Young Stars Welcome Broncos
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.
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.
The Cherbourg Hornets picked up their sixth straight win for the season – and maintained their undefeated record – by outplaying the Nanango Stags in atrocious conditions at Fred Kassulke Oval on Saturday night.
Cherbourg proved too strong for the Red Ants in their much-anticipated A Grade rugby league clash in Kingaroy
Kingaroy’s Ashley Smallwood scored four consecutive tries, and captain Matt Allen kicked five goals and scored a try himself in the Red Ants 44-16 victory over Blackbutt at TJ O’Neill Oval on Saturday.
The Murgon v Cherbourg junior and senior Rugby League games will be played at Murgon Sportsground tomorrow, not Cherbourg as has been reported elsewhere.
Nanango, suffering from a lack of match practice and still struggling to field players, were defeated 58-28 in their A Grade match against the Mustangs at Murgon on Saturday afternoon.
There was no senior Rugby League played in the South Burnett at the weekend but there was a full round of junior matches played at Kingaroy and Cherbourg:
Former Kingaroy Red Ants will be reuniting in Kingaroy on October 20 to swap yarns and spin tales of past glories on the rugby league field.