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Group 11 finals time is here and there is some mouth-watering match-ups in week one of the post-season.
It’s been an enthralling season in all grades but the play is set to go to another level for the next month as sides fight to keep their season alive and chase that elusive premiership.
The action begins at Parkes’ Pioneer Oval on Saturday with the elimination finals. A sudden death clash between the Parkes Spacemen and Macquarie Raiders, two teams who aren’t afraid to throw the ball around, is certain to entertain.
Nyngan’s Larkin Oval takes centre stage and the main game there between the Tigers and Forbes Magpies shapes as an absolute belter.
The Tigers faithful is sure to be in full voice while the Magpies come in bristling with confidence and determined to match the hosts up front.
The lower grade games are also guaranteed to be played at the highest level so there’s no excuse not to get out and watch some rugby league for the next month.
Saturday, August 19
ELIMINATION FINALS
Pioneer Oval, Parkes. 2pm league tag start.
FIRST GRADE: PARKES SPACEMEN (4) v MACQUARIE RAIDERS (5)
PARKES: 1 Sam Dwyer, 2 Brendon Paige, 3 Cameron Standen, 4 Jake Porter, 5 Joey Dwyer, 6 Dennis Moran (c), 7 Chad Porter, 8 Peter Newell, 9 Joss Cleal, 10 Jordan Pope, 11 Jack Medlyn, 12 Brandon Tago, 13 Epi Sadrodo, 14 Alex Prout, 15 Jay Slavin, 16 Darby Medlyn, 17 James Wood. Coach: Dennis Moran
MACQUARIE: 1 Brad Spencer, 2 Laberato Tauoqooqo, 3 Ash Widders, 4 Wade Peachey, 5 Blaize Fuller, 6 Kurt Fuller, 7 Josh Merritt, 8 Kepu Nathan, 9 Matt Lane, 10 Eroni Turaga, 11 Luke Gale, 12 John Ciappara, 23 Zac Rennick (c), 14 Jayden Merritt, 15 Jade Hooper, 16 Phil Combridge, 17 Tom Magann. Coach: Steve McLellan and Zac Rennick.
Referee: Simon Hartas
UNDER 18s: NYNGAN TIGERS (4) v PARKES SPACEMEN (5)
NYNGAN: 1 Mark Kilpatrick, 2 Matty McDougall, 3 Danel Stanley, 4 Owen Kennedy, 5 Terry Ryan, 6 Cooper Barrow, 7 Harry Blake, 8 Tom Waterhouse, 9 Jak Jeffrey, 10 Ned Dawson, 11 Cooper Ryan, 12 Jacob Shone, 13 Clayton Couley ©, 14 Isaiah Darcy, 15 Bryce Hannaford, 16 Liam Durrington, 17 Bailey Simmons. Coach: Trevor Waterhouse
PARKES: 1 Benji Glasheen, 2 Sam Davis, 3 Ben Davis, 4 Jacob Smede, 5 Riley Thomson, 6 Bailey Jones, 7 Cooper Neilsen, 8 Will Moore, 9 Bill Payne, 10 Rhys Ward, 11 Riley Scott, 12 Stuart Kennedy, 13 Darby Medlyn, 14 Michael Murphy, 15 Jackson Goonrey, 16 Wilbur Smith, 17 Jackson Glasheen, 18 Jack O’Neill, 19 Stephen Purcell. Coach: Luke Clarke.
Referee: Daniel Thornton
RESERVE GRADE: PARKES SPACEMEN (4) v WELLINGTON COWBOYS (5)
PARKES: 1 Jack Elliott, 2 Dean Meers, 3 Luke Clarke, 4 James Goonrey, 5 Darcy James, 6 George Wright, 7 James Harris, 8 Dale Rodgers, 9 Jake O’Brien, 10 Jarryd Foley, 11 Brandon Plunkett, 12 James Wood, 13 Ricky Newham, 14 Joe Spicer, 15 Craig Cole, 16 Jason Bowd, 17 Jamie Ingram, 18 Myles Smith, 19 Morgan Powter, 20 Ben Nash. Coach: George Wright Jnr
WELLINGTON: 1 Daniel Ahsee, 2 James Drew, 3 Hayden Sutherland, 4 Cody Bruce, 5 Lewis Stanley, 6 Kieran Brien, 7 Trent Forrest, 8 Ken Everson, 9 Brogan Black, 10 Paul Black, 11 J Newman, 12 Shannon Ireland, 13 Craig Roworth, 14 Daniel Stanley-Burrows, 15 David Ryan, 16 C. Peckham, 17 Matt Conn, 18 B Johnson, 19 Nic Forrest, 20 Will Towney. Coach: Trent Forrest
Referee: John Francis
LEAGUE TAG: PARKES SPACECATS (4) v MACQUARIE RAIDETTES (5)
PARKES: 1 Claire Barber ©, 2 Beth Magill, 3 India Draper, 4 Lauren Chester, 5 Emeline Lavaka, 6 Paige Hay, 7 Tyannua Goologong, 8 Erin Dwyer, 9 Sam Afele, 10 Demi-Joyce Winter, 11 Bel Crain, 12 Lexie Ward, 13 Hannah Noakes, 14 Alice Maier, 15 Kate Cutcliffe, 16 Daniela Korsos. Coach: Nat Gardiner
RAIDETTES: 1 Jasmine Daley, 2 Bianca Daley, 3 Logan McKenna, 4 Demphna Smith, 5 – , 6 Lekeyia Wood ©, 7 Erin Sutherland, 8 Jacinta Knight, 9 Zoe Warwick, 10 – , 11 Cailin O’Connor, 12 Kiara Singh, 13 Sarah Crain, 14 Juanita Keed, 15 Stephanie McAnally, 16 Lilli-Rai Campbell, 17 A. Taurau-Ngamotu, 18 Taneka Todhunter, 19 – , 20 Kelsea Phillips. Coach: Chris Cook.
