Here we are at Round Five in what should have been a mouth watering match up against Brothers.
My mother always told me that if I had nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all. So I’m not going to talk at all about the fact our players, volunteers and supporters are expected to front up and play on the Thursday night before the Easter break in what for some IRL teams is their third game of footy in eight days. Not even going to mention it.
Nor will I mention that our A-Grade side will be playing while our Reserve Grade side and Under 19s side also do battle against Brothers. All because we can’t let our beloved local rugby league competition have a week off for Easter, which had been the case for donkeys.
Anyway, in a positive of this diabolical situation, our A-Grade side had the bye last weekend after their Wednesday night make-up game against West End, while Brothers will be one of those teams previously mentioned who now face their third game in eight days this Thursday night.
Our Reserve Grade side managed a 24-18 win last weekend over Valleys Dragons while unfortunately the Under 19s had no game in the end after a Dragons forfeit. Our Reserve Grade side sit in tied first position with Goodna, both teams with a 3-0 record to start 2017.
If you’re not sneaking off Thursday evening like myself to begin your Easter holidays, please get out and support our Tigers.
Glory, glory to the tigers!
– Harlo
A-Grade v Brothers Ipswich
Thursday 13 April 2017, 7pm @ Brothers Ipswich (main field)
1. Drew Robinson
2. Anava Fesolai
3. Ricky Mato
4. Tonga Mounga
5. Matthew Bettiens
6. Lewis Smith
7. Steven West
8. Lui Afele
9. Mitchell Raine
10. Chris Newman
11. Gerico Cecil
12. Matthew Fairhurst
13. Chris Scanlan
14. Kane Fuller
15. Connor Stillman
16. Brad Oddi
17. Joseph Wegert
Reserve Grade v Brothers Ipswich
Thursday 13 April 2017, 7.30pm @ Brothers Ipswich (top field)
1. Hal Oram
2. Sam Ballinger
3. Jye Scanlan
4. Kaelum Fairhurst
5. Jonathon Moavasa
6. Jake Hooper
7. Calvin Duncan
8. Tuiga Tuiga
9. Kane O’Keefe
10. Stuart McCabe
11. Tyson Norford
12. Cameron Woldt
13. Tyson Hornbuckle
14. Damien Peters
15. Cameron Haug
16. Paul Fuimaono
17. Tristian Ward
18. Johnathon Plumb
Under 19s v Brothers Ipswich
Thursday 13 April 2017, 6.00pm @ Brothers Ipswich (top field)
1. Logan McDonald
2. Jeremy Harm
3. Jesse Zampech
4. Lachlan Melling
5. Xavier Michael
6. Hayden Quade
7. Glenn Webster
8. Lopi Folau
9. Bailey Kendall
10. Nicholas Stephensen
11. Dylan Harris
12. Kai Kennedy
13. Jackson Weir-White
14. Zac Ames
15. Ryan Dornbusch
16. Waylen Manuel-Bartlett
17. TBA