THE would be showdown between Hawkesbury Valley and UWSH was put off until July, after four UWSH players were called up for rep duties.
The first grade match between the two sides will be played on July 18, while the other three grades went ahead on Saturday.
UWSH won all three games, smashing Hawkesbury Valley in the seconds, while the thirds and fourths were closer wins.
The second grade match was soured as Hawkesbury Valley player T.J. Morecraft-Upoko was carried from the field with what was suspected at the time to be a serious neck or back injury.
Hawkesbury Valley registrar Paul Gregson said Morecraft-Upoko was taken to hospital, but only spent an hour there before being discharged with no serious injuries.
Gregson also said Dan Warters also picked up a back injury in the match but it was not severe.
Gregson submitted some match reports to the Gazette to tell Hawkesbury's side of the story.
Hawkesbury seconds went down to competition leaders UWSH in a fairly clinical performance.
With superior combination and sense of urgency the visitors bustled Hawkesbury into error on many occasions taking advantage of every gap that appeared.
Hawkesbury Valley had some outstanding individual performances from Nathan Kocanda and Dan Warters who threatened to break the line with every opportunity.
Cam Worland steered his troops around the park well while Christian Little led by example through the forwards.
A classic game of two halves with Hawkesbury making a couple of simple errors that turned over the ball leading to tries and eventually a 19-0 half time lead.
A great comeback in the second half by Hawkesbury with tries to Kim Bedford and Tevita Fifita and a goal to Justin Dargin bringing the team home with a wet sail.
Hawkesbury Valley fourths made their presence felt from the kick off with big Anthony Fleming driving the UWSH ball runner back five metres on the first hit up.
The Hawkesbury forwards bustled UWSH up field putting pressure on their line drawing a penalty after some desperate defence, the tap restart found a flying Leon Oloaga who dragged a UWSH defender over the line to open the scoring.
The Hawkesbury boys had a lapse in concentration at the restart of play allowing the quick thinking UWSH Fly Half through a gap to even the scores.
Hawkesbury recovered well pushing back into UWSH territory again stretching their defensive line, a quick ball out to the right wing found Al Lamsam who drove his way over the line for their second try, a penalty goal three minutes later took their lead to 15 - 5.
A silly penalty caught Hawkesbury off guard and allowed UWSH back into the game at 15 – 12.
The UWSH defensive line tightened up in the second half limiting Hawkesbury’s opportunities and brought the game to a stalemate.
With only five minutes on the clock a wayward clearing kick fell into the hands of the UWSH outside centre who scurried over for a try and a two point lead.
Hawkesbury pressured from the restart but UWSH were able to hold them out and take the win.
