The New England Nomads retained second spot on the ladder after defeating the Tamworth Kangaroos at Tamworth on Saturday. Well ahead in the first half, the Nomads had to fight a resurgent Roos in the final quarter – matters were not helped by only having one player on the bench. It was a relief to sing the song again after successive defeats. Clarrie Barker playing through the midfield and resting at full-forward was outstanding, kicking 4 goals – his overhead marking was too much for the Roos defenders. The backline was also particularly impressive, with Wulu Hall Paddy Tobias, Steve Wilson, Phill Mitchell and young Mitchie Harriot standing tall against the Roos forward entries. In the middle Tim Keys and David “Rampaging “ Richards also starred. The final scores were 11.17.83 to 9.6.64.

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The team to play the Tamworth Roos at No.1 Oval on August 19th at 3.00 pm is:

Be at Bellevue by 12.00pm to travel to Tamworth

For the first time in six years, the Nomads have lost two games in a row. In one of the highest quality matches ever seen in the league—at least by your correspondent who has genuine jilbi credentials—the lead changed a number of times before the Dogs ran away with it in the last quarter. All credit to the Bulldogs who were able to maintain the furious pace right until the end of the game. For the Nomads Luke “Rambo” Raymond, Clarrie Barker and Steve Wilson were standouts while Modra was his usual elusive self up forward kicking four goals and keeping the Nomads in the hunt. Tim Keyes also was very impressive in the ruck. Final scores were Gunnedah 19.10.124 to the Nomads 14.8.92. More »

The team to play the Gunnedah Bulldogs at the Bellevue on August 12th is:

Interchange: S. Bioletti, Dunn, Bray, A. Walsh

Be at Bellevue by 12.30pm

An undermanned and lacklustre Nomads team lost their second game of the year when they played the Inverell Saints at Varley Oval on Saturday. The Nomads were outplayed by a Saints team that came to win and were hard at the ball right from the first bounce. There were some bright spots though in what was a dark day for the boys in green, with the backline playing above and beyond the call of duty. The Black Bear hunter Alex Shem was best on ground followed closely by Clarrie Barker who held strong at full back. Mitch Darton, Wulu Hall and Paddy Tobias battled valiantly across the half back line and Modra played a lone hand up forward and across the midfield. However, with the finals just around the corner, the team will need to improve rather rapidly. Final scores were 14.16.100 to 5.7.37. More »