Tough Match Tests Finalists
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.
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
Cherbourg continued their dominance in the South Burnett Premier League on Saturday, claiming their eighth straight victory by thumping Kingaroy 68-24 at Jack O’Chin Oval.
Rugby League player Amber Saltner, from Cherbourg, is in training camp in Brisbane after being selected to play for the Queensland Women’s representative side.
Blackbutt’s Ian “Bunny” Pearce Oval hosted three South Burnett Premier League matches on Saturday. The triple header featured clashes between Wondai and Kingaroy, Nanango and Murgon, and Cherbourg and Blackbutt.
A good crowd of enthusiastic supporters filled the stand at Murgon Sportsground on Saturday and Sunday to cheer on the South Burnett U15 squad taking part in the 47th Battalion Carnival.
The hopes of the South Burnett will be resting on these young shoulders at the Wide Bay 47th Battalion Rugby League competition being played in Murgon this weekend.