Round 10 of the Football and Netball seasons is coming up this weekend and for the first time we get to see how every side measures up to each other thanks to all sides now having played each other once and had a bye each (two in A Grade’s case).

With everyone playing each other once, teams this week will be playing their Round 1 opponents and in the Rovers case that is Yarroweyah.

Netball

A Grade are sitting third on the ladder with a 4-2-1 record, their Yarroweyah opponents are sitting in seventh spot with a 1-7 record.

Yarroweyah thanks to their win last week are no longer winless this season and will be hungry to win two in a row.

Last time they met: A Grade won their Round 1 match against Yarroweyah 54 to 21.

B Grade are sitting on top of the ladder with a 8-0 record and they are up against a Yarroweyah side that is yet to win this season but that does not mean the match will be a slam dunk for the Rovers as they chase a ninth win in a row.

Last time they met: B Grade won their Round 1 match against Yarroweyah 53 to 36.

C Grade are sitting in second on the C Grade ladder with a 6-2 record and they will take on a Yarroweyah side that is yet to win so far this season and there is no doubt the Rovers will be wary of a side hungry to break their 2016 drought.

Last time they met: C Grade won their Round 1 match against Yarroweyah 55 to 17.

C Reserve are in second position on the C Reserve ladder with a 6-2 record and they are up against a Yarroweyah side that is currently winless at this stage of the season and that means the Rovers side has to be wary of them on Saturday.

Last time they met: C Reserve won their Round 1 match against Yarroweyah 62 to 2.

Under 17‘s are top of the ladder with an 8-0record and will be out to make it nine in a row against a Yarroweyah side that is sitting in eighth with a 1-7 record and are eager to improve that record to 2-7.

Last time they met: Under 17’s won their Round 1 match against Yarroweyah 61 to 14.

Under 15‘s are sitting sixth on the ladder with a 3-5 record and are up against a Yarroweyah side that is third on the ladder with a 6-2 record.

A win for the Rovers will ensure the side is no more than two wins outside the Top 5 with all wins important for the Rovers from now on.

Last time they met: Under 15’s lost their Round 1 match against Yarroweyah 35 to 25.

Under 13‘s are on top of the ladder with an 8-0 record and come up against a Yarroweyah side that is yet to win so far this season but like many of the Rovers teams they will be wary of Yarroweyah who are no doubt eager to get a win on the board.

Last time they met: Under 13’s won their Round 1 match against Yarroweyah 44 to 3.

Football

Rovers Seniors are second on the ladder with a 6-2 record and are coming up against a Yarroweyah side that is on the bottom with a 1-7 record and would be eager to win to get ahead of Mathoura.

Last time they met: Seniors won their Round 1 match against Yarroweyah 14.13- 97 to 7.5 – 47.

Rovers Reserves are on top of the ladder with a 8-0 record and they are aiming to make it 9-0 against a Yarroweyah side that sits in eighth with a 1-7 record.

Last time they met: Reserves won their Round 1 match against Yarroweyah 14.9 – 93 to 1.2 – 8.

The Thirds are undefeated after eight games and they are looking to make it nine wins in a row against a Yarroweyah side that is yet to have a win in 2016.

Last time they met: The Thirds’s won their Round 1 match against Yarroweyah 25.18 – 168 to 0.0 – 0.

The Fourths are sitting fourth on the ladder with a 5-3 record and are against a Yarroweyah side that is sitting in eighth position on the ladder with a 1-7 record.

Last time they met: The Fourths won their Round 1 match against Yarroweyah 17.13 – 115 to 2.3 – 15.

Thoughts

Several Yarroweyah teams have not had a win so far this year but this does not mean that the Rovers teams playing against them will be certain winners on Saturday.

Rovers Talk will be back on Saturday night with all the results for you to read and hopefully enjoy.

Today is Rovers A Grade playing coach Janice Hilton’s birthday and so this special edition of Rovers Talk celebrates that fact.

Deniliquin has had the privilege of seeing Janice in sporting action for many years, she’s played against the best the region can offer and has also ran against the best the region has offered too with humble success.

Since taking over as A Grade coach of the Rovers in 2015, Janice has had great success with the side taking them to last year’s Grand Final where the Rovers were narrowly deprived of being premiers for that season and this year the Rovers are doing well with a 4-2-1 record despite the season being as much stop and start in terms of game action as a traffic jam in a major city as you’ll see below.

