NOOSA FINS’ Under 7s drew with Caloundra Lighthouse 50-all in a day of mixed fortunes for Noosa Dolphins teams.
The Fins started off at a fast pace with some amazing tagging from all players while charging down Caloundra.
The speed and quick side stepping of Rory McIntyre, Charlie McKerrow, Harry Marlow and Angus Anderssen allowed these boys all in for tries.
Between them these four players scored 10 tries – the Fins’ best so far for the season.
Phoenix Ericson-Wirth made some great forward play with the ball tucked neatly under his arm and gave some successful passes out for the Fins to be able to score.
Campbell Byrne was always in the play showing his skills at tagging and running the ball. Player of the match went to Stirling Worrall.
The Under 7 Reds were also involved in a high scoring game going down 50-40 to Matthew Flinders.
The loss to the classy Matthew Flinders outfit was a timely shake-up for the guys as they head into the mid-season break to reflect on their efforts.
Zac’s unending dedication on defence couldn’t stop a rollicking Flinders second half surge.
It wasn’t all bad news, though, as player of the match Jax put in a couple of good runs as did Noah and Darcy.
Harry seemed oblivious to the scoreline as he dotted down twice, Conor combined well with Will in the midfield and Sarena brushed off the score deficit as easily as she brushed off defenders on her way to two tries.
Under 9 Brothers 45 d Fins 20
Captain Finn ran the boys out on the field.
Defence was solid for the initial phases with most of the play contained to the centre passage of the field.
Passing it wide Brothers opened the scoring with two quick tries. The game settled and both teams shared possession.
Forwards Remy, Hunter and Jack had another consistent game making good ground in attack and backing it up in defence. Saatchan and Kaleb showed plenty of speed and determination, making several good runs towards the line.
Backs, Jaxon, Odette, Finn and Joch once again showed persistence managing to pull themselves up from the bottom of the ruck after being swallowed by strong defence by breaking free from the line and scoring a run away try in the corner.
Second half and a quickly shuffled interchange allowed Tyler to once again cross the line in the corner within the first minutes, crossing in the corner from a restart before backing it up again in the 30th minute.
Brothers ran in three tries to finish off the game.
Domino’s Pizza Player of the Match: Tyler.
Under 10 Fins 22 d Reds 5
There was a great game between the two Noosa teams which was made possible due to an outstanding young referee in Adam.
Try scorers for the Fins were Matt with two powerhouse runs, Flynn with a fleet footed barnstorming effort and Cam with a tactical piece of genius.
Jack Caspers slotted a lovely conversion.
For the Reds, Dan crashed over.
Domino’s Pizza Players of the Match: Matt and Dan Cashman.
Under 11 Fins 62 d Eumundi Dragons 0
Another great team effort with the Fins getting closer to a complete performance all over the park.
A consistently high work rate combined with ever improving skills resulted in 10 tries and proved too much for a brave opposition.
Try scorers: Lochie Dudgeon (4), Ethan Pohlner (2), Charlie Archer, Jarrah Charlesworth, Noa Penitani, Josh Whitehill.
Conversions: James Gelling (3), Charlie Archer, Jarrah Charlesworth, Ethan Pohlner.
Domino’s Pizza Player of the Match: Noa Penitani.
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