Emerald Tigers

Category: Match Roundup – Ladies – 2014

  • Tigers Ladies No.1

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    The Emerald Tigers Ladies have beaten the Clermont Bears Ladies 10-6 in the Grand Final at Bluff on Aug 30. The Ladies also finished Minor Premiers and have won the very first CH Womens Competition.

    Formerly the Tigers Ladies competed in the Rockhampton womens competition against Yeppoon, Fitzroy-Gracemere and Gladstone After finishing last year in 3rd spot and not being able to contest the semi-final due to numbers the ladies have backed it up with a great season.

    The game was a very tight one and was taken away from Clermont when Tigers Casey Watkins took an intercept and raced 70m to get the ball deep into bears territory. With only a minute on the clock the Tigers ladies attacked the line with no success. Clermont came up with the ball on their own 10m line with 18 secs remaining. The went for a hail mary kick and was cleaned up at the back by Amy O’Laughlin. The siren sounded as Amy took the tackle.

    Clermont had the jump on Tigers looking the much better team for the first 15 mins and hard running fullback Carly Bell scored to open the scoring with a 40m break. Donna Kilpatrick converted. With Carly having 3 20m plus runs in the first quarter off the game she was shut down by some committed Tigers defence.

    Just before half time Casey Wakins scored and Captain Maria Rawiri scored to make it 6-all at the break. Coming out after halftime the Tigers never looked back. They held the bears in the own half for the majority of the half but to Clermont credit between there defence and some last play mistakes the Tigers had trouble getting over the line.

    With the game in the balance Emma Holzwart scored out wide after returning from holidays. Maria Rawiri’s kick just missing the Tigers lead by 4 8mins from full time. The Tigers grit and commitment was the driving force behind the defence displayed to closeout the Grand Final.

    Props Jess Bell and Wendy Green had strong games up front with Wendy being concussed after a barnstorming 30m run up the guts. Casey Watkins managed to keep finding herself in the right place at the right time which earned here the “Player of Grand Final” award.

    The Tigers Ladies would like to thank all of the supporters and sponsors for a great year and hope to see everyone again next year when we defend our title.

  • Ladies taste defeat in exhibition game

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    The Emerald Tiger Ladies took to the field on Saturday afternoon in an attempt to take out the Central Highlands’ own State of Origin match. Running against a combined Clermont/Middlemount (North) team, the Tigers (made up of Emerald and Springsure players
    – South) put in a great effort despite coming out
    on the bottom of the score board at the end of the
    game, 16-10.

    Tarni Sullivan was the first of the South girls to get over the line, and put the first points on the board for the game. Maria Rawiri missed the conversion, putting the score at 4-0. Casey Watkins made a fabulous break and ran down 80m to score the other try for the South team, which Maria successfully
    converted.

    The game was hard and fast, and with only a few slight hiccups. Most memorable was when Kristy Serotzki played the ball facing the wrong way, which was either ignored or missed by the ref. Bumps and bruises have been popping up all over Facebook, showing that, whilst the result has no bearing on the competition, the girls still played their hearts out, as a curtain raiser to the Allen Johnson memorial shield match, played between the Mountainmen and Panthers.

    The game had particular importance for the Springsure girls, Casey Watkins, Sarah Thomas and Denise Chaplin who all knew Allen Johnson. Casey ran on wearing the number 11 jersey in Johnno’s memory and had one of her best games yet. The girls had a great night and after leaving with their first loss of the season, are determined to train harder to get the results in the next game in a
    fortnight against Middlemount.

  • Tigers Ladies show why their on top

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    For those of you that weren’t there (thanks to Ian Rankin from 4T consultants for coming to introduce yourself to the team), weekend just gone (14th June), saw us host the Clermont Bears and we knew that they would be out for revenge in front of our home crowd, as we had pinched a victory from them, in the earlier round 1 match up at Bear park (26th April score line 28 – 18).
    We crossed for the first try scored by Casey Watkins, along with another three (scored by Maria Rawiri, Jess Bell and Tarni Sullivan), including 3 out of 4 conversions, saw the Emerald Tigers Ladies up at half time 24 – 0.
    The second half saw a little bit more enterprise from the girls (which didn’t always pay off) and a breach in our defensive line, to have Clermont cross over and convert and bring the score to 24 – 6, but two more tries (one to Casey again and the other to Cooper Hill), saw the Emerald girls close out the match 32 – 6.
    Our players player and Old Boys player of the match went to Jenny Whittaker and our 3, 2,1 went;
    3 – Nickieta Kent (Lock)
    2 – Chantelle Nagel (2nd row)
    1 – Jess Bell (Front row)
    Jenny Whitaker also claimed the Oldboys player of the match
    the game proved, that without your forwards pushing forward, you won’t get far.

  • Rd1 Tigers vs Clermont Bears

    Tigers hit the road for their first round game of the season. Celebrating Anzac Day and acknowledging the passing of a Life Member (Leonie Fysh) the both grades sported black arm bands in a mark of respect.

    The Ladies were the first to hit the field and got out to a sluggish start. Clermont had better field position and ball control in the first half and showed that way on the scoreboard at halftime being 18-6 in favour of the bears. After the halftime break the Ladies showed more grit, determination and patience to gain the momentum of the game. The second half was a one sided after with our girls scoring 22 unanswered points to grab the first win of the season.

