May 12 2018

Deniliquin’s two Football and Netball clubs were away this week with the Rams playing Nathalia and the Rovers playing Rennie.

Meanwhile in Rugby Union action, the Deniliquin Drovers played Waratahs at Rotary Park and came away 38 to 5 winners.

Rams Football Results

Seniors did not play
Reserves did not play
Thirds won 16.12-108 to 2.1 – 13
Fourths won 4.4 – 28 to 0.0 – 0

Rams Netball Results

A Grade won 53 to 15
B Grade won 44 to 41
C Grade had the bye
C Reserve won 45 to 30
Under 17’s won 48 to 17
Under 15’s won 45 to 7
Under 13’s won 32 to 18
Under 11’s won 14 to 2

Rovers Football Results

Seniors won 8.15 – 63 to 8.7 – 55
Reserves won 10.14 – 74 to 4.0 – 24
Thirds lost 12.14 – 86 to 2.3 – 15
Fourths won 11.15 – 81 to 0.0 – 0

Rovers Netball Results

A Grade won 33 to 26
B Grade lost 26 to 22
C Grade won 41 to 36
C Reserve won 40 to 8
Under 17’s lost 39 to 15
Under 15’s lost 28 to 23
Under 13’s lost 26 to 14

Conclusion

Only the Rams Thirds and Fourths played today but both sides scored wins making it a good day.

The Rams netballers won the day overall by winning all seven of their matches.

The Rovers footballers won three out of their four matches with the Seniors overrunning their opposition after being down at three quarter time.

The Rovers netballers narrowly lost the day after being defeated in four out of the seven matches played today.

The achieved the highest netball score of goals in their game whilst in football the kicked the highest score of the day with a massive 29.14 – 186 score.

We’ll be back next week with a new edition of Sports Talk.

April 28 – 29 2018

Saturday saw the Rovers travel out to Jerilderie to play their round of matches whilst the Rams traveled out to play Katandra on Sunday.

Rams Football Results

Seniors lost 16.12 – 108 to 7.9 – 51
Reserves lost 18.16 – 124 to 2.5 – 17
Thirds won 17.9 – 111 to 4.2 – 26
Fourths won 12.16 – 88 to 0.0 – 0

Rams Netball Results

A Grade won 70 to 32
B Grade won 61 to 26
C Grade won 63 to 32
C Reserve won 45 to 42
Under 17’s lost 33 to 26
Under 15’s won 32 to 8
Under 13’s won 38 to 8
Under 11’s won 19 to 3

Rovers Football Results

Seniors won 28.21 – 189 to 5.4 – 34
Reserves won 9.7 – 61 to 9.3 – 57
Thirds won 22.18 – 131 to 4.1 – 25
Fourths won 28.16 – 184 to 0.0 – 0

Rovers Netball Results

A Grade won 59 to 24
B Grade won 38 to 37
C Grade won 38 to 30
C Reserve won 49 to 11
Under 17’s lost 48 to 23
Under 15’s
Under 13’s won 13 to 2

Conclusion

It was a mixed day for the Rams footballers, the Seniors and the Reserves suffered losses but the Thirds and the Fourths scored big wins to keep up their fine starts to the season.

The Rams netballers almost had the perfect day with seven wins from eight matches and they will be very happy with that outcome.

The Rovers footballers had the perfect day after achieving another clean sweep.

The Rovers netballers had a very solid day on the court and won the day overall.

The A Grade Rams achieved the highest score of 70 goals in netball whilst in football the Rovers Fourths kicked the highest score of the day with a massive 28.16 – 184 score.

We’ll be back on Thursday with a new edition of Sports Talk featuring ladder positions, weather forecasts and more.

April 26 2018

This weekend sees our local teams hit the road.

The Rams are off to Katandra and it will a change of scenery as Katandra up until early this year was part of the PDFNL.

The Rovers are off to Jerilderie to play their matches.

Katandra is expected to be 22 degrees with winds staying around 10km/h for the duration of the day.

