The Inverell Hawks have withstood a determined Barraba Bulldogs outfit to score a 42-18 victory on Saturday in Round 16 results of the Group 19 Rugby League competition.
Hawks 1st grade coach Jamie McCormack says coming off an 11-4 penalty count, the team played well to prevail adding this weekend’s bye comes at a good time for his team.
Meantime, the Uralla Tigers continued their winning ways with a 44-12 victory over the Warialda Wombats with Uralla coach Greg Ryan pleased with their defensive efforts, particularly the way they defended their line in the second half while at the Guyra Sporting Complex yesterday, the Tingha Tigers kept their slim finals hopes alive after they upset the Guyra Super Spuds 38-24.
In Reserve grade, the Hawks went down to Barraba 24-20, Tingha came away with the points over Guyra 32-16 while Warialda forfeited to Uralla
In Ladies League tag, the game between the Hawkettes and Barraba was called off 11 minutes early after a Barraba player was injured with the score at 8-4 Barraba’s way, Uralla were way too strong for Warialda winning 42-4 while in the only Women’s tackle game, Warialda defeated Uralla 30-22
Group 19 Points Table
