Team (3-1-3-3): Bradders (GK), Mike, Nick, Brad, Jabba, Andy, Brett, Ben, Jamie, Justin, Richard; Subs: Jason, Geevesy, Joe

Goals: Andy, Justin

Cards: Nick W (Green)

Man of the Match: Justin

Dick of the Day: Richard

Match Report by Rich to follow

Team (3-1-3-3): Bradders (GK), Mike, Nick, Geevesy, Jabba, Jarrod, Brett, Andy, Jamie, Justin, Richard; Subs: Ben, Ian

Goals: Rich (3), Justin, Andy, Jarrod, Ian

Cards: Jarrod (Yellow), Jamie (Green)

Man of the Match: Richard

Dick of the Day: Jarrod

Match Report by Ben

Playing Ryde at Ryde on a “club day” meant we not only had to contend with their team on the field but also the large numbers of supporters and other grades that were there to see them win. Luckily Easts were fired up from the start and from the whistle were looked to pass well and keep hold of the ball. After only 5 minutes Easts moved the ball up the pitch well and Rich had a chance on goal which he narrowly pushed outside the near post. Only minutes later an almost exact copy of the build up play lead to Rich being in the same spot in the D with only the keeper to beat. This time he made no mistake and nicely dinked the ball over the keeper to put the first score on the board. The second goal came soon after this from a short corner in which Rich again found the net.

The run of play continued throughout the first half with Easts dominating possession and controlling the game. This was mainly down to great work rate by the whole team and putting pressure on Ryde as soon as we lost the ball. With Jabba back from injury and the return of Geevsie to defence meant the back line was pretty strong and rarely let Ryde get far inside our own 25. When the shots did come Bradders was on fine form in goal to pull off some great saves and keep a clean sheet. A further goal came before half time which gave us a comfortable 3-0 margin into the break.

The same format resumed after half time with Easts continuing to pass the ball around well and with good pace placing constant pressure on the Ryde defence. Jarrod in centre midfield constantly terrorised his opposing player not giving them any time on the ball to get passes away. Further goals came from Justin and Rich shortly into the second half kept Ryde from thinking any sort of comeback was on the cards.

Ryde did have a few more chances in the second half from the break but with good chasing back from the midfield and some strong defence meant these were minimised. Late in the game Easts scored a further two in quick succession with well placed shots from the top of the D by Andy and Jarrod. Final score Easts 7, Ryde 0.

Team (3-1-3-3): Bradders (GK), Mike, Ben, Andy, Stu, Jarrod, Brett, Justin, Jamie, Jason, Richard; Subs: Joe, Ian

Goals: Rich

Cards: Stu (Yellow), Rich (Yellow)

Man of the Match: Jarrod

Dick of the Day: Rich

Match Report by Stu

This was Easts 13^th game of the season with UNSW being the first opposition that we have now played twice.

We started out with a different back 4 for the 6^th week in a row with Jabba still being sidelined from the injury he sustained in Moorebank the previous week whilst eating a beef pie and Andy coming back into the team after recovering from an injury he sustained while sleeping.

The first half got off to our usual slow start with minimal consecutive passes being made before a turnover was made. After about 15 minutes the physical nature of the game picked and Jarrod managed to get one of the opposition players sent off just before half time. Unfortunately Stu was not far behind when the umpire gave him a yellow for dissent following a disastrous umpiring decision against him. It was noted after the game that the umpire didn’t even understand what Stu was saying but just sent him off as he believed the language coming from Stu was of a profound nature.

Just before half time, Easts were awarded a flick due to UNSW stopping a goal bound shot with their arm. Ritchie decided to step up and pulled it 1 foot wide, with the goalie having a cup of tea waiting for it to go over the end line.

Half time and the score was 0-0 and Easts were not playing in their usually fluency.  The 2^nd half commenced with Easts beginning to maintain the ball for longer periods and this was evident as we were awarded with 10 short corners.

The goal came from a rebound in a short corner, with the keeper on the ground and rich redeeming himself with a sublime angle shot, scoring from the end line.

After the goal Easts were more relaxed and UNSW did not threaten their goal from then on.

The final score was a comfortable but not satisfactory 1-0 win.

Team (3-1-3-3): Bradders (GK), Mike, Nick, Ben, Stu, Jarrod, Brett, Justin, Jamie, Jason, Richard; Subs: Ben, Joe

Goals: Brett (2), Jarrod (2), Rich (2), Jamie, Jason, Joe

Cards: Nil

Man of the Match: Stu

Dick of the Day: Jabba

Match Report by Brett

After a lacklustre start the week earlier Easts decided it was time to implement a serious warm up. Stu suggested we try and knock each other over with shoulder charges and whilst seeming a bit funny at the time, may have in fact worked.

Easts came out fast and the midfield quickly linked with the forwards to provide Easts with their first short corner. Brett jinked through the first two runners to give himself an easy goal from 7 yards (after seeing his shooting from the top this may be the only place he can score from).

Jabber was back after a long awaited break and the only thing faster than Easts start was his departure from the field. After reaching the ball for the first time he removed himself from the field and quickly found himself a meat pie and a beer to accompany him on the sideline. Meanwhile he continued to get people into position by yelling at them between mouthfuls

Easts continued to be dominant all over the field with every player getting the better of their opponent. Brett soon put in his second, which was followed by two goals from Jarrod, one being a superb solo effort from outside the 25.

Easts were up four nil at half time but were far from finished. The second half started much like the first with crisp ball movement from the backs all the way up to the forwards. Richard soon had two goals of his own with some superb finishing that the team has become use to seeing from him. Not to be outdone Jamie “1 yard” Glister hammered home one of the best shots of the season - any more like that and the guys’ will have to give him a new nickname. Very soon after his goal, Jamie made the best save of the game as he put his body on the line behind the keeper to take a ball in the back and stop a certain goal - unfortunately it was Moorebank’s goal line.  

Easts made very few mistakes but did let one goal through down the right hand side that ended their chance of keeping a clean sheet. Jason and Joe scored another 2 goals to finish the game strongly for Easts. Justin tried hard for the last 5 minutes of the game (and for 10 minutes after the game) to get the 10^th goal but it wasn’t to be with the game ending up a 9-1 victory for Easts.