A Grade Noosa 29 – Wynnum 10
Rugby fans turned out in droves last Saturday as Noosa Rugby played host to Gympie, Wynnum and Caloundra. A season best crowd riding the Ray White Noosa Dolphins A Grade side to an important win against the Wynnum Bugs. The Dolphins were prepared for a tough battle against the Brisbane team who showed early signs of being genuine title contenders. First half tries to Dolphins Tom McAneney and Jacob Sparks made for a far from comfortable 12 – 5 lead at half time. An extremely physical second half battle presented the opposition with a number of scoring opportunities but the rattled Bugs didn’t have the answers in the face of the Dolphins defence. Three additional tries by Niko Waqanisua, Borore Howton and Jarrad Postle secured the win for Noosa. A bye next week will give Dolphins head coach Mick Phelan further opportunity to sharpen the team’s performance before a critical round at Dolphin Oval, September 12 against old foes Maroochydore Swans which will double up as the annual John Curry Shield match. Little Sister Noosa Player of the Match went to Nick Colvin.
Reserve Grade Noosa 15 – Gympie 24
After a big win last week, the Ray White Noosa Dolphins Reserve Grade came out flat against a motivated Gympie Hammers outfit. Noosa did open the scoring with an intercept try to Callum Deering right under the post but the Hammers out enthused the Dolphins. Securing rucks, discipline and defensive structures are some work ons for the team in the coming weeks. There were some bright spots in the performance though, Josh McMaster scored his first try for his new team, and the Dolphins have finally found someone who can find touch from a penalty kick in young Callum Deering. Co-Captains Tore Shaw and Ryan Frisby can assure Dolphin fans that a performance like this won’t happen again.
Women Noosa 10 – Gympie 5
In a battle that kept the spectators in suspense right up to the final whistle the Ray White Noosa Dolphins Women prevailed over the Gympie Hammers. Kaitlyn Niven opened the account for the Dolphins after running a great support line from Imogen McLeod to put the home side up 5-0. The Hammers bounced back with a try of their own to even the ledger. The Dolphins women broke the deadlock with a try to captain courageous Tess Evans to go into half time 10-5. The second half saw the intensity of a knockout final and defense was the clear winner as neither side could add to their half time scores and the Noosa team coming away with the spoils.
Colts Noosa 39 – Caloundra 0
With a few injuries from the previous week the Ray White Noosa Dolphins Colts took on Caloundra for the second time this season. The big Caloundra pack of forwards expected to be a good test for the Noosa defence. After a hard week of training, Noosa hit early, scoring two quick tries from good backline passing. Another try saw the halftime score 17 nil. The team’s intensity and effort this week was a lot better, working hard in defence to keep Caloundra scoreless for a final result of Noosa 39 to 0. Players’ player went to Jasper Mark and best on ground points awarded to Tim Moody -3, Yvahn Allsworth – 2 and Jasper Mark – 1.
