By TRACI HOZIER
NOOSA Pirates Jnr Rugby League – Round 4
THE boys from Under-7 White really clicked today in both attack and defence against Palmwoods. Tries were scored by Cooper Drinnen, Sam Proctor and Bailey Drinnen. Lukas Byers scored his first try and then backed it up with a second one. Cooper Ward played well at first receiver and also ran the ball hard all day. Will ‘Big Willy’ Macrae was unstoppable and Rhy North showed all the skills with palms as well as a hit and spin. Man of the match Jai Bruggy played fantastic with an off load, strong runs and no coach nagging. Everyone again tackled well. This team is very talented and all the boys improve every week.
The Pirates’ Under 7s were all definitely winners today with the Yellow boys taking on the Blue team for what was a clash of mates on home territory. The Yellow boys stopped at nothing to ensure that the Blue team didn’t get much of an opportunity to score, with Brandon leading the assault in the tackling department along with Beau, Riley and Jackson. All the boys maneuvered well around the field in attack to score plenty of tries, with Hayden, Lachlan, Jack and Cooper getting across the line along with their team mates. Brandon Dwyer received player of the match for his non-stop determination in making every tackle count. Led by their coach Tim Payne, the boys are developing into a well drilled side and all continue having fun.
Palmwoods Devils ventured to the Pirates home ground at Cooroy to play Under 8 Yellow, with unseasonally high temps and humidity made for a difficult match. Thanks to Paul Dwyer for running with the boys this week in what was a very physical match. The much bigger Palmwoods team meant that good tackling technique was called for. The boys with only six players were assisted by the younger Rhy North and Bailey Drinnan who played admirably against bigger and faster opponents. The usual suspects worked hard up the middle Pierce, Bailey, Zahn and Zeke with Lincoln showing great courage playing out the game with a hand injury sustained early on. Plenty of off loads in running showing the boys confidence levels are growing every week. A standout in defence this week, Lachlan was chasing everything along with Joe Tolano. The boys will have nightmares about the sidelines with all players guilty of flirting too often resulting in the boys doing more defence than necessary. Bailey Hozier and Lachlan Ward were both rewarded with a couple of sneaky tries taking advantage of quick plays catching Palmwoods off guard. All enjoyed the physical game with much improvement shown and fun had by all.
Today the Under-9 Blue boys had a home game against Coolum Colts. The defence from the whole team was excellent keeping Coolum from seeing the try line. Jett, Lachy, Cohyn and Cody showed some strong running and great tackling. Joshy, Roy and Benny were great at organising the team. Jhemi, Duraki and Stoan also showing some great skills in attack and defence. And one of the boys showed great sportsmanship offering to help out the numbers for Coolum and played a magnificent game and was a very deserved winner of the man of the match – Dylan Alchin, awesome work. Keep up the good work boys.
It was another amazing game for Under-9 Yellow. The communication and team work blows everyone away and every game their plays shocks us again and again. Nick took out man of the match for his consistent backing up and being there for his team. All of the newbies have come out of their shells and are part of one big happy Pirate family. Coaches Jodie and Leah wish everyone a happy Easter and look forward to seeing everyone back after the break.
Under-10 Blue had an excellent game against Palmwoods. The kids played with great enthusiasm for the entire game. After a tough match last weekend the coach was extremely happy that the team played the game we had trained and spoken about playing during the week.
It was definitely a try fest and some excellent defence keeping Palmwoods scoreless. Jake scored a double with some strong running and Joel a double with some smart moves. Welcomed back front rowers Ashton and Liam, both playing well – Ashton scored and also set up one for Jack who showed some terrific backing up. Calieb, Ivan and Arlo also scored. Perhaps one of the better tries came through a great backline play from Joel to Ivan to Danyal to Nancy who scored with some determined strong running. Eric, Harry and Daniel gained valuable metres with some good runs throughout the game. A terrific team effort.
This week against Coolum the Under-10 Yellow boys started a bit slow and with some poor defence they allowed the big forwards from the opposition to score. After a good rev up, the boys really started to play well and got the scoreboard ticking over nicely with some very impressive football. Caleb Hart scored strongly as did Jackson Smith. Ryan Fox showed us his pace by scoring again this week. Jed Bullman scored twice, the first one coming off a new set play that the team has been working on during training this week. Once again Charlie Cook was very hard running the ball and tackled with enthusiasm. The second half saw some very hard and at times, physical footy. Coach Issac reminded the boys after the game about the importance of not being sucked in to the ways of the opposition. Man of the match went to Charlie Bond who had some good long runs and tackled well.
Under-11 Blue were courageous today and showed they can match what was a big and strong defensive Beerwah side at Beerwah. Player of the match Zane O was in his usual top consistent form in both defence and attack. It was a clash of the titans until the 11th hour when Beerwah got over to claim the win in the last minute. Congratulations to all the boys doing a top job so early in the season. Leanne was kept busy tending to injuries, hope Cooper and Ty have recovered. The coach was very happy withtheir performance in a hard hit out today. Thanks to Cathy for her efficiency in managing the team.
The Under-12 boys came out of the blocks firing, completing their sets and getting up off the line in defence to successfully score three unanswered tries but sadly couldn’t convert any of these. They still held an early 12 nil lead. Due to some fatigue and silly mistakes causing a lot of turn over, Nambour were able to get back in front leaving the boys to chase down to the end to lose in a great game 26-18. Best on ground went to Heath Robinson for never giving up and pushing foward all day in attack and defence, also great games by Lachlan Flett who took the boys foward all day and also scored himself a double. And Jack O’Connell who kept the outside solid all day and made some outstanding runs.
It wasn’t the best start for the Under-14 Blue boys with Beachmere scoring a couple of quick tries. However the game soon turned around. The boys started talking to each other, moving off the line and charging in with fierce tackles. By half time, Pirates led by 22-14. The second half was stronger again with the boys tackling consistently and not giving Beachmere room to move. With 16 minutes left on the clock the game finished due to an injured Beachmere player, the Pirates wish him a speedy recovery. Player of the match was Toby Burton scoring two tries. Special mention to Reef Carlile and Corey Mackenzie. Well done a great game that Brett would have been proud of!
