24/05/2026
Christie and Hood Castlereagh League – Round 5
Swans up for the challenge. Twice!
The Dunedoo Swans made the short trip to Coolah to take on the Coolah Roos in round five of the Christie and Hood Castlereagh League competition and they returned home with both the Jessica Skinner Challenge Cup and the Boronia Cup in what was a great day for the green and whites!
The Swannettes lead the way in the league tag clash, laying the platform for their win in the first half, going into half time leading 16 to 4. The second half saw both sides add ten points to their half time tallies but with the home side unable to reel in the half time deficit the Jessica Skinner Challenge Cup was headed south!
In an outstanding individual performance, the Swannettes’ Chelsea Gallagher scored 22 of her side’s 26 points with four tries and three goals.
That win set the tone for the first grade Boronia Cup Challenge game, and what a game it turned out to be, with both sides scoring four tries and in the end it came down to goal kicking with the Swans sharpshooter Ty Sutherland landing four from four, just edging out Coolah’s Brad Pickering who notched three from four.
The 24 to 22 loss by the Roos ended a rather remarkable home ground record for the Coolah club, it being their first loss at Bowen Oval since the club reformed three years ago!
The Swans first Boronia Cup Challenge defence will be a tough one as they will be hosting the thus far undefeated Cobar Roosters next Saturday in a clash that should pack out Roberston Oval.
The Roosters had little trouble against the Gulgong Bull Terriers last Saturday, cruising to a 62 to nil win on their home turf.
At Warren, the Bulldogs played host to the Gilgandra Panthers and they looked as if they might be in for their first win of the season when they deservedly went to the break holding a substantial 20 points to 6 lead armed with the knowledge that they would be playing a 12 man Panther outfit for the first ten minutes of the second stanza after a Gilgandra player was dispatched to the sin bin with just eight seconds remaining in the first half.
Whilst the Bulldogs rightly dominated the first half in terms of both possession and field position, they were very much aided and abetted by an abysmal first half handling display by the visitors.
In what turned out to be a game of two halves it was to be the Panthers who had an overwhelming share of possession in the second stanza, and with their handling being greatly improved they clawed their way back into the game and with ten minutes to go they hit the lead for the first time with the scoreboard reading 30 to 26.
In a helter-skelter finish the Bulldogs looked as if they might have at least salvaged a draw when their winger looked set to score out wide with just two minutes remaining, but to the dismay of their supporters the ball came loose and the Panthers managed to hold on for the win.
In the game played on Sunday between the Narromine Jets and the Coonamble Bears at Narromine it was again goal kicking that decided the result after both sides had scored six tries in an entertaining game, with the Jets getting the win 32 to 28.
On an unfortunate note, the Baradine Magpies have withdrawn their first-grade team from the rest of the 2026 competition following a horror run of injuries that has stretched their player numbers to breaking point. Teams drawn to play the Magpies in first grade will now receive a bye.
The Baradine league tag side will continue to play.
Christie and Hood Castlereagh League Round 5 scores.
Youth League
Cobar 54 (Aiden Swan 3, Will Oborn, Aiden Hyland, Jaxon Burke, Jackson Muldoon, Jack Dunn, Drew Barton, Ryan Mugugia tries, Brennan Auckett 3, Swan 2, Hyland, Oborn goals) defeated Gilgandra 26 (Peter Peters 2, Sam Dunn, Connor Smith, Riley Warrington tries, Peters 3 goals).
League Tag.
Dunedoo Swannettes 26 (Chelsea Gallagher 4, Evie Hogden tries, Gallagher 3 goals) defeated Coolah Flyers 14 (Brooklyn Blackadder, Jasmine Thompson, Maddilyn Blackadder tries, Brooklyn Blackadder goal).
Baradine 22 (Suzannah Carey, Holly Woodham, Heidi Taylor, Savannah Carey tries, Anna Arndell 3 goals) defeated Coonabarabran 20 (Britney Andrews 2, Jessie Newton, Zoe Wark tries, Rachael Barron, Lakiah Chatfield goals).
Cobar 22 (Sosie Barton, Emeliza Ah Van, Brianna Watson, Sarah Morley, Kayla Hassan-Williams tries, Watson goal) defeated Gulgong 16 (Emily Gallagher 2, Lolley Tumpey tries, Tumpey 2 goals).
Gilgandra Pink Panthers 16 (Kirsten Louie, Samantha Hazelton, Rani Diggs tries, Kiara Brown, Zillah Rogers goals) defeated Warren 0.
Narromine 50 (Shian Chatfield 2, Tayla Pennell 2, Lydia Gordon 2, Hayleigh McCarney, Chloe McLean tries, Chatfield 7 goals) defeated Coonamble 4 (Destyni Bright try).
Competition ladder; Dunedoo 15, Coolah 13, Gilgandra 12, Gulgong 11, Cobar 11, Narromine 11, Baradine 9, Coonabarabran 7, Warren 6, Coonamble 5.
Reserve Grade.
Gulgong 30 (Koby Thurston 2, Kyle Alexander, Zeke Lukacic, Mason Hammond tries, Ethan Parsons 5 goals) defeated Cobar 28 (Kai Taylor 2, Brennan Auckett, Ryan Urquhart, Tommy Rogers tries, Taylor 2, Auckett 2 goals).
Gilgandra 22(Alex Sutherland 2, Chris Fuller, Tony Sutherland tries, Sutherland 3 goals) defeated Warren 18 (Marc Bond 2, Jack Reid, Mick Walsh tries, Kade Howarth goal).
Coonabarabran 60 defeated Mendooran 0.
Coonamble bye
Competition Ladder; Coonamble 9, Gulgong 9, Cobar 7, Coonabarabran 7, Gilgandra 5, Warren 4, Mendooran 2.
First Grade.
Dunedoo Swans 24 (Sitivena Raidriwa, Kaleb Sutherland, Ali Beale, Sam Coe tries, Ty Sutherand 4 goals) defeated Coolah Roos 22 (Sam Hohnberg, Chanse Burgess, Tyler Austin, Nicholas Miller tries, Bradley Pickering 3 goals).
Cobar Roosters 62 (Jack Brown 3, Tristan Everett 3, Tadgh McMullen 2, Oisin McMullen, Loma Atua, Reynold Mugugia, Kai Taylor tries, David Watson 7 goals) defeated Gulgong Bull Terriers 0.
Gilgandra Panthers 30 (Laiten Diggs 2, DJ Smith 2, Jay Towney tries, Smith 5 goals) defeated Warren Bulldogs 26 (Harry Thaux 2, Braith Boyd 2, Jonah Moss tries, Coby Hall 3 goals).
Narromine Jets 32 (Corey Cox 2, Janus Walford 2, Beaudean Williams, Darby Gordon tries, Cox 4 goals) defeated Coonamble Bears 28 (Darnell Coppini 3, Andrew Peacocke, Daniel Sangster, Kane Wiggins tries, Brenton Glover 2 goals)>
Coonabarabran bye
Competition ladder
Cobar 15, Coonabarabran 13, Dunedoo 13, Narromine 12, Coolah 10, Gulgong 9, Coonamble 9, Gilgandra 9, Warren 4.
Round 6 Saturday 30 May
Dunedoo V Cobar (Jess Skinner Challenge Cup League Tag, Boronia Challenge Cup First Grade)
Mendooran V Cobar Reserve grade @ Dunedoo.
Gilgandra V Coonabarabran.
Baradine v Coolah (League Tag).
Coonamble V Warren.
Gulgong V Narromine.
Check local media and club socials to confirm game times.
