8s                                                                                                                                                                     The Ballina Under 8’s travelled to Casino and had a great game. Showing excellent evasive skills to score, they were able to come away with a convincing win 12 tries to 2 . After 3 draws from the first 3 rounds, this game broke the pattern convincingly. The team is showing great improvement and making tracking , chasing and tagging the strong points of their game.

10s                                                                                                                                                                     On a chilly night Ballina took on Casino who seemed to be a little bigger across the park than our guys. Although well behind on the scoreboard, Ballina never gave up and their 2nd half effort was sensational considering we had no reserves and had done a ton of tackling in the first half. The game highlighted some areas we need to work on at training but the important thing is that the lads are having fun and are improving each game. Player of the game was Kyuss who tackled very well against much bigger opposition. Zach, Ryley, Dre and Malik kept taking it up all game in the forwards while Alicki,Hamish, Haydon and Jarrod made many spirited runs into the teeth of the physically bigger Casino defense. Again the players made the coaches really proud with their efforts.

13s                                                                                                                                                                   The under 13s were playing against the competition leaders Wollongbar who, with 13 representative players in their squad, were always going to be tough to match. 
From the opening whistle the boys played with vigor and skill, and whilst they were up against the larger and more experienced team, they tackled their hearts out and held Wollongbar for several periods.
The half time score was 45 to nil, a good result considering the difference between the two sides but after a rousing halftime talk, our boys came out determined to take it to the opposition in the second half. For most of the second period the teams were evenly matched with Ballina crossing for the first try to be scored against Wollongbar this year. This half was a better reflection of the improving skill of the Ballina boys (a team boasting 60% of first time rugby players this year), with the second half score a respectable 19 – 5.

Under 12s & 16s (report to follow)

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