Saints take minor premiership after historic undefeated season; NSWRL wrap

St Marys have claimed the minor premiership in both the Ron Massey Cup and Sydney Shield competitions, with the Cup squad achieving a remarkable feat by going through the entire campaign undefeated.

The club saved some of their best performances for the final round, with a Jake Tago hat-trick helping them to a 50-18 victory in the cup, while the Shield team ran rampant in a 70-4 hammering of Cabramatta. Both teams will now enjoy a week off as the finals begin.

Wentworthville will be kicking themselves after missing out on second place. They lost to the last-placed Bulldogs in a stunning upset, which saw them overtaken on the ladder by Glebe, who beat Mounties. The Reds and Magpies will now battle it out in a qualification final, while the elimination final will be contested by Ryde-Eastwood and Hills. 

The Hawks will come into the game refreshed after a final round bye, but the Bulls have been in good form of late, beating the Hawks by nearly 40 points just two weeks ago. The defending premiers have also been boosted by the talents of former NRL Centre of the Year James Roberts. 

Meanwhile in the Sydney Shield the Bulls will face Brothers in a qualifying final after both teams finished on 26 points, while Cabramatta and the Hawks will fight it out in an Elimination final. 

RON MASSEY CUP

CANTERBURY 26 (M Lisala 3, S Kanaan, C Laiman tries; J Teaupa 3 goals) D. WENTWORTHVILLE 14 (J Delailoa 2, O Scott tries; D White goal). 

GLEBE 18 (G Sakanaivalu, L Mafi, M Pearsall, M McCarthy tries; D Makoare-Boyce goal) D. MOUNTIES 14 (J Olive, D Soakai tries; J Hughes 3 goals). 

HILLS BULLS 38 (J Roberts 2, W Fakatoumafi, S Garner, K Cryer, M Li, D Narayan tries; B Keighran 5 goals) D. PENRITH BROTHERS 22 (D Boney 2, F Iosefa, I Tagaloamatua tries; Boney 2, F Iosefa goals). 

ST MARYS 50 (J Tago 3, T Sapienza, A Layoun, S McGregor, J Faiumu, A Iaria tries; Z Greene 6, J Rafferty-Butfield goals) D. KAIVITI SILKTAILS 18 (T Jennings, T Bola, P Komai tries*; T Seru goal).

SYDNEY SHIELD 

WENTWORTHVILLE 36 (K Lemusu 2, D Oostendorp-Powers 2, A Aiono tries; M Wichmann 4 goals) D. MOOREBANK 18 (F Hammond 2, M Aumua tries; 3 goals). 

GLEBE 40 (S Malu 2, L Tuinauvai 2, W Tibbutt, A Gnyawali tries*; J Tautaiolefua 6 goals) D. MOUNTIES 24 (O Kalokalo, T Menzies, F Logai-Lusiano, J Shreiber-Karam tries; K Savage 4 goals). 

HILLS BULLS 26 (J Jaber 3, D Marshall, B O’Reilly tries; B Avery 3 goals) D. PENRITH BROTHERS 16 (M Smith, J Davison, S Tuipulotu tries; B Donovan 2 goals). 

ST MARYS 70 (R Stokes 3, M Dut 3, M Tuavao 2, F Pupu, V Pupu, D Sykes, M Iaria tries; Stokes 11 goals) D. CABRAMATTA 4 (A Sadranu try).