First Grade
The Wingham Tigers were at home again at the Regional Australia Bank Stadium in a catch-up game from week 3 against the Forster Tuncurry Hawks.
It took until midway through the first half for the first score, when Ethan Ferguson crossed for a try which he converted.
Ten minutes later, the Hawks scored from a tap kick, and a simple missed tackle, to level the scores at 6-6. Minutes later, Nathan Campbell made a break which resulted in Fletcher Lewis scoring in the corner.
Fletcher Lewis then made it a double from a grubber kick. Ethan Ferguson added the extra points. A penalty goal to Ethan Ferguson after the half time siren made the score 18-6 at the break. Wingham looked to have gone further ahead early in the second half, but the last pass was ruled forward. It took another twenty minutes until Jake Mullen scored, and Ethan Ferguson converted the try.
A late try to Forster Tuncurry from dummy half made the final score 24-12.
(Fletcher Lewis 2, Ethan Ferguson, Jake Mullen tries, Ethan Ferguson 4 goals)
Reserve Grade
The Reserve Grade Tigers notched up their first win for the year with a solid 22-0 performance. Within a ten minute period, Cameron Oliver scored twice, and opposite winger Kyle Buddle crossed out wide, and Jacob Smith had two conversions for a 16-0 lead.
Tyrell Mitchell scored ten minutes into the second half, and Jacob Smith added the extra points. The Tigers then defended that lead until the final siren.
(Cameron Oliver 2, Kyle Buddle, Tyrell Mitchell tries, Jacob Smith 3 goals)
Under 18s
The Wingham Under 18s won on Saturday by forfeit over Forster Tuncurry.
Then they backed up on Sunday against the Macleay Valley Mustangs at Lake Cathie. The opposition only had twelve players, and were reduced to eleven midway through the first half following a send off. Wingham led 24-0 at the break with 5 tries. The Mustangs scored under the posts early in the second half, before Wingham clicked into gear with another 5 second half tries to reach the half century, winning 50-6.
(Mason Lewis 2, Lleyton Moore 2, Zac Schafer, Brayden Livermore, Will Hansen, Ben Guy, Luke Croker, Kyle Marron tries, Kyle Marron 5 goals)
Ladies Tackle
The Wingham Tigers Tackle team remains winless for 2024 after going down to Forster Tuncurry 22-12 after trailing 16-6 at the break. Jamika Slater scored both tries, which were converted by Martell Webster-Ritchie.
(Jamika Slater 2 tries, Martell Webster-Ritchie 2 goals)
League Tag
The Tigers League Tag team never really got into the game losing to the Hawks 30-0. With the score at 22-0 at the break, 4 players were sent off after the half time siren, two from each team in an incident that spoiled the game.