In the U7s the Broncos took on the Panthers. For the Broncos this was a great game from all players. 

Thre was excellent tackling from Kobe Owen, Jett Cullen and Cayless Richens. Tough runs from Harry Coddington and Nate Cullen who scored two tries each with Cayless Richens kicking one goal. Thanks to Dane Mott for playing with us!

For the Panthers Luke Leadbitter assisted in most tackles. Jesse Thorpe, Makalia Freeman-Tonpi and Mohammed Elhenday also made some great tackles, with Matthew Reimer, Joe Brunton, Jack Woods and Riley Noakes making some great runs. 

Man of the match for the Panthers went to Jesse Thorpe. Well done boys!

In the Under 9s the Warriors came up against the Rabbits. 

For the Warriors this was a big effort from all the boys. Nick Powderly and Ali Khdor scored some good tries, with Hardy Glover kicking one goal. Great runs from Travis Skelton, Jack Donges and Hayden Richens. 

Man of the match for the Warriors went to Nick Powderly. 

For the Rabbits there was some great tackling and defence from all the boys. 

Awesome tries were scored by Josh Cameron (3), Marcus Ashton (2) and Akex Pratt (1), with Jesse Jewitt, Callum Hall, Alex Pratt and Bayden Hill all kicking one goal each. 

Man of the match for the Rabbits went to Zac Corcoran. 

In the next game the Storm took on Manly. 

Thank you to Marcus Ashton for playing with the Storm as we were three players down, much appreciated. 

Fantastic kicks from Liam Wolfenden and Mark Hills. Well done to Cooper Smith and Corben Bloor for their fantastic tries. 

Man of the match for the Storm went to Corben Bloor. 

For Manly there were some great runs from Caleb Schiller, Omar Elhenday and big tackles by Edward Maloney. Henry Hunt played his best game with big runs and strong tackles. 

Tyler Hambrook scored another three great tries, and fantastic long range tries by Adam Khdor and Darcy Spring. 

Man of the match for Manly went to Caleb Schiller.

In the Under 11s we saw a great clash between the Roosters and the Bulldogs. 

The Roosters came out firing on Friday night against their much fancied Bulldogs opponents. 

Clay and Brock Sing were outstanding for the Roosters and were well supported by Kooper Marshall and Levi and Brodie Smith, dominating the big Bulldogs forwards with some strong defence. 

Johnny Kidd and Nick Bishop worked tirelessly all game and made some crucial on-line defence tackles. 

Cameron Martin was in everything this week, making some great tackles and runs. Reagan Bannister made a welcome return to the field and had some great runs to get the Roosters out of trouble. Tries went to Clay (2), Brock (1) and Johnny (1), and goals to Clay and Nick. It was a well deserved 20-6 win. 

The Bulldogs demonstrated great heart, effort and no giving up. Sam Graziani proved a great last line defender and Nate Schiller also showed great defence too. Man of the match for the Bulldogs went to Sam Graziani.

In the second game we saw the Tigers take on the Knights. 

For the Tigers they played their best football of the season so far against the Knights in the Friday night Under 11s fixture. 

Confidence is a big thing in any walks of life, and the boys just oozed it. Every player was outstanding, with Thomas Staff getting the player of the match. 

Tries went to Nic Carroll, Ollie McColl, Charlie Croker and Bailey Dal molin. Goals to Nic Carroll Thomas Staff and Ollie McColl. 

Special mentions to Levi Summerfield, Lachlan Croker, Joey Anderson, Jack Nicholls and Noah Dal Molin who all put in a great performance.

Well, finally, after a month without footy, the Under 14s Cherrypickers took to the field at Tumut on Saturday. 

The boys were a bit rusty, dropping a few balls and missing a few tackles.

It took about 20 minutes into the game for Jack Rolfe to cross near the posts. 

At half-time the score was 6-nil.

Second half the boys came out and put their plays into action, with tries going to Tom Jenkins and James Schiller. 

James also converted all the tries. 

Tumut scored two late tries but were never going to worry the boys. 

Young ran out winners 18-8.

This Saturday we host the Temora Dragons. 

'Pickers give Tumut the blues

The Under 10s played Tumut and came away with a 36-6 victory to keep their unbeaten start to the season going. The boys dominated from the start and always looked in control. 

Tumut’s attack was smart and work in defence outstanding. Johnny  Kidd was man of match. It was a great team effort and all the boys deserve credit. 

Next week the Under 10s play Temora who are their biggest test.

Strong defence was the order of the day for the Young Services Club Under 11 Cherrypickers led by big strong forwards Brodie Apps, Levi Summerfield and Joey Anderson who made big inroads into the Tumut line from the opening whistle. 

Abe Forbutt had his best game of the year filling in at dummy half as did Young guns, Max Jones, Nick Carroll and Riley Powderly, who are forming a great combination in the backs. 

The Sing twins were at their destroying best, smashing Tumut along with Lochie Pratt. Clay Sing opened Young’s account with a great try converted by Brock. 

NRL-bound Sam Graziani was next to cross the line, showing an awesome change of speed to outpace the Tumut side. Clay Sing converted, 12-nil. 

Lochie Pratt then capitalised on some great lead-up work from Lockie Croker, who made a welcome return to the side to score and convert. 

Young 18-nil. 

The second half was much the same as the first with kamakaze forward Josh Noakes belting the Tumut side, causing many dropped balls. 

Brodie Smith came on at dummy half and proved to be a handful for his opposition, laying on another try for Lochie Pratt which wasn’t converted. 

Tumut managed to score late in the game to make the final score 22-6, a fantastic team effort.  

On a great day for football, the Young Under 12s went up to Tumut to play in a very entertaining game. 

Both teams had a good set of forwards and Young where led by Jonny Douglas and Mitchell Prest who constantly drove the ball in hard. 

This led to some nice plays involving Jai Allison and Matt Noakes creating room for Boys out wide to make some yards. 

Young’s defence was yet again the most pleasing aspect, conceding just eights points. 

Led by Will Martin Riley Brownlie, Josh Coade and Charlie Corcoran. 

Final score was 14-8. 

Player of the match was Mitchell Prest.

The town competition (Saturday, May 16 at Keith Cullen Oval) and rep game times are as follows: 

8.30am

Under 7           Broncos vs Sharks

Under 9          Warriors vs Storm

Under 11        Knights vs Roosters

9.10am

Under 7         Panthers vs Eels

Under 9          Souths vs Manly

Under 11        Tigers vs Bulldogs

‘Pickers versus Temora Dragons, Saturday, May 16 at Keith Cullen Oval:

Ground 3 (mini)       

Under 6s - 10am

Under 7s - 10.40am              

Under 8s - 11.20am              

Ground 2 (mini / mod)

Under 9s - 10am

LT Under 10s - 10.40am

LT Under 10s - 11.20am

LT Under 13s - 12pm

LT Under 13s - 12.50pm

LT Under 16s - 2pm   

Ground 1 (Grandstand)

Under 10s - 10am

Under 11s - 10.50am

Under 12s - 11.40am

Under 13s - 12.30pm

Under 14s - 1.40pm

Under 15s - 2.50pm  

Everyone is welcome to return to the Services Club from 5pm for a barbecue and weekly player awards. 

The kids and families who come back know this is a very social and community minded gathering each home game. If you haven’t been I encourage you to join in and share in the family feel.

We also have the meat tray raffle so it will surely be a great evening and proper way to toast a big day’s football.