ROUND five in the Lewie Fire Mount Isa Rugby League is set to host the fourth annual Trevor Chong Memorial.
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This Saturday will mark the second year where the 2012 passing of Wanderers Devils legend Chong will be recognised as an entire round, rather than one fixture.
Town play Normanton in the clash of the round on Saturday in the first game of a triple header in Mount Isa’s Alex Inch Oval.
Normanton Stingers are showing they are the team to beat in the 2016 Lewie Fire Premiership.
The Stingers have had the perfect start to the season with four wins from as many games.
Having had the luxury of hosting their opening two games, Normanton made their way to Mount Isa in round 3 and had a hard fought win Brothers.
Back on home turf last week Normanton played full of confidence against Black Stars with such a strong home record.
Their confidence was not misplaced and the home side came through with a strong 56-18 win.
Captain Sorren Owens said the club’s main issue was not switching off once they got a lead.
“Our starts and first halves have been perfect but switching off and letting our oppositions back into the game is what we've been working on to rectify,” Owens said.
Our starts and first halves have been perfect but switching off and letting our oppositions back into the game is what we've been working on to rectify
- Sorren Owens
Town will be a tough opponent having recovered from an opening round loss to Cloncurry to rattle off three successive wins.
For Townies it will be about displaying the same attitude they had in their last few performances.
Coach Marty Paulson was very happy with his team’s performance versus Wanderers two weeks ago.
“I couldn't have been happier with the Wanderers win, keeping the defending premiers to one try in 80 minutes is a huge effort,” Paulson said.
Town backed that up with a strong 50-20 win over Brothers last weekend in the only game in Mount Isa.
The Town v Normanton game kicks off at 3pm.
Running neck and neck with Town on the premiership ladder is Cloncurry who are also three from four coming in to Round 5.
They play Brothers in the second game of the game at 5.30pm.
Curry are the surprise packet of the competition so far and had a massive win over the 2015 Premiers Wanderers at home last Saturday by 48 points to four.
Try scorers were Hunter Chong, Jeffrey Wilson, Damon Paul x 2, James Baira x 2, Corey Moseley x 2, Leslie Gallagher - James Baira x 6 conversions.
They will be favourites to beat Brothers who have tried hard but have yet to record a win this season.
The final game is Black Stars v Wanderers at 7.30pm.
Black Stars started the season well with an opening win but have gone on to lose their last three games since then.
Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