Referee: Ray O’Brien
Sunday, August 20
QUALIFYING FINALS
Larkin Oval, Nyngan. 10.30am league tag start.
FIRST GRADE: NYNGAN TIGERS (2) v FORBES MAGPIES (3)
NYNGAN: 1 Brett Howard, 2 Sam Simmons, 3 Robert Gudgeon, 4 Jone Yacadrau, 5 Crete Waaka, 6 Stewart Mills ©, 7 Jacob Neill, 8 Todd Rope, 9 Reece Goldsmith, 10 Rodney Coates, 11 Norman Fuiava, 12 Loma Atuau, 13 Benny Cokanasiga, 14 James Fisk, 15 Clayton Couley, 16 Tunui Maurangi, 17 Troy Evans. Coach: Stewart Mills
FORBES: 1 Chris Kilby, 2 Jarrod Nicholson, 3 Jesse Wighton, 4 Jarrod Tyack, 5 Jason Hoswell, 6 Mitchell Burke, 7 Matt Roylance, 8 Ben Robinson, 9 Ethan Gaffney, 10 Zac Merritt, 11 Traie Merritt, 12 Martin Herbert, 13 Jake Grace ©, 14 Ben Gunn, 15 Todd Grace, 16 Izaac Scott, 17 Andrew Grogan. Coach: Jake Grace
Referee: Troy Warner
UNDER 18s: DUBBO CYMS (2) v MACQUARIE RAIDERS (3)
CYMS: 1 Matt Burton, 2 Xian Glossop, 3 Kenny Johnson, 4 Mitch Smith, 5 Zarrin Galea, 6 Bayden Seale, 7 Jack Jones, 8 Luke Wrigley, 9 Jackson Bonham-Phair, 10 Todd Deviegne, 11 Jack Davis, 12 Benny Thornton, 13 Kobi Wilson, 14 Paddy Haycock, 15 Jasper Schembri, 16 James Carter, 17 – , 18 Sullivan Haycock. Coach: Bernard Wilson
MACQUARIE: 1 Dalton Medcalf, 2 Keith Fernando, 3 Blaine Fernando, 4 Dylan Carr, 5 Myles Ryan, 6 Jai Merritt ©, 7 Randel Dowling, 8 Logan Merritt, 9 Kane McDermott, 10 Blaine Gordon, 11 Thomas Brisbane, 12 Robert Freeman, 13 Luke Gale, 14 Tristan Delaney, 15 Mitchell Averillo, 16 Greg Kennedy, 17 Nathan O’Malley, 18 Brock Whackett, 19 Caleb Kearney, 20 Colby Peckham. Coach: Hale Gordon
Referee: Mick Medlin
RESERVE GRADE: NYNGAN TIGERS (2) v DUBBO CYMS (3)
NYNGAN: 1 Dane Casey, 2 Jarrod Shaw, 3 Mitchell Rixon, 4 Dallas Boyd, 5 Stanley Lord, 6 Jackson Hedges, 7 Matt Sheather, 8 Lee Wright, 9 Justin Cox, 10 Simon Bartley, 11 Adi Spicer, 12 Cameron Bourke, 13 Nick Andrews, 14 Zac Waterhouse, 15 Luke Moody, 16 James Darcy, 17 Ben Franklin, 18 Semese Cadrakilagi, 19 Peter McKiernan, 20 Jeff Lennon, 21 James Fisk. Coach: Derek Knight
CYMS: 1 Kaide Rapley, 2 Braden Wynne, 3 Jovilse Tawake, 4 Zac London, 5 Trent Spears, 6 Nick Karydis, 7 Tyrone Hall, 8 Lee Price, 9 Hamish Astill, 10 Jake O’Hehir, 11 Shaq Gordon, 12 Hewett Haycock, 13 Jackson Fletcher, 14 Andrew Casey, 15 Brayden McGhee, 16 Illisoni Vonomateiratu, 17 Kelevi Ralulu, 18 Joe Walkom, 19 Laitia Matanisiga, 20 Zaiden Britt. Coach: Joel Rapley
Referee: C Simmons
LEAGUE TAG: DUBBO WESTSIDE (2) v FORBES MAGPIES (3)
WESTSIDE: 1 Daniella Frail, 2 Jinnara Tyson, 3 Natasha Fuller, 4 Sabina Fernando, 5 Jinnaya Tyson, 6 Tiffany Stanley, 7 Tarlee Roberts, 8 Lucille McGuinness, 9 Maddison McGuinness, 10 Brigette Fernando, 11 Charmain Cook, 12 Latisha Boney, 13 Hailey Ley Andrews, 14 Kyla Wilson, 15 Hollie Jones, 16 Tahlia Bamblett, 17 Mia Anderson, 18 Kyeka Hill, 19 Nicole White. Coach: Craig Hill
FORBES: 1 Larissa Kennedy, 2 Joelene Pawson, 3 Emma Reid, 4 Megan Morrison, 5 Natalie Robb, 6 April Townsend, 7 Sally Dwyer, 8 Amy Merritt ©, 9 Elysse Girot-Serplet, 10 Kaitlyn Andrews, 11 Tasha Shaw , 12 Montana Hey, 13 Amy Townsend, 14 Jessica Ruge. Coach: Andrew Burton
Referee: Rob McKechnie