Category: North West Sport

The Tamworth Taipans are looking to back up their state Oztag title this weekend. The Under 15s Girls secured the top spot last year and are hopeful their form will continue.

Bendemeer product Josh Hazlewood has missed selection for the New South Wales Marsh One Day Squad. Coach Phil Jacques says Hazlewood, alongside fellow fast bowler Mitchell Starc, weren’t chosen due to heavy workloads in the Sheffield Shield. Meanwhile, Cricket Australia has amended schedules due to extra COVID-19 requirements. The Marsh One Day Cup will now…

The Greater Northern Tigers women’s team have plenty of belief heading into this year’s Country Championships. The girls were undefeated last season before COVID struck, now they want to pick-up where they left off.

The country’s best Rugby Sevens players will arrive in Armidale later this week, as their tour of the North West continues. Its all part of the Aussie Sevens preparation for the Tokyo Olympics.

While Narrabri’s ‘Festival of Rugby’ certainly left a glowing impression on the community, Moree’s Josh Walker will remember it for another reason. The talented rugby player was drafted in last minute to play in the Sevens carnival.

The Greater Northern Tigers have had a mixed start to the opening round of the Country Championships at Aberdeen. They went down in the Andrew Johns Cup yesterday, before turning the result around in the Laurie Daley Cup.

The North West has been treated to a spectacle of rugby over the last three-days in Narrabri. The show-piece event though was last night with the Waratahs defeating the Reds 45 points to 33 in a pre-season Super Rugby hit out.

Tamworth trainer Lesley Jeffriess has taken out the 136th running of the Walcha Cup with eight-year-old gelding ‘Call Me Brad.’ Meanwhile rain didn’t stop racegoers from returning trackside today, with day-two of the carnival drawing punters from far and wide

Tamworth’s Bo Abra is on the cusp of making his Super Rugby debut after joining the Western Force. The 21-year-old played for the ACT Brumbies Academy last season, before making the move prior to Christmas.

Queensland’s Ben Hall has taken out this year’s Nutrien Classic Campdraft Final. Hall finished with a total of 269 points overnight, and pocketed an almighty pay check.