Colin Caird Shield: Rampant Uni Exact Sweet Revenge
by Paul Cook -
Sydney University have exacted sweet revenge for a loss to Eastwood three weeks ago with a dominant Grand Final display to defeat the Woodies 41-22. That loss in the first week of the finals only served to fire the Students up and having recovered to reach the final day of the season, they didn’t hold back in proving a point despite only outscoring their opponents by four tries to three.
They struck early, flyhalf Stuart Dunbar proving too elusive and dotting down after only three minutes with Byron Hodge converting but it was the Woodies who looked most likely to cross next. Their own pivot, Jai Ayoub, utilised some front-foot ball to find space down the Uni flanks and some willing runners but they were unable to breach the Students' cover defence.
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