The 2017 Group 10 season is rounding the end of the opening round, and doing so in style with a top five blockbuster between Oberon and Bathurst Panthers.
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After the Tigers announced the signing of veteran prop and former Oberon captain-coach in Wade Judd, the former Western Rams representative has had a change of heart and will remain with the men in black in 2017.
After the retirement of Simon Osborne, keeping Judd makes sense for Todd Barrow’s side, one determined to keep pace with competition leaders, the undefeated Orange CYMS.
It also adds plenty of feeling to a clash that already boasts plenty of history.
GROUP 10, ROUND NINE:
Saturday, June 3:
GAME ONE:
LITHGOW WORKIES v MUDGEE DRAGONS at Tony Luchetti Sportsground:
WORKIES: 1 Blake Sheppard, 2 Aaron Kelso, 3 Ben Glasson, 4 Ben Picman, 5 Josh Jones, 6 Brendon Van Veen, 7 Greg Nankerus, 8 Chris Rhodes, 9 Harry Bender, 10 Jimmy Reinheardt, 11 Corey Willmott, 12 Mitch Case, 13 Andrew Bain.
COACH: Chris Rhodes.
MUDGEE: 1 Jared Robinson, 2 Joel Bodiam, 3 Nathan Orr, 4 Todd Munn, 5 Andrew Laurie, 6 Sam Wooden, 7 Kurt Thompson, 8 Nick Harvey, 9 Ben Thompson, 10 Nathan O’Brien, 11 Ethan Butler, 12 Andrew Warwicker, 13 Aidan Woods.
COACH: Peter Hickman.
REFEREE: Chris Redding.
Sunday, June 4:
GAME TWO:
BLAYNEY BEARS v ORANGE CYMS at King George Oval, Blayney:
BEARS: 1 Jesse Nixon, 2 Ryan Oborn, 3 Josh Farr, 4 Josh William, 5 Zach Stammers, 6 Josh Ranibow, 7 Michael Toohey, 8 Marcus Burrell, 9 Rakai Tuheke, 10 Travis Winanara, 11 Will Ingram, 12 Nitro Mortimer, 13 Lochie Hobby; Bench: 14 Alex Pettit.
COACH: Will Ingram.
CYMS: 1 Ben McAlpine, 2 Lachlan Munro, 3 Tom Satterthwaite, 4 Bronx Goodwin, 5 Kurt Beahan, 6 Luke Petrie, 7 Toby Westcott, 8 Cameron Jones, 9 Ryan Griffin, 10 Chris Bamford, 11 Robbie Mortimer, 12 Brock McGarity, 13 Tim Mortimer; Bench: 14 Adam Stanford, 15 James Mortimer, 16 Joe Duffy.
COACH: Mick Sullivan.
REFEREE: Nathan Blanchard.
GAME THREE:
BATHURST ST PAT’S v ORANGE HAWKS at Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst:
ST PAT’S: 1 Matt Ranse, 2 Joey Gunn, 3 Tyson Medlyn, 4 Chris Sheppard, 5 Nathan Lawrence, 6 Garry Reilly, 7 Shannon Peters, 8 Greg Behan, 9 Benjamin John, 10 Brady Cheshire, 11 Andy Adams, 12 Harrison Jones, 13 McCoy White; Bench: 14 Kurt Norton, 15 Dane Thurgood, 16 Pauly Lasola, 17 Mick Gofrey.
COACH: Peter Hickman.
HAWKS: 1 Jedd Kennedy, 2 Jordan Baker, 3 Jack Aumuller, 4 Kyle Robbins, 5 Caleb Lewis, 6 Willie Heta, 7 Sandon Gibbs-O’Neill, 8 Krus Robinson, 9 Bobbie Brown, 10 Sione Tongie, 11 Brett Morgan, 12 Ethan McKellar, 13 Nathan Potts; Bench: 14 Sia Namunji, 15 Glen Maxwell, 16 Viane Falaniko, 17 Jake Blimka
COACH: Willie Heta.
REFEREE: Bill Greatbatch.
GAME FOUR:
OBERON TIGERS v BATHURST PANTHERS at Oberon Sportsground, Oberon:
TIGERS: 1 Matty Ballinger, 2 Daniel Qoriniasi, 3 Tui Oloapu, 4 Cody Godden, 5 Tyler Hughes, 6 Luke Branighan, 7 Blake Fitzpatrick, 8 Abel Lefaoseu, 9 Luke Carpenter, 10 Ryan Verlinden, 11 Mike Ingwerson, 12 Trent Rose, 13 Jake Dawe; Bench: 14 Sione Fotu-Moala, 15 Zac Rowlandson, 16 Nathan Booth, 17 Josh Rivett.
COACH: Luke Branighan.
PANTHERS: 1 Jeremy Gordon, 2 Brayden Cassidy, 3 Blake Lawson, 4 Jye Barrow, 5 Kade Barrow, 6 Claude Gordon, 7 Doug Hewitt, 8 Brent Seager, 9 Nick Loader, 10 Todd Barrow, 11 Kyle Byrnes, 12 Jack Siejka, 13 Jake Betts; Bench: 14 Jed Betts.
COACH: Todd Barrow.
REFEREE: Dale Harding.
COWRA MAGPIES bye.
Nick McGrath
Editor, Central Western Daily
Editor, Central Western Daily
