This Saturday at Lawson Oval the Grenfell Goannas will be hosting the Cowra Magpies in all three grades as well as holding their annual Ladies Day. After a successful Ladies Day in 2024 the 2025 version will kick off at 12 noon with nibbles, drinks, raffles, and heaps of fun on the sideline. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased from Scope Clothing or get in touch with us via our Facebook and Instagram pages.
Girls grab your mates and get ready for a day of footy, laughs and good vibes. Due to the Ladies Day there will be a change to the order of the day’s games with League Tag kicking off proceedings at 12.20pm followed by Youth League at 1.40pm and the day rounds off with the First Grade match at 3.00pm. Don’t forget to get down to the Grenfell Bowling Club after the game as the Goannas Membership Draw now sits at $300.
Last Saturday the Goannas ventured over to Orange to take on the Warriors at a lush Wade Park and all 3 grades were in action with steady rain being the order of the day. Following are the match reports:
YOUTH LEAGUE
The first half of this match was quite competitive but Grenfell dropped their guard in the last couple of minutes leading up to the break and conceded two tries allowing Orange to take a commanding 22 nil half-time lead.
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After the break the young Goannas were starved of possession due to a number of handling errors and the Orange Warriors took full advantage posting another 5 tries and wrapping up the match 52 nil.
The Grenfell boys tried hard all day as evidenced by the last five minutes when the game that had been played in the right spirit turned a bit fiery and both teams competed like it was the opening set of the match.
The Goannas were best served by Player’s Player Nic Heathcote, Angus Buckland, Jaryd Mills, Mav Mooney, Harry Forde, and Tyson Lehay.
LEAGUE TAG
This was an enthralling match that ended with Chelsea Harveyson scoring a try on the final play of the day to break a 12 all deadlock. Earlier Orange scored in the 6th minute of the game and with 20 minutes to play the Grenfell girls appeared to be on top after scoring their third try of the afternoon and securing a 12-6 lead.
An error from the restart by Grenfell saw the Warriors score next to the posts and after the conversion it was all locked up at 12 all.
The never say die attitude of the Girlannas came through again after Chelsea’s on the hooter heroics and they came away with a 18-12 victory.
Marley Loader after some searching runs was rewarded with the Player’s Player whilst Zoe Gavin stood out in defence and attack and other good performers on the day were Faith Smith, Breanna Anderson, and Sophie Hughes.
Grenfell’s 18 points came from two tries to Chelsea Harveyson, a try each to Faith Smith and Sophie Berry and a goal to Emily Brenner.
FIRST GRADE
The first half of this match can be best described as 40 minutes of frenetic Rugby League with a flurry of penalties some classy ball movement by the Orange Warriors and the traditional 10 minute softening up period lasting the entire half.
At the break the Warriors led 20-4 and although the second half was a much calmer affair they were too good for the Goannas winning by 38-8.
Grenfell had their moments during this match but they appeared clunky in attack and made a number of handling errors.
Coach Isaac Jones and senior players believe that good attendance and hard work at training is needed to improve the on-field error rate and structure. Key off season signing Charlie Frendo was the pick for the Goannas deservedly earning the Player’s Player and he was well supported by Ty Ashe, veteran front-rower Wade Newham, Michael Smith, Nathan Wilson, and Jack Garrity. Try-Scorers for the Goannas were Wade Newham and Manu Katoa.
