By BRYSON LUFF

Coonamble v Gulgong

Playing at Coonamble, the home town Bears and the Gulgong Bull Terriers put on a very physical and entertaining display in front of a big crowd in Round 5 of the Christie and Hood Castlereagh League.

The visitors were the first to call the scoreboard attendant in to action when they benefitted by way of scoring from an intercept of a wayward pass thrown by the Bears, but it didn’t take long for the Grizzlies to fire back when their customary slick ball movement again was put on display, resulting in them drawing away in the first stanza to hold down a handy 18 to 10 lead at half time.

The Terriers’ tenacity came to the fore in second half, thwarting and frustrating Coonamble’s attack to the point where they kept the home side scoreless in that period, whilst scoring two unconverted tries themselves to come away with a share of the competition points, the final result being an 18 all draw.

Coonamble Bears vs Gulgong Terriers 21.5.22. PHOTO Coonamble Times

Cobar v Dunedoo

At Cobar the Roosters proved to be too strong for the Dunedoo Swans, the Swans cause not being assisted by having a sparsely populated interchange bench for the duration of the game. The Roosters shared the try scoring around with no less than eight of their players crossing the stripe in their 46 to nil victory.

Baradine vs Narromine 21 May 2022. PHOTO: Peter Sherwood.

Baradine v Narromine

At Baradine the Narromine Jets also wracked up eight tries, with their centre Washie Itoya notching five of them in a strong individual performance with the Jets coming away with a 38 to 6 win to remain undefeated and at the top of the competition ladder.

Leaguetag

Similarly, the Dunedoo Swannettes remain undefeated after their 42 to 20 defeat of Cobar at Cobar with Jacinta Dummett helping herself to five tries as did Mab Fuller for the Gilgandra Pink Panthers in their 40 to 16 win over Binnaway whilst in other games Gulgong continued their good early season form with a solid 28 to 18 victory over Coonamble, the win moving them to a share of second on the competition ladder.

The remaining game saw Baradine prove to be too strong for Narromine, taking the game 38 to 4.

Round 6 games will commence on Friday night when Binnaway hosts Coonamble in a night game, followed on Saturday with Trangie at home to Cobar, Baradine travelling to Gulgong, and the Narromine Jets will be heading to Dunedoo to take on the Swans.

Coonamble vs Gulgong Leaguetag. PHOTO: Coonamble Times.

 Christie and Castlereagh League Round 5 scores

League Tag

Gulgong 28 (Emily Kirk 2, Tayla Pennell, Abby Hollow, Mel Robinson tries, Robinson 3, Olivia Kennedy goals) defeated Coonamble 18 (Tori Canham 2, Emily Ryan, Imogen Pawley tries, Canham goal)

Dunedoo 42 (Jacinta Dummett 5, Alexis Gallagher, Chloe Patrick, Mia Gallagher tries, Hallie Hogden 5 goals) defeated Cobar 20 (Jezebel Hitchens, Neve Carter, Amber Byrne, Sarah Morley tries, Brianna Watson 2 goals)

Baradine 38 (Maria Nagy 3, Stephanie Bowling, Savannah Carey, Kira Gardiner, Madison Masman tries, Nagy 5 goals) defeated Narromine 4 (Lily Spackman try).

Gilgandra 40 (Mab Fuller 5, Emily Fardell, Chloe McLean, Chloe Stewart tries, Talitha Chatfield 2, Kylie Louie 2 goals) defeated Binnaway 16 (Lisa Jones, Ella Meyers, Gemma Mitchell tries, Jones 2 goals)

Trangie bye

Competition Ladder

Dunedoo 15, Gulgong 13, Gilgandra 13, Baradine 12, Narromine 11, Cobar 9, Coonamble 7, Trangie 7*, Binnaway 4*     *= game in hand

Rugby League

Coonamble 18 (Mark Jones, Tyrell Kennedy, Dwayne Hammond tries, Jacob Fernando 3 goals) drew with Gulgong 18 (Sam Gorrie 2, Gus Buckley, Ethan Pegus tries, James Morrison goal)

Cobar 46 (Jack Brown, James Neyland, Tim Hillam, Ben Griffiths, Tristan Everett, Loma Atuah, Sione Fakahua, Marty Turton tries Thomas Plater 5, David Watson goals) defeated Dunedoo 0

Narromine 38 (Washi Itoya 5, Doug Potter 2, PJ Stanton tries, Janus Walford 3 goals) defeated Baradine 6 (Teighan Daniels try, Jesse McElhinney goal)

Competition Ladder

Narromine 15, Cobar 13, Coonamble 12, Gulgong 12, Gilgandra 11, Trangie 10,

 Dunedoo 9, Baradine 8,

Round 6 this weekend

Binnaway V Coonamble (Friday 7.30pm)

Trangie V Cobar, Gulgong V Baradine, Dunedoo V Narromine, Gilgandra bye