Picton Magpies Face Arch Rivals on Home Soil this Sunday                                         28-4-08

In what promises to be the match of the round, this Sunday on the home soil of Victoria Park the Picton Magpies will face up against the Thirlmere Roosters in the third round of the Group 6 Rugby League competition.

During the off season a number of Thirlmere Roosters players moved over to join the Picton Magpies, and their former coach in Noel Woods did likewise a season earlier, and that has certainly set the scene for what is an already fiercely contested local derby.

“There is no question about it, there is no love lost between Picton and Thirlmere clubs, and this Sunday’s matches promise to be a great day of rugby league from the Under 18’s all the way up to the first grade games as this rivalry filters all the way through the grades,” enthused Picton Magpies Football Club president, Dennis Zammit.

“I encourage everyone to get down to Victoria Park in what will be the Picton Magpies first home game of the year, and the Picton versus Thirlmere games always draw a big crowd and this Sunday should be no different.”

With one win and one loss after two rounds of the Group 6 first grade competition, the Picton Magpies, with a line up that features ex Roosters in Justin Miller, Nathan Sutton, Matt Brinkworth and Clayton Parkin, are eager to take on last year’s first grade premiership runner ups who remain undefeated after two rounds and have a number of former NRL players in Leo Dynovor (who was an understudy for both Allan Langer at the Brisbane Broncos and Andrew Johns at the Newcastle Knights during the mid to late 1990s) and Troy Wozniak (ex Parramatta Eels and Wests Tigers player) in their ranks.  

So this Sunday the only place to be is Victoria Park to see the Picton Magpies tackle the Thirlmere Roosters in what promises to be the match of the round.

The Under 18 A’s will kick off the day with their match at 11.30am, followed by reserve grade at 1pm, and first grade at 2.30pm.

To find out more about the Picton Magpies visit their official website: www.pictonmagpies.com.au

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