Last Friday, Bombala High School students travelled down to Eden to play a friendly game of Rugby League.
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The students arrived at 10am giving the boys half an hour to warm up and stretch for their game.
The boys had been training off and on for the past four weeks and were keen to finally play.
They started with the young guns on the field leaving some of the more experienced players on the bench.
The first half started with some strong defence from Logan Brownlie and Mitchell Power which lead to the first points from Sam Power with a swift show and go.
Strong runs from Dylan Elton, Mitchell Power and Logan Browlie put them in good field position for the backs.
Alex Rosten using his acceleration and skill, cut through Eden’s defence to find the try line for one of his tries.
Blake Stevenson used his speed and cut off some of the Eden players before they had a chance to make ground.
The boys defence had a lapse with Eden sneaking in with two tries before half time.
In the second half the boys showed some solid defence.
Dylan Elton had some great runs making good metres, one of them lead to him finding the line.
Alex Rosten supporting another one of Mitchell’s great runs, led to another try.
One of Logan’s tries came from speed and fending off, leading him around the wingers and under posts for a 60m metre try.
A kick from Sam Power had Francis Famador chasing and recovering the ball and getting away from the Eden team.
Mixing up Bombala positions led to Reagan Hurley back in dummy half pushing CharliePeisley to half back.
The other of Logan’s tries was a bit easier as he was first receiver and had only to take a couple of steps to fall over the line.
Francis’s second try came from a set played, utilising Bombala’s numbers and speed. The final score was 36 -8.
The team consisted of students from Year 7; Blake Baldwin, Reagan Hurley, Lane Stevenson. Year 8; Tim McGrath, Bryson Phillips-Jones, Sam Power, Coby Robinson, Jordan Rosten. Year 9; Logan Brownlie, Dylan Elton, Zac McGowan, Charlie Peisley, Blake Stevenson. Year 10; Nathan Cusbert, Francis Famador, Mitchell Power, Jayden Robinson. Year 11; Alex Rosten.
The boys played extremely well and showed great sportsmanship.
Player’s player going to Blake Stevenson, who played some great defence as well as having some good runs.
Tries: Francis Famador 2, Alex Rosten 2, Logan Brownlie 2, Sam Power 1, and Dylan Elton 1.
Conversions: Alex Rosten 2
A special thank you to Peter Braden for driving the school bus, as well as the parents that came down to Eden to support us.