An inspiring second half from 17-year-old first-grade debutant Nicolas Hall has helped the Young Cherrypickers A-grade side to its opening win of the season.
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For the first time in 2018, the Young group nine team finished in front at the final whistle.
The Cherrypickers scored 16 unanswered points to take a 16-10 win over Tumut at Twickenham on Sunday.
Hall’s second-half try double set up the win.
Club president Garry Lucas said he was very proud of Hall’s achievements.
“He did what he does best, he took the line on and played creatively which is how he plays his footy,” he said.
“He will hopefully continue his role in first grade as an off the bench impact player.
“It shows other junior players that there is a pathway to first-grade footy.”
Injured captain-coach James Woolford was thrilled to come away with the points finally.
“It was pleasing, and I’m really proud of the boys,” Woolford said.
“It was a super effort.”
After pushing Brothers before the bye, Woolford thought the win had been coming for the club.
“I thought against Brothers we were really good, especially our second half,” he said.
“The bye probably came at a bad time for us …. but our second half of footy against Brothers was our best half of footy all year and we brought that into this game.”