The Far North Coast Rugby Union Grand Finals are set after Saturday's Preliminary Finals were played in Ballina.

Lismore Rugby Club will be well represented, with both the Colts and Women's 10's team winning through to the Premiership decider.

The Women's match was a tough tussle in the first half, with both sides conceding just one try each in a strong defensive effort.

With the halftime score locked at 5-5 all, it was the Lismore side that came out the stronger, running in three tries in the second half to run out 22-10 victors.

Shontall Williams was the star of the show scoring twice, with Madison Coppola and Laura Parsons also crossing for five pointers.

The Women will now seek revenge against a strong Casino side in next weeks Grand Final.

The U/18 Colts match was a similar story, with penalty goals the only scoring option in the first half.

Casuarina had a slender lead at halftime 6-3, but the scoreboard began to tick over in the second half, with Hayden Sivewright, Harry Gillett and Hamish Soutar all scoring for the Greens.

In a tense final few minutes, Lismore managed to hold on to their one try advantage to run out 23-18 winners and move on to face Lennox Head in next weeks decider at Crozier Field.

In First Grade, Wollongbar Alstonville conceded the first try against Byron Shire in their Preliminary Final match before racing away with a 47-14 victory.

The Pioneers will now face Casuarina in Saturday's Grand Final, with the same two clubs also featuring in the Second Grade match.

FAR NORTH COAST RUGBY UNION 

PRELIMINARY FINAL RESULTS 21st SEPTEMBER 2024

First Grade

Wollongbar Alstonville 47(Bodi Smith 2, Hamish Mould 2, Rory Collings 2, Louis Hollman tries, Bodi Smith 3 conversions, 2 penalty goals) d Byron Shire 14(Ben Mitchell, Valentin Tachaout tries, Will Hawkins 2 conversions)

Half Time: Wollongbar 20 – Byron Shire 7

2nd Grade

Casuarina Beach 22(Archie Dixon, Jesse Freier, Lachlan Stacey tries, Jacob Beck 2 conversions, penalty goal) d Ballina 7(Ben Robinson try, Nick Brydon conversion)

Half Time: Casuarina 8 – Ballina 0

Women’s

Lismore 22(Shontali Williams 2, Madison Coppola, Laura Parsons tries, Madison Coppola conversions) d Casuarina Beach 10(Anna Anderson, Bonnie Robinson tries)

Half Time: Lismore 5 – Casuarina Beach 5

Under 18’s

Lismore 23(Hayden Sivewright, Harry Gillett, Hamish Soutar tries, Kody McQuilty conversion, 2 penalty goals) d Casuarina Beach 18(Kai Kingston, Will Sullivan tries, Izaak Harvey conversion, 2 penalty goals)

Half Time: Casuarina 6 – Lismore 3

Next Week’s Grand Finals, Saturday 28th September at Crozier Field, Lismore

1st Grade

Casuarina Beach v Wollongbar Alstonville

2nd Grade

Wollongbar Alstonville v Casuarina Beach

Women’s 10’s

Casino v Lismore

Under 18’s

Lennox Head v Lismore