The two Illawarra South Coast Dragons sides had mixed fortunes in their matches against the Western Rams at the Collegians Sporting Complex on Saturday.
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The under 16s representative side, coached by Glen Buffolin, went into their match against the Rams undefeated, after winning their two opening matches of the CRL Country Championships.
But the side couldn’t make it three form three, going down 30-26.
Try-scorers for the Dragons were Jordan Wolhar (two), Jay Patterson, Joshua Goodchild and Copper Askew, with Jye Patterson (two) and Isaac Morris landing goals.
Following this match, the under 18s Dragons, coached by James Grehan, improved their record to 2-1, by defeating the Rams 26-20 – thanks to tries from Mitchell Heffernan, Liam Macpherson, Nelson Sharp and Blake Barbuto, with Nelson Sharp (four) and Jake Brisbane landing two-pointers.