Bryson Luff

After two successive draws against Narromine and Warren, the Coonamble Bears returned to the winners list with a 33-28 win over the Cobar Roosters in the last quarter of their round seven clash at Coonamble Sportsground last Saturday.

Down 22-18 at the half time break, and then looking at a ten point deficit after Cobar’s half back Thomas Plater scored his third try, which he converted with just 20 minutes to go, the Bears stormed home, racing in for tries in the 65th , 72nd and 78th minutes, one of which was converted.

With a Jack Kelly field goal thrown in, the Red and Blacks came away with a
33-28 victory that keeps them well and truly in the hunt for a semi final berth at the half way mark in the competition.

The win also sets up an enticing round eight clash against Coonabarabran at
Coonabarabran, with the Unicorns currently sitting in second position on the ladder, having experienced only one loss so far in the competition.

They continued their good form when they got over the top of the Dunedoo Swans at Dunedoo last Saturday.

Coonabarabran led 24-14 at half time, before a converted try to the Swans after the break saw the Unicorns click into gear and score four unanswered tries, all converted to take the game 48-20.

In the battle of the dogs played out at Gulgong’s Billy Dunn Oval, the Bull Terriers won a hard-fought battle with the Warren Bulldogs who put in a spirited effort in the second half of the game after trailing 26-6 when the sides trooped off with 40 minutes elapsed.

The visitors came out firing and had trimmed 12 points off the lead to make the score 26-18, before Gulgong stemmed the flow with a try themselves to have the scoreboard reading 30-18 in their favour.

However, the Bulldogs were not going away and lead by a three try effort to their lock Elias Kennedy it was most certainly a matter of game on but in the end, they went down 36-30.

After a couple of impressive efforts over the past two weeks the Bulldogs will be looking forward to hosting Dunedoo next Saturday as they search for their first win for the season.

At Baradine the Narromine Jets kept the Magpies winless and scoreless when they notched up 64 points to register a big win.

Apart from the games at Coonabarabran and Warren the Boronia Cup Challenge game between the Coolah Kangaroos and the Gulgong Bull Terriers shapes as an entertaining affair and whilst the ‘Roos have swept all before them so far this season the third placed Gulgong outfit has plenty to gain if they can upset the home side and come away with the prized silverware as well as the highly valued competition points.