Innisfail cap off stellar season with Under 13 premiership

Author: Maria Girgenti QRL Northern correspondent
Timestamp: Wed 11 Sep 2019, 08:29 PM

The undefeated Brothers Innisfail Under 13 team capped off a stellar season with a 28-10 grand final win against Redlynch to claim the premiership at Cairns District Junior Rugby League finals at Jones Park on Saturday.

Tureti Ryder from Brothers Innisfail was awarded Under 13 Best and Fairest trophy.

Kangaroos claimed two premierships in the Under 14 and Under 15 age groups, while Ivanhoes were crowned Under 16 champions.

Winning Innisfail Under 13 captain Ben Roebuck with two team members.

Under 13 Best & Fairest Player Tureti Ryder from Innisfail Brothers.

Ben Dooley from Ivanhoes was presented with the Jones Family Trophy for Male Rep Player of the Year by John Jones.

Winning Under 16 Ivanhoes captain Ben Dooley was presented with the Intersport Trophy.

Winning Innisfail Brothers Under 13 captain Ben Roebuck was presented with the Eileen Gil Memorial Trophy by Ron Gil.

Ivanhoes were Runners Up in Under 16 Grand Final.

Rob Wallace presented Ethan Lloyd with the Jack & Irene Seary Memorial Trophy for The Most Promising Referee.

Cairns District Junior Rugby League Chairman Jodie Stevens presented the Under 14 Best & Fairest Trophy to Hosea Kedzlie from Kangaroos.

Ivanhoes were Runners Up in the Under 14 grand final.

Ivanhoes Under 16 captain Jesse Jackson was presented with the Best Forward trophy by John Bingham.

QRL Operations Manager Sheron McDougall presented Under 14 Kangaroos captain Jace Williams with the trophy for the Team Scoring the Most Points for 2019.

Kangaroos Under 15 premiership winning team.

Nicole Tobin presented the Jones Family trophy for Female Rep Player of the Year to Dakota Taputoa from Kangaroos.

Sponsor Lisa Rapira presented the Under 15 Best & Fairest Trophy to Scorpions player Marcellus Luki.

Runners up in the Under 13 grand final were Redlynch Razorbacks.

Centrals Scorpions team were the Under 15 Runners Up.

Sponsors Paul and Jodi Stevens presented Kevin Edmonstone from Edmonton Storm with the Under 16 Best Back trophy.

Cairns District Junior Rugby League Chairman Jodi Stevens (right) presented Tanya Croucher from Mareeba Junior Rugby League with the CDJRL Volunteer of the Year award for her dedication and tireless efforts to Mareeba and the whole CDJRL.

Results were as follows:

Under 13

Innisfail Brothers 28 (William Roos, Xapheniah Tanner, Charlie Alcock, Jayden Wahlin, Tureti Ryder, Kenneth Banu tries; William Roos 2 goals) defeated Redlynch 10 (Jayce Hudson, Cooper Berzinski tries; Noah Miles goal)

Under 14

Kangaroos 40 (Jace Williams 3, Cooper Kettles 2, Devontey Auda, Trashann Matthew, Noah Caisley, Patrick Gordon tries; Liam O'Brien 2 goals) defeated Ivanhoes 8 (Chad Knowles, Lachlan Todd tries)

Under 15

Kangaroos 20 (Elekana Suavai 2, Ryan Hawking, Keron Thompson tries; Ryan Hawking 2 goals) defeated Scorpions 16 (Marcellus Luki 3, Simeon Mosby tries)

Under 16

Ivanhoes 12 (Beau Hodges, Wayne Meredith, Jerome Stokes tries) defeated Edmonton 10 (Hamish Davies, Able Umurua tries; James Frazer goal)

The premiership winning Under 14 Kangaroos team. Photo: Arama & Rosina Samuel

CDJRL Team Scoring Most Points - Kangaroos Under 14

CDJRL Volunteer of the Year - Tanya Croucher (Mareeba JRL)

J & H E Jones Family Trophy - Representative Player of the Year - Male: Ben Dooley (Ivanhoes); Female: Dakota Taputoa (Kangaroos)

Jack & Irene Seary - Most Promising Referee - Ethan Lloyd

An elated Innisfail Under 13 coach William Cunningham said all players fulfilled their roles on the field.

"They completed their sets and just played great footy. It was a great game to watch against Redlynch who also put on a great display of footy," Cunningham said.

Cunningham took the opportunity to thank Redlynch for an outstanding grand final.

"It’s been a pleasure to be part of the Innisfail Under 13s team this year as their coach."

Innisfail were leading by 16-6 at halftime, then in the second half Innisfail got on with the job scoring two tries and one to Redlynch to finish 28-10 at fulltime and to bring home the silverware.

"Once again, Innisfail played for their team and supported each other on and off the field," Cunningham said.

"It was awesome to see so much support for Innisfail boys from parents, guardians and family of which I am extremely appreciative for their support."

Northern Pride players Jordan Biondi-Odo, Joseph Eichner, Terrence Casey-Douglas and Denzel King were in attendance and lend a hand with the presentation of trophies.

The premiership winning Under 16 Ivanhoes team. Arama & Rosina Samuel

Main image: Brothers Innisfail Under 13 team have had a clean sweep after finishing the season undefeated and going on to win the grand final and premiership. Photo: Arama & Rosina Samuel