Teams up for finals footy

THE season draws to a close with a month of finals followed by the all-important grand finals ahead.

At the weekend some of the grades took shape.

Yeppoon Seagulls had won the minor premiership the week before, and so much of the attention was focused on the reserve grade matches and also the under-20s competition.

However, there were few surprises in the reserve grade as joint leaders in the competition, Yeppoon and CQU Norths, both had wins.

Norths had the toughest task against a spirited Tannum Sands.

However, two tries from Justin Peacock was one of the highlights as Brothers got home by 26-20.

It is not too often a player scores three tries in a game and walks away the loser.

It happened in the Gladstone Brothers match with Wallabys where Jamie McKay dotted down three times only to finish on the wrong end of a 46-26 score line.

Yeppoon had a close call in winning its match with Fitzroy Gracemere.

The Seagulls won the match 14-4, with the points for Yeppoon coming from tries to John Consten, Robbie Ryan and Liam Saxby.

Biggest win of the day in the Reserve Challenge Cup was reserved for Rockhampton Brothers who trounced Biloela 44-20.

For the Bretheren the points went to Sam McCoombes and Kenny Oakley, with two tries apiece, while James Bailey, Robbie Palmer, Sam Williams and Zac Moss all scored singles.

In the under-20s Challenge Cup high scores were the order of the day.

Rockhampton Brothers had too many big guns for Biloela, running away in a one-sided game by almost 60 points in a 76-18 thumping.

It was also an easy win for fellow minor premiership contender CQU Norths as they cruised to a 44-4 win over Tannum Sands.

There was little to play for in the Yeppoon and Fitzroy Gracemere game as both teams are outside the top four for the Challenge Cup, but Yeppoon was successful in collecting the points by prevailing 38-14.

COMPETITION STATS

Results from Round 17

A-grade Challenge Cup

CQU Norths 38 def Tannum Sands 32

Rocky Brothers 56 def Biloela 16

Yeppoon 46 def Fitzroys/Gracemere 4

Gladstone Brothers 18 def Wallabys 14

Points:- 1: Yeppoon 28, 2: Rocky Brothers 22, 3: Gladstone Brothers 20, 4: Wallabys 14, 5: Fitzroys/Gracemere 14, 6: Tannum Sands 12, 7: Biloela 12, 8: CQU Norths 8, 9: Valleys 6.

Reserve Challenge Cup

CQU Norths 26 def Tannum Sands 20

Yeppoon 14 def Fitzroys/ Gracemere 4

Rocky Brothers 44 def Biloela 20

Gladstone Brothers 46 def Wallabys 26

Points:- 1: Yeppoon 26, CQU Norths 26, 3: Fitzroys Gracemere 25, 4: Gladstone Brothers 19, 5: Rocky Brothers 19, 6: Tannum Sands 16, 7: Wallabys 14, 8: Valleys 12, 9: Calliope 6, 10: Biloela 2.

Under-20s Challenge Cup

Rocky Brothers 76 def Biloela 18

CQU Norths 44 def Tannum Sands 4

Yeppoon 38 def Fitzroys Gracemere 14

Points:- 1: Rocky Brothers 24, 2: CQU Norths 22, 3: Gladstone Brothers 20, 4: Valleys 18, 5: Yeppoon 15, 6: Tannum Sands 15, 7: Biloela 4, 8: Fitzroys Gracemere 3.

Local A-grade positions:

1: Brothers, 2: Yeppoon, 3: CQU Norths, 4: Fitzroys/Gracemere

Reserve Grade

1: Yeppoon, 2: CQU Norths, 3: Fitzroys/Gracemere, 4. Brothers

Under-20s

1: Brothers, 2: CQU Norths, 3: Yeppoon, 4: Fitzroys/Gracemere.

Total Club Points

1: Brothers 25, 2: Yeppoon 24, 3: CQU Norths 22, 4: Fitzroys/Gracemere

Local League Top five points scorers A-grade

1: C Motu (Yeppoon) 36, 2: D Pickering (Fitzroys/Gracemere 32, 3: R Baker (Brothers) 26, 4: K Wilkerson (Brothers) 26, 5: T Hain 24 equal J Waterton (CQU Norths)

Reserve Grade

1: D Ksiazek (Yeppoon) 42, 2: H Lynch (Fitzroy Gracemere) 38, 3: R Broome Fitzroy Gracemere) 24, 4: C Johnson (Fitzroy/ Gracemere) 22, 5: J Kemp (CQU Norths) and R Smith (CQU Norths) 20.

Under-20s

1: K Davis (Brothers) 76, 2: J White (CQU Norths) 70, 3: A Raymond (Brothers) 50, 4: R Beatson (Brothers) 48, 5: G Power (Yeppoon) 42.