July 22, 2014
The Wondai Wolves put on a strong display against Nanango on Saturday, proving why they’ve only lost two games so far in the 2014 South Burnett rugby league competition.
The game, played at Cherbourg, began evenly enough with neither side managing to trouble the scorer for the first 10 minutes.
The Wolves’ Luke Tilney finally broke the drought, to be followed a couple of minutes later by the Stags’ Ashley Smallwood. Andrew Hewitt’s kick was on target – putting Nanango into the lead, 6-4, for the first and only time during the match.
At the restart, a knock-on at the first tackle gave the ball back to Wondai. Troy Kerkow scored just four rucks later, setting the flavour for the rest of the game.
Nanango couldn’t take a trick with simple mistakes costing them possession.
At the midway point in the half, a Wondai mistake grounding the ball gave possession to Nanango. But just seconds later Wondai took the ball back and Shane Cliff scored beside the posts.
The Wolves scored four more times before half-time (Scott Sims, Troy Kerkow, Shane Cliff and Luke Hedges) to go into the break ahead 36-6.
However, the Stags came out determined after the break and looked like a new team.
In the first 10 minutes they went over Wondai’s line on three occasions – only to be denied each time.
Finally Ashley Smallwood made no mistake from a scrum win and notched up his second try for the day.
Nanango then went in again, with Brendon Lacey scoring in the corner, taking the score to 36-14.
But sadly for the Stags’ fans in attendance, that was the end of Nanango’s comeback.
Wondai scored twice more before the full-time siren (Luke Hedges and Luke Tilney) to take the final score to 46-20.
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The scheduled match between Cherbourg and Kingaroy was not played after a default by the Red Ants.
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Other Results
- U16s – Cherbourg 70, Central Burnett 38
- U14s – Murgon 62, Central Burnett 0
- Related article: Stags Take Home The Trophy
