Match reports, junior sport, fixtures, and local club updates.
Junior Rugby League
FROM little things, big things grow – and the Moree Giants have grown. This year marks the first season of ladies tackle in rugby league, and on Saturday at Boughton Oval, Moree Junior Rugby League Giants will field its first girls tackle games at home as part of the Group 4 junior rugby league competition. [...]
The Golden Triangle
A day at the Moree picnic races won’t be the same without one familiar face in the mounting yard as horses parade for the time-honoured B&W Rural Boolooroo Cup on May 24. Peter Sinclair is the face of picnic racing in north-western New South Wales, and his decision early last year to leave Moree and [...]
Central North Rugby
MOREE Bulls’ third-grade hit the paddock for the first time this season at Weebolla Rugby Grounds on Saturday, and found the Pirates too strong, with Tamworth winning 33-15. Moree club president said the boys were keen to run on. “Unfortunately, Pirates could only bring 15 players, so we had a 12-a-side match. This gave Moree [...]
Central North Rugby
MOREE Bulls first-grade are sitting at the top of the Central North ladder after beating Tamworth Pirates 32-10 at Weebolla Rugby Grounds on Saturday. After three rounds, the Bulls are four points clear of arch-rivals, Narrabri Blue Boars. Coach Mick Grant said while the win was strong, there is still plenty of work to do. [...]
G4 Rugby League
MOREE Boars first-grade created plenty of magic at Scully Park on Saturday when steamrolling Dungowan Cowboys 32-10 to notch their first Group 4 win for the season. It was the result the Boars needed said coach Jamie Sampson, who’s also buoyed by the likely return of Chris Vidler to the fold. Vidler called semi-retirement last [...]
Magic Round
MOREE Boars ladies tackle kept their unbeaten record intact when taking finals’ honours against Dungowan Cowgirls, 24-16, at a magical Magic Round at Tamworth’s Scully Park on Saturday. Aleah Peckham landed two tries and one goal, with captain Kaya Williams and Maddie Martin each scoring tries. Dungowan took an early lead in the opening minutes [...]
Rugby League
MOREE Boars under-18s collared their first Group 4 win of the season when they came from behind to out-muscle Gunnedah Bulldogs 16-12 at Gunnedah’s Kitchener Park last Sunday. Moree hasn’t fielded an under-18s team for three years, with a new side re-formed this season under coaches Brent McDonald and Joe Wade. McDonald said at training [...]
News
MOREE Boars reserve-grade training sessions have been described as ‘next-level’ by team manager Charlie Shearer, and the in-form outfit took that fitness to Kitchener Park on Sunday to beat Gunnedah Bulldogs 40-6 in a game marred by three sin-bins to Gunnedah. Junior Boars Charlie Grant and Thomas Bell stepped up from a full 80 minutes [...]
Rugby League
MOREE Boars ladies tackle team ran in 12 tries and seven goals against a gallant Wee Waa Panthers outfit at Boughton Oval on Friday night, with referee Matt Roberts calling the mercy rule 10 minutes from full-time. The 62-nil cakewalk in front of a huge home crowd gave the Moree ladies their third win on [...]
The Golden Triangle
LEANDRO Ribeiro is used to breaking records. The Brazilian-born jockey has been riding the picnic circuit in New South Wales for five years and rarely a meeting goes by when his name isn’t hoisted into the winners’ frame. In that short time, Ribeiro has ridden 171 winners – not a bad effort, given the limited [...]
