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OMBAC vs Belmont Shore
Saturday, April 2, Qualcomm Stadium OMBAC RSL 17 - SM RSL 58 OMBAC I A  - SF I A OMBAC I B 15 - SF I B 12 OMBAC III 17 - Pasadena 7 Summary OMBAC RSL v Belmont Shore RSL On a beautiful day in San Diego Belmont Shore handily beat OMBAC yesterday by a score of 58 to 17. Graham Bullen refereed a fast paced match that Belmont Shore controlled from beginning to end. Belmont Shore scored their first of 8 trys within two minutes of the opening whistle as their inside center, Steelie Koro, dotted down under the posts and flyhalf, Leigh Peina, converted. About ten minutes later OMBAC flyhalf, Matt Alexander, converted a penalty to put the home team on the score board. However, that was to be OMBACs only score in the first half. Belmont Shore converted a penalty of their own a couple of minutes later, putting them on top 10-3. Belmont Shore scored two more trys in the first half, one by taking away an OMBAC scrum, and another penalty conversion to end the first half on top 25-3. Belmont Shore immediately opened the second half with a converted try after only 7 minutes. Belmont scored three more unanswered, converted trys, before OMBAC could even get on the boards again. After about 70 minutes of play OMBAC scrumhalf, Ghian Snyman, finally made it into the end zone for OMBACs first try, which Alexander converted. However, the unstoppable Belmont Shore came right back to score their 8th try of the match. OMBAC scored the last try right on full time as they went down to the reigning champions, 58-17. OMBAC would be hard pressed to pick a most valuable player but outside center, Chris Frara, made many try saving tackles or the score would have been even more lopsided. Belmont, on the other hand, had many standouts in their impressive showing. OMBAC: 1) Mike French, 2) Walker Sullivan, 3) Jason Wood, 4) Damian Coonan, 5) Mike Underhill, 6) Ryan ReBell, 7) Joe Forehand, 8) Siale Taualupe, 9) Ghian Snyman, 10) Matt Alexander, 11) David Burt, 12) Marty O'Rourke, 13) Chris Frara, 14) Mark Crovelli RESERVES: 16) Tom Wagner (for French @ 67), 17) Dan Dorsey (for Wood @ 32), 18) Lars Herman (for Underhill @ 32), 19) Mika McLeod (for Forehand @ 47), 20) Derres Catalano (for ReBell @ 32), 21) Andrew Webb (for Frara @ 70), 22) Jason Harper ( for Gonzales @ 47)
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