After a few years in the wilderness, the Harden Hawks Youth League team returned to the paddock on Saturday morning, showing that the future of rugby league in Harden is promising with an 18-12 win over Gungahlin Bulls at Gungahlin Enclosed Oval.
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It started a good day for club with the the Hawkettes thrashing Gunning Roos 44-0 and the men easily accounting for Boorowa Rovers 40-4 in round three of their respective George Tooke Shield competitions.
Football is back at McLean Oval in round four. Harden’s under 18 side, take on the Tuggeranong Bushrangers YL at 1.30pm and the Hawks first grade host the Braidwood Bears at 3pm, while the ladies have the bye.
In the junior ranks on Saturday morning, the Boorowa / Harden Twin Town Times U/6’s went down (7 tries to 2) in a tough game against the combined Cootamundra 6/7’s. Ethan and Justin scored tries while Shannon Brooke, Charlie T, Charlie J, Lachlan, Mackenzie, Pheonix and Ethan all put in on the day.
The Harden Steggles U/7’s had a great 6-2 win against Boorowa. Dan was super impressive, volunteering to make up the numbers for the Rovers, while Archie, Will, Angus and Jacob once again showed great concentration in the middle. Lewis (one try) led the way in both defence and attack.
Not to be outdone, Declan again scored some fantastic runaway tries and Riley crossed for a try before swapping sides with Dan.
A 34-14 loss to Cootamundra Bulldogs wasn’t enough to dampen the spirits of the Harden Delta U/10’s side who continued to work hard all game.
Despite starting slowly, the young Hawks all showed improvement from last week and never gave up all game.
Ty Leitner scored two long range tries, while Lachlan Campbell cleverly made his way to also score a try, which he then converted.
Hunter Minson and Oliver Minehan led the team well in attack from dummy half and first receiver and the two John’s, Drew and Barnes, applied some good legs tackles. Brody Schofield chased hard and saved a couple of would be tries.
Oscar Phillis and Angus Woodhead chased hard from marker and Brody Steele with his turn of speed proved that he enjoys doing the hard yards and will benefit from running up the middle.
Blake Parker showed plenty of ticker running the ball into the much bigger opposition and Tristan Steele showed when he wants to can mix it with the rest of them taking a couple of hit-ups in the middle.
On Saturday, the Boorowa Harden Junior Rugby League fraternity are off to Wagga Wagga for round 3 action.
