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California Cup Round 5 Results

A stunning come-from-behind win for Life West over SFGG has earned the Hayward side a spot in the California Cup Grand Final opposite OMBAC this coming Saturday. Trailing 34-17 with only 15 minutes to play, the Gladiators scored three times with Guillaume Cazenave’s conversion of Siupeli Sakalia’s 76th minute try proving the decisive act, the final score reading 36-34.

It was Sakalia’s second score of the day, and came after SFGG had looked the better side for the first hour. A brace scored by Isoa Donaldson and 14 points from the boot of Volney Rouse looked to have been enough to carry Golden Gate into the final but instead the Gladiators led by inspirational scrumhalf Devereaux Ferris clawed their way back to record a famous victory.

In other action OMBAC surprised no-one by putting Old Aztecs to the sword by 47 points to 8. A hat-trick to fullback Zach Pangelinan in the opening 25 minutes effectively killed the game with a John Grant double before the break putting it beyond any doubt. The San Diego side will now travel to Treasure Island for finals day and given their run of form should be considered favorites having already beaten Life West once just a week ago and showing impressive season-ending form.

The first scheduled game of the day between Olympic and Belmont Shore was rained out and with the result having no effect on the final match-ups the game will not be made up.

 

OMBAC 47 vs 8 OLD AZTECS
Saturday, January 14, 15:00, Little Q, San Diego

SCORING

OMBAC 47
Tries – Z. Pangelinan 3, J. Grant 2, I. Cassidy, J. Gillespie, A. Kalani
Cons – K. Konrad, I. Cassidy
Pens – K. Konrad

OLD AZTECS 8
Tries – B. Roller
Pens – T. Howard

TEAMS

OMBAC
1 Josh Bart, 2 Jed Gillespie, 3 Nick Zajda, 4 Tai Tuisamoa (capt.), 5 Jay Harmon, 6 Chris Turori, 7 Shane Moise, 8 Josh Vainikolo, 9 Jamie Purcell, 10 Ben Batger, 11 Tim Stanfill, 12 Kalei Konrad, 13 John Grant, 14 Ian Denham, 15 Zach Pangelinan

16 Tai Te’o, 17 Ethan Willis, 18 Anthony Kalani, 19 Derrick Broussard, 20 Bryce Baker, 21 Ian Cassidy, 22 Damien Fatongia, 23 Matt Long

OLD AZTECS
1 Tristan Pickering, 2 Pat Blair, 3 Anthony Ellis, 4 Bill Dow (capt.), 5 Lucas Edwards, 6 Leon Hayward, 7 Joe Wesolek, 8 Jeff Diggs, 9 Robert Stortz, 10 Mike Deel, 11 James Niblock, 12 Tim Howard, 13 Jose Lugo, 14 Boomer Roller, 15 Connor Mariani

16 Alex Blair, 17 Tasi Toilolo, 18 Joe Ramonas, 19 Robert Laulaulo, 20 Erik Zents, 21 David Persson, 22 Jon Prickett, 23 Cleeandre Ross

 

LIFE WEST 36 vs 34 SFGG
Saturday, January 14, 16:00, Bodnar Field, Cal Maritime Academy

SCORING

LIFE WEST 36
Tries – D. Ferris, S. Sakalia 2, N. Tawake, H. Mo’ungaloa
Cons – G. Cazenave 4
Pens – G. Cazenave

SFGG 34
Tries – N. Barrett, I. Ratumaimuri, I. Donaldson 2
Cons – V. Rouse 4
Pens – V. Rouse 2

TEAMS

LIFE WEST
1 Fancy Namulau’ulu, 2 Jay Finau, 3 Holo Mo’ungaloa, 4 Alex Pedjase, 5 Rich Knight, 6 Siupeli Sakalia, 7 Zach Bonte, 8 Akuila Uaisele (capt.), 9 Devereaux Ferris, 10 Guillaume Cazenave, 11 Junior Helu, 12 Nua Vete, 13 Moni Tonga’uiha, 14 Pila Iongi, 15 Martini Talapusi

16 Lopeti Liu, 17 Tone Ngaluafe, 18 Maka Tameilau, 19 Zack Tannous, 20 Naibuka Tawake, 21 Taniela Vakauta, 22 Siaosi Lata, 23 Anthony Munoz

SFGG
1 Jacob Nelson, 2 Neil Barrett, 3 Saimone Laulaupea’alu, 4 Brendan Hardiman, 5 Tom Rooke, 6 Opeti Okusi, 7 Isaac Helu, 8 Brendan Daly (capt.), 9 Colby Stevens, 10 Volney Rouse, 11 Pila Huihui, 12 Eae Okusi, 13 Isimeli Ratumaimuri, 14 Fatai Vailala, 15 Isoa Donaldson