    Casey Watkins grabbed a hat trick, Julie Murchie and Emma Holzwart picking a meat pie each. Goals kicked by Maria Rawiri, Denise Chaplin and Casey Watkins. The 3,2,1 for the game read 3 points Julie Murchie 2 Wendy Green 1 Casey Watkins.The  Injury concerns with Niketa Kent(knee) will be confirmed during the week.

    The mens was up next and was a grand final rematch. The game did not dissapoint wit the biggest margin between them was 8 points during the game. The game was tit-for-tat and the momentum swung with both teams in different stages of the game and the points followed.

    Halftime the Scoreboard read 16-14 to the Tigers. The bears hit back straight after halftime and looked the better team for the first 10 mins. The Tigers held their nerve and was patient and used their kicking game to swing momentum. Tigers picked up back to back tries to jump out in front.

    Tigers 5/8 Brendon O’Neill was sin binned for 10mins for a professional foul. Brendon was forced to lay on the play as Clermont had a 4 man overlap. After O’Neill left the field the bears knocked the ball on which may have proved a very valuble play for the green and whites.

    The game went down to the wire after the final hooter sounded the game was tied up at 36 all but the game was not quite finished. Another 90 secs was played as both sides went for the miracle plays. Both side had 2 chances each but went the ball went to ground it was declared a draw. Noone could say they didn’t get the gate fee’s worth.

    Isaiah Huet let A Grade know of his arrival with monster metres and 3 tries. He was well supported by fellow team mate Sebby Steigler. Gavin Power was clincial on the wing picking up 2 tries. Other try scores on the night were Ray Ebsworth, Brendon Kelly. Ebsworth Converted 4 for the night. Izzy Huet was awarded the players player gong and 3 Points Darcy Darby 2 Ray Ebsworth 1 Ray Downie. Tigers have a few injuries to check out with Henry Watkins(knee), Josh Binnie(finger), Nathan Leef(knee), Sebby Steigler(concussion), Gav Power(shin) Ray Ebsworth(shoulder). Leef and Watkins are the only ones looking at multiple weeks.

    Tigers would like to thank all of our loyal supporters for making the trip. Both teams have the bye next week so a weeks rest in order after a massive opening round.

  • Team Lists for Trials

    Team Lists for Trials

    Ladies Tigers vs Clermont

    1. Cooper Hill
    2. Amy O’Laughlin
    3. Tarni Sullivan
    4. Caity Lye
    5. Loretta Gaudron
    6. Maria Rawiri
    7. Emma Holzwart
    8. Jacinta McAvoy
    9. Julie Murchie
    10. Adrianne Rawiri
    11. Kristy Serotzki
    12. Jess Bell
    13. Chantelle Nagel
    14. Renee Hogan
    15. Jenny Whittaker
    16. Denise Chaplin
    17. Casey Watkins
    18. Nickita Kent
    19. Wendy Green

    Tigers Mens vs Bohle Bullterriers

    1. Ray Ebsworth
    2. Pat Denkes
    3. Ryan Home
    4. Griffin Freeman
    5. Chris Carnell
    6. Dale Mikkelsen
    7. Gavin Power
    8. Darcy Darby
    9. Koby Scott
    10. Peter Eversham
    11. Justin Mitchell
    12. Dan Bock
    13. Wade Campbell
    14. Juston Cavanagh
    15. John Grierson
    16. Matt Walters
    17. Mark Fletcher
    18. Kyle Mattingley
    19. Jake Madsen
    20. not used
    21. Josh Binnie
    22. Peter Harbord
    23. Reece Kennaugh
    24. Clint Day

  • 1st Trial Down

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    After the dust had settled on the Tigers first trial the coaches had alot of positives to take out of the match even we recorded a loss and a draw for the day.

    In the Mens A Grade the boys went down 14-8 to a highly spirited Townsville side that contained some former Tigers. In a game the had  big hits, solid defence and flair, it suprised alot of onlookers with the quality of the game. Bohle Bullterriers held the lead on on the scoreboard for the game. The Tigers would like to thanks all of the Bohle boys for making the trip and we hope you enjoyed your time here.

    Bohle Bullterriers 14(tries Adam Hume,Jarrad Stevens,Sean Evans-goals Zac Anderson 1)

    def Emerald Tigers Mens(tries Clint Day, Griffin Freeman 1)

    Over to the Ladies and the snatched a draw in the final moments of the game. The girls were put under the pump early with 2 quick flashy tries to Clermont Fullback Carly Bell. Carly scored 3 for the day picking up a late one aswell. The Tigers fought hard and stayed in the game and showed grit to score and convert to level the game up in the dying minutes. There were alot of Ladies on the day that were totally new to Rugby League but it didn’t show.

    Emerald Tigers Ladies 16(tries Casey Watkins, Wendy Green, Julie Murchie 1-goals Casey Watkins 2) drew with

    Clermont Bears Ladies16( tries Carly Bell 3, goals Cody Patterson 2)

     

    Next up in the Pre-season will see the Mens and Ladies teams travel to Longreach on March 1 to contest the Longreach 7’s Carnival. Good Luck to everyone taking part in the Western Tournament.