The Rest too strong for 'Gades

Renegades Founders’ Day saw the host club win three of four matches, but lose the afternoon’s highlight game at the National Sports Centre.

Renegades Ladies 2nd’s 3, The Rest 2

The Renegades Ladies 2nd’s got the Founders’ Day under way with a narrow victory over The Rest. 

Orla Joyce had twice put Renegades in front but The Rest pulled scores back through Sally Pile and Amber Karaz.

On the final play of the match, captain for the day Susie Blasetti rounded the defence of The Rest to run in the winning score for the Renegades.

Renegades Old Boys 17, The Rest 15

In a close encounter, Renegades’ Old Boys would run out eventual winners 17-15 with scores from John Hopkin, Bryan Dalton and Richard Slater. 

The Rest scored tries though Jonathan Cassidy and Gareth Dixon. 

Renegades Ladies 1st’s 6, The Rest 0

After a defeat and a draw in their last two games, the Renegades Ladies got back to their winning ways with an impressive display against The Rest. 

Melissa Field scored twice in the first half to give the black and whites a 2-0 lead at the turnaround. 

In the second half, further scores from Field (3) and Nicky Jones saw the Renegades run out eventual 6-0 winners as the Rest had no answer to the impressive pace of the Renegades.

Renegades 10, The Rest 48

The final game of the day was played in glorious sunshine as The Rest eventually proved too strong for the Renegades. 

The Rest got off to a perfect start scoring two quick tries through Lachlan Armour and Durnferd Davis, with Shauntino Simmons adding a conversions for a 12-0 lead. However, Renegades would pull two scores of their own back through scrum-half for the day Ian Henderson, one coming from good support running following breaks by Kurt Thomas and Scott Slater, and the second being a snipe around the ruck on the Rest’s goal line. 

The second half proved to belong to the Rest as they ran in further tries through Shauntino Simmons (2), Aldo Campbell and Durnferd Davis (2).  n