16 Grant Hyjer, 17 Patrick Latu, 18 J Adeamo, 19 Drew Hyjer, 20 Samuela Vailala, 21 Connor Ring, 22 Lemoto Filikitonga, 23 Tevita Vehikite

 

2016-17 CALIFORNIA CUP LEAGUE TABLE

CLUB W L D PF PA PD TF TA BP PTS
Life West 4 1 0 166 148 +18 24 18 5 21
OMBAC 4 1 0 229 113 +116 33 14 4 20
SFGG 3 2 0 163 145 +18 22 20 5 17
Belmont Shore 2 2 0 116 97 +19 15 13 4 12
Old Aztecs 1 4 0 114 182 -68 16 27 3 7
Olympic 0 4 0 62 165 -103 8 26 0 0

 

2016-17 CALIFORNIA CUP SCORING LEADERS

NAME CLUB PTS T C P D
Kalei Konrad OMBAC 47 0 13 7 0
Andy Jackson Belmont Shore 43 1 10 6 0
John Grant OMBAC 40 8 0 0 0
Isoa Donaldson SFGG 39 4 5 3 0
Volney Rouse SFGG 39 1 14 2 0
Zach Pangelinan OMBAC 37 6 2 1 0
Tim Howard Old Aztecs 34 0 11 4 0
Guillaume Cazenave Life West 31 1 10 2 0
Devereaux Ferris Life West 26 4 3 0 0
Pila Iongi Life West 25 5 0 0 0
Todd Clever OMBAC 20 4 0 0 0
Pila Huihui SFGG 20 4 0 0 0
Rob Newcomb Belmont Shore 20 4 0 0 0
Keegan Engelbrecht Olympic 17 0 4 3 0
Ian Cassidy OMBAC 15 1 2 2 0
Lucas Edwards Old Aztecs 15 3 0 0 0
Jack Halalilo SFGG 15 3 0 0 0
Anthony Munoz Life West 15 3 0 0 0
Boomer Roller Old Aztecs 15 3 0 0 0
Robert Stortz Old Aztecs 15 3 0 0 0
Jake Anderson Olympic 10 1 1 1 0
Neil Barrett SFGG 10 2 0 0 0
Ben Batger OMBAC 10 2 0 0 0
Greg Daniels Belmont Shore 10 2 0 0 0
Jed Gillespie OMBAC 10 2 0 0 0
Mike Haley Olympic 10 2 0 0 0
Junior Helu Life West 10 2 0 0 0
Max Paronelli Belmont Shore 10 2 0 0 0
Mason Pedersen Belmont Shore 10 2 0 0 0
Isimeli Ratumaimuri SFGG 10 2 0 0 0
Siupeli Sakalia Life West 10 2 0 0 0
Tim Stanfill OMBAC 10 2 0 0 0
Tasi Toilolo Old Aztecs 10 2 0 0 0
Fatai Vailala SFGG 10 2 0 0 0
Hilton Mexted Belmont Shore 8 0 1 1 1
Martini Talapusi Life West 7 1 1 0 0
Pele Toelupe-Tuisila Life West 7 0 2 1 0
Josh Bart OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Zach Bonte Life West 5 1 0 0 0
Jared Braun Olympic 5 1 0 0 0
Brendan Daly SFGG 5 1 0 0 0
Mike Deel Old Aztecs 5 1 0 0 0
Ian Denham OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Jeff Diggs Old Aztecs 5 1 0 0 0
Nick Evans OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Siokatame Falatau Life West 5 1 0 0 0
Jay Finau Life West 5 1 0 0 0
Joe Fukafuka SFGG 5 1 0 0 0
John Gallo Olympic 5 1 0 0 0
Anthony Kalani OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Danny LaPrevotte SFGG 5 1 0 0 0
Manu Laqai SFGG 5 1 0 0 0
Matt Long OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Tanner Mohr Olympic 5 1 0 0 0
Shane Moise OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Travis Moscone Olympic 5 1 0 0 0
Holo Mo’ungaloa Life West 5 1 0 0 0
James Niblock Old Aztecs 5 1 0 0 0
Kyle Peterson Olympic 5 1 0 0 0
Tristan Pickering Old Aztecs 5 1 0 0 0
Jon Prickett Old Aztecs 5 1 0 0 0
Cameron Reed Belmont Shore 5 1 0 0 0
Pita Semeane Belmont Shore 5 1 0 0 0
Naibuka Tawake Life West 5 1 0 0 0
Mike Te’o Belmont Shore 5 1 0 0 0
Chris Turori OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Josh Vainikolo OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Nua Vete Life West 5 1 0 0 0
Manu Volavola Life West 5 1 0 0 0

 

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