Author: Your mate Sam

Christmas has come early this year for those folks out in the MIA, the Leeton Phantoms have been the gift that keeps on giving this season for their loyal supporters and have swept all before them this season. Can they bring home the bacon on their home turf? Waratahs have been the only team to get within Cooee of the high scoring Phantoms in 2017 and if you listen to their inner sanctum, they’ll tell you they had the Phantoms beat. Their thoughts don’t matter at this stage of the season though do they? It’s all about what happens…

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The two Wagga “town” clubs face off in this year’s big dance and both teams represent two different sides of the tracks, the glamour club vs the battlers, Catholics v Protestants, Waratahs v Wagga City – a match of holy proportions. It’s been 35 years since Wagga City played in a Grand Final and 42 years since they’ve won one. This is a big match for the Boiled Lollies and an enormous emotional challenge for Coach Nathan Honeyman as the club takes the stage in their most successful season since Jesus came off the bench at half back. There’s no…

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Two fierce old foes will add another chapter in their rich history in the SIRU Grand Final this year. Albury and Waratahs have been two of the stronger clubs in the zone in recent years which is evidenced by their almost constant inclusion on the big day, if it’s not Waratahs playing, it’s been Albury! It’s very difficult to ignore the dominance of the Albury Steamers on the SIRU Competition this season, they have finished the regular season with an average result of 52-12; only suffering the one loss to Leeton whilst their rep players (all 8 of them!) were away…

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The 2014 SIRU season has been defined by a close competition with the top 6 teams having the ability to get up over their opponents on any given day and the SIRU 2014 Grand Final looks like it will be decided in the same manner. The Griffith Blacks and Albury Steamers have been building during the final stages of the season and appear to have peaked at the perfect time. The Griffith outfit’s major strength is their star studded backline, spearheaded by Dan Rawaqa and ably supported by Marika Vunibaka. Containing Rawaqa and Vunibaka are going to be key messages for…

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Premier Division First Grade – Aggies v Albury @ 3:45pm Conolly Park #1 The 2012 season has been defined by these two teams and it is fitting that the two best teams in the zone are facing off on Grand Final Day. It was one a piece leading into the Major Semi two weeks ago when Ag College got up over the Steamers by one point which really sets the stage for a showdown this weekend and only highlights how close these two teams are in terms of quality and effort. Ag College had their scouts over at Yanco last…

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