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CAN THE DOGS BITE TIGERS AGAIN? Grand Final time in the South Coast Monaro Second Division sees the two teams we probably expected locking horns in the big dance as the Crookwell Dogs and Taralga Tigers meet in the showdown. It’s the fourth time the pair will meet in the current campaign with the Tigers leading the series 2-1 but having tasted a shock defeat in their last meeting. That came in the Qualification Final a fortnight ago when the Dogs travelled to their rivals and emerged triumphant, winning a tight fixture by just two points, the final ledger reading 14-12 in their favour. Reilly Marin crossed for the Dogs’ only try with the boot of Liam Jones adding the rest of their points. Incredibly, for such a free-scoring side, the Tigers were unable to breach the Dogs’ hugely-impressive defence, which held firm throughout and limited the Premiers to just four penalties from the reliable boot of Joel Croker. The Tigers have previous at this venue however, they demolished the Dogs 46-17 in their Round 16 match earlier this season, with a seven-tries to three demolition of their opponents. Seven different players forced their way onto the scoresheet on that
occasion, as the Tigers flexed their muscles against an opponent that were surprisingly erratic for much of 2019. Indeed, the Dogs lost six matches in total, twice as many as the previous season, but still managed to force their way into second place on the final table ahead of a dramatic final’s series. There’s potentially a vulnerability in the Tigers that, perhaps, hasn’t been evident in recent years, back-to-back losses to Jindabyne Bushpigs in the final round of the regular season followed by that loss to the Dogs, telling a rather unheard-of statistic in the town that’s used to winning. One thing is for sure though, it won’t rattle the Tigers and they will be supremely confident they can claim another South Coast Monaro crown. But every dog has its day, as the old cliché goes, so maybe this weekend is the turn of Crookwell? They have the players, they have the home support, they have the ability. Can they take that psychological edge of having beaten Taralga before and turn it into silverware or will the Tigers roar once more?
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VITAL STATISTICS 2ND DIVISION ROUTE TO THE FINAL Qualification Final: Taralga 12 Crookwell 14
PREVIOUS CUP FINALS 2011
Bungendore
20
Crookwell
6
2012
Jindabyne
44
Crookwell
17
2013
Jindabyne
29
Taralga
19
Elimination Final: Jindabyne 42 Batemans Bay 10
2014
Taralga
32
Crookwell
12
2015
Jindabyne
40
Bungendore
34
Preliminary Final: Taralga 32 Jindabyne 27
2016
Bungendore
21
Taralga
15
2017
Crookwell
61
Taralga
12
2018
Taralga
18
Bungendore
17
SEASON-AT-A-GLANCE: Crookwell R1: Batemans Bay (h) L 31-33 R2: Braidwood (a) L 12-9 R3: Taralga (a) L 38-5 R4: Bungendore (h) W 18-17 R5: Jindabyne (a) W 15-17 R6: Yass (a) W 23-46 R7: Broulee (a) W 5-38 R8: Bungendore (h) W 38-25 R9: Batemans Bay (a) L 31-24 R10: Yass (h) W 47-0 R11: Jindabyne (h) W 29-22 R12: Braidwood (h) W 18-15 R13: Bungendore (a) W 14-31 R14: Taralga (a) L 12-10 R15: Yass (a) W 12-43 R16: Taralga (h) L 17-46 R17: Broulee (h) W 33-0 SF: Taralga (a) W 12-14
SEASON-AT-A-GLANCE: Taralga R1: Braidwood (h) W 38-0 R2: Yass (h) W 31-14 R3: Crookwell (h) W 38-5 R4: Batemans Bay (a) W 36-42 R5: Broulee (h) W 80-0 R6: Bungendore (h) W 20-0* R7: Jindabyne (h) W 40-22 R8: Yass (a) W 14-45 R9: Braidwood (a) W 19-40 R10: Batemans Bay (h) W 52-17 R11: Bungendore (h) W 49-7 R12: Yass (a) W 12-59 R13: Broulee (a) W 7-71 R14: Crookwell (h) W 12-10 R15: Bungendore (h) W 20-0* R16: Crookwell (a) W 17-46 R17: Jindabyne (a) L 43-33 SF: Crookwell (h) L 12-14 PF: Jindabyne (h) W 32-27 *won on forfeit
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The Crookwell Rugby Club would like to thank all their dedicated sponsors for the 2019 season.
