Diehards home in tough contest

It was the Dalby Diehards who had the honour of winning the first TRL grand final in two years when they denied Highfield’s in the Under 18 GF on Sunday.

By Casey O'Connor

It was the Dalby Diehards who had the honour of winning the first TRL grand final in two years when they denied Highfield’s in the Under 18 GF on Sunday.

The first half saw 20 minutes of intense end to end play before Highfields posted first points off the back of a 40-20 kicked by Ryan Gill.

Dalby were quick to hit back with two tries and led 10-8 at the break.

Highfields regained the lead shortly after play resumed but from that point it was all Dalby as they went on take the Grand final 22-14.

Dalby 22 (Alex Lindsay, Blayden Dodd, Dylan Nobbs, Keanu Wright-Dun Robin tries J Alex Lindsay 3 goals) defeated Highfields 14 (Zac Brown 2 tries Chad Lebsanft 3 goals).