Sydney University 30 (Trent Dyer, Matt Schwager, Anthony Pohlen, Angus Roberts tries; Nathan Trist con, Daniel Kelly pen) d Northern Suburbs 10 (Corey Brown try; Haydn Wolfsbauer con, pen)

Report from NSW Rugby

Sydney University have bounced back from the disappointment of last week by defeating Northern Suburbs 30-10 in a fiery Friday night encounter. Playing in front of a healthy crowd at University Oval No.1, the Students’ forward pack guided their team around the park, laying the platform for a gutsy win.

It was the Students who struck first with No.8 Trent Dyer crossing for the opening try of the match. Ill-discipline at the breakdown and a lack of possession for the Shoremen gave the Students the ability to play the game at their own pace, allowing them to add a further two first half tries with captain and halfback Matt Schwagger and lock Tom Heslop crossing the line to make the scores 17-0 at the break.

Northern Suburbs came out in the second half needing to fight back and were helped in the 50th minute when winger Corey Brown picking up a poor kick from the Students to run in his team’s first try of the match. Fullback Haydn Woflsbauer converted the try making the scores 17-7. Both teams then traded penalties reflecting to take the final score to 20-10, before the Students wrapped up proceedings with two late tries from replacement flanker Anthony Pohlen and fullback Angus Roberts.