He darted towards the corner post in a race with a Red Bend defender, and just as he dived for the corner Gene Tarrant arrived a pushed him that extra centimetre for a score in the corner.

This made the score at half time 8-0.

The half time talk seemed to revitalise Red Bend as they attacked with renewed vigour and despite strong tackles from Will Fagan and Jake Wythes.

Red Bend ran through the defence and scored near the posts which cut the Tigers lead to two points and after the kick off the Red Bend back took the kick and ran 75 metres through the defence to score under the posts.

After the conversion Red Bend took the lead 12 – 8 so now it was up to the Tigers to bridge the gap.

Tylah and Jake made damaging runs but it was Zac Whitehead who finally broke the deadlock as he got the ball close to the sideline and ran forty metres to score in the left corner.

Jumara Cutmore landed a superb conversion and the Tigers were in the lead 14-12.

Desperate defence from the entire 12s team, including a couple of last ditch attempts on flying attackers from Zac Whitehead, saw the 12s run out winners by the two points 14-12.

All under 12 players please take note training for you starts at 5pm instead of the usual 5:30 and this earlier start will apply for the rest of the season.

Under 14

The Canowindra Produce under 14s went one better than their draw last week as they ran out winners 28-20.

The game opened with the Tigers tackling hard as Tim Middleton, Tim Wythes, Alex Willson, Kye Reid and Lachlan Clulow combined to keep Red Bend out of the Tigers quarter.

Despite this excellent defence red Bend were first to score a four pointer and take the lead.

However when the 14s were in Red Bend’s half it was full back Jared Zahra who darted through the defence and scored in the left corner and locked the score at 4 all.

Strong runs from the kick off from Jayden Brown and Josh Trayhurn saw play once again inside Red Bend’s quarter.

Aswitch in direction of attack from Jayden saw the ball go to Jared who again made the red Bend defence look slow as he scored wide out.

Tim Middleton landed the conversion and the 14s led 10-4.

The lead was stretched further as Alex Willson finished off some crisp passing with a strong run which finished up over the line for a try.

The conversion attempt from Tim Middleton hit the upright and bounced through for a 16-4 lead.

Red Bend tried to break the Tigers defence but strong tackling from Simon Whatman, Michael Watt, Jayden and Josh Trayhurn kept them limited to one try.

After being tackled just short of the line shortly before Isaac Beath went one better the next time he got the ball as he broke through and scored wide out on the right side for a half time score of 20-4.

Son after the half time break Alex Willson scored in the opposite corner after a strong run trough the defence and over the line for a four pointer.

Prospective try scorers may need to tap into Alex’s dietary secrets as his two try haul was the result of an unusual breakfast of home made apple pie, custard and ice cream; it makes and interesting angle on the carb loading prior to a match.

Red Bend hit back with two trys which narrowed the gap to ten points before Josh Trayhurn evaded his opposition markers and scored a try near the right corner which stretched the lead to 14 points.

Red Bend scored right on the full time siren to make the full time score 28-20

Under16s

The Kens Service Centre Under 16s knew they had a challenge on their hands as their opposition had handed out a few floggings in previous seasons and although the 16s went down 44 -16 the 16s never stopped trying.

Te Tigers put first points on the board when the Red Bend fullback dropped a Dan Middleton bomb and Luke Watt was there to score a try which the referee eventually awarded after a few consultations.

Luke converted his own try and the Tigers led 6-0.

Red Bend tried to hit back immediately but strong defence from Josh Cooney, Gerard Eppulstun, and Angus Clulow kept the Tigers in the lead.

Nick Willson and Josh Cooney prevented a certain try with a double tackle on a flying winger but towards the end of the half lack of possession began to tell as Red Bend ran in four trys for a half time score of 22 – 6.

Early in the second half the 16s narrowed the gap as Sam Barker received the ball in his own quarter and he ran through the defence and kept running until he placed the ball over the Red Bend Line.

Luke Watt’s conversion followed a similar path to the game before as it hit the right upright and rebounded through for two points and the 16s were down by ten points.

Red Bend scored three more trys despite the defensive efforts of Harry Myers, Blake Willson, Kain Earsman and James Russell.

Powerful hit ups from Kain then Josh Cooney took play into Red Bends half where a series of silly penalties by Red Bend saw the tigers pile on the pressure right on their try line.

Elijah Beath cracked their defence as he used his height and strength to reach through the defence and score to the right of the posts.

The try was unconverted which left the full time score at 44 – 16.

This week the Junior Tigers take on Trundle at Canowindra, although the 16s play Parkes at The Oval, so could all parents check to see if they are on canteen roster and all players train hard for all games this week.

Under 12s please remember your training starts at 5pm from now on.