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Palmyra had a good day at the office today with a clean sweep in all grades.
The celebrations were somewhat dampened by what appears to have been a serious injury to one of our second grade players and our concerns and hopes are that he makes a good recovery. I will let you know more when information is to hand.
The day's results were: colts v Curtin won 39- nil
6ths v Curtin won 17-nil
5ths v Curtin won 22-7
3rds v Curtin won 7 - 6
2nds v University won 22 - 3
1sts v Uni won 40-23
The first grade result could have been greater except that Pally played with 14 men for over half the game after 2nd rower Elliot was red carded, and for 10 minutes with 13 men after a yellow card to halfback Gus.
As the mighty 6ths played at the same time as firsts, I was only able to watch the last 10 minutes of the game by which time University were well and truly out of the game and both teams were going through the motions.
The boys are now all set to enjoy that elusive free keg which traditionally follows a clean sweep.
It was great to see the improvement of the colts and the depth of numbers there. Pally were able to "loan" Curtin 6 or 7 players as well as maintain a full reserves bench. This depth will, I predict, see them through to a finals berth.