Scoreboard is a wrap-up of the efforts of Sydney University athletes and teams through the past week, compiled by Graham Croker. Stories on some of the performances also appear in the News section.
Australian Football
North East AFL – Preliminary Final
Northern Territory Thunder 19.14: 128 (Darren Ewing 6, Gibson Turner 4, Cameron Ilett 2, Liam Patrick 2, Neil Vea Vea, Jonathon Peris, Shannon Rioli, Michael Hagan, Julian Lockwood) defeated Sydney University 8.10: 58 (Jacob Derickx 2, Damien Bonney 2, Tom Ayton, Nicholas Winmar, Max Wilson, Tom Young) at TIO Stadium, Darwin, on Saturday.
Best players
Northern Territory Thunder: Cameron Ilett, Richard Tambling, Darren Ewing, Gibson Turner, Matthew Rosier, Ryan Nyhuis.
Sydney University: Timothy Barton, Matthew Rawlinson, Matthew O’Dwyer, Jed Turner, Gabriel Orr, William Sierakowski.
Preliminary Final 2: Aspley 25.8: 158 defeated UWS Giants 9.15: 69.
Grand Final: Northern Territory Thunder versus Aspley at TIO Stadium, Darwin, on Saturday.
Sydney Men’s Premier Division – Semi-Finals
Division One: Sydney University 6.12: 48 (Nik Dale 2, Gary Burch, Samuel Clark, Christopher Browne, Michael Carey) defeated UTS Bats 5.13: 43 (Edward Williams 2, Trevor Piner, Jacob Prince, Nicholas Morling) at Henson Park on Sunday.
Best players
Sydney University: Christopher Kendrick, Ben Fitzpatrick, Michael Higgins, Ryan Kennedy, Sam Ryan, Nik Dale.
UTS Bats: Harrison Callahan, Duncan Brown, Harry Whiting, Edward Williams, Peter Kilroy, Daniel Crouch.
Semi-Final 2: Pennant Hills Demons 15.7: 97 defeated Balmain Tigers 8.8: 56.
Grand Final: Sydney University versus Pennant Hills Demons at Henson Park, from noon on Sunday, September 20.
Division Three – Final: Sydney University 17.13: 115 defeated Western Suburbs Magpies 7.7: 49 at Blacktown International Sports Park on Sunday.
Grand Final: Sydney University versus UTS Bats atBlacktown International Sports Park at 11.05am on Saturday, September 19.
Sydney Women’s Premier Division – Grand Final
Division One: Sydney University Bombers versus Newtown Breakaways at Blacktown International Sports Park at 1.30pm on Saturday.
Soccer
Men’s Premier League: Division 2 – Grand Final
Under 12: Sydney University SFC 4 (Jayden Ayad 2, Oisin Casey, Maksim Kasalovic) defeated Hakoah Sydney City East FC 0 at Valentine Sports Park on Saturday.
Rugby League
NSW Tertiary Cup competition – Grand Finals
Division 1: Norwest Polecats 20 defeated UTS 16 at St Marys Stadium on Saturday.
Division 2: Cumberland 22 defeated UTS Tigers 22 at St Marys Stadium on Saturday.
Rugby Union
National Rugby Championship – Round 4
NSW Country 37 (Jono Lance 2, Charlie Clifton 2, Sam Figg tries; Jono Lance 4 goals) defeated Sydney Stars 31 (Mitchell Whiteley 2, Harry Jones 2, Jake Gordon tries; Angus Roberts 2 goals) at Chillingworth Oval, Tamworth, on Saturday.
Round 5: Canberra Vikings versus Sydney Stars at Viking Park, Canberra, at 7.30pm on Thursday, September 17.