Orange Emus had 101 reasons to smile on Saturday night, that’s exactly how many points the greens racked up against a forlorn Parkes Boars unit that’s now conceded 171 points in the last fortnight – at home, too.
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Going to Northparkes Oval hellbent on rectifying their trend of not showing up at the ground, Emus did that, running in 15 tries to none.
Insanely, Emus were one of two Blowes Clothing Cup sides to notch triple figures on the weekend, Dubbo Kangaroos defeated Mudgee 105-0 at No.1 Oval.
“We were pretty red-hot,” Emus coach Paul Ringland said after the shellacking.
“But, I didn’t actually think Parkes were that bad. Certainly not 101 points bad, I genuinely don’t think that scoreline reflected the game.
“Everything just went right for us. The execution of all our skills and structures were almost perfect, anything that hadn’t been 100 per cent in past games was.
“We’d made a point of not coming into this game with any sort of complacency and all the guys showed up really switched on, which was a pleasing point.”
Carter Hirini crossed for four tries for Emus while skipper Nigel Staniforth and bustling winger Levi Russell also grabbed doubles.
It’d almost be quicker to list the players who didn’t score outside that trio, with Lachie Harris, Al Hattersley, Tom Green, Jack Marchinton, Rob Thorburn, AJ Sykes and Harry Hamilton all crossing the stripe too.
Staniforth kicked 13 of his 15 attempts at goal.
The greens piled on 68 of those points in the first half, a 40-minute period Ringland described as “clinical”.
“It was clinical, everything really went right for us in that first half in particular,” he said.
It would have been easy for his side to take its foot off the gas after scoring at almost two points a minute in the first period, Ringland said, but the greens didn’t, adding another 33 in the second half.
For that reason, Emus’ mentor said it’s a pleasing result going into a tough fortnight, where the greens will play other would-be contenders Dubbo Kangaroos and Bathurst Bulldogs back-to-back.
“It think it is a good way to go into those games, because I think it shows what we can do when everything works,” he explained.
“It’s the first game this season where that’s really happened, everything going right, so that’s a good thing for us.”
Ringland highlighted Hamilton as his side’s best, not bad for a flanker who was only filling in for the injured Scott McLean, who is likely to spend plenty of time on the sideline with a finger injury.
Hamilton, as you’d expect, has gone a long way to cementing his place on the side of Emus’ scrum as a result.
“He was absolutely outstanding, just very good,” Ringland said.
“He was more than happy to do plenty of the dirty work despite the way the game panned out, we were very impressed with him.
“Andrew Selwood was also really good on the other side and AJ Sykes was very solid at five-eighth, Jack Marchinton came off the bench and provided real impact as well.”
ORANGE EMUS 101 (Carter Hirini 4, Nigel Staniforth 2, Levi Russell 2, Lachie Harris, Al Hattersley, Tom Green, Jack Marchinton, Rob Thorburn, AJ Sykes, Harry Hamilton tries; Staniforth 13 conversions) def PARKES BOARS 0
Matt Findlay
Formerly a sports specialist, I'm based at Orange and shift between wide-spread range of subjects here and, often, across the entire Central West region of NSW as well. I have almost a decade of experience in the media and marketing industries both here in Australia and internationally, along with journalism I have experience in content strategy, brand development, and digital and social media. Along the way, I've been fortunate to win a handful of media awards and be nominated for several others too.
Formerly a sports specialist, I'm based at Orange and shift between wide-spread range of subjects here and, often, across the entire Central West region of NSW as well. I have almost a decade of experience in the media and marketing industries both here in Australia and internationally, along with journalism I have experience in content strategy, brand development, and digital and social media. Along the way, I've been fortunate to win a handful of media awards and be nominated for several others too.
