Sport
10 May, 2024
Women’s Tigers should win
Cairns City Lions vs South Cairns Cutters at ITEC Group Oval, May 11 at 11am. Cairns City Lions look to continue their impressive unbeaten start to season 2024 as they entertain South Cairns.
Beaten comprehensively by Cutters in the 3 vs 4 finals match-up last finals campaign, Lions will be out for revenge, and to further their credentials as early front runners.
A win here will set a potential heavyweight bout against Norths to kick off Indigenous round in two weeks.
Before then, Lions star players will know selection to the all-star game is on the cards.
Souths have not yet captured the form that led them to one win from the grand final last year.
Only having won once in season 2024 is an unlucky return for a team that has been competitive in each fixture.
They beat Port Douglas last week to hopefully kickstart their season, but will know that they will be up against it, with a red-hot Lions team ready to atone for last year.
Prediction: Lions to keep rolling on. Lions by 15.
Centrals TB Bulldogs vs North Cairns Tigers at Crathern Park, May 11 at 11am
Centrals start round 5 in fourth and will know this is an early opportunity to consolidate their position in the top four.
They had a tough start to the season, losing the opening two games, but have squared the ledger since.
Part of that run has been the goal kicking exploits of Rhiannon Fecht and Tylah Vis, while star player Grace Frost could lay claim to the best player of the comp so far.
Norths though loom as the irresistible, scintillating, immovable object in Centrals’ way.
A percentage of 707 per cent has underlined their dominant, unbeaten start to the season, and will be raring to go after having the bye last week.
Leading goal kicker of the comp, and absolute superstar Leashay Warburton looks impossible to stop.
She kicked two goal of the year contenders, at any level, last time out against Cutters on ANZAC Day.
Prediction: Tigers look unbeatable early. Tigers by 35
Port Douglas Crocs vs Cairns Saints at Port Douglas Sporting Complex, May 11 at 4.45pm
The battle of the last two winless teams in season 2024, Port will hope the home ground advantage will give them the edge as they look to kickstart their season, particularly with playing at the more amenable time for most of their diehard patrons.
Patrons and players alike will view this as their best opportunity yet to register their first win in the competition, and you only have to imagine how a club as proud as Port Douglas will celebrate and recognise such a momentous occasion.
Saints will spend most of the drive north visualising their upcoming performance, in between the breathtaking views.
Undoubtedly a new-look team this year, the winless start will have still been a surprise for last year’s runners-up.
Cohesion and togetherness will continue to grow and they will be confident of getting on the board in season 2024 and will hope their experience in the comp will get them over the edge.
Prediction: Port Douglas fairytale too hard to ignore.
Port by 3.
