Jon Lewis
It was certainly a memorable day for the women last Saturday when the Ray White Noosa Dolphins hosted the annual Ladies Day which followed an 82-0 victory for the women’s team over Wynnum.
In a match where positional experiments were trialled across the field, co-coach Dave Jolly paid tribute to the entire team who took the opportunities on with a great result.
“Full credit to all the team today, they took up the challenges we presented them in such a positive way and to see how they turned that into such a result was pleasing. With five eight Holly Radge continuing her impressive performances, especially her astute kicking game, the whole team harnessed the confidence that field position provides,“ Jolly said.
With a scoreline of this magnitude and eight individual try scorers, it was difficult to point out players of the match, however, captain Liv Lubrano and Bridget Duncan were outstanding in their attack, setting up several try scoring opportunities including their own. Angie Collins had a great day with the boot with 10 successful attempts.
Reserves
The Ray White reserves in comparison had the crowd on their feet with a last minute penalty to take the match 23-21. In another physical confrontation, the visiting Wynnum team were kept in much of the match with the inability of the local team to capitalise on field position and opportunities according to coach Rocco Perugini.
“We had a number of opportunities in the right areas of the field, but we just failed to put the final piece together, but they stuck at it and found themselves where they needed to be when that last penalty was awarded to them,“ he said.
While very happy with all who took to the field, Perugini was particularly impressed with Borore Howten, Nat Forrest and Haydn Perugini.
The A graders in contrast fell just short of a much needed win in the main game going down 27-24 against the Brisbane visitors with coach Paul Robson again facing the challenge of the team’s inability to maintain pressure.
“It was disappointing today. We are playing waves of very good football but then fall away into bad habits and this is a repeat of what we have seen each week. We need to just focus on playing for each other and with the skill we have, we can kick this losing streak,“ Robson said.
With the SEQ representative bye this weekend, the Ray White Dolphins have time to work on recent positional changes before the next home game on 3 June against the impressive University side. The match will be played in front the annual Back to Noosa Crowd as the club recognises past players and supporters for the special day.
The weekend celebrations will start at Sunshine Beach on Friday night 2 June when the celebrated Dolphins third grade take on new commers Brothers at 7pm. Friday Night Rugby at its best.
For all the details of Back to Noosa festivities, keep an eye on the Dolphins Facebook Page and Instagram.
