Sport
20 June, 2026
Roosters untroubled to retain Cup!
Christie and Hood Castlereagh League Round Seven Report
At the halfway mark in the 2026 Christie and Hood Castlereagh League competition the Cobar Roosters sit alone and undefeated at the top of the ladder after brushing aside the Coonamble Bears at Tom Knight Memorial Oval last Saturday in what was their first defence of the Boronia Cup.
The Roosters held a commanding 28-4 lead at half-time, extending that to 50-4 at one point during the second stanza before the Bears scored twice to make it 50 to 14 but then the home side powered up again to register a comfortable 68-14 victory.
This weekend the Roosters first grade side will enjoy the bye, and subsequently will remain in the number one position, before they will again be defending the Boronia Cup in round nine, that game being against the Narromine Jets who currently sit third on the table.
After having two consecutive byes the Jets will be on the road this Friday night to take on the Gilgandra Panthers, a side that will be desperate to get a win in front of its home crowd after they fell to the Coolah Kangaroos last Saturday.
In a game transferred to Gilgandra after Coolah’s Bowen Oval was closed the Panthers certainly were in the contest against the reigning premiers but errors and lack of discipline at times cost them dearly, and after leading 10-4 mid way through the first half they went to the break down 22 to 10 with the visitors proving to be too strong overall to take the game 38 to 14, with their second rower Austin Burgess scoring a hattrick in a man of the match performance.
In what was a huge reversal of their first half performance in their previous match, the Gulgong Bull Terriers strode into the sheds at halftime as 26 to nil leaders in their match against the Warren Bulldogs play at Warren.
The Terriers went on to record what was, in the context of their semi-final aspirations, an important victory for them, the final score being 38 to 12.
The Bulldogs are yet to secure a victory this season, but they will be all out to change that this Saturday when they travel to Dunedoo to mix it with a Swans outfit that has suffered two sizeable defeats in their past two games, the last being against the Coonabarabran Unicorns at Coonabarabran last Saturday when they were towelled up 52 to 22.
Those two losses puts their position in the top five somewhat vulnerable, with both Coonamble and Gulgong potentially being able to leapfrog them on the ladder should they lose again this weekend.
The final round of the Castlereagh Reserve Grade competition will be played this weekend, but despite any result forthcoming from the games to be contested the four sides that will contest the semi-finals is already known. Those sides are Gulgong, Coonamble, Cobar and Coonabarabran, with the game between Coonamble and Coonabarabran this Saturday having a big bearing on the final pecking order of those sides!
Christie and Hood Castlereagh League Round Seven Scores
Played at Coonabarabran
Reserve Grade; Coonabarabran 38 (Jarvis Watton 2, Cody Howe, Lachie Sutherland, Tyson Galvin, Keizer Wood, Lockie Hadfield tries, Howe 4, Peter Watton goals) defeated Mendooran 16 (Matt Murray 2, James Eyles tries, Carter Swan, James Murphy goals).
League Tag; Dunedoo 58 (Matilda Harper 3, Shelley Cox 2, Meg Christensen 2, Georgia Coe, Lauren Sullivan, Hayley Berg tries, Georgia Price 9 goals) defeated Coonabarabran 4 (Jessie Newton try).
First Grade; Coonabarabran Unicorns 52 (Mal Biles 2, Nick Willoughby, Eddie Kuras, Nash Walker, Jordan Baker, Anthony Harris, Jarvis Watton tries, Willoughby 8 goals) defeated Dunedoo Swans 22 (Ali Beale, Sam Coe, Jack Guan, Nacewa Rekareka tries, Ty Sutherland 3 goals).
Played at Warren
Reserve Grade; Gulgong 24 (Rob Brodbeck 2, Caiden Horton, Ethan Parsons tries, Horton 4 goals) defeated Warren 14 (Will Smith, Mick Walsh, Mark Bond tries, Kade Haworth goal).
