Premier II 2011

Players

John Aitken, Corban Barbara, Joey Blundell,
Owen Booth, Scott Cherry, Jay Cameron, Nick Cooke, Sam Cooper, Greg Cooney,
Steven Cormack, Wyatt Devcich, Jamie Devlin, Chris Edwards, Tom Ellington,
Cameron Ford, Nick Foster, Tom Hills, Nick Cooper, Sam Howie, David Hutchins,
Josh Jeffery, Steven Lack, Matt Lia’ana, James McAuslin, Robert Maxwell, Jacob
O’Connell, Isaac McKillop, Andy Scott, Shaun Van Pragh, Robert Watson,         Jarron
Drozdzak.

Coach
/ Management Dennis (Jack) O’Dea (Coach) John Hornbrook
(Coach) Grant Larson (Manager) James Flannery (Medic)

Prem 2 started the season with 32 players and to give all the players’ time on the paddock it was
decided to field another team in the senior grade –The Lone sharks-and rotate
the players between the two teams, 2B Town and premier colts also loan players
to make the numbers up. The season to date has been very successful with some
very big scores .The team is set to make the Semi’s

The Prem 2′s have played 6 games, won 5 -lost 1, Points scored 242 points against 34 Tries scored 34 tries against 4

Premier II 2010

Players

Rhys Baker, Tom Belgrave, Greg Cooney, Sam Cooper, Steve Cormack, James Denton, Paul Denton, Jamie Devlin, Chris Edwards, Tom Ellington, Luke Gilchrist, Jamie Gough, Tim Hastings, Jack Henderson, Dave Hutchins, Josh Jefferies, Cameron Kelso, Wade Lindsay, Marc Lambert, Steven Lack, James McAuslin, Seth McPhee, Jacob O’Connell, Mike Paulin, Sione Pulu, Ben Sandall, Jayden Scott, John Scott, Graham Taylor, Blane Verdon, Logan Wingate, Joey Blundell, Joe Kirker, Trent Potts, Chris Knight, Matt Cumming, Thomas Morrison.

Coach / Management

Dennis (Jack) O’Dea (Coach) John Hornbrook (Coach) Dave McPhee (Coach) Grant Larson (Manager)

Results:

 

Played:  14       Won:   10              Drawn:    1                   Lost: 3

Points for:  459                                  Points Against: 177

Top points scorer: James McAuslin               No of points: 80

Top try scorer: Jacob O’Connell            Tries: 9

We  started the season with a large squad of players. Pre-season was strong with high hopes of winning the competition. Coaches did an excellent job of giving every player time on the field. Started competition with a loss to Pirates followed by 5 consecutive wins. struggled for players during the University holidays however thanks to the Prems and colts team we were able to field a team.

Games of significance were the wins over Brighton 8 to 6

81 to 3 win over Kaikorai

68 to nil win over Green Island and

63 to Nil win over Alhambra Union

We faulted at the semi finals with a loss to Southern, a team we comfortably beat 3 weeks earlier

A special thanks to our sponsors Cableways Bar and Grill and Speight’s Brewery

Premier II 2009

Players

Owen Booth, Greg Cooney, Nick Fitzgerald, Tim Thorstenson, Logan Wingate, Nick Stanton, Joe Blondell, Jonno Willis, Tom Baker, Ben Sandle, Dave Hutchins, Sam Cooper, Finn Hunt, Tom Golden, Ben young, Keith Vincent, Richard Thompson, Jack Henderson, Seth McPhee, Michael Beck, Cameron Kelso, Rusty Weir, Chris Knight, Tim Clydesdale, Nigel Graham, Von Jackson, Mark Gasson, Blake Atkins, Jamie Gough.

Coachs

Dave McPhee, Dennis (Jack) O’Dea, John Hornbrook

Management

Rory Dowding, Ross O’Connell

2008 Season

Squad Members          

 Forwards,

Russell Weir, Hamish Scott, Seth McPhee, Ben Hogan, Ben Young, James Roy,   Sam Cooper, Keith Vincent, Nick Stanton, Mark Sorenson, Elliot Mitchell, Keith Preston, Leroy Gavan-Smith,  Michael Straight 

 

Backs

Owen Booth, Bert McNally, Sam Baker, Blair Cooper, Tane Welton, Greg Cooney,  Jason King, Mike Rennie, Mark Gasson, Matt Crane, Ben Sinnamon, John Rowe, Paul Conrad

 Medical Staff

Coach                         Tony O’Connor

Manager                     John Crowley

Ray De thierry, Christian Dawson

Metro Competition                All Games

Games Played                                                             11                                          18

Games Won                                                                 7                                            13

Games Lost                                                                  4                                            5

Points for                                                                   207                                          393 

Points against                                                 127                                          194 

Top points scorer      Ben Young                              87 points

Top try scorer            Jason King/Greg Cooney        5 tries each

This season Blue Sharks commenced the season in quest of their fifth successive Dunedin Metropolitan Premier II championship.

Games in the early part of the season were against the North Otago premier teams. We performed very well in this early season competition, only losing to a very large Maheno side and comprehensively beating Old Boys who went on to become the North Otago Premier Champions. We qualified for the final of this competition, played on Carisbrook, and finished up as runners-up to a very strong Taieri side.

Even with losses to Taieri and Kaikorai we still managed to finish second in the round robin section of the Metro competition, despite the team being weakened, at times, through player unavailability(university holidays) and injury. The highlights of this part of the competition were a comprehensive 29-0 shut out of a very tough Pirates side and a one point (8-7) win in deep mud at Bathgate Park, over Southern.

Although we lost our play-off game to a Zingari team stacked with Premier 1 players, (we were 22-0 ahead at half time and ended up losing 25-26) we still qualified for the semi-finals because of our ranking at the end of the round robin. The semi-final against Southern was an epic affair. A Ben Young penalty saw us ahead 3-0 mid way through the first half. This remained the score until the 83^rd minute mark when Michael Straight crashed over beside the posts after a concerted 18 phase effort when the ball never got past the halfback. Young converted to make the final score 10-0.

For the fourth year in a row we met Taieri in the final. Taieri got off to a good start scoring an early try and we replied with a Young penalty and a Seth McPhee try but a drop goal and a succession of penalty kicks by Taieri saw us behind 17-8 at half time. A titanic struggle in the second half saw both teams score a try (ours by Greg Cooney) and the final score ended up Taieri 22, Dunedin 13.

This year we had a reasonably experienced forward pack which produced some powerful forward play, scrummaged well and used the rolling maul to good effect. The backline was a mixture of youth and experience that excelled both on attack and defence. Our goal-kicking lock Ben Young ensured that most opportunities were turned into points.

A special mention must go to Greg Cooney who was presented with a club blazer this season recognising his 50 games for the Prem IIs. An outstanding achievement by Coons who has been an integral part of both the on and off field activities of this team.