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WAGGA .............. .. 4 0 0 0 628 236 266.1 16 WAGGA .......................... 446 176 253.4 16 meet his representative Coolamon has been in the doldrums TURVEYPK . ........ 4 0 0 0 617 248 248.7 16 COOLAMON ................... 415 226 183.6 12 commitments. for the past two seasons after a heroic bid COOLAMON ....... .. 4 0 0 0 590 371 159.0 16 The executive had no alternative but to to win the flag in 1985 under Neil GAN.-G.G.-M . ..... .. 1 2 0 1 335 341 104.1 4 GAN.-G.G.-M . ................. 263 254 103.5 8 Griffith ............................ impose the penalty. Pleming. Leeton ................. 1 2 0 1 318 328 96.9 4 229 332 68.9 4 Narrandera ....................... It would have held itself up to ridicule if Griffith captain-coach Marty O' Don­ Griffith ................. 3 0 0 301 492 61.1 4 188 397 47.3 4 East Wagga-K ................... 238 553 43.0 4 it backed out of the matter. nell was no doubt a relieved man after the Ariah Park-M ........ 3 0 0 329 541 60.8 4 Leeton ............................ 118 296 4 When the rule was introduced at RFL's Swans' solid 64-point win against Ariah East Wagga-K ........ 1 3 0 1 285 658 43.3 4 39.8 Ariah Park-M. annual meeting late last year all nine clubs Park-Mirrool at Ex-Servicemen's Oval, Narrandera ........... 0 4 0 1 344 552 62.3 0 ·················· 99 432 22.9 0 voted unanimously for it. Griffith, last Sunday. They agreed that something had to be Victory was all the more meritorious as done if the league was to restore itself as a the Swans had been on the receiving end representative power. of three resounding defeats while the Round 4: For Ag % Pts Round 4: lsts 2nds UIS Total And it is no coincidence that RFL took Bombers, fresh from a win at Leeton, WAGGA .......................... 444 73 608.2 16 Wagga ................. 24 12 4 40 out this year's NSW Championships and TURVEYPARK ............... 481 33 1457.5 12 Turvey Park .......... 24 12 3 39 knew fourth place was in the offering. Coolamon ............ 24 9 convincingly won its first round game in COOLAMON ................... 218 100 218.0 8 2 35 Next Saturday (21st) rep football re­ Ganmain G.G.M ... 6 6 0 12 division two of the Winfield Country turns to Narrandera when the RFL plays NARRANDERA ................ 260 255 101.9 8 Leeton ................ 6 3 1 10 Championships, beating Tungamah at Mid-Murray League in round two of the Leeton ........................... 77 146 52.7 4 Griffith ................ 6 3 1 10 Katamatite last Saturday. Winfield Country Championships. Griffith ............................ 102 289 35.2 4 E.W. Kooringal ..... 6 3 0 9 Gan.-G.G.-M ................... 106 321 33.0 0 Ariah Park-M ....... 6 0 * 6 Narrandera .......... 0 3 2 5 ◄ COVER·: Ganmain-Grong Grong-Matong centre~an Michael Steele is about to be crash tackled by Tungamah East Wagga-K. ................. 42 513 8.1 0 fullback Leigh Welsh in last Saturday's Winfield Country Championships' division two first round game at Isis: 6 pts. 2nds: 3 pts. Ul8s: I pt. *A.P.-M. no U18s. Katarnatite. Steele kicked a running goal in the final quarter of Riverina's 56-point victory. RIVERINA CO-OPERATIVE LLOYD & GRAEME BURGMANN -IRIVERINAI~ SOCIETY LTD. SERVING WAGGA WAGGA AND 11 BAYLIS ST., WAGGA (JD SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. 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G1~~tIN t-I=I-I~III [R~ CO?f~~ON PHONE 59 2068 Branch also at Parker Street, Cootamundra. ••-·:,,,_.:<_\~--'........iiLA_/~/• ........•i~ii~••~>• ........• ........ i•~>•~>\II~•••••••-••••••••••••• ........ -........ / s~>a_>)$_1>~<u1 ~ All sides including the netballers .. had good wins except for the 2nds. SENIORS SENIORS A very depicted U 18s side was The lst's dominated the first half of put on the paddock to contest the the game but ran out of steam for the 21. L. GIBSON 1. M. BUCHANAN 21. W. McLAUGHLIN 'l. league's top side. Very hard to rn third quarter and ran on well in the 2. I. ROYAL 22. A. RYAN comprehend why selectors weaken last. Five goals by Shane Till and 2. S. BUCHANAN 22. B. PLEMING Brian Buchanan and four by Steven 3. P. LA WREN CE 23. P. RAVA the U18s side. They have a chance GREEN WHITE v Lewis helped secure Coolamon's vie- 3. B. BUCHANAN 23. M. BUCHANAN 4. C. DURNAN 24. G. LONGFORD of being in the top four for the first BLUE. GOLD v , tory. Shane was a late inclusion in the 5. M. THORNTON 25. P. PURTILL time for many years, so why break side proved to ~e the g<_>al sneak of ~he day. Award 4. A. SUIDGEEST 26. S. TILL 6. W. DUNNE 26. G. McLEAN up a winning side? I know you arc winners were Bnan Plemmg, who dominated the back­ . giving them I st grade experience, hut to be fair I do 5. G. BRADLEY 27. N. IRVINE 7. S. ROSE 27. J. PEARSON line, and the young fellow John Cha_mberlain won the not think we have any juniors you have enough skills second award with a great return to Firsts, and the third 8. B. CHORLEY 28. G. FLYNN 6. G. CARROLL 28. G. McKELVIE and commitment for the 1st team. Although soundly award went to Shane Till. The backline of Glen Carroll, 9. R. WALL 29. J. STEWART Cecil Parr, David Buchanan and 'Shoulders Nolte' play­ beaten the boys put up a good effort and made the ed well. 7. S. CHANDLER 29. K. KEENE 10. M. CONNOP 30. H. COLES Tigers earn their score. Awards: Mat Deen, Alan The Ul8s had their first win over Ganmain in some 11. W. HOWITT 31. D. WOOD O'Kecfc, Peter Thornton and Neil McCallum. 8. S. LEWIS 30. M. SALMON years and the whole team played well. The award win­ 12. N. FOLEY 33. W. TAYLOR Again our Reserves coach had to put a side ners were Scott Bradley. Juicy Kew and Andrew 9. A. PATTISON 31. F. PATTISON 13. P. THORNTON 34. B. HUGHES together at the last moment - good job he has plenty McPherson. Other people to play well included Josh 14. M. SIMPSON 35. T. HUGHES of patience! Took a while to get a score on the board, Irvine, Mertie Curtis, Peter Rollins and Gerard 10. B. ALLEN 32. M. CAREY McPherson. 15. M. WHITBY 36. W. BUBNER but to their credit they tackled and scragged and made it hard for the Tigers. Charlie Clare, the goal The 2nds game was a close match until the last quarter 11. G. BRABANDER 33. G. WEIDEMAN 16. B. MITCHELL 38. H. BULL when the oldies ran out of steam and the young blokes, umpire, thinks it would he safer if he had a spot in the three of whom had played four games previous on the 12. J. KEOUGH 34. R. CLANCY 17. A. BOCK 39. D. BAKSH team after getting 'ironed out' between the sticks, weekend, also ran out of steam.