Ron Massey Cup GF Points Of Interest

Author: nswrl.com.au
Timestamp: Fri 23 Sep 2016, 12:00 PM

Mounties (1^st) v St Marys Saints (4^th)
Pirtek Stadium, Sunday 25 September
2:10pm
Streamed LIVE on NSWRL.com.au, broadcast LIVE on SteeleSports.com.au, Hawkesbury 89.9 FM and Triple H 100.1 FM

Click here to view the full Mounties v St Marys team lists and match officials

MOUNTIES

· Looking to go back-to-back, after winning the competition last season against Asquith Magpies

· Mounties are in there fourth Grand Final in a row (2013 lost to Wentworthville, 2014 lost to The Entrance Tigers, 2015 beat Asquith)

· Won the minor premiership

· Ended the regular season with 16 wins and four losses

· They have the best attack in the competition, averaging over 34 points a game

· They have the best defence in the competition, conceding under 18 points a game

· These sides played each other in Week One of the finals, where St Marys came from behind to win 26-22

· Since that lost, they smashed Hills District 48-0 in Week Two of the finals, then downed Wentworthville 16-6 in the Preliminary Final

· They have won eight from their past nine games

ST MARYS

· First year in the competition since 2003, so it’s remarkable for them to have made the Grand Final

· Former NRL player, Geoff Daniela, will play centre

· Daniela played 45 games with the Penrith Panthers and the Wests Tigers, and represented Cook Islands on one occasion in 2012, where he scored a try

· St Marys defeated Mounties in Week One of the finals 26-22, then beat Western Suburbs last week 20-14 to qualify for the Grand Final

· Have won their last nine matches

· Went down to Mounties 44-16 in Round 15

· Finished fourth on the ladder with 14 wins and seven losses in the regular season

· Average 32 points per game in attack

· Concede just under 22 points per game in defence

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