TEAM LISTS: Oberon braces for town’s biggest game in four decades

So with a place in the 2017 Group 10 grand final alongside Orange CYMS at stake in Sunday’s clash with Panthers, you can bank on virtually the entirety of Oberon being at Oberon Sportsground for the biggest game of the season.

Sunday, September 3, at Oberon Sportsground, Oberon:

TIGERS: 1 Blake Fitzpatrick, 2 Matt Ballinger, 2 Abel Lefaoseu, 4 Jackson Brien, 5 Tyler Hughes, 6 Luke Branighan, 7 Anton Wereta, 8 Dave Sellers, 9 Luke Carpenter, 10 Jake Dawe, 11 Tui Oloapu, 12 Trent Rose, 13 Matt Wakefield; Bench: 14 Sione Fotu-Moala, 15 Mike Ingwerson, 16 Cody Godden, 17 Nathan Booth.

COACH: Luke Branighan.

PANTHERS: 1 Jeremy Gordon, 17 Joey Bugg, 3 Blake Lawson, 4 Jye Barrow, 5 Kade Barrow, 6 Claude Gordon, 7 Doug Hewitt, 8 Brent Seager, 9 Nick Loader, 10 Simon Osborne, 11 Blake Seager, 12 Jack Siejka, 13 Jake Betts; Bench: 14 Wade Judd, 15 Kyle Byrnes, 16 Jed Betts, 20 Jarrod Seager.

COACH: Todd Barrow

REFEREE: Billy Greatbatch.

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ST PAT’S: 1 Jack Grant, 2 Bobby Forrest, 3 Adam Morton, 4 Fale Liva, 5 Bailey Waldron, 6 Chris Osborne, 7 Kurt Norton, 8 Rhys Frame ©, 9 Jared Colling, 10 Brodie Samuel, 11 Harrison Jones, 12 Nick Millar, 13 Jack Mackey; Bench: 14 Jack Finn, 15 Mick Godfrey, 16 Caleb Wardman, 17 Chicka Booth, 18 Pat Boatswain, 19 Bryton Thackery.

COACH: Rhys Frame.

PANTHERS: 1 Braydon Wicks, 2 Tom olsen, 3 Jordan Naylor, 4 Jason Hewitt, 5 Marcus Turnbull, 6 Storm Siejka, 7 Trent Hotham, 8 Leigh Monaghan, 9 Johnny Laughlin, 10 Tyson Chapple, 11 Kara Rotarangi, 12 Mick Wicks, 13 Callum Young; Bench: Jarrod Seager, 15 Grant Jones, 16 Tom Loader, 17 Todd Pangas, 18 Pat McGarry, 19 Jacob Barnes.

COACH: Mick Wicks.

REFEREE: Dale Harding.

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ST PAT’S: 1 Adam Booth ©, 2 Aiden Kilburn, 3 Michael Latu, 4 Tye Siaskisoni, 5 Lachlan Dagg, 6 Connor Naylor, 7 Zach Ashcroft, 8 Luke Ayoub, 9 Nik Booth, 10 Riley Cheshire, 11 Rylee Law, 12 Bailey AcKroyd, 13 Luke Bain; Bench: 14 Max Campbell, 15 Blake Hadjipetros, 16 Joseph Clarke, 17 JaDylan Dukes, 18 Pat Clarke, 19 Jack Macleod.

COACH: Chicka Booth.

DRAGONS: 1 Billy Carberry, 2 Will Brown, 3 Harry Beasley, 4 Matt Perring, 5 Tim Newton, 6 Tom Burke, 7 Lachie Hill, 8 Zac Buchanan, 9 Brayden Lee, 10 Jarrod Cooper, 11 Mitchell Harvey, 12 Gus Buckley, 13 Ryan O’Connor; Bench: 14 Drew Cini, 15 Jake Hellegers, 16 Brad Hibbard, 19 Dylan Simpson, 20 Sam Maher.

COACH: Jono George.

REFEREE: Chris Redding.

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HAWKS: 1 Emily McDonald, 2 Lailee Phillips, 3 Erin Naden, 4 Kaitlyn Phillips, 5 Bridie McClure, 6 Bec Ford, 7 Drew Alexander, 8 Jacky Lyden, 9 Ella-J Harris, 10 Sheryll Selwood, 11 Sophie Humphries, 12 Prue Hancock, 13 Amanda Livingstone; Bench: 14 Anna Matthews, 15 Tegan Dray.

COACH: Marty Lyden.

PANTHERS: 1 Amy Hewitt, 2 Brooke Wardle, 3 Stacey Elvy, 4 Jean Wicks, 5 Melissa Hodges, 6 Monique Christie-Johnston, 7 Jess Hotham, 8 Mandy Hotham, 9 Nailani Lang, 10 Emma Miller, 11 Claire Woolmington, 12 Emma Duke, 20 Stacey Johnstone; Bench: 14 Shannon Beale, 22 Gabby Bugg, 16 Sarah Walsh, 17 Georgie Betts, 18 Hannah Wardle, 19 Harriet Messner.

COACH: Monique Christie-Johnston.

REFEREE: Nathan Blanchard.

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