THE Quirindi Lions have suffered one of their heaviest defeats of the Central North season, going down by 57 points at the hands of the Narrabri Blue Boars.
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Playing under lights in Narrabri, the Lions were unable to stop a rampant Blue Boars side from running out 62-5 winners.
Looking to atone for a disappointing loss to Pirates last round, Narrabri lead by a hat trick from Michael Cain proved too strong for the young Lions.
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Jacob Murray provided a highlight, scoring Quirindi's only try of the night.
The loss was the Lions' second biggest of the season after previously going down 87-17 to the Walcha Rams in round four.
Earlier in the evening the Lionesses went down in both of their games to the Blue Boars.
The first game saw the Blue Boars secure a a 17-7 win over the Lionesses, followed by a 34-0 win in the second game.
Georgia Moore scored the Lionesses only try for the two games.
Quirindi will now look forward to a break over the Queens Birthday long weekend before playing host to the Inverell Highlanders on June 15.
Billy Jupp
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
