Cover Photo: Brothers’ Joel Tracey celebrates with the Challenge Cup in the sheds Tallon Smith There’s no doubting it’s been a tough year for the Wagga Brothers, as the club looks to continue the rebuild of its senior men’s program, but all the hard work yielded a small milestone on Saturday when the club defended the Ray White Group 9 Challenge Cup in a 22-10 … Continue reading Group 9: Challenge Cup defence cause for celebration in rebuild season for Brothers

Peter (Parra) Montgomery  The Albury Thunder’s First Grade team kept its Group 9 Rugby League finals hopes alive recording a 28-6 win over Cootamundra Bulldogs at Greenfield Park on Sunday.  In a good day for the Club, the unbeaten Reserve Grade team kept its record in tact, posting another ‘shut out’ in recording a 34-0 victory over the Bulldogs; the Under 18 team jumped Junee … Continue reading Parra’s Piece: Albury keep finals hopes alive with win over Cootamundra

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 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

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

Peter (Parra) Montgomery Albury Thunder has been struck with injuries for its first defence of the Group 9 Challenge Cup against Wagga Brothers at Harris Park Wagga on Saturday. The Thunder ‘won’ the Cup from Young Cherrypickers last Sunday, and have been ‘handicapped’ 60 and a half (+60.5) points against the battling Brothers. In addition to the handicap – the biggest allocated in the Challenge … Continue reading Group 9: Thunder struck by injuries for cup challenge

Peter (Parra) Montgomery Defending premiers Young Cherrypickers kicked a field goal in the 79th minute to snatch a 23-22 victory over Albury Thunder in the Group 9 Premiership match played at Greenfield Park on Sunday. The field goal, booted by Cherrypickers halfback Rob Roberts, came in the next set following a missed shot by Thunder’s Paul Kariatiana at the other end of the Park. The … Continue reading Parra’s Piece: Premiers snatch victory with last minute field goal

By Peter (Parra) Montgomery The depth in talent at the Albury Thunder is on show for all to see when you get to the weekend matches early. You will get to witness the lower grade teams in action, and get to watch some incredible talent at present in the Club’s playing squad. Take for instance, the performance of the Reserve Grade team on the weekend. … Continue reading Parra’s Piece: Depth of talent on show as Thunder reserves remain unbeaten

By Tallon Smith It was billed as the match of the round in Group 9, and the showdown between top five hopefuls Albury and Young lived up to the hype, with the Cherrypickers emerging with a famous 23-22 win at Greenfield Park on Sunday. Halfback Robert Roberts was the hero of the day, nailing a clutch field goal to put the Young side ahead in … Continue reading Group 9: Roberts seals famous away win for ‘battered and bruised’ Cherrypickers 

Peter (Parra) Montgomery This weekend’s match against premiers Young Cherrypickers at Greenfield Park looms as the most important clash of the season for Albury Thunder. Thunder will be defending the Group 9 Challenge Cup, having claimed it for the first time last week with a 44-26 victory over Tumut Blues (49½–26 including the handicap), earning the attached $1,000 prize. That first-grade triumph capped off a … Continue reading Parra’s Piece: Young clash looms as vital game for Thunder