Lismore will look to continue their improvement against the Wollongbar Alstonville Pioneers when they travel east on Saturday.

The Greens have improved each outing against the Pioneers this season and will look to continue the trend.

After an eye opening Round 1 66-0 loss, the Lismore side improved in Round 8 when they next clashed.

Only for two tries in the first six minutes of the match, they were able to trouble the Wollongbar side from then on, eventually going down 33-7.

If Lismore can match the home side in the opening exchanges and organise their defensive effort early, they can worry the ladder leaders.

The biggest challenge for Lismore is to not be concerned about the ladder positions of either team, rather, focussing on executing their game plan.

The Pioneers lead the competition, from Byron Shire who host the Ballina Seahorses on Saturday.

Club veteran Gavin Tulk will be joined in First Grade by his son Dylan, who will pack into the second row behind his father at prop.

Tyler Coveney will captain the side again, with Cody Johnston returning at halfback.

The other match of the round sees Casuarina travel to Casino in what should be a win for the Barbarians.

At Lyle Park, Lismore will play Evans River in U/18 Colts at 11:50am and in a Women's 12's match at 2:20pm, with Reserve Grade taking on the Pioneers at 1:00pm and First Grade at 3:15pm.

FIRST GRADE TEAM LISTS

ROUND ELEVEN 1st JULY 2023

FAR NORTH COAST RUGBY UNION

Wollongbar Alstonville: 1. Benji Tiatia, 2. Bill Johnston, 3. Cory Townesend, 4. Matt Scott, 5. Lloyd Morgan, 6. Justyn Keir, 7. Brenden Williams, 8. Hamish Mould, 9. Louis Hollman, 10. Ben Damen (c), 11. Bodi Smith, 12. Daniel Damen, 13. Rory Collings, 14. James Vidler, 15. Sam Kerry

Coach: Bill Johnston

Manager: Anthony Drew

V

Lismore: 1. Gavin Tulk, 2. Tate Bailey, 3. Aggrey Leju, 4. Ethan Poole, 5. Dylan Tulk, 6. Mitchell Cox, 7. Connor Clarke, 8. Tyler Coveney(c), 9. Cody Johnston, 10. Fraser Ruane, 11. Julian Thompson, 12. Lafaele Luteru, 13.  Xavier Tiseni, 14. Matthew Buinisaqa, 15. Adam Rodd

Coach: Cody Johnston

Manager: Lewis Ireland

Referee: Graham Cook

Casino: 1. Cameron Davis (c), 2. Ben Collison, 3. Muaki Tuione, 4. Josh Nelson, 5. Callum McLennan, 6. Harry Amy, 7. Joseph Brooks, 8. Justin Zaiko, 9. Hemirua Korewha, 10. Jayden Torrens, 11. Sifa Netane, 12. Bryce Spencer, 13. Bradon Gumbleton, 14 Nick Benn, 15. Gaunavou Drugutanalevu

Coach: Doug Murray

Manager: Andrew Gulliver

Referee: Matt Clayton

V

Casuarina Beach: 1. Dan Raye, 2. Jem MacDonald, 3. Daniel Chugg, 4. James Munroe, 5. Jock Capel, 6. Tom Tanner, 7. Darcy McGregor, 8. Liam Marcus, 9. Oscar Sims, 10. Jacob Hall, 11. Archie Dixon, 12. Jessy Kemp, 13. Kai George, 14. Josh Harman, 15. Webb Lillis

Coach: Graham Dodge

Manager: Stephen Lowndes

Referee: Peter Campbell

Byron Shire Rebels: 1. Dan Hill, 2. Angus Wilbourn, 3. Robert Taylor, 4. Robert Wightman, 5. Will Aisake, 6. Matt Baker, 7. Sam Caldwell, 8. Harry Simmonds, 9. Otis Floyd, 10. Jordan Thomas, 11. Ethan Woods, 12. Joel Little (c), 13. Eden Cruickshank, 14. Ben Mitchell, 15. Campbell Harvey

Coach: Troy Doughty, James Boysons

Manager: Eddy Brown

V

Ballina: 1. Sylvester Fahamokioa, 2. Jack Reynolds, 3. Stan Lolohea, 4. Trevor Noble, 5. Reece Noble, 6. Liam O’Connor, 7. Harry Bungate, 8. Kye Cribb, 9. Andrew Grono, 10. Cory Sargent, 11. Terry Ferguson, 12. Reuben Saric, 13. TBA, 14. Jeral Milner, 15. Ethan Caldwell

Coach: Karl Lupton, Michael Greenhalgh 

Manager: Brad Hilyard

Referee: Matt Clayton