Duhaney Park defeated the Jamaica Defence Force Warriors 56-12 in the JRLA Grand Final to take the RLATG crown. In so doing, the Red Sharks have now won the title
a record six times.
Played in front of large and energetic crowd at the Duhaney Park Mini Stadium, the Red Sharks dominated from the start on the back of superb interplay between their three quarters. They were comfortably ahead 28-6 at the interval, and the second half saw them continue to dominate.
The victors were led by Jamaican international centre Renaldo Wade who scored a hat trick of tries; Andrew Simpson with a double and Kenneth Walker, Ryan Grant, Joseph Shae, Owen Linto and Jermaine Pinnock all crossing in the 10-try rout. Grant kicked five goals for a total of 14 points and Miguel Facey one.
For the Warriors, Ramone Carr scored a try and added two goals, Demone Williams their other try scorer.
Sharks assistant coach Roy Calvert commented: “This was really a challenging year for us. We spoke about history before the game. This is our third time meeting the Warriors in a Grand Final and we lost the previous two. We wanted to be the first club to win four championships in a row and six in total. Some really meticulous plans went into making this season successful and we are proud of the boys.”
Attention now switches to the National Knock-Out Cup which begins on Saturday and the National Division 2 Championship that commences the end of October.
Played in front of large and energetic crowd at the Duhaney Park Mini Stadium, the Red Sharks dominated from the start on the back of superb interplay between their three quarters. They were comfortably ahead 28-6 at the interval, and the second half saw them continue to dominate.
The victors were led by Jamaican international centre Renaldo Wade who scored a hat trick of tries; Andrew Simpson with a double and Kenneth Walker, Ryan Grant, Joseph Shae, Owen Linto and Jermaine Pinnock all crossing in the 10-try rout. Grant kicked five goals for a total of 14 points and Miguel Facey one.
For the Warriors, Ramone Carr scored a try and added two goals, Demone Williams their other try scorer.
Sharks assistant coach Roy Calvert commented: “This was really a challenging year for us. We spoke about history before the game. This is our third time meeting the Warriors in a Grand Final and we lost the previous two. We wanted to be the first club to win four championships in a row and six in total. Some really meticulous plans went into making this season successful and we are proud of the boys.”
Attention now switches to the National Knock-Out Cup which begins on Saturday and the National Division 2 Championship that commences the end of October.