The Tathra Sea Eagles used a run of 28-straight points to beat the Batemans Bay Tigers by 14 to win the Group 16 under 16s premiership at Mackay Park.
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The Sea Eagles' win means four clubs won premierships on grand final day (Batemans Bay, Merimbula-Pambula and Narooma).
Jahream Lole-Ngarima proved a handful early, and he scored first points with a great line inside the Sea Eagles' 10 to give Batemans Bay an early 4-0 lead.
The lead was short-lived though, as Tathra's Riley Shaw burrowed over from dummy half after a Tigers' error to give his side a 6-4 lead.
Shaw was in again just three minutes later, splitting the Tigers' defence and diving over for a 12-4 lead with 11 minutes left in the first half.
Tathra continued to pressure the Tigers, and extended their lead three minutes out from half time thanks to second rower Maximillian Navarette. Jack Crowley's conversion gave Tathra an 18-4 advantage.
That margin would hold to half time in spite of a last-minute break from Jahream Lole-Ngarima, and Batemans Bay had a lot of work to do to get back in to the match.
The task became more difficult just four minutes after half time, as Ty Dowdle forced his way through four tacklers to score a fantastic try. Crowley's conversion was waved away for a 22-4 lead.
Maximillian Navarette scored his second try shortly after, and the Sea Eagles were well on their way to a premiership with a 28-4 lead.
Batemans Bay started working their way back into the match, and Liam Henry gave the Tigers a fighting chance with a barnstorming try under the posts. However, Jerome Chatfield missed the conversion to leave Batemans Bay 20 points in arrears.
The Tigers continued their momentum through a Kye Bruce try, and found themselves trailing by just 14 with 10 minutes to go.
However, the Sea Eagles stopped the Tigers' momentum, and held firm to win the premiership 28-14.
Grand final teams
Tathra
- Ty Dowdle
- Cody Preo
- Taj Murray
- Bailey Cooper
- Loch Taylor
- Lachlan Trickey
- Jack Crowley
- Hayden Whitton
- Riley Shaw
- Angus Ashcroft
- Dylan Shaw
- Maximillian Navarette
- Anson Charlebois
- Jacob Burgoyne
- Zac Lucas
- Lachlan Simpson
- Oli Meaker
- Oscar Carr
- Duke Creary
- Felix Jones
Batemans Bay
- Harrison Rogan
- Tony-John Crompton
- Rikaea Clark
- Jonathon Worthy
- Jayden Wolfe
- Matthew Stewart
- Jerome Chatfield
- Kobi Briggs
- Kye Bruce
- Brandon Jackson
- Ethan Kelland
- Jahream Lole-Ngarima
- Liam Henry
- Samuel Taylor
- Kye Forrest
- Jack Adams