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Rugby League Grand This Sunday

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:26:53 +1000

Rugby League, with Mullumbimby’s 8, nil win over Marist Brothers on Sunday the line up for this year’s Retravision Northern league grand final has been decided.

All games will be played at Kingsford Smith Park, Ballina. In the under 18’s; Marist Brothers and Mullumbimby play for the honors.

In the reserve grade game Ballina plays Murwillumbah and in first grade at 2:45, Ballina will be at home to take on Mullumbimby. Gates open at 9:30 Sunday.

Rugby Union Grand Results.

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:13:07 +1000

First Grade,

BALLINA 28 (Dru Baggaley, Ben Sattler, Luke Watling tries, Andrew Gordon 2 Conversions, 3 penalty goals, ) d GRAFTON 19 (Scott Lloyd, Jono Speechley, Ken Mercy tries, Aaron Taylor 2 conversions)
Half time: Ballina 17 - Grafton 7

Reserve Grade

BALLINA 33 (Rick Randall 2, Paul Lynch, Matt Robinson, Josh Piercy tries, Adam Fisher 4 conversions) d LISMORE 7 (Jay Onslow try, Vaughan Gallen conversion)
Half time: Ballina 19 – Lismore 0

Under 19

GRAFTON 25 (Simon Hampshire 2, Callum Brock 2 tries, Bryce Speechley conversion, penalty goal) d WOLLONGBAR ALSTONVILLE 10 (Jack Hodder try, Lachlan Crockett Conversion, penalty goal)
Half Time: Wollongbar 10 - Grafton 8

Third Grade

BALLINA 22 (Ross Tremayne 2, Lincoln Raudonikis, Adam Thomas tries, Kane Scott conversion) d LISMORE 7 (Tony Durheim try, Chris Hoath conversion)
Half Time: Ballina 12 - Lismore 0

Union Grand Final Moved

Fri, 7 Sep 2007 13:03:48 +1000

Lismore Council has closed Oakes Oval due to the wet condition of the Cricket pitch area, We have moved the games to Lismore Rugby Park

Union Grand Final Sides Named.

Fri, 7 Sep 2007 13:01:52 +1000

FAR NORTH COAST RUGBY UNION
Grand Final Team Lists
8th September 2007
Oakes Oval Lismore

First Grade
BALLINA: 1 Brent Horan, 2 Andrew Rowlands, 3 Nathan Wallace, 4Dru Baggaley, 5 Paul Davies, 6 Mick Lord, 7 Liam Preston, 8 Danny Lickiss, 9 Troy Nichols, 10 Tony Buchanan, 11 Jason Richards, 12 Ben Sattler, 13 Trent Gasnier, 14 Andrew Gordon (c), 15 Luke Watling
Coach: Andrew Grant-Frost
V
GRAFTON: 1 Scott Forwell, 2 Gary Powell, 3 Dan Hayne, 4, Nathan Cooper, 5 Jono Speechley, 6 Paul Cameron, 7 Tim Landrigan, 8 Bart McGrath, 9 Brett Graham, 10 Jason Landrigan, 11 Trent Dickson, 12 Ken Mercy, 13 Scott Lloyd, 14 Justin Spurway, 15 Aaron Taylor
Coach: Gary Powell
Referee: Stephen Williamson
Touch Judges: Rob Walker, Jack Quigley

Reserve Grade

BALLINA: 1 Geoff St Clair, 2 Steve Calnan, 3 Chris Long, 4 Paul Woods, 5 Ben Rippon, 6 Mark Thompson, 7 Andrew Burke, 8 Josh Piercy, 9 Matthew Robinson, 10 Adam Fisher, 11 Matthew Bordin, 12 Ben Bullock, 13 Trent Short, 14 Rick Randall, 15 Paul Lynch
Coach: Paul Lynch
V
LISMORE: 1 Corey Gray, 2 Doug Rose, 3 Ricki Farrow, 4 Daniel Biersteker, 5 Ben Briggs, 6 Grant Little, 7 Luke Bryant, 8 Matt Larsson, 9 Jeremy Harland, 10 Phil Alley, 11 Damian Bebb, 12 Jay Onslow, 13 Josh Smith, 14 Matt McKee, 15 Dion Crethar
Coach: John Lucas
Referee: Graham Cook
Touch Judges: Dave Rooney, Greg Den Elzen

Under 19’s

WOLLONGBAR ALSTONVILLE: 1Nick Baker, 2 Corey Johnston, 3 Brad Wilson, 4 Dean McHugh, 5 Jamie Tidmarsh, 6 Brett Arnull, 7 Gavin Short, 8 Clint Martin, 9 Lachlan Crockett, 10 Aaron Fosterling, 11 Jesse Potts, 12 Jack Hodder, 13 Adam Law, 14 Tony Cowan, 15 Josh Damen
Coach: Dave Martin
V
GRAFTON: 1 Brendan Gilbert, 2 Evan Johnston, 3 Ben Ellis (C), 4 Nick Collie, 5 Rick Kelly, 6 Simon Hampshire, 7 Cameron Wicks, 8 Bryce Speechley, 9 Jamie Lane, 10 Keiran Berreaux, 11 Ryan Danvers, 12 Dan Shipman, 13 Callum Brock, 14 Beau Mullin, 15 Mitchell Woods
Coach: Dave Clay
Referee: Mick Melino
Touch Judges: Ian Lord, Karl Lupton

