Uni ends Canberra's winning run

Canberra squandered a three goal lead, early in the second half, to go down to Sydney Uni 27 to 22 in a physical match-up, today at their home venue.

Canberra trailed for most of the first half but two quick goals, just before half-time, by Dragan Radicoski and Maciej Krawczyk put Canberra in the lead for the first time in the game.  The score sea-sawed after that but Canberra managed to take the one-goal lead of 14:13 into the break.

The start of the second half looked promising for Canberra, as they hit back with successive goals, taking a quick three-goal lead.  Sydney Uni then changed tactics in defence closing down Canberra’s leading scorer Krawczyk.

It didn’t take long then for Uni to get back into the game. New arrival Håvard Tønnessen paired up with former Taysols star, to inflict most of the damage on Canberra’s defence. The two Norwegian nationals scored 22 goals between them and could have had more but for some good saves by Canberra’s keeper Jamie Richardson. Kenneth doing most of the damage, topscoring with 15 goals.

With fifteen minutes to go, Canberra was still in the game and leading 20:19 but, at that point, repetitive turnovers gave way to four unanswered goals by the two Norwegians, putting the game beyond Canberra’s reach. In the end, Uni wining 27 to 22.

Kenneth Tørlen leaps over Canberra backs Maciej Krawczyk and Daniel Doring in Phillip, ACT today

Sydney Uni Gold  defeated Canberra 27:22 (13:14) – For Canberra:  Jamie Richardson (GK), Maciej Krawczyk (12), Justin Hughes, Karsten Oelkers (1), Jacob Krog (3), Daniel Döring (1), Dragan Radicoski (3), Sasha Petrovski and Taip Ramadani (2).