By David Nagel
It took an off-field appeal to get the job done but the Pakenham Eels have secured a 26-20 victory over Sunshine Cowboys in the Vic Rugby League Second Grade Men’s competition.
The round-eight clash was locked at 26-26 after full-time was blown, but an appeal lodged by Pakenham saw the scores amended to a 26-20 win.
An extra try was added on by the Sunshine team manager, but a video review by NRL Victoria declared the Eels the eventual winners.
Despite starting strong with a try in the sixth minute of the game, the game swung back and forth with Sunshine scoring a late try to lock things away on the scoreboard.
The Under 16 Boys travelled to Waverley Panthers who were again too strong, the Panthers winning 34-8.
The Under 14 Boys had a slow start to the match, however surged late in the second half narrowing the deficit, albeit going down to the Panthers 34 – 26.
The Under 14 Girls were outplayed in the first half by Sunshine, however early in the second half put on two tries.
This was an impressive effort, with this being the first year of competition for many of the girls as the Eels look to develop female participation.
This week is a league wide bye then the Eels are back at home at Comely Banks Recreation Reserve for a game against Casey Warriors.
Action begins on Saturday 15 June at 3:15pm.
