Under 7 White
Whites families this weekend learnt a valuable lesson in committing to their kids’ sport by a crack of dawn start to get their kids to Stanley River by 8.30am. All families involved need to be acknowledged for this mammoth effort. The boys played two great games of footy against very capable opposition. All the boys seem to develop new levels of ability each week. Lucas Byers and Zahn Bruggy, with some encouragement, really got in and had a go and if the club has an award for falcon of the year Zahn Bruggy has to be on the leader board after the one he took from the kick off! The Drinnan Show was exciting as ever to watch, at one stage Bailey Drinnan was jumping out of his skin like a kangaroo to make tackles. Lachlan Ward, Joe Tolano, Bailey Hozier, Lincoln Knight, Sam Proctor and Rhy North all dazzled throughout the matches, showing us all some fabulous footy. Player of the Match was Lincoln Knight.
Under 8
The team travelled down to Caloundra for two games against the Caloundra Sharks. The mighty Pirates were very impressive and even the Caloundra Coach said that that it was a very good team. Brilliant games from Big Joe Dwyer, Benny Graf, Josh Palmer, Dylan Alchin and Roy Crozier. A standout performance from Player of the Match Jed Danton who bagged several tries and made some very good tackles. Lachlan Neville and Lochlan Johnson both having some very hard runs straight up the middle. Taj Egea also had a very solid game scoring a great try as well. The little secret weapon Hamish Cook also scored a great try. Much improved games from Cohyn North, Cody Reid and Liam Dunkinson. All round a very good two games from the boys.
Under 9 Blue
In wet and slippery conditions U9 Blue took on a strong Caloundra Sharks team. The team had to put lots of effort into defence and never gave up trying to tackle and chase down the runner. They had some great attacking play with the players looking to offload the ball to those backing up. Awesome tries to Liam, Spencer, Joel and Nathaniel. Player of the Match went to Ryan for his all-round great game in both attack and defence.
Under 9 White
The boys travelled to Caloundra. Maybe it was the cold weather or the early start, but the boys started slowly and let Caloundra score a couple of quick tries. After a team talk from coach Isaac, the boys awoke and got their game together. Their defence was outstanding. There was some great runs from the big boys up front Riley, Charlie, Jackson and Kaleb, and with great supporting attack from the backs, Nic passed a wide ball out to Jed who ran in the Whites’ first try. The momentum definitely swung towards the Pirates and the boys finished the game full of running and attacking football. It was another great team effort. The team song was sung very loud and proud.
Congratulations to Player of the Match, Ryan, with lots of runs and great cover tackles.
Under 10 White
The boys travelled to Caloundra this weekend to play Caloundra Black. Well done to Larz and Jesi who played their first full game of Rugby League and got in and tried hard. Jarred and Cooper were in a lot of tackles along with Jackson who defended well. Jackson was awarded Player of the Match.
Under 10 Blue
The boys really enjoyed leaving the North Division and heading south to Caloundra. Ethan, Ben W, Luke and Zak tackled really well and were an integral part of the Blue team moving the ball forward allowing many tries to be scored. Zak was awarded Player of the Match.
Under 10 Yellow
Under 10 Yellow had a great game at Caloundra. Everyone defended well and worked well as a team. In the attack Sam, Zayne, Ethan, Harry and Cade scored plenty of tries. Player of the Match went to Cooper for his great kicking game which set up many tries. Everyone worked hard for a great result
Under 11 Gold
U11 Gold travelled south to play the big boys from Bribie. The Noosa boys lacked line speed in the first 10 minutes and Bribie made the most of it scoring two quick tries. Noosa fought back to go to half time break 18-6 down. After the break and a fire up from the coach the boys lifted. The boys laid on some great tries to finish the game as an 18 all draw. Man of the Match went to Francis for his barnstorming runs and hungry dog award went to Jackson for his outstanding defence.
Under 12A
It was a top of the table clash and the winner would be gifted top spot on the ladder. The Noosa boys started the game on fire as they dominated field position and controlled the ball beautifully resulting in a nice try to Jake Zanevra who dived over from dummy half. The renowned defence was on song as the team kept getting up in the opponents’ faces and putting them on their backs. Bribie was struggling to get out of its own 20 and the Under 12A’s defence forced errors and through some good passing crossed again thanks to Floyd Nowill. Some uncharacteristic mistakes saw them defending the line late in the first half and Bribie managed to cross the white line in the last minute before the break.
Half time 10-4.
The second half was a arm wrestle in which the momentum changed quite often, but thanks to some great solid runs when needed by Willem Lindsey the team seemed to always be on top. Back-up was provided by PJ Hill who, whenever he had the ball in his hand, threatened to break Bribie’s defence. While we kept getting the team through the line, the points never came.
