The Ray White Noosa Dolphins 2023 season got underway with eight wins and a draw across all senior and junior grades last weekend, with the A Grade enjoying a 38-7 victory against the Maroochydore Swans. Whilst the six tries to one victory was a convincing one on the scoreboard, Dolphins coach Paul Robson sees a lot of improvement is required if they are to feature at the back end of the season. “Our scrum and lineouts were solid, as were individual defensive efforts, but overall, it was not a good performance. We need to improve and have lots to work on,” Robson said. “Our game management was not where it needs to be as that is what wins us those tight matches that we know are heading our way. Having said that, we did get the five points and that is what we aimed for. It was also gratifying to see three of our four A Grade debutants, Michael van Rooyan, Julian Scott-Davies and Remmo van Rooyan, amongst the try scorers.”
Man of the match honour’s went to hard working lock Jonathan Davey with duel try scorer Jimmy Wilson-Bishop 2 points and Michael van Rooyan 1.
Friday night saw the Ray White Dolphins inaugural entry into the third-grade competition resulting in an impressive 47-0 victory over Caboolture. ‘This team is made up of our youngest and our oldest players with the like of Nat Forrest and Jake Serex leading way supported by their much younger charges’ coach Digger Munro said. ‘I set them a game plan and they stuck to it up against a much bigger and experienced opposition’ he added. Impressing on the night were man of the match Nat Forrest, Jake Serex and young guns Will Miller and Michael Cox.
This Friday, Munro’s senior side are at home with the Sunshine Beach match against Brothers kicking off at 6.45pm. New players, young and old looking to join the Friday night comp are encouraged to come along to training Thursday 5.30pm. Other matches this weekend see the A grade, Res Grade and Women heading to Caboolture on Saturday. Keep up to date with all the Dolphins news on Facebook.