Third Grade

BALLINA: 1 Nick Oaariki, 2 Adam Thomas, 3 Mark Charter, 4 Kevin Clarke, 5 Mick Koellner (C), 6 Geoff Parry, 7 Paul Hardy, 8 Brett McLennan, 9 Ross Tremayne, 10 Kane Scott, 11 Adam Mackay, 12 Lincoln Raudonikis, 13 Verne Ware, 14 Al Barrett, 15 Richard Hughes
Coach: Mick Koellner
V
LISMORE: 1 Stewart Edmonds, 2 Andrew Bailey, 3 Damien Keys, 4 Luke Palaziol, 5 Richard Rummery, 6 Damien Maher, 7 Vaughan Nilsson, 8 Ryan Graham, 9 Josh Creighton (C), 10 Guy Latham, 11 John Lucas, 12 Tony Durheim, 13 Eddie Solomona, 14 John Markwort, 15 Vaughan Gallen
Coach: Guy Latham
Referee: Ian Hooper
Touch Judges: Michael Claes, Tony Butcher

Junior Rugby Union Results

Mon, 3 Sep 2007 12:39:39 +1000

Results from the Junior Rugby Grand Finals Played in Grafton on Friday 31/08/2007

Under 15- Grand Final
LISMORE 34 (Simon Knight 2, Matt Worthington, Sam Cox, Jack Durheim, Marcus Skudder tries, Scott Cardow, Sam Cox conversions) d CASINO 0
Half time Lismore 12 Casino 0

Under 14- Grand Final
GRAFTON 17 (Lachlan Scott, Jack Foulstone, Mitchell Golding tries, Travis Toms conversion) d CASINO 12 (Jesse Bowden, Kevin Torrens tries, Harold Torrens conversion)
Half time Grafton 12 Casino 0

Under 13- Grand Final WOLLONGBAR ALSTONVILLE 29 (Jaiden McDonald, Alex Brown, Tim Ellis, Gorden Hodder, Rowan Perry, Jack Gibbon tries, Jake McIntyre 2 conversions) d CASINO 22 (Kevin Torrens 2, Eddie Walker, Leroy Killiby tries, James Hewetson conversion)

Half time Wollongbar 22 Casino 5.

Redmen Into Grand Final

Mon, 3 Sep 2007 05:37:31 +1000

The Grafton Redmen are in the Grand Final in the Far North Coast Rugby after the 45 - 33 extra time win over Casino on the weekend. The Redmen now play Ballina on Saturday in Lismore for this years top prize.

Junior Rugby Grand Finals For Grafton

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:17:54 +1000

Rugby Union Far North Coast Juniors

GRAND FINALS AT GRAFTON

Friday 31st August

6:30 U13 WOLLONGBAR ALSTONVILLE v CASINO
7:35 U14 CASINO v GRAFTON
8:40 U15 LISMORE v CASINO

SEMI FINALS

At Wollongbar

6:00pm U12 Wollongbar Black v Lismore White
6:50pm U17 Wollongbar v Ballina
8:00pm U17 Grafton v Casino

At Lismore

6:00pm U12 Lismore Green v Wollongbar Red
6:50pm U16 Lismore v Casino
8:00pm U16 Wollongbar v Grafton

Redman Ready For Grand Final Spot

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:09:48 +1000

Far North Coast Rugby Union Competition PRELIMINARY FINALS 1st September 2007

At Lismore Rugby Park

First Grade GRAFTON (1) v CASINO (3) - 3:30pm
Reserve Grade CASINO (2) v LISMORE (3) - 2:00pm
Under 19 GRAFTON (1) v CASINO (3) - 12:30pm
Third Grade WOLLONGBAR (2) v LISMORE (3) - 11:00am

Village Grand Final

At Don Gulley Oval Kyogle
SHIELD, Bangalow (1) v Evans River (3) - 3:15pm
BOWL, Kyogle (2 v Woolgoolga (4) - 1:45pm
PLATE ,Iluka (5) v Richmond Range (6) - 12:30 pm

CRJC Calls Off Race Meeting In Grafton Tomorrow (Tuesday)

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:36:19 +1000

Racing in Grafton set down for Tuesday (28/07/08) has been abandoned due to the Equine Influenza. All racing in NSW has been abandoned UFN

For the latest on the Equine Influenza outback Click Here

Retravision Northern League Finals Series Heating Up.

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:20:00 +1000

The Retravision Northern League Finals Series are heating up.This weekend matches are on both Saturday 1st and Sunday the 2nd of September.

Minor semi final
Venue:   Les Burger Field  Cabarita
U/18s                                    11.30 A.M.   Start
Tweed Coast V Ballina

RESERVE GRADE               1 P.M.  Start
Lower Clarence V Mullumbimby

FIRST GRADE                      2.45 P.M.  Start
Tweed Coast V Martist Brothers

SUNDAY  2 SEPT.    2007

Major Semi Final. Les Donnelly Field Mullumbimby
U/18s                                         11.30 A.M.  Start
Marist Brithers V Mullumbimby

RESERVE   GRADE                1 P.M. Start
Murwillumbah V Lower Clarence

FIRST   GRADE                      2.45 P.M. Start
Mullumbimby V Ballina