Match reports, junior sport, fixtures, and local club updates.
Local Racing
SCONE trainer Nikki Pollock returns to Moree tomorrow with a big team of runners, as the countdown to the Moree Cup meeting in late August begins in earnest. Pollock will have seven starters at the Moree Ag Supplies and Steel TAB meeting, including three runners in the 1300m BM-58 handicap – last-start winner Cooma Hut, [...]
Rugby League
FIVE players from the unbeaten Moree women’s tackle team represented Group 4 in the Northern Region Tri-Series rugby league competition at Tamworth’s Scully Park on Saturday. The competition between Groups 4, 19 and 21, was won by Group 4, captained by Moree’s Kaya Williams. Alina Swan, Tileah McGrady, Aleah Peckham and Tara Newman also ran [...]
Moree Bulls
MOREE Bulls first-grade defeated Quirindi 27-19 at Weebolla Rugby Grounds on Saturday, but the big winners were along the sidelines and in the stands. Tens of thousands of dollars was raised at Moree Bulls Ladies Day for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service, with a final tally to be announced in the coming weeks. Each year, [...]
State Award
YALLAROI’s Sally Poole has been named Athletes’ Athlete at the 2025 Queensland Triathlon Awards, held at the Garden Room, Victoria Park, Brisbane earlier this month. Sally, a land services officer with Local Land Services in Moree, has competed at local, regional, national and world championship levels in the past 10 years. The Queensland Triathlon Awards [...]
Local Racing
MOREE Race Club is saddling up for a new-look Moree Cup Carnival, with a three-day format taking in thoroughbred racing, a round of golf, cup calcutta and a charity ball to raise funds for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service. The charity ball, at Moree racecourse on Friday, August 29, will feature former NRL star Daniel [...]
Rugby League
MOREE Boars’ lynchpin Brent McDonald has been named Group 4 captain for the Northern Region Tri-Series rugby league competition between Groups 4, 19, and 21 at Tamworth’s Scully Park on Saturday. The three-group series features women’s tackle, under-18s and first-grade – and Moree Boars will be represented by 12 players across two teams. McDonald will [...]
Group 4 League
MOREE Boars Rugby League Football Club hosted Group 4 reserve-grade and first-grade matches against Kootingal Roosters at the huge Sponsors’ Day at Boughton Oval on Sunday. The Boars were beaten 28-26 in reserve grade, but bounced back in first-grade with a thumping 60-nil win against the Roosters. Corporate and business sponsors – large and small [...]
Group 4 League
TO quote team captain Jamie Sampson, Moree Boars put on a “try July” at Boughton Oval on Sunday, outgunning Kootingal Roosters 60-nil to secure second spot on the competition ladder, one point behind joint leaders Werris Creek Magpies and Boggabri Kangaroos. Again, winger Adrian Smith starred for the Boars, with three first-half tries and eight [...]
Group 4 League
WHEN Moree centre Latrel Newman planted the ball three minutes into the game against Kootingal at Boughton Oval on Saturday, a soft win for the Boars in the Group 4 reserve-grade competition looked likely – but the Roosters had other ideas. Kootingal Roosters played hard, tough rugby league from start to finish, and with less [...]
Picnic Racing
THE “crazy lady” from Muswellbrook – five-year-old mare Avoid Me – and champion approved rider Leandro Ribeiro kept their unbeaten picnic record intact with a powerhouse win in the 1600m Boggabri Business Houses Wean Picnic Cup on Saturday. Ribeiro and Avoid Me – trained at Muswellbrook by the jockey’s partner, Julia Presits – are now [...]
