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Preliminary Finals Preview No more second chances for either Waratahs or Tumut as they battle it out against each other in tomorrow's preliminary final at the Griffith Exies Oval. The victor earns the right to take on Wagga City in the Grand Final tomorrow week whilst 'Mad Monday' awaits the...

NOT GOOD NEWS FOR CITY WITH THE GRAND FINAL JUST OVER A WEEK AWAY Wagga City inside centre Noa Rabici will miss next week's Southern Inland grand final through suspension. Picture by Bernard Humphries Wagga City is weighing up two positional changes for their grand final side due to...

Men's- Wagga City 6/4, Wagga Waratahs 2/1 & Tumut Bulls 3/1 Women's - Griffith 6/4, Wagga Waratahs 5/2 & Wagga Ag 4/1

Southern Inland Rugby Union ( Week 1 Finals) 1st Grade Wagga City 22 d Waratahs 20 - (Major Semi) Tumut 44 d Griffith 31- (Minor Semi) Women's Griffith 17 d Waratahs 10 (Major Semi) Ag College 20 d Tumut 5 ( Minor Semi) 2nd Grade Wagga City 29 d Hay 27 - (Major Semi) Waratahs 57 d Tumut 14-...

Week 1 Finals Preview Minor Semi Final Tumut v Griffith Both these teams played against tomorrow's Major Semi Final teams with Tumut gallant in defeat against Waratahs ( losing 28-38) and Griffith on the wrong end of a 52-12 scoreline at Griffith. Tumut deserve favouritism based on their...

I don't think Tumut 'Will bash whoever they play" which is obviously Griffith but they are entitled to be warm favourites to win this Eliminator Final. Tumut were a clear outright 3rd on the Ladder ahead of Griffith and the Blacks were a clear outright 4th ahead of Wagga Ag Tumut beat Griffith...

SIRU ( Final Round) Men's Waratahs 38 d Tumut 28 Wagga City 52 d Griffith 12 Reddies 43 d Albury 5 Women's Reddies 26 d Albury 25 Griffith 46 d Wagga City 0 Waratahs 50 d Tumut 10 FINALS NEXT SATURDATY AT CONOLLY RUGBY PARK, WAGGA - August 16 Men's Minor (Elimination) Semi Final - Tumut...

By the way in the Womens Competition Wagga Waratahs are the minor premiers for 2025. There is an important match in Griffith today with the Griffith Blacks women needing a bonus point win over Wagga City to edge past Ag College and take 2nd place on the ladder and therefore ensure a Major semi...

Round 14 Preview (Final Round) Griffith v City Both teams will play in the Finals next weekend. Not sure what happened with Griffith last Saturday in their loss to Reddies, did they travel over to Wagga with reduced numbers or were only going through the motions knowing that a Final's spot was...

SIRU Round 13 (Final Round next Saturday) Men's Reddies 33 d Griffith 29 Wagga City 60 d Ag College 21 Tumut 125 d Albury 3 Women's Ag College 52 d Wagga City 7 Tumut 73 d Albury 5 Griffith 62 d Reddies 12 "I don't believe our side is a team that throws the towel in at any point of time," he...

Player payment probe by board, finals venue decided on busy night Southern Inland is looking to clarifying its rules over player payments after a probe. Southern Inland is looking to clarify its constitution after an investigation into alleged player payments. As an amateur competition, the...

You make a lot of valid points BTW and unfortunately it has been a messy & disappointing season as far as some of the results and margins are concerned. Southern Inland produced a Strategic Plan in 2023 with the main feature being competitive matches and more numbers playing Rugby - has that...

Southern Inland Rugby Union Round 12 Results Men's Tumut 33 d Ag College 24 Waratahs 98 d Albury 0 City d Wagga Reddies ( Forfeit) Women's Reddies 10 d Wagga City 7 Ag College 12 d Tumut 7 Waratahs 48 d Albury 12 ####- According to the Daily Advertiser Wagga Reddies forfeited their 1st Grade...

Southern Inland- Round 11 Results Men's Ag College 25 d Reddies 17 Griffith 111 d Albury 3 Waratahs 47 d Wagga City 30 Women's Waratahs 46 d Wagga City 21 Griffith 60 d Albury 5 Ag College 46 d Reddies 5 Wagga City were a player down from the 30 second mark of yesterday's clash and their...

Warning of bigger penalties becomes reality as bumper suspension dished out Rosivela Nagatarogo's return from suspension only lasted around two minutes. However, they will be the last minutes of his season after the Wagga City forward was on the end of another red card in the win over Tumut...