Tallon Smith The West Wyalong Mallee Men are looking to take the momentum from a strong first half performance against Darlington Point-Coleambally into their clash with the Yanco-Wamoon Hawks at Yanco on Sunday. Despite falling to the Roosters 62-18 in the end, a strong opening stanza, featuring tries to emerging talents Cruze Loudon and Callan Blackstock has left coach Braiden Jones with reason to be … Continue reading Group 20: Mallee Men looking to take positives from DPC game into clash with Yanco

Peter (Parra) Montgomery The Thunder lower grade men’s teams, as expected, recorded big wins over the Wagga Brothers club. The table-topping Brothers League Tag team maintained its unbeaten status by scoring a 26-0 victory over the Thunder girls – but, the Thunder team showed it has improved greatly in recent weeks, bearing in mind Brothers won the first round clash 42-0. The Thunder sit outside … Continue reading Parra’s Piece: Thunder lower grades continue run with wins over Brothers

Tallon Smith After spending last season on the sidelines, the Narooma Devils have moved closer to an unlikely finals berth in the Group 16 competition following an 18-16 win over the Bega Roosters at Bill Smyth Memorial Oval on Sunday. The Devils currently sit in fourth place, two points clear of the Bombala Blue Heelers and a point above the Cooma Stallions in the race … Continue reading Group 16: Narooma closing in on finals berth 12 months on from season in recess

Tallon Smith It may well be the fiercest rivalry in the Riverina, and Saturday’s clash between Gundagai and Tumut didn’t disappoint as the Tigers emerged 14-10 winners in a bruising contest at Anzac Park. After the sides traded tries out of half time, the match remained deadlocked at 10-all for the majority of the second half, before Meli Drau scored to give Gundagai their eventual … Continue reading Group 9: Tigers take local bragging rights with late try in bruising clash with Tumut

Cover Photo: The Riverine Grazier Tallon Smith The Griffith Waratah Tigers’ winning run has finally come to an end after the Leeton Greenies ran out 31-14 winners at the Leeton No.1 Oval on Sunday to complete a day of upsets in Group 20 following TLU’s shock win over the Black and Whites. Boasting a new-look backline after James Tafiti’s shift to fullback, the Greenies ran … Continue reading Group 20: Waratahs’ winning run ends at Leeton as TLU double dose of upsets at Griffith

By Peter (Parra) Montgomery Albury Thunder fell just short of retaining the Group 9 Challenge Cup, missing out by the equivalent of a converted try, despite a commanding 66-10 win over Wagga Brothers at Geohex Park, Wagga, on Saturday. Under the Challenge Cup’s handicap system, the Thunder gave the winless Brothers a 60.5-point head start. Ultimately, the 56-point margin of victory wasn’t enough to secure … Continue reading Group 9: Thunder win big but fall short in Challenge Cup bid against Brothers