By Tallon Smith The Narrandera Lizards will once again wear the green and gold jersey in Group 20 senior footy after their application to join the Under 16s was accepted by Group 20. Unlike the rest of the state, in the Riverina Under 16s are a part of the senior setup, meaning that when the side takes the field in Aub Farrell Trophy competition, it … Continue reading Narrandera takes first steps back in Group 20 Senior footy
By Tallon Smith Brent Parsons will lead the Proten Community Cup competition into 2024 after the Rankins Springs President was elected to the post of competition President at last Sunday’s AGM at the Griffith Leagues Club. Parsons will be joined by ten other committee members, with his cousin Jamie Parsons continuing in the external role of publicity officer for the competition, while fellow competition founder … Continue reading Proten Cup Committee Appointed for 2024 season
By Tallon Smith In a major shock, the Deniliquin Blue Heelers have announced they are looking to end almost 50 years in the rugby league wilderness and return to the playing field, after a steering committee was formed this week in an attempt to restart rugby league activity in the town. Apart from a brief period in the 2000s when the Deniliquin Raiders entered the … Continue reading Exclusive: Deniliquin looks to put Blue Heelers back on rugby league map
By Tallon Smith Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to us, we love our bush footy, Happy Birthday to us! Battlers For Bush Footy is celebrating two years since our foundation on August 9, 2021. After being plunged into a snap lockdown, and with my season (and most likely career, for good reason) coming to an end with the cancellation of the Group 9 competition … Continue reading Battlers For Bush Footy celebrates two years of footy coverage
By Tallon Smith The Narrandera Lizards have successfully gone back-to-back in the ProTen Community Cup by defeating the Ivanhoe Roosters 20-14 in the Grand Final in Goolgowi on Saturday. Although the Lizards claimed the Group 17 crown by exactly the same scoreline and against the same opposition as last year, the game could have not been any more different when compared to last year’s decider. … Continue reading “Narrandera’s the best team of all”: Lizards go back-to-back in the Proten Community Cup
By Tallon Smith The Barellan Rams have capped off one of rugby league’s more remarkable fairytales, taking home the ProTen Community Cup Women’s Nines title courtesy of a 16-14 win over a gutsy Ivanhoe side. On a day where the small community of Ivanhoe fielded sides in both grades, the Rams were forced to come from behind for the first time this season to beat … Continue reading Rams for the win: Barellan take out Women’s Nines title undefeated in inaugural season
By Tallon Smith The Ivanhoe Roosters have produced one of the biggest upsets in country football this year to comfortably defeat Hillston on their home turf at Stan Peters Oval on Sunday. A week after producing a mammoth upset over the highly fancied Goolgowi Rabbitohs in the Elimination Semi Finals, the Roosters again proved the critics wrong, including myself, to set up a date with … Continue reading Proten Cup Preliminary Finals Wrap and Grand Final Previews
By Tallon Smith The Narrandera Lizards are the first team into the 2023 Proten Community Cup Grand Final after they comfortably defeated Hillston 30-12 at the Narrandera Sportsground on Saturday afternoon. The runaway competition leaders showed their Minor Premiership-winning qualities in the victory, with seventeen year old Campbell Lyons crossing for a hat-trick and Gary Ingram booting four of the Lizards’ five conversions in the … Continue reading Proten Cup Finals Wrap: Narrandera first side into Grand Final after comfortable win over Hillston
By Tallon Smith The Narrandera Lizards, Hillston Bluebirds, Goolgowi Rabbitohs and Ivanhoe Roosters have emerged from the Proten Community Cup regular season as the finalists for the 2023 season. The Lizards kept their perfect record intact after a nail-biting 19-18 win over Round 6 hosts Goolgowi on Saturday afternoon. Glen Borg was the hero for Narrandera, landing a field goal to secure the win, which … Continue reading Proten Community Cup Wrap: Lizards crawl over the line against hometown Rabbitohs
By Tallon Smith The Narrandera Lizards have claimed a 24-18 win over the Ivanhoe Roosters in the Grand Final rematch in front of a raucous home crowd at the Narrandera Sportsground on Saturday Afternoon. The Roosters stormed out to a 12-0 early on through tries to Lochyer Brennan and Patrick Little, with Ex-NRL star Joel Thompson turning it on for his junior club in the … Continue reading Proten Round 5 wrap: Narrandera claim GF rematch on emotional day for Rankins Springs
