Sport
13 January, 2021
Gators charge into 2021
THE Mareeba Gladiators are looking ahead to their upcoming 2021 Cairns District Rugby League season with their first training session held on Tuesday, January 12.
THE Mareeba Gladiators arelooking ahead to their upcoming 2021 Cairns District Rugby League season with theirfirst training session held on Tuesday, January 12.
The 2020 season was cut short after just one trial matchagainst rivals Atherton Roosters with the COVID lockdown putting a hold on theseason which was eventually cancelled.
Now with a solid combi- nation of new blood and oldheads the gladiators are looking to tear into the season andget back out onto the field.
Returning A-Grade Captain Coach Trent Barnard saidthat the boys are excited and eager to get out onto the field after missing out on an entire season.
“All the boys are excited to get back together because last year was hyped up and it was a bit of a letdown,” he said.
“We recruited well and had a good preseason with the community behind us.
“We’ve got a really good leadership group with some older heads that have been there and know what it takes to play good footy.”
Two trial matches are scheduled for March with the season proper set to start in April.
