RUGBY LEAGUE
By GARY HOLMES
Last Sunday all three grades travelled over to take Molong to take on Bulls. The players and supporters were greeted by a mild winter’s day and good conditions for footy.
Unfortunately, the Goannas couldn’t come away with a win and below are the match reports.
Next weekend there is a General Bye in the competition due to the King’s Birthday holiday.
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Grenfell will next be in action on Sunday 15 June when they host the Canowindra Tigers in all three grades at Lawson Oval.
YOUTH LEAGUE
The young Goannas suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of the reigning premiers. After leading 36 to nil at half-time the Bulls went on with the job in the second half to record a 62 to nil victory.
The Grenfell boys were keen and tried hard, but they were starved of possession and when they did eventually get their hands on the ball, they were handing it back over to Molong early in the tackle count due to errors.
Most of the Molong tries came as a result of breaks made through the centre of the ruck.
Best for Grenfell were Angus Buckland, Marco Joyce, Mav Mooney, Jarryd Mills, Harry Forde and Player’s Player Dylan Heathcote.
LEAGUE TAG
Molong led this game 16 nil at half-time and when the final hooter blew, they had defeated the Girlannas 26 to nil.
In the first half Grenfell had a number of opportunities to score tries but they were thwarted by some last-ditch Molong defence.
The second half saw the Girlannas having to do a mountain of defence as they were constantly stuck in their own half, and they did well to limit the Bulls to just two tries.
The Girlannas who were missing some key players were unable to contain Molong’s fast and long striding full-back Katie Fullwood and she scored four of the Bull’s five tries.
Marley Loader was the Player’s Player and other standouts were Zoe Gavin, Emily Brenner, Ella McRae, Faith Smith, and Sophie Hughes.
FIRST GRADE
After the first 20 minutes Molong led by 6 to nil in a tight opening but they piled on the points in the next 20 minutes and went to oranges leading 34-6.
The hosts continued to score in the second half but the Goannas who had very little ball received a run of penalties and they finished the game strongly finally going down 54-16 with Molong winning the second half 20-10.
The Goannas have had a lot of things go against them this year and Sunday was no exception with two players being sent from the field for swearing, one in the 25th minute and the other in the final minute of play.
They also had a player spend 10 minutes in the sin bin and therefore for that period they only had 11 players on the field.
From Grenfell’s top 10 forwards at the start of the season only two played on Sunday and there were also a number missing from the backline.
Michael Smith was the pick for the Goannas providing some spark in attack and Jackson Valley kept plugging away even after the Molong pack threw everything at him all bar the kitchen sink.
Simon Samson was busy in attack and Isaac Jones worked hard in both defence and offence.
Grenfell’s points came from tries to Simon Samson, Jacky Garrity, and Trent Veney with Simon kicking two conversions.
