The two far northern teams proved to be head and shoulders above the other Queensland country regions with no other team getting close to Cairns or the Crusaders.
For the Cairns Lions it was a near perfect weekend across six games of football but for a 10-minute period where the Crusaders pace, pressure and will to run and carry to football saw them slam on 4 unanswered goals. Cairns spent the remainder of the game trying to catch up, coming home with a flurry of goals, but eventually ran out of time going down by 2 points.
From the country championships 6 Cairns players and 6 Cape York Crusader players were selected in the Queensland Country Kookaburra team to compete in the U16 State Championships in Brisbane next week. The selections reflecting the dominance of the Far Northerners in Rockhampton, making up more than half of the team.
Despite being runners up to the Crusaders again the result is good news for football in Cairns. 3 of the selected Crusader players already play in the AFL Cairns competition and more Crusaders will continue to filter into the AFL Cairns competition in the future.
Far North players selected for he U16 Queensland Country Kookaburras are:
Cairns - Lachlan Pearson (Centrals), Alex Carter (North Cairns), Michael Doust (North Cairns), Luke Chitty (North Cairns), Brandon Lovell (North Cairns), Sam Michael (Cairns Hawks). Crusaders - Kieran Johnson (Pyramid Power), Alton Matthew (Pyramid Power), Dhiraj Hari (Pyramid Power), Aquila Gela (York Island), Harry Kepa (Bamaga), Mark Akiba (Saibai Island).
RESULTS
Cairns 10-7-67 def Darling Downs 0-2-2
Goals: Damien Dewis-Trackson 3, Alex Carter 2, Sam Michael 2, Luke Chitty 1, Brandon Lovell 1, John Pullinger 1.
Best: Sam Michael, Alex Carter, Brandon Lovell.
Crusaders 5-4-34 def Cairns 5-2-32
Goals: Damien Dewis- Trackson 3, John Pullinger 1, Brandon Lovell
Best: Luke Chitty, Jermaine Wardle, Damien Dewis-Trackson.
Cairns 9-5-59 def Capricornia 1-2-8
Goals: Damien Dewis-Trackson 4, Jarred Begg 2, Harry Hutchinson 2, Alex Carter 1.
Best: Damien Dewis-Trackson, Lachy Pearson, Alex Carter.
Cairns 9-2-56 def BWB 1-3-9
Goals: Jackson Brown 3, Luke Chitty 2, Aaron King 1, John Pullinger 1, Jarryd Begg 1, Jermaine Wardle 1.
Best: Jermaine Wardle, Alex Carter, Andrew Brown.
Cairns 8-6-54 def Mackay 1-2-8
Goals: Harry Hutchinson, Jackson Brown, Sam Gibson, Brandon Lovell, Jermaine Wardle, Alex Carter, Jarryd Begg, Luke Chitty.
Best: Jarryd Begg, Lachy Pearson, Alex Carter.
Cairns 8-2-50 def Townsville 0-0-0
Goals: Luke Chitty 2, Alex Carter 2, Billy Brayshaw 1, Jermaine Wardle 1, Michael Doust 1, Jackson Brown 1.
Best: Luke Chitty, Andrew Brown, Alex Carter.
Last Modified on 30/11/2012 16:06