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Australian Wallaby Matt Burke rugby’s guest
Guests at the Cobar & District Rugby Union Club presentations on Saturday night were well entertained by guest speaker Matt Burke and emcee Ben Hewlett. Burke was introduced by Cobar Camels stalwart Peter Payne who said he wasn’t sure if Cobar grasped the importance of the stature of their guest […]
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Camels’ 2016 season doesn’t finish the way they hoped
It was an undermanned Camels team that made the trip to Bourke on Saturday for the last game of the 2016 Western Plains Rugby season and that reflected on the final score with Bourke winning 57-21. Injury and shift work again claimed a large number of the Camels’ regular players, […]
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Camels look like a first class side but finish second best
The Cobar Camels are showing all the signs of being a first class rugby team however in their Western Plains match on Saturday, they finished second best. Despite the Cobar side demonstrating some brilliant phases of play in their game against Coonamble at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval, they were beaten […]
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A game of missed opportunities for the Cobar Camels
The Cobar Camels travelled to Brewarrina on Saturday hoping to make amends for their 22-0 loss to Bre in the first round of Western Plains Rugby competition. Prior to Saturday’s game Brewarrina was sitting in 3rd place on the competition ladder while the Camels were back in 6th position. The […]
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Camels’ impressive win over Bourke
The Cobar Camels beat Bourke 17-10 in their Western Plains Rugby match on Friday night at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval. The Camels led 7-0 at half time and maintained the upper hand throughout the game despite the wet, slippery conditions. The team’s strength and conditioning coach John Barnes said their […]
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Rugby club to again celebrate ’76 and ’96 wins
The Cobar & District Rugby Union Club will mark the 40th and 20th anniversaries of their 1976 and 1996 Western Plains Rugby Premiership wins at their 2016 home game against Gulargambone (the team they beat in both grand finals) later this month. Camels’ Old Boy Peter Payne said the club […]
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Camels’ hard work is starting to pay off
The many months of training and fitness sessions in the lead up to the 2016 Western Plains Rugby season are starting to pay dividends for the Cobar Camels with the club recording a strong 35-7 win over Walgett on Saturday at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval. Camels’ strength and conditioning coach […]
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Final score not a true reflection of game
The new line up for the Cobar Camels team this season copped a drubbing at the hands of the experienced Coonamble team at Gulargambone on Saturday in their second hit out of the 2016 Western Plains Rugby season. Before the game started there was a set back for the Camels […]
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For new Camels coaches, rugby is in their blood
The Cobar Camels Rugby Union’s new coaching staff Heath Budd and John ‘The Outlaw’ Barnes have ‘rugby in their blood’ and both are keen to see the Cobar club do well in the 2016 Western Plains competition. The Camels committee, headed up by president Mal Harris, late last year appointed […]