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

By Tallon Smith Bluebirds celebrate centenary with win over Barellan The Hillston Bluebirds have strengthened their grip on a finals spot in the Group 17 Proten Community Cup competition with a 28-22 win over rivals Barellan Rams in the main game at Stan Peters Oval on Saturday. In front of around 750 spectators on their centenary celebration day, the Bluebirds converted a fast start into … Continue reading Full Proten Community Cup Round 4 wrap

By Tallon Smith The Ivanhoe Roosters have built on their 2022 Grand Final appearance by taking out the 2023 Proten Community Cup Knockout on their home ground on Saturday afternoon. The town, which is proudly amongst the smallest in the state to host a rugby league club, was sent into raptures when the Roosters defeated a gallant Barellan Rams side 14-6 in the Final to … Continue reading Beware the Rooster’s Crow: Ivanhoe win 2023 ProTen Community Cup Knockout

by Tallon Smith (17/07/2022) Best Articles of 2022 #4 The Ivanhoe Roosters have stamped their passport to make a trip the size of a small country after qualifying for the Proten Community Cup Rugby League Grand Final in Barellan next weekend courtesy of a 28-10 victory over Hillston in the Preliminary Final at Henry Mathieson Oval in Narrandera. The Roosters started strong with tries to … Continue reading RABBITOHS, ROOSTERS CROW AT PROTEN CUP GRAND FINAL DELIGHT