Sport
26 August, 2024
Thrilling finals win for U19s
IN a thrilling and dominant win over the Innisfail Leprechauns on the weekend, the Mareeba Gladiators U19 team are now through to the preliminary final where they will battle the Ivanhoe Knights for a spot in the grand final.
The Mareeba U19s left Innisfail in their wake on the weekend, dominating in their 36-4 win.
After a tight first half, Mareeba only led 16 points to nil.
Early in the second half the Gladiators let in a try from Innisfail, which was cause for concern as a second-half comeback was still in the cards.
Following this, however, the Gladiators really began to up the ante, making long breaks off kick-offs and off the back of Innisfail’s errors, they were able to continually march down the field and apply pressure.
By the end of the game the Gladiators had run away with an impressive win leaving the scoreboard at 36-4.
Both starting front-rowers for the Gladiators proved too hard to handle close to the line, combining for four out of the seven of Mareeba’s tries throughout the game. Narason Moorcroft-Kose scored a double as well as Tyrone Williams also going over twice.
The U19 Gladiators will now take on the Ivanhoe Knights this Sunday at 11.30am at Barlow Park in a battle for a spot in the grand final.
Also on the weekend, Gladiators’ Tyrone Williams was nominated for the FNQRL U19s Player of the Year. Named the Moore Family Award, Tyrone is one of five nominees with the chance of taking home the title.
The U19s Player of the Year will be announced, along with awards for other age groups, at the FNQ Rugby League Gold Medal Dinner held at Brothers Leagues Club, Cairns this Friday at 7pm.
In an unfortunate loss of 26-24, the Mareeba Gladiators U17s team were defeated by the Redlynch Razorbacks in their knock-out semi-final game last Friday night.
Losing by only two points, the U17 Gladiators finals hopes have come to an end.
