RUGBY By David Burke LAST Friday night (10 July) the Peninsula Dolphins senior women’s tag team headed out to Casey Fields in Cranbourne to face the top of the ladder side, Casey Warriors. After coming off a bye due to state representative City verses Country rugby league round (July 4) the team went in feeling very confident. Over the last fortnight the team had trained in all conditions from pouring rain to a night so foggy they almost couldn’t see each other from 15 metres apart. The weather didn’t stop the enthusiasm and commitment to prepare for matches in any…
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RUGBY LEAGUE By David Burke LAST Saturday afternoon (27 June) the Peninsula Dolphins third grade men’s side played against the Hume Eagles at the home of the Eastern Raptors rugby league club in Boronia. Situated at the foot of Mt Dandenong the fog rolled in early making for a cold afternoon with a slightly eerie setting. The game was a tight contest that really opened up for the Hume Eagles late in the second half. The final score was 26-16. The game saw the Dolphins men’s side slip to second place on the ladder behind the Waverley Panthers heading into…
RUGBY LEAGUE By David Burke Last Saturday afternoon (20 June) the Peninsula Dolphin’s third grade men’s side made the trek to AJ Davis reserve, home of the Northwest Wolves in Airport West to play against the Bendigo Crushers. After a week of rain the field was more suited to monster trucks than rugby league. The wet and muddy field made it very heavy and greasy under foot, making gaining meters very hard in a low scoring game. With the Peninsula Dolphins placing pride in their defence and playing with energy in the back half of the game the conditions worked…
RUGBY LEAGUE On Saturday afternoon (30 May) the Peninsula Dolphins senior third grade men’s team were handed their first defeat of the season at the hands of the Doveton Steelers at Betula Reserve, Doveton. It was a low scoring match: 18-10 at full-time. Courageous defence kept the Dolphins in the game, however the amount of handling errors in attack saw them unable to apply pressure during crucial points of the game. After several seniors took part in training the Dolphins junior squad during the week they left with one more lesson on Saturday with six words: “Next Game, Next battle,…
RUGBY LEAGUE By David Bourke THE Peninsula Dolphins third grade men’s team have made a big splash going to the top of the ladder after winning 12 points to 10 in a feisty round four clash against the now second place Waverley Panthers at Fregon Reserve Clayton last Saturday afternoon (23 May). With many of the Dolphins junior squad watching and cheering their senior side on, the seniors showed how grit and determination move a team forward and turning up for your teammates gets the job done. The women’s Dolphins tag team didn’t find it as smooth sailing going down…