Southland Sport
Dave Loudon has the weekend’s rugby league wrap up plus photos.
Two premier grade games of Southland District Rugby League were played at the Elles Road grounds at Invercargill.
The games were part of a combined Otago/Southland competition round.
The first game saw Winton/City play Dunedin Bears RLC . The bears opened the score book very early in the game and from there onwards dominated the game.
However to the credit of Winton/City they showed a keen determination and executed some good defence and carried out some good tackling. But the halftime score was Bears 50 and Winton / City NIL.
The second half saw the Bears carry on with their scoring regime and at the full time whistle the final score was Bears 116 – Winton/City NIL .
At least Winton/City fronted for a full game and gave it a good go.
The second game was Cooks RLC vs Kia Toa Tigers RLC from Dunedin . This game also being part of the combined Otago/ Southland competition round – it was also a game for a challenge to secure the Zulu Taia and Manuel Thompson memorial trophy.
Cooks opened the score card with a try 3 minutes in to the game . Play was consistent for both sides . Kia Toa then scored their first try 25 minutes in to the game . This reflected some good tackling and defence by the Cooks .
Cooks went on to score another try before the end of the first half . The halftime score being : Cooks 14 Kia Toa 6.
Kia Toa Tigers showed some determination in the second half running a series of tries , Cooks managing to score once in the second half . Kia Toa went on to win the game with 28 points against Cooks on 18 . A good fast moving and clean game of rugby league .
Try Scorers in the game : Kia Toa Tigers – Tayler Hazlett 1 , Adam Jones 1 , Hogan Frae 3
Cooks – Ramera Chambers 3 , Tahna Epiha 1 .
Conversions :
- Kia Toa Tigers – Tayler Hazlett 4 .
- Cooks – Tihuma Brown 1 .
Results from games played at Dunedin :
Cowboys RLC 32/University RLC 12
South Pacific Raiders RLC 34/He Tauaa RLC 28
DAVE LOUDON – SOUTHERN RUGBY LEAGUE