Reserves keep Guyra’s footy hopes alive

A patched-up Mitch Wratten takes on the Uralla defence.
11th Aug 2026

The Super Spuds will look to the reserve grade side to continue the local footy season after the Spudettes and the A grade side bowed out this week.
The club made the difficult decision last Thursday to effectively pull out of the A grade finals after not having enough fit players to go to Uralla on Saturday.
Group rules state that a forfeit in the final three rounds means a 10-point deduction, so instead of a certain fourth-placed finish the Spuds will now look to next year.
The reserves ensured they will go into the finals with a win after rolling Uralla 22-6 at Woodville Oval on Saturday.
Russell Burnham opened the scoring with a simple try after some good pressure on the Uralla line and captain-coach Mark Robinson converted for a 6-nil lead.
Luke Allsopp was next to cross after running a good line and Mani Landsborough landed the goal to make it 12-nil.
Uralla scored next, but then Brad Waters ran from dummy half and added Guyra’s third try for a 16-6 lead.
Not long before the break the Spuds were defending their line when a loose pass saw Brock Laybutt boot the ball downfield, chase it and run away to score.
Robinson’s goal made it 22-6 at halftime.
Guyra went close several times in the second half but it was in defence that the game was won as Uralla also failed to cross in a scoreless half.
Burnham was players’ player while Robinson (3), Matt Duthie (2) and Burnham (1) posted club points.
The Spudettes didn’t worry the scorers in the opening 25 minutes and went into the break 16-nil down with very little ball in the first half.
They started the second half well when Paige Vickery put Katie Ahoy over out wide to make it 16-4.
The Tigers scored twice more before Alli Burey stepped her way in for Guyra’s second and then converted her own try.
One more try from the home side saw it finish 34-10 in the last game for the Spudettes for 2026.
Burey was players’ player while Vickery (3), Burey (2) and Ahoy (1) were the club point recipients.
The club’s presentation night is on Saturday September 12 at the Guyra Hotel with tickets $50, but the reserves have a semi final to play before then.