Lismore's Gavin Tulk has crossed for another try scoring double, as the Green's comeback to draw with Casino in Far North Coast Rugby Union.

Club veteran Tulk has been diving over the line at will this season, with two tries in the match against Casino on Saturday as well as two tries the previous week against Ballina.

Lismore started solidly matching tries with Casino before the Bulls skipped away prior to halftime to lead 22-12 at the break.

Casino continued their momentum early in the second stanza, taking a big lead before Lismore began to peg back the lead.

Lismore were able to peg Casino back in their own territory and put points on the board, clawing back to 34-27 down before the experienced try scorer Tulk crashed over under the posts and locked it up at 34 all after the conversion.

Other try scorers for the Greens were Cody Johnston, Fraser Ruane, Cameron Bryant and Mitchell Cox.

In a mixed day for the club, Reserve Grade went down to Casino 31-12, the U/18 Colts were defeated by a strong Lennox Head side 35-17 and the Women travelled to Mallanganee to take on Range, finishing with a 19-0 victory to start their season.

FAR NORTH COAST RUGBY UNION                       

Round 3 Results 29th April 2023

First Grade

Byron Shire Rebels 24(Benji Clarke 3, Joel Little, tries, Dominic Tydeman 2 conversions) d Casuarina Beach 12(Webb Lillis 2 tries, conversion)

Half Time: Byron Shire 12 - Casuarina 7

Ballina 24(Wilson Lovokuro 2, Kye Cribb tries, Nick Byron 3 conversions, penalty goal) d Wollongbar Alstonville 22(Ben Damen, Austin Markwort, James Vidler, Hamish Mould tries, Ben Damen conversion)

Half Time: Wollongbar 17 - Ballina 0

Casino 34(Hakeem Torrens 3, Gaunavou Drugutanalevu 2 tries, Jayden Torrens, Harold Torrens 2 conversions, Jayden Torrens penalty goal) drew Lismore 34(Gavin Tulk 2, Cody Johnston, Fraser Ruane, Cameron Bryant, Mitchell Cox tries, Joseph Davis, Xavier Tiseni conversions)

Half Time: Casino 22 - Lismore 12

Point Score – Byron Shire 15, Casuarina 9, Ballina 9, Wollongbar 8, Lismore 3, Casino 3

2nd Grade

Byron Shire Rebels 16 d Casuarina 5 

Casino 31 d Lismore 12

Wollongbar 68 d Ballina 5

Point Score – Wollongbar 14, Byron Shire Rebels 14, Casuarina 6, Casino 5, Lismore 5, Ballina 0

Presidents Cup

Southern Cross Uni 27 d Lennox Head 12

Richmond Range 46 d Kyogle 5

Evans River v Mullumbimby - Match Postponed

Point Score – Richmond Range 15, Yamba 10, Evans River 10, SCU 6, Mullumbimby 1, Lennox Head 0, Kyogle 0

Under 18's

Lennox Head 35 d Lismore 17

Casuarina 33 d Evans River 0

Women's 12's

Casuarina 25 d Byron Shire 0

Lismore 19 d Richmond Range 0

Next Week's Matches - 6th May

1st Grade

Ballina v Casino

Casuarina Beach v Lismore

Wollongbar v Byron Shire Rebels

2nd Grade

Ballina v Casino

Casuarina Beach v Lismore

Wollongbar v Byron Shire Rebels

Presidents Cup

Mullumbimby v Richmond Range

Southern Cross Uni v Evans River

Kyogle - Bye

Women's 12's

Richmond Range v Evans River at SCU

Casuarina Beach v Lismore

Byron Shire Rebels - Bye

Under 18's Colts

Casuarina v Lismore

Lennox Head v Evans River at Yamba