HONOURS SHARED BETWEEN CRUSHERS & MINERS

The Herbert River Crushers A Grade vs. The Charters Towers Miners

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By Peter Reitano

Herbert River hosted the Charters Towers Miners in 2 grades on Saturday with the honours shared between the 2 grades.  

In the A-Grade game, Charters Towers were first on the board with a converted try, then the Crushers got on the board with a try out wide. The Towers then blasted through with their centre just outjumping the Crushers defender, and with the conversion, they were up 12 - 4 with 22 minutes to go in the first half.

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Dau then crossed for his second try, and with captain and fullback Dylan Gaggiano's conversion, the Crushers were down by 2, and 12 - 10 to the Miners remained the score until halftime.  

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After sustained pressure in the Crushers quarter, the Miners crashed over for an unconverted try to lead by 6 with 20 minutes to go. The Miners then crossed for another converted try to give them a 12-point lead. The Miners scored again to lead 26 - 10 with 13 minutes to go. Unfortunately, the Crushers could not make up the difference, and the Miners ran away winners 26 - 10.

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In the Reserve Grade, the Crushers jumped out to a 10-point lead after winger Jayden Smallwood opened the scoring. Matty Chiesa put a kick through that Keith Kyle collected to score, and Tremayne Priestley converted. Priestley followed with a double, which he converted to give the Crushers a 20-nil lead at halftime.  

Soon after halftime both centres, Jerramaine Nean and Riley Dickson, scored. Followed by a conversion to Priestley, the Crushers were up 30-nil.  Nean then scored his second converted try taking the Crushers to 36 nil.

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The Miners finally got on the board with an unconverted try 13 minutes to go, just before Chiesa broke the line and drew the defender, passing to Nean for his hattrick. Priestley pulled a conversion when he also crossed for his own try leaving the Crushers to run out winners 48 - 4.

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The Crushers don't play this coming weekend. Their next game is on Sunday 4^th July, followed by Friday night footy against Brothers on Friday 10^th July. The NRL Legends game vs the Herbert River Crushers Allstars game will be on Saturday 18^th July.

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