The Wash-Up: Rd 6 – Northern Suburbs v Parramatta
by Paul Cook -
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Northern Suburbs 36 (Jordan Heyer 3, Sam Kitchen 2,
Larry Hermens tries; lrae Simone 2 cons, Josh Kay con)
defeated Parramatta 0
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Three losses in a row had left Norths at the wrong end of the ladder, and given their finals intentions, this was simply a must-win game to get back into the winners circle. However, they would never have predicted the ease with which victory came, as a below par Parramatta barely fired a shot in anger in a 36-0 wake-up call. (read the full match report here) Rugby News got the post-match reaction from the sheds...
Northern Suburbs head coach Simon Cron:
"I’ve watched some of Parra’s games and they’re an impressive side, and going into today I was a bit anxious because they pushed the Rats to a 4pt loss and they probably should have won that game, and I thought they did some really good things last week against Easts too. But we went in with a plan around the areas