Sport
22 April, 2024
Snakes strike back
The Caboolture Snakes achieved a breakthrough win in the Sunshine Coast Gympie Rugby League (SCGRL), as they defeated the Nambour Crushers 20-12 at Bob Day Oval last Sunday.
Stung by a 42-14 away loss to Kawana in round one a week earlier, the Snakes worked their way to a 20-0 lead on home soil before a late comeback from the Crushers made the result more respectable.
The Snakes had all the running in the early stages, before their defence hung on impressively as the Crushers forced numerous repeat sets.
Caboolture led 4-0 as Isaac Breed scored the opening try in the 33rd minute, before second-half tries to Logan Puohotaua, Ben Robinson-Patch and Tyler McGoldrick set up the 20-point lead.
Snakes coach Jamie Floss rated Robinson-Patch among Caboolture’s best performers, along with Joshua Jansen, Liam Harris and Jayden Newbould.
Lapses and ill-discipline from the Snakes enabled Nambour to score two quick tries which narrowed the gap to eight points with four minutes left , before desperate Caboolture defence prevented another try.
Caboolture’s coach said the team “really concentrated” on defence.
“We had to do that after leaking 40 points last week, so that was one of our biggest focus points, and just making sure we’re right on task there,” Floss said.
“I thought they did a pretty good job today, (although) towards the end we sort of fell away, but I was happy with the defensive eff ort for the fi rst 60 to 70 minutes.”
Floss said there was “still a lot of work to do” and that the Snakes needed to “make sure we do those little things right”.
Next for Caboolture’s A graders is an away match against Maroochydore on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Caboolture’s U19s and reserve graders won for the second week in a row as the U19s beat Gympie 28-12 before the reserve graders won 46-26
