Falcons soar into eight with crucial win in Weipa

THE Sunshine Coast Falcons have upset the Northern Pride’s party in Weipa, taking home the two points and leapfrogging them on the ladder.

In a thrilling showdown at Andoom Oval, crowd favourites the Pride were unable to stop a powerhouse performance from the Falcons, who claimed four tries to two in a 24-8 win.

With fullback Luke Polselli captaining the team for the first time, the Sunshine Coast arrived in Weipa determined to push themselves into the top eight.

“It was definitely something we needed,” Polselli said of the win.

“We’ve been close over the last few weeks. Taking out

Burleigh was a big confidence boost and last week we let ourselves down but we’re back on top now after today’s win.

“We’re just trying to be consistent. There’s too much dropped ball at the moment and we’re really trying hard to fix that.

“I also feel like our team has been changing a fair bit. But now we have a solid squad, I think we’re just going to keep getting better and better.”

The Weipa crowd were loud and proud on Saturday, with the majority of those in attendance backing the Pride.

The Cairns-based club were in Weipa for most of the week in some capacity and fullback Julian Christian said he was disappointed the Pride weren’t able to deliver a win to their supporters.

However, he was proud of his side’s effort, with the Pride still

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“We wished it could have went different,” Christian said.

“Hopefully they’re all so proud of our efforts.

“The crowd were outstanding and we wanted to give them everything we could. We hope they’re so proud.

“We left everything out there for them.

“The scoreboard doesn’t reflect our efforts.

“I was proud of the boys’ efforts for the full game.

“It’s a great community, great people and we hope we get the opportunity to come back and do it again.”

– story by Rikki-Lee Arnold