By LUCY WHITEHILL
Under 6 Dolphins
THE energetic U6s will now play two matches each week, giving the boys an extra chance to show off their skills.
Noosa Under 6s took on two teams over the weekend, first Caloundra and then Brothers. Both games saw great skill from all players with some speedy tries from Daniel, Cash and Gus in the first game and super tries from Gus, Kellen and Cuan in the second.
Under 8 Fins
The Fins had an early star with James, George and Rory heading down to Caloundra Light House to back up the Dolphins who put on a great show for a win.
Taking out the win over opponents Grammar with a five-point win, Rory took the team home with some balanced running tries, wrong footing the defenders to really seal the game. Thanks to Lee our scorer and all the parents on the side.
Under 8 Reds
Picturesque Witta turned on a beautiful day as the Reds ran in a comprehensive victory over St Andrews, taking out the win by 50 points.
Breakdown dominance turned into points on the board as the hard yards at training started to pay dividends for the Reds. Ritchie had a blinder with ball in hand as did Thomas with his trademark bullocking runs up the middle,
Will was dedicated on defence and was well backed up by Darcy and Alfie. Harry showed glimpses of his considerable talent and was robbed of a try by some spirited St Andrews defence. Code swapper Ezekial continues to improve and combines well with Conor as a solid midfield pairing. Tough to choose one player this week but Zac stuck out with selfless ruck clean outs all day long.
Under 10 Dolphins
The score was in favour of opponents Flanders with a total of 39 points to zero, but the score didn’t reflect the competitiveness of the match as the Dolphins gave it all they had.
Loose carries and getting pushed off the mark in the scrum cost the team dearly although Queen Pearl and her loyal soldiers refused to give up.
Under 12 Fins
A mid-morning game against St Andrews saw the Fins go down by one try.
Two early tries from St Andrews had the team on the back foot for most of the first half and only hard work from the Fins kept it at two with no conversions.
Strong contested scrums were evenly matched boosted by the return of big Jack back from injury. The Fins made a few mistakes but communicated well to regain structure to go into half time with a bit of momentum.
Under 12 Reds
The Noosa Reds went head-to-head with long-time rivals Caloundra and came out on top after a game that had fans on the edge of their seats.
Caloundra has held a win over the Reds for the past five years, bar one exception, so it was time for Noosa to show them what they’re made of.
The Reds travelled to Caloundra on Saturday 23 April and put on a spectacular game.
It was a close game with Noosa the first to score, but Caloundra followed quickly behind.
Caloundra scored again and stayed in front until five minutes were left on the clock. Noosa scored a great try and then converted to level the score at 19 all.
In the last minute, Noosa bombarded the Caloundra goal line but couldn’t breach their great defence. With only 10 seconds on the clock, Noosa crashed over to hit the front and win a classic match 24 to 19.
The coaches, parents and the boys were all ecstatic with such an exciting win.
Under 13 Dolphins
The Dolphins took a beating from Maleny, going down 43 points to zero but the team pulled together and showed great skill against rather large opponents.
The team is really building and just had a slip in defence.
