Intrust Shute Shield Round 4: Match Previews

CLICK HERE: Intrust Shute Shield Round 4 Team Lists Northern Suburbs v Eastwood Norths suffered their first loss of 2016 last weekend, going down to an impressive Eastern Suburbs side 28-13 and will be looking to bounce back when they host Eastwood in the match of the round, live on 7TWO. “Last week was really frustrating. We defended well, but made 19 handling errors in attack and on a number of occasions we had opportunities to score but made errors,” Norths coach Simon Cron told Rugby News. Norths are expected to field an unchanged side from last weekend, but will need to improve their execution if they are to challenge the defending premiers, who beat Penrith 82-14 in round three. “We were quite pleased with that effort, we worked hard for the entire 80 minutes. We aimed to lift the tempo whenever we could and I think we did that extremely well,” Woodies coach Stu Woodhouse said. Jai Ayoub and Joey Afualo have both been ruled out of Saturday’s clash, with Blake Sutton
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