We welcome all of the Upper Lachlan Shire to join us at the Memorial Oval from 2:30pm on Saturday as we take on (TBA) for the South Coast Monaro Rugby championship.
SEE YOU THERE!
CROOKWELL DOGS 2ND DIVISION SOUTH COAST MONARO - GRAND FINAL 24 AUGUST 2019
1. Reilly Martin 2. James Rowlands 3. Kenneth McCallum 4. Toby Wilson 5. Ben Seaman (C) 6. James Croker (VC) 7. Will Mooney 8. Tobias White 9. Liam Jones 10. Danny Knight 11. Ben Elliott 12. Edward Price 13. William Croker 14. Josh Rawlings 15. Mitchell Horton
COACH: Bruce Nixon 6
RESERVES 16. Charles Zouch 17. Tom McGregor 18. Scott Kensit 19. Nic Skelly 20. Samuel Elliott 21. Lachlan McCue 22. Luke Price
MATCH OFFICIALS: Match Referee: Brett Bowden AR 1: James Morris AR 2: Robert Boyes
TARALGA TIGERS 2ND DIVISION SOUTH COAST MONARO - GRAND FINAL CROOKWELL MEMORIAL OVAL, 2.30PM
RESERVES 16. George Cummins 17. Matthew Bird 18. Peter Hall 19. Lachlan Corbett 20. Thomas Croker 21. Sam Bewley 22. Jacob Johnson
GUEST TIPPERS: Dan McKellar: Crookwell Laurie Fisher: Crookwell Peter Hewat: Crookwell
1. Thomas Andreatta 2. Isaac Elliott 3. Jace Cosgrove 4. Brendyn Lonesborough 5. Christopher Roberts 6. Lachlan Young 7. William Hedley 8. Samuel Conlon 9. Benjamin Thomas 10. Joel Croker 11. Dale Graham 12. Petelo Epati 13. Nicholas Bennett 14. Michael Bennett 15. James Marmont
COACH: Evan Rees 7
V WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE 10S - GRAND FINAL KICK-OFF 12.30PM Paige Penning Lyndal Morris Kelsey Betts Isabella Sheen Catherine Cudaj Jordan Brooker Ashsley Mewburn Chloe Waddell Jasmine Tooth Hollie Deaton
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ashleigh Dobson Vikki Fischer Kristina Dawson Megan Telford Claire Naidu Julia Paterson Tara Longley Tia Baxter Charlie Foster Biola Dawa
Casey Barnes Emily Banks Bridgette O'Connor Emily Adam Madyson Tooth Karly Lachlan Angela Albrighton Manessah Humphries Elly Hazelton
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Jamie Devenport Shaneqwa Lee-Edwards Aseri Laweloa Jackie Paki Courtney Patton
MATCH OFFICIALS: Match Referee: James Morris AR 1: Robert Boyes AR 2: Greg Corin
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VITAL STATISTICS WOMENS 10S
SEASON-AT-A-GLANCE: Goulburn R1: Bungendore (h) W 75-0 R2: Gungahlin (a) W 5-26 R3: BYE R4: Uni-Norths (h) W 71-0 R5: ADFA (a) W 5-15 R6: Bungendore (a) W 0-109 R7: Gungahlin (h) W 26-10 R8: BYE R9: Uni-Norths (a) W 0-34 R10: ADFA (h) W 8-0 R11: BYE R12: Uni-Norths (h) W 48-5 R13: ADFA (h) W 43-5 R14: Bungendore (a) W 0-20* R15: Gungahlin (h) W 19-17
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SEASON-AT-A-GLANCE: Gungahlin R1: BYE R2: Goulburn (h) L 5-26 R3: Uni-Norths (a) L 20-0* R4: ADFA (a) W 12-39 R5: Bungendore (h) W 54-0 R6: BYE R7: Goulburn (a) L 26-10 R8: Uni-Norths (h) W 20-0* R9: ADFA (h) W 29-20 R10: Bungendore (a) W 0-50 R11: Uni-Norths (a) W 0-73 R12: Bungendore (h) W 70-10 R13: BYE R14: ADFA (h) W 22-5 R15: Goulburn (a) L 19-17 * forfeit
RESULTS & NOTES
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Let the Players Play Let the Coaches Coach Respect the Referee Lead by Example Enjoy the Game