in the double-header.
Yellow finished with two wins from their double-header Round 1 and Round 2 games in the new Seniors Touch (13-16 years) competition last Thursday at Ward Oval.
The Yellow side opened the night with a narrow 6-4 victory over Pink and then backed it up with a 13-9 win over Green in their high scoring Round 2 match.
Green had earlier recorded a win in Round 1 when they beat Blue 5-2.
Blue went on to record a victory in Round 2, out-pointing Pink, 9-5.
Yellow shared the try scoring around in their first win of the night against Pink.
Aiden Hyland, Mark McBride, Ryder Anderson and Taj Goonrey all added one point each to their score with a try each while Holly Watt added two points to their winning tally of six points with her try. (Female tries are worth double points.)
In their second win over Green, Yellow’s female players dominated the scoring with Indie Burke touching down for three tries (worth six points), Holly Watt scored a double (worth four points) and Bria June Brookman crossed for one try worth two points.
Taj Goonrey’s touchdown brought their tally to 13 points for the match.
Earning Best & Fairest points for their Yellow side against Pink were Bria June and Indie in their first game with Indie also collecting points in their second match with Green.
Junior Touch: Identical scorelines were recorded in both of the opening round matches of the Junior Touch (9-12 years) competition last Thursday at Ward Oval.
Red accounted for Orange 4-3 in their Round 1 game and Banana Splits defeated Blue 4-3 in their match.
Red also recorded a second round win, 5-1, over Banana Splits while Orange was too good for Blue winning 4-1 in their Round 2 game.
Red’s Indie Burke finished the afternoon with tally of three tries.
She scored two tries in Round 1 along with third touchdown in Round 2.
In their Round 2 game, team mates Addison Evans and Maddox Best also crossed for a try each to help Red secure their 5-1 win over Yellow.
Orange’s try scorers in their two games were Darcy Geppert (2), Macii Lumber, Joshua McMillan and Rhylee Nicholson.
Points for Banana Splits came from Keelan Atuau (2), Mia Watts and Ollie Tranter.
Blue’s try scorers in their two matches were Aisea Fakahua (2), Michael Rogers and Bentley Duff.
