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536 days ago
May 31st, 2008 Southern Garages U18s bounce back against Queanbeyan Whites The Southern Garages U18s bounced back into the winners circle with a hearty 42 to 14 win over the Queanbeyan Whites. Coming off a loss the previous week, the U18s were anxious for a win to stay in touch with the top of the table in the ACT Junior Rugby competition. A lso, the Queanbeyan side contained a few Goulburn players in their squad, so the local lads were keen to do well, even if only just to prove a tribal point . It was good to have a few of the side's ‘play makers’ back like, Jacob Kara and James Smith. Jacob, in the first few minutes, set the stage for the rest of the match, by extracting a large hole from the oppositions defence. This was achieved through a set move and allowed Simon McDonald to score next to the posts. The forwards played their best game to date, with some very solid defence and excellent ...
548 days ago
Saturday, 24 May 2008 Two hidings at Poidevin Oval Goulburn Dirty Reds 57 Tuggeranong Vikings 0 THERE were two good old fashion hidings dished out at Poidevin Oval on Saturday afternoon. In first grade the Goulburn Dirty Reds hammered last year’s grand finalists Tuggeranong 57-0, with Mikael Webber and new fly-half Jay Butler notching up hat-tricks. The Reds showed plenty of confidence to throw the ball wide on a day perfect for attacking rugby, and backed this up with some tremendous support play. They showed intensity at the breakdown, providing the backline with plenty of clean ball. The Reds posted points early and never relented, with plenty of straight, strong running. Ben Green lead the way from each kick off he received, pinning his ears back and throwing himself into the Vikings’ defence. The Reds never allowed the ...
550 days ago
Saturday, 24 May 2008 Goulburn U18s stand out Over 50 ACT schoolboys played in the annual selection trials at Jamison Oval yesterday, under a new format. Traditionally the selection trials Involved a match between Associated Southern Colleges and Combined Secondary Colleges but this year the ASC team was split in two. The new format provided selection headaches for ACT coach Paul Mead who had to sift through the abundance of talent to finalise his squad said the new selection process gave more players a chance to shine and state their claims for a place on the ACT representative team. The nationals will be held in Canberra in the first week of the upcoming school Holidays, from July8-11 at Viking Park Tuggeranong. Goulburn’ was strongly represented in both the Associated Southern colleges’ side (ASC) and Combined Southern colleges (CSC). In the CSC side, Goulburn supplied 6 players for the side that had students from as far away as Albury, ...
556 days ago
17/5/2008 Reds remain unbeaten at a massive cost By PETER OLIVER Goulburn Dirty Reds 17 Cooma Red Devils 15 IT was tough, torrid and tense, but the Goulburn Dirty Reds managed to keep their unbeaten streak alive against the Cooma Red Devils. But the loss came at a cost, with fly-half Matt Klem breaking his ankle in the first half, requiring surgery to insert pins and a plate. The win wasn’t sealed for the visitors until the final minutes, when the Reds’ scrum barged their way over the line and a scrambling Chris Kilby dived on the ball to overtake Cooma and secure the victory. Cooma got on the board first with a penalty, but the Reds hit back through Mikael Webber to get a 5-3 lead. Martin Browne came on to replace the injured Klem, with Webber moving ...
557 days ago
Round 03 - May 17th 2008 Tablelands Top Guns topple Soldiers Coming off a loss against Royals in Round 2, the Southern Garages U18’s bounced back with a 24 to 10 win against ADFA in Round 3 of the ACT junior Rugby Competition. The previous loss had been largely due to the lack of any real pre-season competition, so the team was really still finding its feet and just starting to Gel as a unit. The day was blustery and cold and we started the game with a strong breeze in our face, therefore the first half was played fairly tightly, with a lot of good gutsy forward work, thanks to players like Giles Cunningham, James Cabale and Reece O’Neill. This was good, as the longer the lads could hold the opposition out, the stronger they became as a unit. Half time came and ADFA held an ominous 10 – 0 lead. But it was to be a different game in the second half, as we utilised the strong breeze to our ...
