By Gary Holmes
Last Sunday the Goannas and Girlannas travelled over to Cargo to take on the Blue Heelers and below are the match reports.
The Youth League boys had a bye and this Saturday all three grades are at Peak Hill with Youth League kicking off proceedings against Narromine at 12.20pm. League Tag (1.40pm) and First Grade (3pm) will follow and they will clash with the Roosters.
LEAGUE TAG
The Girlannas played well against the highly rated Cargo outfit, and they only went down by five tries to three (28-14).
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Cargo opened the scoring in the third minute, but the Grenfell girls hit back ten minutes later followed by a quick response from Cargo and then the Girlannas scored late in the half and at the break Cargo led 12-8.
Grenfell almost went to the break with the lead after going close to scoring right on half-time, but it was Cargo who took control of the match after half-time with three tries in 12 minutes resulting in a commanding 28-8 advantage.
Grenfell hung in well for the remainder of the match and they were rewarded with a late converted try to Full-Back Emily Brenner. Grenfell’s other tries were scored by Sophie Hughes and Chelsea Harveyson.
A highlight of the match was the goal kicking of Cargo’s Bec Ford who nailed three conversions from out wide however a definite lowlight was a serious knee injury suffered by Zoe Gavin in the last minute of the game.
We wish Zoe all the best for her recovery and this is a huge blow for the Girlannas as Zoe had been in tremendous form all season.
Best for Grenfell were joint Players’ Players Zoe Gavin and Faith Smith as well as Breanna Anderson, Chelsea Harveyson, and Sophie Hughes. Faith made a number of clean breaks out wide whilst Sophie ran some nice lines.
FIRST GRADE
The Goannas made a solid start in this match and after 23 minutes the scores were all locked up at 6 all after Jarryd Foley crashed over from a penalty.
Grenfell suffered a major blow in the first minute of play when key forward Charlie Frendo injured his leg and was unable to take any further part in the game.
Although Grenfell did have some players on the bench most of them had either carried injuries into the game or suffered injuries in the first half. Cargo scored three converted tries in the lead up to half-time and they went to the break in front by 24-6.
In the second half the Goannas defence fell away a bit and Cargo were able to put on another five converted tries to claim a 54-6 victory.
The Grenfell boys again tried hard but they ran out off puff and troops although none tried harder than captain/coach Isaac Jones who gave 110%.
Three players shared the Player’s Player award and they were Isaac Jones, Jarryd Foley and Youth League player Jarryd Mills. Other players to stand out for the Goannas were Jaxon Greenaway, Trent Veney, and Jim Hazell.
