“TIGERS GRIND OUT VICTORY IN BLAYNEY” The Oberon First National Tigers have come away with a 26-22 grinding win in Blayney on Sunday, down on troops and looking to avoid the wooden spoon in a sometimes scrappy affair from both sides it was the tigers that held the ascendancy when it mattered keeping the fast finishing bears at bay in key areas of the match to take the much needed two points. The opening minutes of the game brought some real intent from the tigers sticking to the game plan and the points came after prop Luke Christie-Johnston proved too much for the Blayney defence to handle charging over from close range carrying several defenders for the first four pointer of the match and Steve lane converted for a 6-0 lead .Next it was tigers Back rower Kirk Robert’s turn as he forced his way over after a courageous 2nd effort to cross the stripe much to the delight of tigers fans the conversion was unsuccessful but the Oberon tigers held a 10-0 lead. Following some great sets from the tigers the Blayney bears returned serve after some mounted possession with tries to winger Kurt Beahan and replacement player Sam sweeting to square it back up at 10 apiece. The tigers then kicked into gear when Reece Finlay was able to stroll over after a kick and a tip on from winger Darren Hotham followed by a great play after the scrum base from Brenton Gibson who was able to split the bears’ defence running a great line to go over under the posts. The final try of the half was a brilliant solo effort from winger Joel Christie-Johnston who showcased his speed and agility to go over for the tigers 5th try of the game and a 26-10 Half-time lead. After the Break both sides contributed to plenty of errors, with no side clearly looking like scoring despite several opportunities wasted. With 20 minutes remaining in the match Blayney enjoyed some back to back penalties which piggybacked them up the field and Bears 5/8 Terry Brown made the tigers pay crossing after some good lead up work from his dummy half Tom Learey to get the locals back within 10 points at 26-16 to the tigers . More possession to the home-side followed soon after and Blayney winger Cameron Dennis was able to reach out and score in the corner to setup a thrilling finish at 26-22 with 7 minutes remaining. Despite some more errors in the remainder of the game the First National Oberon Tigers were able to shut the gate on the Blayney Bears defensively and take the match fulltime Oberon 26 Blayney 22. A very important win for the boys who have now avoided the wooden spoon and have left it up to both Blayney and Lithgow to fight it out. This Saturday will be the final game of the season round 18 for the Oberon tigers rugby league club and our “can assist” charity game against Lithgow at home this will also run in conjunction with the Dick Foran Memorial Charity run which gets under way from 6am to 10am with anyone free to run or walk in these designated times from the Oberon leagues club I would also like to thank all our very loyal sponsors and supporters throughout the season and hope to see you all back with us again in 2015 Go the tigers and see you all on Saturday for a good cause and a feast of footy times are as follows: DICK FORAN MEMORIAL CHARITY RUN/WALK 6-10AM OLD TIGES BREAKFAST :9AM GIRLS LEAGUE TAG 11:30 AM FIRST DIVISION 12:30PM PREMIER LEAGUE 2;00PM OBERON 26 (L.CHRISTIE-JOHNSTON,K.ROBERTS,R.FINLAY,B.GIBSON,J.CHRISTIE-JOHNSTON.)Tries(S.LANE 3/5)Goals. Def. BLAYNEY 22 (K.BEAHAN,C.DENNIS,T.BROWN,S.SWEETING.)Tries(S.SWEETING 3/4)Goals. “TIGERS KEEP FINALS HOPES ALIVE” The Oberon First Division tigers have kept their final hopes alive with a 36-24 victory over the Blayney Bears at King George oval on Sunday. After a 3 game slump and in need of wins in their final two games of the season the tigers fought off a late flurry of tries to come away with a 12 point victory, it took a good 15 minutes for first points though after the tigers failed on several occasions to put up points and Lochie Gilmore and Jamie Arriola were able to capatilise on some holes in the defence to put the tigers up 12-0 early on. Blayney did respond though through centre Cameron Hobby who found some space in the tigers backline to peg the lead back to 6 , but before the break form centre Jacob Howes continued the tiger’s momentum breaking tackles and diving over out wide to give the tigers a 16-6 halftime lead. The 2nd half came with a hurricane of points from both sides as the side with the ball usually scored and errors also played there part in the game . Gavan Seaman crossed from close range to score his first for the season and soon after Riccie Arriola scored a scintillating try after a great backline move to edge the tigers out further at 26-6. Blayney did reply though after some second phase play allowed them to cross after 5/8 Glenn Nunn sent replacement player Damian Doolan over, And soon after they doubled that when Adam Lowe caught the tigers napping and he was able get the ball down over the line 26-18 to the tigers and the alarm bells started to ring for the boys going in to the last 15 minutes of the match. The tigers as they did throughout the match repaid the locals with two more cleverly constructed tries out wide to both Jacob Howes and Riccie Arriola who picked up their 2nd tries for the day and a late consolation try to Blayney was too little too late for the home team Damian Doolan picking up his 2nd for the game also Fulltime Oberon 36 Blayney 24. This Saturday the boys take on Lithgow workies in the final regular season match of the year the boys needing either a draw or a win to qualify for the group 10 semi-finals. OBERON 36 (R.ARRIOLA 2,J.HOWES 2, L.GILMORE,J. ARRIOLA,G.SEAMAN.)Tries(Z. ELWIN 4/7)Goals. Def. BLAYNEY 24 (D.DOOLAN 2, A.LOWE,C.HOBBY.)Tries(P.SLIGAR 4/4)Goals. “SPIRITED 2ND HALF FROM THE GIRLS DESPITE LOSS” The tigers girls league tag have been humbly defeated in Blayney this past Sunday despite a spirited 2nd half fight back the girls have fallen to 1-13-1 this season after going down 28 points to 14. It’s been a young side that has fielded for the tigers season but they are ever learning and will be better for the run in 2015 a new coach in Blake Miller and a bright new start will see them improve upon return with only one game remaining the girls will be desperately try to offload the wooden spoon the match against Blayney seen some great individual efforts from the girls with errors proving costly in the match the home-side quickly got out to a healthy lead after #6 Kate Toohey often made in-roads in the tigers defence and after tries to Sophie Stammers, Gabby Calub ,Courtney Simmons and Grace Mooney all crossed the young tigers girls were under plenty of early pressure and down 20-0 at the break . the 2nd half brought plenty of vigour in the girls as they responded winning the half 14-6 after some awesome individual efforts from both Zoe Mawkes picking up 2 tries and Shannon fisher 1 continuing their great form in 2014 also tigers captain Sarah Sargent came up with her all-important usual try saving tags to keep her team alive . Despite the comeback from the girls their simply wasn’t enough time as Blayney ran out 28-14 winners. Next week the girls will take on 5th placed Lithgow workies and the girls will be looking to lift off the bottom of the table with a win to finish off their season. BLAYNEY 28 (G.CALUB 2, S. STAMMERS 2, G. MOONEY, C. SIMMONS.)Tries(M.HOPKINS,S.STAMMERS.)Goals. DEF. OBERON 14 (Z.MAWKES 2, S.FISHER.)Tries.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 03:56:08 +0000
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