Hornets Show Their Might
Their fans call them the “Mighty” Cherbourg Hornets … and the team lived up to the nickname in Saturday’s Rugby League grand final played at Nanango.
Their fans call them the “Mighty” Cherbourg Hornets … and the team lived up to the nickname in Saturday’s Rugby League grand final played at Nanango.
Cherbourg cast away any doubts that they’re eager to win the 2012 A Grade rugby league premiership with a decisive 78-4 thumping of the Blackbutt Timbertowners in the sudden-death final played at Cherbourg on Sunday.
For only the second time this season, Cherbourg’s seemingly unstoppable A Grade rugby league team was beaten at the weekend, and their nemesis again was the Kingaroy Red Ants.
The last round of fixtures in the 2012 South Burnett rugby league competition turned into a fizzer this weekend with no A Grade games played because of a string of forfeits.
Most Rugby League players dream at some stage in their lives of running on to Suncorp Stadium in front of massive crowd … but few ever get the chance to realise that dream.
A conversion after the full-time siren by Blackbutt kicker Andrew Hewitt tied the score at 26-all in a hard-fought A Grade rugby league match against the Wondai Wolves played at Cherbourg on Saturday afternoon.
There will be only one A Grade rugby league match played in the South Burnett again this weekend … and soccer finals begin on Sunday with a huge day of football planned in Murgon
The Cherbourg Hornets, obviously stung into action by their defeat by Kingaroy last week, re-stamped their dominance on the Premier League A Grade competition by storming home to a 78-0 victory over Wondai on Saturday.
Both the Nanango Stags and the Murgon Mustangs have forfeited their Premier League A Grade rugby league matches which had been scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
The Blackbutt Timbertowners thumped the Stags 76-24 on Saturday … but that’s not the main story from this Premier League match played in Nanango.
The Kingaroy Red Ants have come storming home in the second half to end Cherbourg’s unbeaten run in the Premier League competition.
Wondai came out eventual victors 42-34 in an evenly matched contest against Nanango in the Burnett Premier League A Grade rugby league played on Saturday afternoon at Fred Kassulke Oval.
Nanango hosted a visit today by Brisbane Broncos props Josh McGuire and Scott Anderson who travelled to the South Burnett for the semi-finals of the Anglo American Brisbane Broncos Wide Bay Rugby League Challenge.
The Murgon Mustangs triumphed in the final of the annual Mini Mod Carnival played in Wondai on Saturday.
It will be a huge weekend for junior rugby league in the South Burnett this week with Wondai Proston JRL hosting their annual Mini Mod Carnival on Saturday.
All junior and senior rugby league games scheduled to be played in the South Burnett tomorrow have been cancelled due to the rain.
The Wondai Sportsground hosted an exciting Saturday of football last weekend with three A Grade games attracting a good crowd.
The promised rugby league A Grade triple header at Cherbourg dropped back to a double after Nanango failed to field a team however the other two matches more than made up for this disappointment.
Cherbourg will host a huge weekend of A Grade league tomorrow with three matches scheduled.
The Kingaroy Red Ants proved too strong for the Wondai Wolves for the second time this season, defeating them 50-16 in their South Burnett Premier League match at TJ O’Neill Oval in Kingaroy