NSW Super League Round 7 Review

But Fraser Park may regret their switch of fixture with Macarthur Rams, as they suffered a 6-0 rout at Lynwood Park.
The huge win sees the Rams leap to second spot on the ladder courtesy of goals scored, over St George.
Feature Match of the Week
Macarthur Rams v Fraser Park
It was the Chris Gomez and Shannon Hankin show at Lynwood Park as the Macarthur front men scored five goals between them in the Rams? 6-0 hammering of Fraser Park.
Apart from the opening ten minutes or so, which started at a ferocious pace, Fraser Park were never in the contest and the game just went from bad to worse for the visitors from the time of the first goal.
Macarthur were on fire with Gomez and Hankin ripping into Fraser Park and it took only twelve minutes before the opening goal arrived. Hankin was fed nicely with a through ball, and, getting through his defender, surprised many when he was able to slot it away past Ivan Kovacevic.
Daniel Duarte struck shortly afterwards but his shot was parried, but he duly turned provider on the half hour after lofting a high ball in to the area. It was not really a ball which threatened danger, but Gomez got the better of Clive Delaney, lifted over to Hankin who swept away number two.
Even by this early stage, Fraser Park did not look like they would recover and when a third went in, before half time, with Gomez shooting over Kovacevic, it seemed just a case of how many.
Kovacevic did well in diving at the feet of Gomez five minutes after the break, to deny a fourth, but that was only delaying the inevitable. The best goal of the game was to come.
A fantastic run by Gomez, combined with neat interplay with Hankin, saw the striker zip past three defenders before scoring past Kovacevic. It was a great goal, indicative of the form that the Rams were showing. Poor old Fraser Park had no answer to the pace or enthusiasm of Macarthur.
The Rams were clearly enjoying the night, looking to score at every opportunity. It was not unusual to see six or seven Rams players streaming forward in attack, all looking to get on the scoresheet. Peter Halstead, the Kiwi playing in only his second game for Macarthur, looked impressive as did Craig Cooley, in his usual searching runs down the right.
The fifth goal came, on sixty five minutes, no surprise from the boot of Gomez, who later took leave of the game, his job for the night done.
With a quarter of an hour to go, Chris Godoy Boscur netted the sixth, after Kovacevic parried de la Cuadra?s strike, and the rout was complete.
The only unsavoury event of the night, for the Rams at least, was the dismissal of Godoy Boscur for violent conduct, behind play, with six minutes to go. It caused a minor contretemps for a few minutes, keeping referee David Christie very busy. After consulting with his linesman, Godoy Boscur departed thanks to a straight red.
Despite this, it was a relaxed Claudio Canosa after the game.
?I am definitely happy with the performance. We controlled the game, creating chances, and kept the ball well. Peter Halstead held it well too, and had a good game. As did Chris [Godoy Boscur] down the left.
But his send off will cause a rethink.  
?I thought that I had the team sorted for Tuesday, when we play Northern Tigers. But now that he will be missing, I will need to rearrange?.
A slight chink in the armour, perhaps. Food for thought for the Tigers.
A simple comment from the Fraser Park camp told their story.
?It was a disaster?a disaster?.
Macarthur Rams 6 (Shannon Hankin 12?, 31?, Chris Gomez 42?, 60?, 65?, Chris Godoy Boscur 74?) v Fraser Park 0
30 April 2011
Lynwood Park
Referee: David Christie
Assistants: Alex Long and Paul Faithfull
Macarthur Rams: 20. Josh Barrett 2. Craig Cooley (c) 19. Nemanja Kisacanin 6. Josh Ford 21. Callum Fleming 14. Ryan Marchant (7. Alan de la Cuadra 70?) 11. Daniel Duarte (8. Alvaro Malmierca 62?) 18. Peter Halstead 17. Chris Godoy Boscur 9.Shannon Hankin 10. Chris Gomez (22. Matt Sadler 68?).
Subs not used: 12. Lloyd Spencer Gk Ben Needham.
Yellow Cards: Josh Ford, Daniel Duarte
Red Card: Chris Godoy Boscur (84?)
Coach: Claudio Canosa
Fraser Park: 1. Ivan Kovacevic 6. Anthony Barletta 5. Clive Delaney 2. Ryuta Nambu 11. Carlo Musumeci 4. Mirza Sehic (17. Wassim Hijazi 46?) 14. Alex Crane (25. Anthony Villazon 60?) 10. Paulo Oliviera (c) 20. Carlos Villazon 9. Leigh Gunn 8. Fred Umlil.
Subs not used: 3. Andrea Russo 18. Ian Estavao 27. Tomas Patrovsky
Yellow Cards: Carlo Musumeci, Anthony Barletta
Coach: Alex Augusto
Postponed Matches
Blacktown Spartans       v          Northern Tigers
Dulwich Hill                   v          Hills Brumbies
Spirit FC                       v          Central Coast
St George                     v          Granville Rage
West Sydney Berries     v          Sydney University
Top Goalscorers
6 –        Shannon Hankin            (Macarthur Rams)
Grant Maundrell             (Central Coast)
5 –        Kris Holbrook                (Granville Rage)
4 –        Juan Chavez                 (Spirit FC)
Travis Cooper               (Northern Tigers)
Chris Gomez                 (Macarthur Rams)
            Ivo de Jesus                 (St George)
            Liam McConaghy          (Sydney University)
3 –        Kodgo Etonum (West Sydney Berries)
            Paulo Oliviera                (Fraser Park)
            Dragan Savic                (Hills Brumbies)
            Tim Simpson                 (Spirit FC)
Re-arranged Round Two
Tuesday 3 May 2011
Northern Tigers  v          Macarthur Rams
Waratah Cup Round 2
Wednesday 4 May 2011
St George                     v          Inter Lions
Blacktown Spartans       v          Balmain
West Sydney Berries     v          Stanmore Hawks
Fraser Park                   v          Pacific Hills Dural
Sydney University         v          Uni NSW at Sydney Uni Oval No 1 (kick off 8.30pm)
Hills Brumbies               v          Gladesville Ryde Magic at Second Ponds Oval
Kick off 7.15pm unless stated
-By Peter Rowney