McCambley Cup: Cooke 3XV 45 Ophir 28

I caught up with the McCambley Cup match between Cooke 3XV and Ophir at Shaws Bridge on Saturday afternoon.

This one was a bit of a cracker between two teams that liked to throw the ball about.

Aaron McGroarty showcases his skills as well as picking up two tries for Cooke in the first half.

Cooke were first on the scoreboard with a try after eight minutes by captain Norman McKenzie who barged over from close range. Ian Patterson added the extras for a 7 – 0 lead.

Ophir responded ten minutes later with a break from deep by Ryan Caughey. The conversion was good to take the score to 7 – 7.

Cooke, who were enjoying the territorial advantage, pulled clear 19 – 7 after tries from Aaron McGroarty and Ross Withers and a conversion from Patterson.

Ophir stayed in the hunt with a converted try from Jordan McKinnell to take the . . .

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