Whitsunday Brahman’s were at home last weekend, facing off against the Moranbah Miners at Les Stagg Oval.
The Townsville Pirates kicked off the afternoon of rugby, having travelled from down the coast to take on the Whitsunday Brahmans Old Bulls.
The Over 35s master’s game was played in great spirits as excellent entertainment with player’s turning back the clock to show some skills from yesteryear, and men trying to do things they haven’t done in many years.
Reserve Grade were the first competitive fixture, and had a very strong side bolstered, believe it or not, by a heavy presence of the Brahman’s U20s team.
Halves pair of Ben Nosworthy and Lachie Wake steered the team around the park.
Brahmans found their groove and were in control after 12 minutes for the rest of the game.
Reserve Grade Coach Matt Court was happy with the whole team and especially to come away with the first win of the year.
“All we needed was a win to get the confidence up and we got that,” Court said.
“We finally played as a team for the full game and looked like a football side; we finally realised we can win and play football, so a big thanks to the 20s which stood up and made the win possible.
Reserve Grade Men’s win 38-18 against Miners.
The A Grade Brahmans took to the field for the final game, again with a few absentees from their full-strength side.
It was a bit of an ill-disciplined thirty minutes in the middle of the fixture that cost the Brahmans though.
A sin bin for Brahmans saw Miners capitalise, scoring a couple of tries either side of half time and giving them a six-point lead going into the final ten.
The home side managed to score a great try in the corner with a few minutes remaining, with a conversion nailed from the sideline to even it up.
But it wasn’t to be as Brahmans turned the ball over at kick-off and a few poor decisions led to Miners kicking a field goal after the buzzer.
A grade coach Ricky Bourke said there were a lot of positives to come out of the game.
“A lot of hard lessons learnt about winning tight games though. With only two games between us and first there is still plenty to play for this year in such a tight comp,” Bourke said.
A Grade game finished 26-27.
Brenton Waterhouse in the reserves up against the Miners
