends come down to watch. Then most of the teams hang around after the games and watch the others, which really adds to the atmosphere.”
While the Bears have targeted a spot in the finals in their first tournament, Holmes said the main priority was to enjoy the experience as they get used to playing representative Oztag.
“We want to play in the finals, we’ve all agreed on that but if we don’t leave with a medal, it won’t be the end of the world.
“As a group we decided at the start that our main goal was to really enjoy ourselves and I think we’re certainly ticking that box. If we keep doing that then I think the results on the field will sort themselves out.”
“We’ve also decided on a double denim theme for Sunday night. So if you fancy a Canadian tuxedo, feel free to come and join us.”
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