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South Burnett Eagles posed with Wayne Bennett (back row) and Kurt Edwards (right) after their training session<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 22, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s been a long build-up but the 2022 South Burnett Rugby League season will finally kick off on Saturday with a full day of junior and senior games at Kassulke Oval in Nanango.<\/p>\n

Clubs are again taking turns this year to host all junior and senior games on one day, a formula that has worked well in recent years.<\/p>\n

The Nanango Stags have locked in Round 1, with junior games getting under way at 8:00am for Under 6s and Under 10s, followed by Under 8s and Under 12s.<\/p>\n

In the competitive Under 14s, Murgon will take on Chinchilla at 11:30am and Nanango will play Murgon at 4:15pm.<\/p>\n

Under 15s, 16s and 17s games in the Toowoomba competition – between the South Burnett Eagles and Highfields – will be played at 12:30pm, 1:45pm and 3:00pm.<\/p>\n

A Grade games will be played under lights: Nanango v Wondai at 5:15pm, and Kingaroy v Cherbourg at 6:45pm.<\/p>\n

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Wayne Bennett and Kurt Richards with the SBRL’s biggest supporter, Ken Mills<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The season was officially launched on Wednesday with a sponsors’ night at the Kingaroy Red Ants’ clubhouse at T.J. O’Neill Oval.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Special guests were 2023 Dolphins’ coach Wayne Bennett and Dolphins’ head of pathways and current Queensland U19s coach Kurt Richards.<\/p>\n

The pair came up from Brisbane earlier in the day to take part in Beyond The Nest training sessions for Under 13s through to Under 18s.<\/p>\n

The young players from across the South Burnett and Chinchilla were divided into four groups to be put through skills drills.<\/p>\n

Kurt told southburnett.com.au <\/strong>that the Dolphins – who will be entering the NRL competition next year – are forging links with teams across the Wide Bay and Central Queensland.<\/p>\n

This provides a possible pathway to bigger competitions for players who want to take their League to a higher level.<\/p>\n

It was the second recent visit to Kingaroy by Kurt, who also took part in a BTN training day in March.<\/p>\n

He said\u00a0he was impressed by the excellent turnout at Wednesday’s session as well as the\u00a0recent Beyond The Nest three-day training camp at Murgon.<\/p>\n

Sixty-five young players took part in the intensive sessions at the Murgon camp, including youngsters from Chinchilla for the first time.<\/p>\n