Round 5
Wynnum Manly Seagulls 24 l. Burleigh Bears 40

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Location: Australia > Queensland > State/Metropolitan Level Competition: Wizard Queensland Cup

Burleigh's Big Men Dominate
Sun April 13, 2008
Source: www.qrl.com.au

A powerful display from Burleigh's aggressive forwards lifted the Bears to a commanding 40-24 victory over the Wynnum Manly Seagulls at BMD Kougari Oval today.

The Bears brought an abrupt end to Wynnum Manly's unbeaten record at home this year with a comfortable 16-point win.

"I think it's the first time in six years Burleigh has won at Kougari," Burleigh coach Jim Lenihan said tonight.

"It's definitely been quite a while so it's good to get the monkey off our backs."

Burleigh led 24-12 at half-time and Lenihan felt that margin could have been bigger.

"Wynnum scored in the first and last minute of the first half. Other than that I thought we had good control," he said.

"For the other 36 minutes of the first half we were OK but there were just a few little mental lapses where we let ourselves down."

Lenihan was rapt with the whole-hearted performances from prop Wayne Phillis and classy No. 9 Scott Smith.

The strong effort in the engine room paved the way for Burleigh flyers Trent Purdon, Nick Parfitt and Adam Fielder to each cross the try-line on two occasions.

Fiedler has now scored seven tries from five games, while sharp-shooter Parfitt carried his season tally to 58 points.

Although delighted to score 40 points, Lenihan was a touch disappointed to see the Bears concede 24.

"We're just trying to focus on improving our performance every week," the former St George centre said.

"I think in recent years we've put too much pressure on ourselves with big expectations."

Burleigh (eight points) remains firmly entrenched in the top four courtesy of today's win.

Wynnum Manly slips out of the top five and now faces a tough ask to break back into the front-running pack after drawing Souths Logan in a difficult round six assignment at Davies Park next Sunday.

With another two competition points safely in its keep, Burleigh is now ready to mix it with the high-flying Ipswich Jets in Saturday's ABC TV match.

The Bears will wear pink jerseys to raise money and awareness for breast cancer.

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