Sport
3 July, 2023
Successful weekend for Gators
DESTINY landed in the hands of the Mareeba Gladiators’ A-Grade team over the weekend, taking down Suburbs in Gordonvale on the weekend, 52-30.
DESTINY landed in the hands of the Mareeba Gladiators’ A-Grade team over the weekend, taking down Suburbs in Gordonvale on the weekend, 52-30.
Despite several players away due to injuries or prior commitments, the Mareeba side started out strong with two early tries.
Taking their foot off the pedal, Suburbs then came in strong, but the boys fought harder, with a score of 18-14 at halftime.
Mareeba asserted their dominance for the majority of the second half to be leading 48-14 before Suburbs scored three late tries for a final scoreline of 52-30.
Although the Gladiators played hard, coach Chris Sheppard said there was still lots of work to be done in the lead up to their next game on Sunday at Davies Park against Cairns Brothers.
"A win is a win and we'll take it but there's a lot to work on there,” he said.
“Suburbs fought back really well and put it to us and I'm glad we weathered that and played some dominant footy for the first 25 minutes of the second half, but we switched off there at the end and it cost us three tries. We can't afford to do that.
"Our best today were Kurt Jackson, Trezman Banjo that kicked 8/9 and young Noah Blooranta who was on debut. A special shout out to Reece Boyle who also debuted. Both are only 17 and they played really well."
"We're back at Davies Park this Sunday taking on Brothers in a crunch game for us. We need to make sure we're ready to go because they're a high quality team and the benchmark of the competition. We're looking forward to the challenge."
The Gladiators Under 18s dominated in their game against Southern Suburbs 74-0.
