General
* The Penrith AFC enters its 31st season in 2011. Senior Grade enters its 29th season, Reserve Grade its 28th season and Under 18 (and previously Under 20) Grade its 17th season.
* The club passed 78000 points in competition football. The 78000th point was achieved by either the Under 18s or Reserves, it is a bit hard to tell as both these sides played at basically the same time!
Players
* Congratulations to the following players who made their debut for the club in this round:
Senior Grade (4)
Nic Collimore, James Denton, Luke O'Connor, Matthew O'Connor
Reserve Grade (7)
Michael Basham, Paul Borsato, Brendan Hinks, Chris Manuel, John Power, Brett Regan, Mitch Renehan
(Michael Basham kicked two goals on debut, Paul Borsato and Mitch Renehan each kicked one goal).
Under 18 Grade (9)
Harrison Doyle, Luke Jones, David Looyschelder, Greg Major, Aaron McGee, Ashley Nicholls, William Nicholson-Bragg, George Paneras, Matthew Purse
* Welcome back to the following former players who returned to the club in this round:
Dale Chivas (last played 2008), Nathan Wright (2006) and Brayden Wilson (2009).
* Congratulations to Mitchell Reinhard on playing his 50th game for the club. Mitchell made his debut in 2008 and becomes the 120th player to play 50 games or more for the Rams.
* Congratulations to Ben McGovern on kicking his 100th goal for the club.
* Congratulations to Daniel Schroot on kicking his 50th goal for the club.
* Luke and Matthew O'Connor become the 58th set of brothers and the 5th set of twins to play for the club.
Teams
* The Rams played Moorebank Sports at a sixth different venue since 1996 - Rosedale Oval, Greygums Oval, Dukes Oval, Gwawley Park, Blacktown Olympic Park and now Monarch Oval.
* It was Senior Grade's first win over Moorebank Sports since 12/8/06, breaking a losing sequence of 5 games against them over 2009 & 2010 (the two clubs did not compete against each other in 2007 & 2008).
* 2.3 (15) was easily Moorebank Sports' lowest score against Senior Grade. Their previous lowest score was 7.7 (49) at Rosedale Oval in Round 18, 2005.
* This was the third 67 point win in the club's history. The previous ones were by Senior Grade against Wollongong in 1999 and Under 18 Grade, also against Moorebank Sports, in 2009.
* Reserve Grade also broke a losing sequence against Moorebank Sports, of four games over 2009 & 2010. Their last on-field win against them was 13/5/06 (the Rams won by forfeit on 12/8/06).
* This was Reserve Grade's fourth win over Moorebank Sports (five counting the forfeit) and easily the lowest winning margin - the previous wins being by 57, 55 & 40 points.
* Amazingly, this was only the third time any Rams side had won a game by five points and the first time it had occurred for over 20 years. The previous two five-pointers were both against Hawkesbury - Reserve Grade in 1983 and Senior Grade in 1989.
* This was the first time the Under 18s had played Pennant Hills at a ground other than Greygums Oval or Ern Holmes Oval and was the first time the Rams had played a full-strength Demons side since 2005. The 33 point result was the Rams' best effort against Penno's "A" Under 18 side.
GAMES/GOALS CHART
Last Modified on 03/04/2011 21:03