Sport
9 June, 2025
Roosters celebrate memorial game with win
THE Atherton Roosters hosted the Mossman Sharks over the weekend in a memorial game that celebrated the 50-year anniversary of the back-to-back Roosters premiers.
The 2025 Roosters channeled the spirit of their “old boys” and dominated the Mossman side 56-6, with winger Regan Herd amassing an incredible 36 points for himself alone.
The night before the game, players from the ’75 grand final winning side attended a reunion to celebrate and reminisce on their impressive achievements.
The win has boosted the Atherton team to first place on the ladder, tied on points with Cairns Brothers and Southern Suburbs.
Roosters fly high in memorial game
THE Atherton Roosters had plenty to crow about after their 50-year reunion and memorial game against the Mossman Sharks over the weekend.
The Roosters hosted the Sharks for a special memorial game that was attended by past Atherton and Mossman players from the 1975 grand final when Atherton defeated Mossman 25-14 to become back-to-back premiers.
The Roosters did their “old boys” proud after humbling the Mossman side 56-6.
Atherton put 10 tries on the board and kept the visitors to just one, which came in the final 10 minutes of the game.
Roosters winger Regan Herd had an impressive performance, scoring five tries and kicking eight conversions, totaling 36 points.
The win has boosted the Atherton team to first place on the ladder, tied on points with Cairns Brothers and Southern Suburbs.
ATHERTON vs MOSSMAN
The scoring was opened by none other than Regan Herd in the fourth minute. He was followed by hooker Oskar Coutts in the 12th minute and fullback Rhy Young not long after.
The first half was closed out with two more tries from Herd and Mossman were kept scoreless. The score was 28-0 at the break.
Atherton went straight back to work in the second half with centre Tyrone Tusa going over after just one minute of play.
About a 20-minute stalemate then took place as Mossman held out the attacking home side.
But Atherton kept wearing them down and eventually scored another try through interchange player Ty Grogan in the 60th minute.
Within the next five minutes, Herd went over for his fourth and Grogan went over again to claim a double.
Shortly after, in the 70th minute, Mossman crashed through for their first points of the match.
But to put the icing on the cake, the Atherton winger went over to claim an incredible five tries and went on to kick the conversion, bringing the final score to 56-6.
It was a show of class from the other Atherton grades as well, with the Reserves putting up an impressive win of 44-16, the Under 19s 56-12, and the Women, who also played Mossman, winning 56-8.
There will be no games played this weekend. The Roosters will also have a bye next weekend.
