Camels show courage in adversity

A team of just 10 brave Camels took a bus trip to Walgett on Saturday to take on the competition front-runners Walgett Rams in the Western Plains Rugby Union Competition.

The 10 included new recruit Ed Paul and young Rooster Jordan Bruce.

Walgett lent Cobar three men and they kicked off a 13-a-side game.

The Camels’ team was made up of mainly forwards so they were faced with an immediate overlap at every play, and the final score, 90-0, certainly reflected that.

Paul was something of a revelation not only can he play the game, he also knows the rules!

He will remember his first introduction to Western Plains Rugby after his cover defending tackle resulted in a gash to his chin which needed a trip to hospital and stitching.

The three Fijian imports tried their hearts out but Marika Tuilau was a marked man and he was given no room to move.

Camels Captain Kody Martin, Mitch Dunne, Troy Hill, Matt Bolam and Jack Fazulla ran themselves to exhaustion.

Bruce was just starting to get the hang of things in this Rugby game when the final whistle went.

All 10 Camels shared the Best & Fairest three points for taking the trip even though they copped a hiding to nothing.

Fazulla deserved the Players’ Player acknowledgement.

The 90-0 beating was a massive turnaround to the first round confrontation between the two sides. In that game, Camels led the Rams with five minutes to go.

Cobar has a bye this week allowing time to regroup. ‘The Proud Camel’

Young Roosters have a full day of footy

The young Cobar Roosters hosted Nyngan Tigers and Dubbo Macquarie teams at home on Saturday in Round 8 of the Dubbo & District Junior Rugby League Competition.

In the Under 10’s game Cobar had a good win beating Nyngan 28-10.

Alfie Toomey and Taj Goonrey each crossed the line twice for their team while Eligh Ritter also scored a try.

Alfie and Taj also converted tries while Austin Kane and Sonny Stephens booted a conversion each to add to Cobar’s final tally.

Sonny was named Players’ Player while Hugo Josephson earned the Coaches award.

The Under 13’s Cobar team also won their match on Saturday finishing with a 46-22 win over Dubbo Macquarie.

Billy George and Lachie Brookman touched down twice for Cobar while Mason King, Eli Martin, Rowdy Barton, George McDonald and Aiden Hyland also crossed for tries. Rowdy was responsible for kicking five goals for the team.

Ben Edge collected the Under 13’s Coaches award and Corey Piggott was selected as their Players’ Player.

Cobar won their Under 16’s match against Nyngan 34-24 with Jaxon Burke crossing for three tries, Oisin McMullen scored twice while Lyndan Cummins and Axel Fairfull also touched down for a try each

Oisin’s boot was responsible for three conversions.

The Coaches Award went to Oisin while Jaxon was named their Players’ Player.

The Under 12’s lost their match against Nyngan 34-18.

Talas Burke scored twice for Cobar, with George McDonald and Charlie Nicholson also crossing for a try each.

Mason King booted a conversion.

The Under 12’s awards went to Talas Burke (Coaches) and George McDonald (Players’ Player).

In the Under 11’s match, Dubbo Macquarie got the win over Cobar, 38-12.

Thomas Knight and Tommy George were Cobar’s try scorers.

Tommy and Billy Watt kicked a conversion each.

Dustin Newman won the Coaches Award while Thomas Knight earned the Players’ Player title.

The Roosters Under 14’s were beaten 48-16 in their game against Nyngan.

Eligh Hodges, Drew Barton and Ethan McLeod were responsible for a try each while Rowdy Barton landed two conversions.

The Coaches Award was earned by Shannon Thomas and Ryan Vaka was named the team’s Players’ Player.

In the Under 9’s uncontested match, Nixon Small was named as Cobar’s Players’ Player while Cooper Trudgett was the recipient of the Coaches Award.

Cooper crossed for three tries, Billy Tiffen and Indie Burke each scored twice and Keelan Atuau also scored a try for Cobar.

The Under 6s, Under 7s and Under 8s Mini League players also had a run against their Nyngan Tigers counterparts on Saturday.