Young Marlins sink Stingers
THE Northern Marlins' forwards took the sting out of the South East Stingers before the backs injected the venom into yesterday's 22-8 rugby league victory.
The Marlins under-13s side secured its first win at the state championships after learning from the mistakes they made in their 8-6 loss to the Kookaburras on Monday.
Fullback Wilson Ledger won the man of the match award while centre Cody Williams and winger Jamahl Walker combined on the left side to blitz the Stingers’ defence.
"It was a really good win," coach Greg Rockley said. "We learned from our loss and we came out and played right and did everything right."
The under-14s Marlins team lost to Stingers 20-12. The Marlins were leading 12-10 with seven minutes to go but the tiring side let the Stingers in late.
"It was a high quality game," manager Dick Walsh said. "Poor execution in the first half let us down and we had to do a few more tackles than we wanted to and that took it’s toll at the end of the game."
Day two results: Under-13: South West 32 (Callum Langton 2, Ryan Mitchell 2, Keith Gadd, Dwayne Pender tries; Ashley Taylor 4 goals) d Wide Bay 10 (Sean Hams, Ryan Gardner tries; Ryan Gardner goal). Player of the match: Dylan McGrath (South West). Kookaburras 16 (ScottHawkins, Haare Tumai, Landon Hayes tries; Haare Tumai 2 goals) d Central 14 (Harry Pondakes 2, Riley Norris tries, Hayden Deboni goal). Player of the match: Harry Pondakes (Central). Northern 22 (Jamahl Walker, Cody Williams, Maurice Temu, tries; Wilson Ledger 5 goals) d Stingers 8 (Suede Tavita, Kereama Willis tries). Player of the match: Wilson Ledger (Northern).
Overall points: Kookaburras 8, Northern 6, Mustangs 5, Wide Bay 4, Stingers 4, Central 2.
Under-14: Wide Bay 28 (Bradley Winzar, Rakari Kake, Jacob Harney, Jerico Jackson, Ajuma Adams, Thomas McKee, tries; Thomas McCarthy 2 goals) d South West 10 (Anthony McIntosh, Hayden Smith tries; Jake Head, goal). Player of the match: Jacob Harney (Wide Bay). Kookaburras 18 (Caleb Timu, Matthew Stevens, Zac Walsh, ties, Justin Proud 2, Zac Walsh, goals) d Central 14 (Matt King, Jack Rycen, Angus Dorante tries; Matt King, goal). Player of the match: Brady Williams (Centrals); Stingers 20 (Scott Doyle 2, Shaun Tupou, Kyle Dagley, tries, Anthony Milford 2, goals) d Northern 12 (Ben Clark, Jordan Taiwah, tries, Mitchell Grimes 2, goals). Player of the match: Che Fa’Alafi (Stingers).
Overall points: Stingers 10, Wide Bay 6, Northern 5, Central 5, Kookaburras 4, Mustangs 0.
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Cutting through: Marlins under-13 player Billy Huland takes on the Kookaburras' defence on Monday.
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