Forbes Magpies under 18s, league tag, play Dubbo Macquarie

Play starts with the league tag at 11.30am and Magpies coach coordinator Cameron Greenhalgh is hoping Forbes supporters will make the trip to back the black and white. 

Co-coach of Forbes’ under 18s Magpies Ben Robinson says the juniors will need to step up when they face Macquarie at Caltex Park this Saturday.

The juniors went down to Nyngan last weekend by just one point – Nyngan got a field goal in the last two minutes of the game. 

It was a disappointing finish to the game, but co-coach Ben Robinson said last weekend’s loss was really down to some costly mistakes at crucial times.

The side has had some excellent performances this season and is now looking to develop consistency.

The Magpies made a promising start to last weekend’s fixture – which was hosted in Nyngan.

“Our attack was all right, we were rolling through them,” Robinson said.

“But our defence wasn’t up to par, they were rolling through us.

“We had a bit of a talk at half time and our defence really stepped up – the second half was a lot better.” 

This weekend’s side for the away game is expected to be much the same as last week, with a couple of changes.

“Isaac Scott and Matt Woolnough put us on the front foot last weekend,” Robinson said.

“Farren Lamb had a good game playing fullback and he will move to the wing this week.” 

Tuesday night training for the under 18s focussed on their attacking game, aiming to create more opportunities.

reenhalgh is also hoping Forbes’ league tag side performs well this weekend. 

“They beat one of the top sides in the competition (Parkes) a couple of weeks ago so they are capable of a win at Dubbo as well,” he said. 

Forbes’ girls trounced Parkes Spacecats when they hosted them at Spooner Oval two weeks ago, but could not repeat the performance when the two sides met again last Saturday. 

The Magpies were first to score, leading 4-0 approaching half time, but went down 22-12.

This weekend they meet Dubbo Westside.