Krista Schade
10 April 2025, 11:00 PM
The 2025 Group 20 competition will commence this weekend and is set to run for 18 rounds.
All eyes will head to the lake to see how the red-hot Yanco Wamoon Hawks perform on the road against Tullibigeal Lakes United. This will mark the return of Yanco-Wamoon to the first-grade competition after spending the bulk of last season playing in Reserve Grade.
The Hawks took out their own 9s pre-season competition held at Leeton recently, and their new look outfit certainly caught the interest of spectators. Yanco’s Petero Taiusi is shaping up to be the Hawks secret weapon - whenever opponents threatened, Taiusi was sent in to turn the games around. He was the day’s highest try scorer, and will be a dangerous player to watch in the upcoming Group 20 season.
This match will also host the women’s tackle game between the Sharks and Hawks
Hay Magpies will host Darlington Point Roosters at Hay on Sunday and both teams will be without key players, thanks to both suspensions and injuries. Hay’s Toby Whitehead is serving out the remainder of a 2024 suspension, and the Roosters lost both Josh Vievers and Isaac Railo to the bin at the Yanco 9’s
The season is set to kick off with a bang, with rivalry games scheduled across the opening weekend between Hay and DPC, Yenda and Leeton, TLU and Yanco-Wamoon and the biggest of them all, the Griffith Derby between the Waratahs and Black and Whites at Exies Oval.
West Wyalong will have the bye in the first round, before kicking off their campaign on the road at Leeton in Round 2.
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