Report courtesy of The Black Cat

Round three of the Western Plains Rugby Competition saw Warren take on Coonamble at Victoria Oval last Friday night.

The Black Cat would like to apologise for his slow start to the season but it’s not his fault the committee forgot to pick him up from the boarding kennels at the vet clinic in time for the first round.

The Black Cat was checked into the cattery during the off season to have his claws trimmed by Robbo after some complaints throughout the zone about some of his jokes last season. Apparently the Albert Priest Channel is the humour cut off and its seems it is easier to throw your toys out of the cot rather than finding someone with the capacity to write a rebuttal.

Warren's season thus far

In a brief recap of the season thus far the Pumas and Pumarettes had a successful start in Bourke winning 31-19 and 10-6 respectively. 

The second round of competition wasn’t so kind with a trip to the northern end of the zone where an experienced Walgett side put the Pumas away 44-10 but to the boys’ credit, they stood tall to the end and won the final 20 minutes 7-0 in a very courageous finish.

The Pumarettes were neck and neck with the Walgett girls for the first three quarters but the Ewes’ bench, consisting of enough players for another two teams, put the girls to the sword in the dying minutes to win 8-3.

President Noonan had to make a peace offering to Phil Fuller on the way home in the form of a packet of Winny Gold’s after three of the young jackaroos decided to empty their guts on Phil’s bus. 

The Black Cat will have to check with the statistician but Coach Smith believes this is the first hat trick of spews in the club’s history.

ABOVE: Pumarette Simone Fletcher tags Coonamble's Sophie Cullen with referee Tim Whiteley watching on.

Pumarettes continue to show improvement

Friday night was our first home of the season and after a wet miserable week, the committee was relieved to end up with perfect weather to watch some rugby under lights at Victoria Oval. 

A healthy sized home crowd was present to watch some fast-paced women’s sevens, maybe a little too fast for referee Whiteley to keep up with. 

The girls’ skillset is continuing to improve in leaps and bounds and proved too strong for the Coonamble Ewes, winning 9-6. 

ABOVE: Warren's Clarry Pratten attempting to plough through the Rams forward line while Coonamble's Jack Ford tries to stop him in his tracks.

Faster Pumas too quick for larger Rams

The main game proved to be a tight battle with the big Ram pack keeping a lid on the much smaller Pumas’ attack and despite having a 12-0 score at half time, the Warren coaches hammered into the players that they really needed to sharpen up in attack or the game was theirs to lose. 

The second half was a stalemate between both sides for the majority of the stanza until Sam Hunt ran a great line to find a hole in the Coonamble backline to score beside the posts, locking in a win for Warren.

Next week is a bye for both of the Warren sides before a run of five consecutive home games starting with Gulargambone so there will be plenty of footy to watch in the not-too-distant future.

ABOVE: Warren full back Hugh McLean was practically flying as he booted the ball down the field.