YEOVAL’S Men’s First Grade has progressed in the Oilsplus North league with a slender, two-point win over Canowindra at home on Saturday.
The victory means the Eagles will now take on the Coolah Roos in this weekend’s preliminary final, while the Pythons are done for 2026.
In the final round of Women’s North Cup regular season play, Yeoval also got a convincing win, downing Blayney by 35 points.
Molong’s Women improved their final placing on the ladder, leapfrogging this weekend’s opponents in the first round of the finals, Wellington with a convincing 17 to 0 win on the road at Wellington.
The last home and away games in New Holland Cup Men’s First Grade saw Molong cap another perfect season, also defeating Wellington in a 64 to 22 masterclass.
Oilsplus North Men’s First Grade
Semi-final one
Blayney Rams 31 v Coolah Roos 27
Tries – Blayney Rams – Iffland, Butler, Hunter, Farr, Miskell
Coolah Roos – Kemp, Hegarty, Towell, name withheld
Conversions – Blayney Rams – Farr (3)
Coolah Roos – Schneider (2)
Penalty Goals – Coolah Roos – Schneider (1)
Semi-final two
Yeoval Eagles 14 v Canowindra Pythons 12
Tries – Yeoval Eagles – Barber, Wykes
Canowindra Pythons – Slattery, Groves
Conversions – Yeoval Eagles – Lees (2)
Canowindra Pythons – Fisher (1)
New Holland Cup Men’s First Grade
Round 12
Wellington Redbacks 22 v Molong Magpies 64
Tries – Wellington Redbacks – Riley, Whale, Stanley, Cubby
Molong Magpies – Harris (3), Sneesby (3), Fraser (2), Duffy, Steele-Park
Conversions – Wellington Redbacks – Timu (1)
Molong Magpies – Harris (6), Watt (1)
Mudgee Wombats 25 v Narromine Gorillas 41
Tries – Mudgee Wombats – Wykes, Roe, Harvison, Dunstan
Narromine Gorillas – Itoya (2), Truscott, Hayes, Brown, Redden
Conversions – Mudgee Wombats – Gant (1)
Narromine Gorillas – Redden (3)
Penalty Goals – Mudgee Wombats – Brown (1)
Dubbo Rhinos 78 v CSU Mitchell 8
Tries – Dubbo Rhinos – Lindsay (2), Riley, Wykes, Whale, Hunter, Farr, Stanley, Name Withheld, Cubby, Read
CSU Mitchell – Slattery
Conversions – Dubbo Rhinos – Lees (2), Groves, Clow, Farr, Timu, Name Withheld, Greenaway, Lindsay
CSU Mitchell – None
Penalty Goals – CSU Mitchell – Brown (1)
Parks Boars – bye
Pos Team Played Wins Drawn Lost +/- BPts Pts
1 Molong Magpies 12 12 0 0 587 11 69
2 Narromine Gorillas 11 9 0 2 281 9 55
3 Mudgee Wombats 11 8 0 3 173 9 51
4 Wellington Redbacks 12 5 0 7 -68 6 36
5 Parkes Boars 12 3 1 8 -256 3 27
6 Dubbo Rhinos 11 1 1 9 -174 7 23
7 CSU Mitchell 11 1 0 10 -543 1 15
New Holland Cup Men’s Second Grade
Wellington Redbacks 36 v Molong Magpies 38
Tries – Wellington Redbacks – Whiteman (2), Newman, Lee, George, Thomas
Molong Magpies – Whiting (2), Hickson (2), Wilson
Conversions – Wellington Redbacks – George (3)
Molong Magpies – Hickson (5)
Penalty Goals – Molong Magpies – Hickson (1)
Dubbo Rhinos 74 v CSU Mitchell 12
Tries – Dubbo Rhinos – Wailomo Balemainasoso (4), Playford (3), Lane (2), Richardson, Morgan, Eather
CSU Mitchell – Dubois, Thomson
Conversions – Dubbo Rhinos – Lomani (3), Wailomo Balemainasoso, Eather, Gibbs, Satala
CSU Mitchell – Ludick (1)
Mudgee Wombats 34 v Narromine Gorillas 33
Tries – Mudgee Wombats – Callaghan (2), Crawley, Name Withheld, Roe
Narromine Gorillas – Job, Gainsford, Redden, Gill, Halbisch
Conversions – Mudgee Wombats – Carters (3)
Narromine Gorillas – McPherson (4)
Penalty Goals – Mudgee Wombats – Carters (1)
Parks Boars – bye
Pos Team Played Wins Drawn Lost +/- BPts Pts
1 Narromine Gorillas 12 9 0 3 306 13 59
2 Wellington Redbacks 12 10 0 2 209 9 59
3 Mudgee Wombats 12 8 0 4 273 11 53
4 Molong Magpies 12 8 0 4 204 9 51
5 Parkes Boars 12 4 0 8 -279 4 30
6 Dubbo Rhinos 12 3 0 9 -112 6 28
7 CSU Mitchell 12 0 0 12 -601 2 12
Women’s North Cup
Wellington Redbacks 0 v Molong Magpies 17
Tries – Wellington Redbacks – None
Molong Magpies – Hoswell, Potts
Conversions – Wellington Redbacks – None
Molong Magpies – Hoswell (2)
Penalty Goals – Molong Magpies – Hoswell (1)
Yeoval Eagles 47 v Blayney Rams 12
Tries – Yeoval Eagles – Chandler (3), Newman (2), Smith-Romans, Brown
Blayney Rams – Name Withheld, Fenner
Conversions – Yeoval Eagles – Smith-Romans (6)
Blayney Rams – Dowsett (1)
CSU Mitchell, Parkes Boars, Mudgee Wombats – bye
Pos Team Played Wins Drawn Lost +/- BPts Pts
1 Mudgee Wombats 11 10 0 1 319 10 65
2 Parkes Boars 11 9 0 2 324 11 62
3 Molong Magpies 11 6 0 5 121 7 46
4 Wellington Redbacks 11 7 0 4 48 3 46
5 CSU Mitchell 11 3 0 8 -73 7 34
6 Yeoval Eagles 10 2 0 8 -492 1 29
7 Blayney Rams 11 1 0 10 -247 2 21