Round 7 – Bye
General Bye
Round 8 – Tocumwal
Round 9 – Bye
Round 10  – Yarroweyah (This Weekend)
Round 11 – Bye (Next Weekend)

Rovers Talk would like to wish Janice a Happy Birthday, may the A Grade side have a win on Saturday and may there be a party of all parties on the weekend for herself, family and friends preserved in history by the goodness of social media.

Rovers Talk will be back on Thursday as we preview all of this Saturday’s games against Yarroweyah.

Round 9 of Football and Netball competitions got underway today with the Rovers on the road to take on Berrigan on their home turf.

Netball

A Grade had a bye this week so there was no A Grade action this weekend much to their disappointment as they only played one game since having 21 days off competition due to a Round 7 bye and a general bye in a row.

B Grade went into the match against their Berrigan opponents with a perfect 7-0 record and they prevailed in today’s match to win their eight straight game by 17 goals, the final score read Rovers 41 to Berrigan 24.

C Grade were aiming to improve their record to 7-1 for the season so far but were outplayed by their Berrigan opponents, the scores at the end of the game read Berrigan 41 to Rovers 33.

C Reserve aimed to win their sixth straight game today and they succeeded with a narrow two goal win over their Berrigan opponents, the scores at the end of the game read Rovers 20 to Berrigan 18.

The Junior sides played very well against their Tocumwal opponents and below is the results of their games.

The Under 17’s score was not available at this time of writing but will be edited when the scores come to hand.

The Under 15’s Rovers were aiming to chalk up their third win of the season and done so in the narrowest of fashion by defeating Berrigan by one goal, the scores at the end of the game were Rovers 10 to Berrigan 9.

The Under 13’s have made it eight from eight with a comfortable 28 goal win against their Berrigan opponents, the scores at the end of the game read Rovers 40 to Berrigan 12.

Football

Rovers Football sides were in action against their Berrigan opponents and overall the teams had a very good day.

The Seniors were out to win five in a row and they got it in style with a 22 point win over their Berrigan opponents.

The Seniors had a terrific start kicking 4.0 to 1.5 in the first quarter before Berrigan issued a challenge kicking 4.0 to 2.2 to cut the Rovers lead to three points at half time before the Rovers kicked 2.2 to 0.3 in the third quarter to lead by 14 points.

The Seniors sealed the win with a 3.0 to 1.4 final quarter to win the match despite Berrigan scoring 18 times to 15 which shown the Rovers made their shots at goal count.

T. Draffin and 200 gamer Terry Lumbar kicked 4 goals apiece whilst M. Robinson, D. May and  B. Jones all kicked a goal in the win.

The Reserves entered their match against Berrigan with a seven match winning streak and at the end of the match the winning streak was extended to eight matches after a great performance from the side today.

It was a 2.1 to 0.1 opening term for the Rovers before they added another 1.4 to 0.0 to take a 22 point lead at half time, the Rovers then kicked 4.2 to 0.1 in the third to put the game beyond doubt before finishing up with 2.1 to 1.1 to win by 53 points.

The scores at the end of the game were Rovers 9.8 – 63 to Berrigan 1.3 – 9.

Darren Kirby and M. Atley both kicked two goals apiece whilst L. Hay, K. Shephard, G. Trewhitt, M. Johnson and Daniel Kirby kicked one goal apiece in the win.

The U/17’s went into the game looking to add make it eight in a row and they done it after a great third quarter against their Berrigan opponents.

The Rovers kicked 6.5 – 41 to 5.3 – 33 with Daniel Kirby kicking 2 goals whilst B. McCalman, J. Flight, R. Norris and B. Sartore all kicked one goal apiece in the win.

U/14’s went into todays game aiming to get back on the winners list at Berrigan’s expense and done so in convincing fashion by defeating Berrigan by 109 points.

Unlike last weeks game where goals were hard to come by in the mud of Memorial Park, the Rovers had no problem scoring with the side kicking 16.13 – 109 to Berrigan’s 0.0 – 0.

B. Redden was top goal kicker for the Rovers with 3 with H. Gardiner, B. Townsend, K. Joss and T. McDonnell all kicking two goals apiece whilst P. Westcott, B. East, L. Hillier, J. Woodcock and J. Ezard all kicked a goal apiece in the win.

Thoughts

Solid results for the Rovers in Netball with five wins and one loss from the matches played by the Rovers today in Berrigan.

All Netball sides played well regardless of the result and should be really happy with their results at this point of their seasons.

Rovers Footballers will be very happy with their results as all four sides won their matches today and todays results does make the Rovers sides finals contenders as they have shown they are can mix it with any team for a finals position.

Combined the Rovers teams played ten matches for nine wins and a loss today which makes it a very good day for the Rovers and their fans.