Rebels down Woolgoolga in thriller

By Tim Howard

The South Grafton Rebels Group 2 Rugby League premiership defence gained at McKittrick Park on Sunday.

It was a game the Rebels dominated with feld position and possession but failed to handling diffcult for both teams and caused frequent turnovers.

The referee denied the Rebels twice in the frst 15 minutes when players a player knocked on diving over the line.

But the Rebels made no mistake after 24 minutes when centre Chris Torrens made a strong where right centre Jay Boehme surged across in the corner. momentum with a thrilling 14-12 win over competition favourite Woolgoolga convert that into points. Showers of drizzling rain that swept across the ground regularly made were ruled to have been held up over the line.

The Seahorses equalised six minutes later when a well-placed kick ahead found the grass in the right corner and in the scramble for the ball, centre Sione Fangupo pounced to plunge over the line wide out.

Woolgoolga was rocked soon after when hooker Joel Collinson was left fat on his back after a tackle.

He lay motionless on the ground for several minutes, but was able to walk, assisted, from the feld.

The Rebels had a great chance to hit back within minutes when bullocking centre Nick McGrady brushed off a couple of tacklers and put Boehme away down the right touchline.

The cover picked him up, but with a huge overlap to the left, the Rebels were unable to make the fnal pass which should have led to a try.

The siren sounded as the line drop out landed and the Rebels defence clocked off as Woolgoolga launched a fnal desperate assault.

Fangupo surged toward the line and was able to slip a ball to winger Matt Golsby, who crashed over to snatch the halftime lead.

The Seahorses kept the momentum going in the early stages of the second half, punishing some poor Rebels discipline from the kickoff.

Gifted feld position replacement hooker Ethan Duncombe, with a slick show and go, slipped through the Rebels defence to score and move the Seahorses to a 12-4 lead. Behind on the scoreboard, but dominating feld position, the Rebel’s handling was letting them down and relieving the pressure on the visitors.

Woolgoolga also had a try disallowed when

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RICOCHET CROQUET:

C.Lane D.Scott 11 d

G.Drew R.Poynting 7

M.Russell N.Poynting 12 d run down the left edge.

From the play the ball the Rebels swung the ball across the paddock

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Instead Woolgoolga marched down the feld and pressured the Rebels try line and it was only a desperate effort by young lock Nick Torrens, who kicked the ball dead with less than two minutes on the clock, that saved the try.

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It took a McGrady special to bring the Rebels within striking distance. About 15m out from the line, he accelerated, fended and burst through the line to score just to the right of the uprights.

His conversion was successful and with the scoreline at 12-10 in favour of the visitors

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B Adams, H Naisby 28 def

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L Griffn, B Griffn 41 def

R Parkes, M Rogers 13 it set the scene for a thrilling fnal half hour. Both sides battled with handling the slippery ball but veteran fveeighth Hughie Stanley began to take control of the game.

With 15 minutes to go and the Rebels hard on three defenders to give his team the lead.

The cheers of the Rebels faithful turned to groans when McGrady missed the easy conversion.

A desperate Woolgoolga threw everything at the Rebels grandstand touchline a brawl erupted, but play was allowed to continue.

The visitors had a great chance to snatch the game when Duncombe launched an exquisitely placed kick into the right corner, which Golsby caught and touched

With seconds left on the clock and the Rebels just needing to hold onto the ball, Stanley tried one of his short kicks. Gifted a last chance, Woolgoolga desperately attacked, but were unable to breach the frantic Rebels defence.

“We’re not hitting our straps,” he said. “We’re not squaring up in attack. Once we did and scored, but twice in the frst half we didn’t and couldn’t make the last pass stick.”

Missing their talismanic skipper Grant Stevens, who broke a hand during the game against the Ghosts, has provided an opportunity which his young charges have seized.

He said teenage halfback Keaton Stutt has been a revelation.

“He had an absolute blinder today,” he said. “He’s in everything and he made some big tackles.”

Back rower Nick Torrens continued to impress with strong tackles and ball carries and in the backs Boehme and Jamal Laurie were solid in defence looked dangerous with the ball in hand.

He also praised the veteran Stanley for his ability to control the game and grab the big moments in games.

Gordon said his team was coming together after losing nearly half the grand fnal winning side from 2022.

The competition has a break next weekend and the Rebels resume with an away game against Sawtell.

Meanwhile the Grafton Ghosts shocked their supporters with a 12-6 loss to Nambucca on Saturday.

Scores attack and the Rebels backline poised to run, Stanley dummied got behind the defence and crashed over carrying and tempers began to fray.

South Grafton Rebels 14: Tries: Boehme, McGrady, Stanley. Goal: McGrady def Woolgoolga 12: Tries Fangupo, Golsby, Duncombe.

After both side scrambled to gather a loose ball near the down, only for the referee to rule him in front of the kicker.

Closing out the game was a hit and miss affair.

Rebels coach Ron Gordon was happy with the result, but lamented poor execution in the frst half.