It took a nice back line play for Jordie Murison to cross, Dylan Cross converted which proved to be the killer blow.
Man of the Match Willem Lindsay, the hit up king once again PJ Hill and the tackle king Dylan Cross.
Under 12B
The boys began the day at home against Kawana Grey full of confidence due to the team finally beginning to click together. A tight first half could have had either team leading at the break, however Kawana scored a run away try before half time to lead 10-4 at the change of ends.
From the moment the second half began the Noosa boys were not going to let this one slip through their fingers. Noosa hardly let Kawana touch the ball in the second half and romped in five more trys to win 28-10.
The whole team deserve a pat on the back for this performance, but special mention goes to Angus Meyndershagen and Beau Henderson.
Under 13A
The Dragons may have signed Benji but the Pirates have got the best deal this week with Sean Rodger joining the 13As from Coolum 13Bs. He made an immediate impact with a try, a couple of try assists and excellent defence. With another quality back rower on his list, Coach Wessling changed his whole front row with Lachlan Tindall, Oliver Spring and midget Prop Steen Rutledge moving forward. Regular back rowers Will Barrett and Clay Cussen and new recruit Sean made up the starting pack.
The boys totally dominated the Caloundra pack in all areas of the game and set a great foundation for the big boys coming off the bench to build on, and build they did! Marcus Hooper, Jake Smith, Clyde Whitford and the year’s big improver Travis Garahy keeping the roll going. Tommy Langton at halfback behind a dominant pack looked right at home with the forwards running their plays off him, and they can only get better.
Out in the backs, Chaance Wells is starting to chime into the backline more, Kurt Gadd and Lachlan Turner provided some great defence, and Zane Keen made a stack of metres with some great running. After such a dissapointing effort last week it was great to see the boys start to live up to the potential in this team.
Try of the week to Zane Keen with a combination of speed, footwork and a chip kick producing a sensational individual try. Hit of the week to Clyde with a real bonecruncher. Man of the Match honours were shared between Ollie Spring and Steen Rutledge. Some things never change. Frontrowers win games.
Big thankyou to young “Crossy” who backed up from the 12s to help out.
Under 13B
This week the team played away at Stanley Rivers but lost by five trys. However Corey Mackenzie played his heart out and Luke Rogers did the little things that got him Man of the Match.
Under 14B
The boys got a Friday night game and made the most of it with an unbelievable team effort! Maroochydore was Grand Finalists in 2013 but the Under 14Bs came ready to play. Noosa has been improving every week, and have been training very well.
The first half was dominated by the boys with tries to Jake Dominiak and Zane Embelton. The Noosa attack and defence was first class and ‘Dingo’ worked a treat. Austin Coleman pulled off the play of the season with an amazing tackle that saved a certain run away try to the Swans. The following tackle was another try saver from Jack Giles! Maroochydore scored right on half time to make it 8-4.
Maroochydore dominated the second half and the boys had to defend their try line for most of it. With 10 minutes to go, Noosa was behind 10-8 but its determination was noticeable to the great home crowd that braved the soggy conditions. The tide turned and the brave forwards got the team into field position for Zane to crash over to score. Jake was also unlucky with a try pulled up right on full time to leave the final score Noosa 14 Swans 10 for the boys first win of 2014.
Will Irvine was named Man of the Match and Alex Fredericks received the Encouragement Award. Both boys had giant games in the middle.
Under 15
U15 travelled to Caloundra for Friday night’s game. It was a tight first half and both teams were locked up at six a piece. Many errors and a lot of penalties invited Caloundra up in Noosa’s half. To the credit of the Noosa side it produced its best defensive effort ever and kept Caloundra scoreless while managing to cross for a six pointer itself and close the game out for a 12-6 victory.
Under 16
The Under 16 boys came up against Caloundra in a Friday night home game. It ended up being a great team effort, and it was awesome to see these boys come together like they did.
Caloundra had the team stitched up on the scoreboard in the first half, with sloppy ball handling from the Noosa boys leaving a bit to be desired. Holes in the defence, and players not knowing what was expected of them in their positions also showed.
But, they came out in the second half full of enthusiasm.
It’s usual to see these boys lose their heads and start playing desperate footy when the points are stacked against them, but to Noosa’s credit they won the second half, and really gelled together. If these guys keep putting in the effort as a team the way they did, who knows how they could finish up their Junior playing days.
‘Slippery’ (Nelson Hands) played a good game, running great lines and scoring three solid tries.
‘Nugget’ (Ethan Pye), playing in the back line, scored himself a tidy try in the right hand corner, tightening the score line-up.
The ‘old men’ of the team Zac McBurnie, Bayden Bushby, Jake Bullen and Darcey Crawford-Rickards showed that they’ve still got it after all these years.
