Cobar Junior League Under U10 coach Andrew Hill was “absolutely stoked” with the effort his team put into their Dubbo & District Junior Rugby League match against St John’s Gold in Dubbo on Saturday.
Trig Wicks pulled off great tackles and had some good runs which earned him this week’s Coach’s Award.
Kyhson Stewart was a real workhorse tackling machine all match, which helped to earn him the Subway Award.
Coach Hill said Jason Thou Cleary was a standout in attack and defence after scoring four tries and tackling everywhere on the field.
Maddox Best was praised for his relentless defence after running down the opposition’s players three times and pulling off try saving tackles.
Billy Dunn did a great job playing in the first receiver role. He also landed a conversion.
There were some big runs from smart thinking Lucas Davey, who even gave one of his opponents a wedgie!
Bella McCormack also had some great runs in attack.
Hard running Tate Stephens played well and proved to be a hard target for the St John’s Gold defenders. At one stage it took four tacklers to stop him!
Lenny Hill showed a big improvement in his body tackles.
In their Under 11s uncontested match with St John’s Gold, Josh McMillan and Indie Burke scored tries while the Coaches Award went to Brad Hampton and Cooper Trudgett was named the Roosters Players’ Player.
The Roosters Under 12s played Wellington in their Round 10 game on Saturday at Wellington.
Coach Daniel Stephens said the whole Cobar team “played brilliantly”.
“It was a great defensive team effort.
“Every player dug in and played a full game,” Coach Stephens said.
The Players’ Player honour went to Harlym Curtis and the Coach’s Award was shared by Charlie Miller and Sonny Stephens.
The Roosters Under 16s had a tough match against St John’s Gold and were beaten 60-0.
Corey Piggott earned the Coach’s award and Players’ Player honour. Ryan Mugugia was another standout player for the Roosters.
Five Cobar Girls Junior Rugby League players, Under 14s Hannah Trudgett, Isabelle Gillette, Rubi Reid and Myah Paul along with Under 16s Sandy Maloney travelled to Dubbo on Sunday for the Dubbo & District Rugby Legue development trails.
All five were selected to play in Bathurst in September.
In Mini League games played on Sunday at Tom Knight Memorial Oval, the Under 8s awards were earned by Michael Arnold, Sione Fakahua, Nicholaos Stylianos and Ira Rambasa.
In the Under 6s competition, Halle Egan and Baxter Woods collected the awards and the Little League Stars award went to young Hudson Cronin, who’s not quite old enough to register but goes every week with his big brother and joins in.
