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Pride face testing road trip
UNBEATEN for three weeks at home, the Northern Pride face a test to bring their new-found winning form on the road for Sunday’s clash against the Norths Devils. After slumping to four straight defeats between rounds three and six, the Pride lifted themselves off the canvas to defeat the Sunshine Coast (26-12), Wynnum Manly (20-18) [...]
Round 9 team v Burleigh Bears
Northern Pride coach Dave Maiden has confirmed that prop Ben Laity‘s 7½ year streak (3 years Easts and 4½ Years Northern Pride) of not missing a game through injury has been broken. The 28-year-old suffered a recurrence of a painful sternum injury in the 1st minute of the Pride’s epic win over Wynnum Manly last [...]
Support the Pride against unbeaten premiers
Northern Pride is calling on any rugby league fans in the Cairns region to get down to Barlow Park on Saturday, when a massive footy day is headlined by the Pride’s blockbuster clash against unbeaten premiers Wynnum Manly Seagulls. At 5.30pm, the Pride will attempt to become the first side in 2012 to beat the [...]
Play smart, urges Pride coach
NORTHERN Pride coach David Maiden likes what he has seen at training this week, but the real test is getting his team to reproduce that effort in tonight’s crucial Intrust Super Cup game against the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles at Barlow Park. The Pride are on a four-game losing streak and desperately need a win to re-establish [...]
Northern Pride not after revenge: Bird
NORTHERN Pride fullback Chey Bird says his team has more important things to concentrate on than revenge ahead of tomorrow’s crunch away clash against Tweed Heads. The Seagulls were the side that eliminated the Pride from last season’s Queensland Intrust Cup finals series with a spiteful 26-10 victory at Redcliffe. It was a tough result for [...]
Injured Bolton runs out of time to fill Pride spot
NORTHERN Pride forward Scott Bolton has been ruled out of tonight’s away fixture against Central Queensland after failing to pass a fitness test on his injured knee. Bolton’s absence opens the door for Pride regular Mark Dalle Cort to return to the 17 and Luke Harlen to move into the starting lineup. “If the game had [...]
Northern Pride vs Souths Logan Preview
NORTHERN PRIDE v SOUTHS LOGAN Barlow Park, Saturday 5.30pm Referee: Nick Kalpakidis Head to Head: Pride 8 Souths-Logan 3 Two stalwarts of the competition notch impressive individual milestones in the Barlow Park clash. Souths Logan utility Wade Liddell turns out for his 200th Cup game, while Pride prop Ben Laity plays his 100th game for [...]
Ball rentention vital for Pride’s success
Holding the ball may be one of the most basic of rugby league skills, but Northern Pride centre Brett Anderson says that will be his team’s focus in tonight’s away clash with the Mackay Cutters. The Pride won their first-round encounter against the Ipswich Jets 22-14 last week despite an atrocious handling effort in the [...]
‘Nervous’ Pride skipper up for Jets challenge
HE is a veteran of 151 NRL games and has played in the cauldron of State of Origin, but Northern Pride captain Ty Williams is not immune to game-day jitters. “I get very nervous before every match still,” Williams revealed yesterday. “The day I run out on the field and I’m not nervous is when [...]
Week 1 Teams : Connell and Meninga Cups
QUEENSLAND’S leading youngsters will be in action this weekend with the highly-anticipated Cyril Connell and Mal Meninga Cup competitions kicking off at numerous venues in the south east. The opening weekend features 24 matches across the Under 16 and Under 18 competitions. Teams in the North Western Conference will be involved in double headers on [...]
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