Sea Eagles Women Win First Up!

Whitsunday Sea Eagles Senior Men and Women kicked off their 2023 Season campaigns on Saturday with openers against Eastern Swans at Rogers Oval.

The first match of 2023 for the Sea Eagles Senior Women saw a different looking team with nine new players coming into the team - some moving up from Juniors and others new recruits.

After a relatively successful Preseason Carnival saw some wins on the board, the Sea Eagles Women showed what they are capable of this year, smashing the Eastern Swans 44–8 and opening their campaign for the cup in style.

Putting in some hard yards at preseason training is showing early rewards for the team coming together to work the ball forward and hit the scoreboard.

Sea Eagles Senior Men debuted eight players after a number of players moved in the off season.

The side’s first match up began in sluggish fashion with Eastern Swans getting the jump early putting a number of goals on the scoreboard.

Sea Eagles were able to work their way back into the game by the end of the second quarter leading to the Swans coming out again hard after half time to increase their lead.

Sea Eagles continued to gel and were able to reduce Swans lead to only 2 goals however were unable to make it over the line in the end losing 53–66.

With this weekend a bye and Easter to follow, Sea Eagles Seniors will resume their competition on April 15, with Senior Men travelling to the Hawks at Harrup Park and Senior Women heading out to Moranbah with Sea Eagles Under 17s to match the Bulldogs.

Contributed with thanks to Whitsunday Sea Eagles

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The Whitsunday Sea Eagles Senior Women won their first game in a comfortable 44-8 against Eastern Swans

Image: Lucia Bates