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It proved too much of a deficit for the Bombers to overcome with late tries to Matthew Toole and Brandon Anderson closing the gap but never looking like threatening the Jets, who move on to their third consecutive Preliminary Final.<\/p>\n
Sunday will see the Cudgen Hornets host the Jets for the right to play Ballina in the Grand Final.<\/p>\n
Can the Hornets bounce back from a physical encounter against Ballina or will the Jets’ good form continue?<\/p>\n
Last time these two teams met, Cudgen came away with a narrow victory off the back of outstanding performances from Caleb Ziebell and Jett Forbes, Bilambil look like a different team over the past few games and will be tough to beat.<\/p>\n
Grand final day will see five clubs represented with a possibility of another four at Kingsford Smith Park on September 8.<\/p>\n
League Tag – Marist Bros will take on the winner of Seagulls v Cudgen.<\/p>\n
Ladies tackle – Nothern United will play the winner of Bilambil v Evans Head.<\/p>\n
Under 18’s – Byron Bay await the winners of Tweed Coast Raiders v Bilambil.<\/p>\n
Reserve Grade – Tweed Seagulls scrape through a physical encounter and will face the winners of Byron Bay v Bilambil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE Ballina Seagulls are the first team through, and will host, the 2024 NRRRL Grand Final. A fantastic team and defensive effort saw the Seagulls overcome a physical Cudgen Hornets in a see-sawing affair. Ballina opened the scoring with some nice passing to find Rhys Riches on the left flank before 2 tries in a […]<\/p>\n