NRC Wk 3: Country Stay Unbeaten As Rays Fade In the Wet
by Paul Cook -
The NRC is proving to be a comfortable fit for the NSW Country Eagles, the boys from the bush making it three from three with a 33-21 victory over the North Harbour Rays at a rain drenched Brookvale Oval this evening.
The prolific Andrew Kellaway added another double to his try scoring tally to make it six in three games as the Eagles continued to look like the most well drilled, well coached and most cohesive unit from New South Wales thus far.
Recovering from an early deficit, they were up 16-5 just before half-time before a perfectly executed rolling maul brought the Rays back into contention. When flying winger Dave Feltscheer brought the house down with a storming 60 metre run to give the home side the lead on 50 minutes, it looked like the 1,900 or so h