Jerilderie is predicted to be slightly warmer with 23 degrees expected with winds expected to be under 10km/h for the day.

Both days will be sunny with will no doubt please all those participating in the matches and those watching the matches.

Below is how the Rams and the Rovers teams are going so far this season.

Rams Football Ladder Positions

Seniors – 15th
Reserves – 15th
Thirds – 2nd
Fourths – 2nd

Rams Netball Ladder Positions

A Grade – 3rd
B Grade – 2nd
C Grade  – 6th
C Reserve – 2nd
17 and Under – 2nd
15 and Under – 1st
13 and Under – 2nd

Rovers Football Ladder Positions

Seniors – 3rd
Reserves – 3rd
Thirds – 5th
Fourths – 1st

Rovers Netball League Positions

A Grade – 5th
B Grade – 5th
C Grade – 11th
C Reserve – 1st
Under 17’s – 1st
Under 15’s – 1st
Under 13’s – 5th

We’ll be back on Saturday night or mid Sunday at the latest with all the results

April 14 2018

Today was round 2 of the PDFNL season with the Rovers travelling out to Berrigan.

Meanwhile in the Murray Football League and Murray Netball League, the Rams got to put their feet up courtesy of a bye.

Rovers Football Results

Seniors won 8.12 – 60 to 5.7 – 37
Reserves won 9.17 – 71 to 2.3 – 15
Thirds won 12.10 – 82 to 1. 6 – 12
Fourths won 29.14 – 188 to 0.0 – 0

Rovers Netball Results

A Grade won 43 to 23
B Grade lost 40 to 38
C Grade lost 26 to 15
C Reserve won 61 to 9
Under 17’s lost 32 to 25
Under 15’s won 31 to 7
Under 13’s won 26 to 1

Conclusion

The footballers achieved a clean sweep whilst the netballers narrowly won the day by winning four out of the seven matches.

The Fourths kicked the highest score with 29.14 and C Reserve got the highest netball score with 61 in their big win.

We’ll be back on Thursday with a look at the next round of matches.

April 7 2018

Today was the start of the PDFNL season for the Rovers with the team playing host to Strathmerton.

Today in the Murray Football League and Murray Netball League was Round 2 and today’s action saw the Rams play host to Rumbalara.

Rams Football Results

Seniors lost 9.12 – 66 to 23.14 – 152
Reserves lost 0.0 – 0 to 25.16-166
Under 17’s won 14.12-96 to 4.5-29
Under 14’s won 16.20 – 116 to 0.0

Rams Netball Results

A Grade won 39 to 36
B Grade won 63 to 29
C Grade won 53 to 36
C Reserve won 65 to 22
Under 17’s won 76 to 9
Under 15’s won 52 to 12
Under 13’s won 42 to 12
Under 11’s won 13 to 3

Rovers Football Results

Seniors won 14.8 – 92 to 13.8 – 86
Reserves won 16.10 – 106 to 1.2 – 8
Under 14’s won 35.15 – 222 to 0.0 – 0

Rovers Netball Results

A Grade won 54 to 30
B Grade won 47 to 27
C Grade lost 26 to 35
C Reserve won 48 to 16
Under 17’s lost 55 to 25
Under 15’s won 45 to 6
Under 13’s won 22 to 11

Conclusion

The Rams are going fantastically well in Netball and they must be really happy with their clean sweep today.

Youth continue to the shining light for the Rams in Football as the Under 14’s and 17’s have won by impressive margins but fans will be starting to worry about the Seniors and Reserves.

The Rovers will be happy with their Netball sides efforts today with five wins from seven games today, there is no doubt that Sponsors Day was a great success for those businesses who put money into the club.

The football sides had a great day and the Seniors must be really happy with getting a win over an always strong Strathmerton side and we certainly hope it is the launching point for a return to finals football.

We’ll be back on Thursday with a look ahead to Round 2 (PDFNL) and Round 3 (MFL/MNL) action.