The boys and Girls started the game very well this week working together in defence to force Sawtell to turn the ball over. This was no easy feat as Sawtell was a much bigger team but the Magpies defence remained solid. 

Deegan topped the tackle count this week with Cash and Tyler very close behind him. Mitch opened the scoring for us and Deegan and Cash also grabbed a try each as well. Tyler proved hard to handle for the Sawtell defence and he crossed for 2 tries. 

But it was a true team effort this week especially considering we had a couple of players unavailable. Beau Glyde was again strong in defence and had some great runs down the middle. Seth Thorn was dangerous in attack and Savannah, Harry and Thalia George also had great games. 

A very special thankyou to Kiara George who came up from the under 7s to play off the bench and played an absolute cracker. Player of the Match went to today’s Captain Deegan who lead from the front all game. 

The Magpies hosted Orara this week, and what a game it was. Boston and Taylor didn’t stop tackling and made it hard for the Axemen to get down the field. Every one of the Magpies crossed for tries, little Jaxon ran the length of the field to cross for one, Boston bulldozed over for a few and Taylor, Kiara and Braydon had too much footwork for the opposition and crossed for some great tries. 

They should all be very proud of their performance and well done to Taylor who took home the Player of the week award.