Lloyd Langton opens the scoring for the Murgon Mustangs against Kingaroy on Saturday afternoon … Langton finished the Minor Semi-Final with three tries and six conversions, ensuring Murgon a spot in the Preliminary Final

August 12, 2024

Kingaroy’s 2024 A Grade rugby league campaign is over after a thumping win by the Murgon Mustangs on Saturday at Jack O’Chin Oval in Cherbourg.

The Mustangs downed the Red Ants 44-28 in the Minor Semi-Final after leading 34-10 at half-time.

The game, played under lights for most of its 80 minutes, was all Murgon’s way in the first half, after the first 15 minutes.

Kingaroy’s defence held more solidly for most of the second, but it wasn’t enough to keep their season alive.

In the second A Grade game on Saturday night – the Major Semi-Final – the Nanango Stags booked a place in the Grand Final after defeating Cherbourg at their home ground.

The Hornets finished the regular season just one point ahead of the Stags, so both teams had something to prove.

Nanango led 22-8 at half-time and held off the Hornets in the second half to down the home team 38-20.

The loss has set up a local derby Preliminary Final this weekend between Murgon and Cherbourg to determine the second Grand Final spot.

Earlier in the day, Red Ants fans had more to cheer about …

In the Under 14s semis, Kingaroy went through to the Grand Final, after defeating Cherbourg 30-22 while Murgon’s campaign ended after the Chinchilla Bulldogs proved too strong, 24-20.

The Hornets will now play Chinchilla to decide the second Grand Final spot.

The two Preliminary Finals are scheduled to be played this Saturday at Fred Kassulke Oval in Nanango (see below).

Buddy Stanley escapes the Kingaroy defence to race around and score under the posts for Murgon
Josiah Alberts scores Murgon’s third try, securing Murgon’s lead for the rest of the game
Lloyd Langton scores the second of his tries for the Mustangs
Solid Murgon defence stopped several Kingaroy raids on the line in the second half

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SBRL Results 

  • A Grade – Minor Semi-Final: Murgon def. Kingaroy 44-28

Murgon try scorers: Lloyd Langton (3), Buddy Stanley, Josiah Alberts, Kurt Fleming, Tarell Indich and Sam Davis. Lloyd Langton kicked six conversions.

Kingaroy try scorers included: Toby Schmidt (2), Ryan McDonald and Jack Stead. Harry Sterling kicked four conversions.

  • A Grade – Major Semi-Final: Nanango def. Cherbourg 38-20

Nanango try scorers: Kaia Williams (2), Patrick McCallum (2), Dillon Sullivan, Lachlin Smith and Jayden Tewes-Smallwood. Jayden Tewes-Smallwood kicked five conversions.

Cherbourg try scorers: Jonathan Walsh (2), Keith Gadd Jnr and George Fisher. George Fisher kicked two conversions.

  • Under 14s – Minor Semi-Final: Chinchilla def. Murgon 24-20

Chinchilla try scorers: Ethan Underwood (2), Max Gray, Keanu Harth, James Greer and Riley Kerr.

Murgon try scorers: Dallas Cooper (2), Justin Prior and Jayden Arndell. Dante Douglas and Jayden Arndell kicked a goal apiece.

  • Under 14s – Major Semi-Final: Kingaroy def. Cherbourg 30-22

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South Burnett Eagles

Cherbourg also hosted two South Burnett Eagles games on Saturday:

  • Under 15s – Maryborough Brothers def. South Burnett Eagles 24-22

In Round 16 of the Bundaberg JRL competition, Maryborough Brothers held on to defeat the Eagles 24-22 in a nailbiter, after South Burnett led 12-10 at half-time.

Both teams had try attempts disallowed in the last four minutes of the game.

Maryborough try scorers: Bayley Carius, Leslie Blair, Tyrone Therkelsen, Alex Tinney and Malakai Lasserre. Lincoln Putman kicked two conversions.

South Burnett try scorers: Coby Murnane (2), Tyson Saunders and Lachlan Taylor. Coby Murnane kicked three conversions.

Tyson Saunders puts the South Burnett’s first points on the board in Under 15s
Lachlan Taylor’s try, converted by Coby Murnane, put the Eagles into the lead just before half-time
Coby Murnane scores the first of his two flying tries in the corner for the Eagles
Coby’s second try for the Eagles in the corner … a third try attempt by Murnane in the last minute of the game was disallowed after a knock-on earlier in the set by an Eagles’ player
  • Under 17s – South Burnett Eagles def. Toowoomba Valleys 30-28

In Round 13 of the Toowoomba JRL competition, South Burnett defeated Toowoomba Valleys 30-28 in another see-sawing game, after the Eagles led 18-12 at half-time.

With two minutes to go, the scores were locked 28-all until Valleys gave away a penalty in front of the posts.

South Burnett’s Jack Webber’s successful two-pointer – after the full-time siren sounded – gave the Eagles the win, much to the delight of the home crowd.

Valleys’ players would have gone home rueing a conversion attempt earlier in the game which hit the posts and was waved away.

South Burnett try scorers: Charlie Sippel (2), Tito Bligh, Dustin Ramke and Ryan Wallace. Conversions were kicked by Jack Webber (2), Tito Bligh, and Fletcher Prain. Jack Webber kicked one penalty goal.

Valleys try scorers: Joe Litidamu (3), Patrick Malone and William Emery. Braithen Scott kicked four conversions.

Charlie Sippel puts the first points on the board for the South Burnett Eagles against Valleys
Dustin Ramke gets the ball down on the line for the Eagles; the conversion put the South Burnett ahead 12-12
Ryan Wallace levels the score at 28-all with less than three minutes to go
Jack Webber, centre, is congratulated by teammates after kicking the successful penalty goal after the full-time siren

NB. The South Burnett Eagles’ scheduled Under 16s game did not go ahead after the Hervey Bay Seagulls forfeited the Round 16 BJRL game.

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This Weekend’s Games

Saturday at Nanango:

  • 10:00am – Under 12s – Blackbutt v Murgon Blue
  • 10:50am – Under 12s  – Wondai v Kingaroy White
  • 11:40am – Under 12s – Nanango v Kingaroy Red
  • 12:30pm – Under 12s – Murgon Yellow v Cherbourg
  • 1:30pm – Under 14s – Preliminary Final – Chinchilla v Cherbourg
  •  3:00pm – A Grade – Preliminary Final – Cherbourg v Murgon

At Toowoomba

  • Under 17s – South Burnett Eagles v Souths Tigers

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