League Tag; Gulgong 34 (Lolley Tumpey 4, Millie Harper, Montaya Hinton tries, Tumpey 5 goals) defeated Warren 0.
First Grade; Gulgong Bull Terriers 38 (Jackson Pascoe, Mason Hammond, Toby O’Leary, Elvy McEwen, Joey Annetts, Will Prior, Liam Heard tries, Oliver Hollow 5 goals) defeated Warren Bulldogs 12 (Tuame Racule, Harry Thaux tries, Matt Hall, Coby Hall goals).
Played at Gilgandra (Games transferred from Coolah due to state of Coolah ground).
League Tag; Coolah 44 (Brooklyn Blackadder 6, Taylah Ellis, Mackenzie Blackadder tries, Brooklyn Blackadder 6 goals) defeated Gilgandra 0.
First Grade; Coolah Kangaroos 38 (Austin Burgess 3, Sam Hohnberg, Casey Burgess, Chanse Burgess, Nicholas McLoughlin tries, Brad Pickering 5 goals) defeated Gilgandra Panthers 14 (Josh Bamblett, DJ Smith, Brandon Hammond tries, Smith goal).
Played at Narromine
Youth League; Cobar 22 (Aiden Swan 2, Jaxson Burke, Aiden Hyland tries, Brenna Auckett 2, Swan goals) defeated Narromine 10 (Jensen Wirth, Jaxson Stanford tries, Beau-Dean Williams goal).
League Tag; Narromine 24 (Holly Jamieson 3, Talitha Chatfield, Lily Spackman tries, Shian Chatfield 2 goals) defeated Baradine 4 (Suzannah Carey try).
Played at Cobar
Reserve Grade; Cobar 66 (Oisin McMullen 3, Ryan Urquhart 3, Tadgh McMullen 2, Charlie Crotty 2, Jamal Eves, Andrew Rolfe, Chris Riley tries, Tom Rogers 4, Oisin McMullen 3 goals) defeated Coonamble 10 (Trent Mason, Vinny Hill, tries, Kobe Leanard goal).
League Tag; Cobar 36 (Brianna Watson 3, Rhylee Patterson 2, Taylah Good, Sarah Morley tries, Watson 3, Good goals) defeated Coonamble 20 (Destiny Wright, Sam Turnbull, Hope Kehoe-Fernando tries, Adda Craig 2 goals).
First Grade; Cobar Roosters 68 (Loma Atuau 2, Jack Brown 2, Ashley Davies, Reynold Mugugia, Tadgh McMullen, Ryan Urquhart, Slade Neale, Thomas Plater, Jed Noonan, Jackson Cox tries, McMullen 10 goals) defeated Coonamble Bears (14 Kane Wiggins, Jarran Welsh, Kevin Thurston-Welsh tries, Brenton Glover goal).
Competition Ladders
Reserve Grade; Gulgong 15, Coonamble 13, Cobar 13, Coonabarabran 13, Gilgandra 9, Warren 6, Mendooran 4.
League Tag; Dunedoo 21, Coolah 19, Narromine 17, Gilgandra 16, Gulgong 15, Cobar 15, Baradine 11, Coonabarabran 9, Coonamble 9, Warren 8.
First Grade; Cobar 21, Coonabarabran 19, Narromine 18, Coolah 16, Dunedoo 15, Coonamble 13, Gulgong 13, Gilgandra 11, Warren 6.
Round Eight
Friday, June 19 with 5.30pm kick off for first game: Gilgandra V Narromine.
Saturday, June 20.
Gulgong V Coolah (Gulgong V Gilgandra reserve grade).
Coonamble V Coonabarabran
Baradine V Cobar (league tag)
Coonabarabran V Cobar @ Baradine (youth league)
Dunedoo V Warren (Jess Skinner Challenge Cup in League Tag).
Mendooran V Warren (reserve grade) at Dunedoo.
Check local media and club socials to confirm game times.
