South Lismore FC have taken out the 2022 Newcastle Permanent Football Far North Coast Men's Premier League title after defeating Richmond Rovers on Saturday.The Celtics were dominant in their 3-1 victory over this years Point Score Champions in front of a large and vocal crowd.The club has overcome extraordinary circumstances to lift the trophy in 2022 after their home ground was destroyed in the catastrophic floods in February and March. The club had to play and train away from home for the entire season, which made fundraising and building club culture difficult.The club rallied after struggling for numbers mid season and secured both the Men's Premier League and Men's League 6 titles this weekend.Murray Towner starred for the Celtics with two goals in the match and was named the Terry Greedy Medallist in the Grand Final.Murray Towner was named Terry Greedy Medallist in the Grand Final. Photo: Steve MackneyNoah Coleman also scored for Souths with Rovers lone goal coming from Lachlan Maslen.It was also a big weekend for Premier League Coach Rick Austen who guided the team to victory after scoring the winning goal to defeat Goonellabah FC in the League 6 Grand Final.Celtics Captain Paddy Kable was announced as the Men's Premier League Player of the Year after he and Connor Whitehall were named in the FFNC Men's Premier League Team of the Year.

The Marist Brothers Rugby League U/16 Girls Tackle team have taken out the Grand Final in Grafton on Saturday.The side went into the match as Minor Premiers, but a strong performance against rivals Clarence Coast saw them clinch the inaugural Major Premiership title 32-20.It was an historic day for the club at McKittrick Park South Grafton, also fielding a team in the first Girls U/14 Grand Final.Unfortunately for the younger side, they were unable to overcome Casino, going down 28-20 in the decider after playing the match without reserves, in what was described as a tough match.Coaches John Brown and Chris King completed a great year with both teams and the future of the sport is looking great, with pathways now establish in both representative Girls Tackle Rugby League for both juniors and seniors and a senior competition slowly growing interest.

South Lismore and Richmond Rovers will fight out the Men's Premier League Grand Final on Saturday in East Lismore.Both sides came through nailbiting Semi Final wins after Souths defeated Alstonville and Rovers eliminated Byron Bay in similar fashion last Sunday.Both matches were decided on penalties after the sides could not be separated after normal time and extra time.Rovers and Souths are familiar with each other games after playing twice in the last month, with Rovers taking a 3-0 win and then Souths closing the gap for a 1-1 draw in the last round of the regular competition. These results will mean nothing on Saturday afternoon.Souths will look to the experience of Murray Towner and Patrick Kable and the consistent goal scoring ability of Ezra Frost up front. Rovers strong backline, which includes Shayne Smith, Mitch Holland and Ben Morgan, will look to repel any Celtic challenges to release the attacking speed of Jono See and Ethan Allen.Both sides possess exceptional goalkeepers at the back with Rovers Chris Jones and Souths Luke Condon having exceptional seasons.The large crowd which is expected will be in for a excellent match to decide the 2022 FFNC Men's Premier League title.The match will kick off at 4:00pm at Bill Harris Field in East Lismore.The Women's Premier League Grand Final will see Alstonville FC take on Goonellabah FC at Crawford Park, Alstonville, with kick off at 2:30pm on Sunday.The Men's Championship League Grand Final will be played on Saturday at 12:30pm at Bangalow between the Bluedogs and Byron Bay FC.

The Lismore Women's 10's Rugby Union team will create history on Saturday.The team will be the first women's team from the club to make a Grand Final and will take to the field with the belief that they can do one better and bring home the trophy.The side has had a number of changes throughout the season, mainly through injury, but the team has been able to keep a similar look over the finals series.A 17-0 Major Semi Final loss to Casuarina will be motivation for the Lismore side, who will be out to exact revenge and bring a premiership back to Lismore after a very tough year.The club trained for a number of weeks in a carpark in the CBD after the February/March floods destroyed the clubs grounds and clubhouse.Coach John Lisetto will look to Jada Williams, Sabrina Lisetto and Lily Patston to add the spark and experience to the side on Saturday.In the First Grade Grand Final, Bangalow will take on Wollongbar/Alstonville in a rematch of the Major Semi Final that saw Bangalow scrape through with a 30-29 victory.The match will be a close encounter again after Wollongbar accounted for Lennox Head last week 30-14.FAR NORTH COAST RUGBY UNIONGrand Final Team Lists 17th September 2022Kingsford Smith Park BallinaFirst Grade 3.45pmBangalow: 1 Dan Hill, 2 Tate Bailey, 3 Neil Moran, 4 Dan Rollinson, 5 Darcy Hilton, 6 Matt Drew, 7 Teale Pyne, 8 Ed McGrath, 9 Vincent Quigley, 10 Troy Doughty (c), 11 Hamish Guest, 12 Dan Proudman, 13 Jed Erickson, 14 Jona Waqa, 15 Will Latham, 16 Otty Fifita, 17 Daniel Pym, 18 Omar Sella, 19 John Turagabeci, 20 Judd Batson, 21 Jock Craigie, 22 Michael Thomas, 23 Charlie ClappCoach: Ross LarssonCoach: Jonathan WalshManager: Dave PhillipsVWollongbar Alstonville: 1 Ewen McQueen, 2 Bill Johnston, 3 Benji Tiatia, 4 Matt Scott, 5 Lloyd Morgan, 6 Austin Markwort, 7 Brenden Williams, 8 Hamish Mould, 9 Louis Hollman, 10 Ben Damen (c), 11 Sam Kerry, 12 Daniel Damen, 13 Matt Nean, 14 James Vidler, 15 Bodi Smith, 16 Cory Townsend, 17 Vilimone Vosalotaki, 18 Matthew Wright, 19 Blake Henderson, 20 Josh Damen, 21 Ryley Conlan, 22 Matthew Buster 23 Ben Shelley, 24 Hudson Love, 25 Jarrod Wyllie(2 to be omitted)  Coach: Bill Johnston / Andrew RossManager: Ian JohnsonTrainer: Aaron ZimmermanReferee: Richard Goswell,Assistant Referees: Graham Cook, Rob Walker  Women's 10's 2.50pmCasuarina Beach: 1 Katie Grimmett, 14 Brodie Williams, 3 Tori O'Rourke, 8 Ruby Hildreth, 5 Bonnie Robinson, 19  Paris Smallwood, 9 Stefanie Thomas, 2 Indiana Grey, 13 Brodie Harrison, 6 Mahli Johnson, 7 Georgia EllistonCoach: Mike EllistonManager: Shane HildrethvLismore: 1 Emily Cox, 2 Jamie Lee Farnham-Fry, 3 Daisy Smith, 4 Tauwehe Herewini, 6 Clare Newby, 7 Tahlya Jeffery, 8 Kiara Jeffery, 9 Sabrina Lisetto(c), 10 Jada Williams, 14 Kaila Neilson, 15 Lara De Jong, 17 Elijha Fortescue, 21 Casey King, 23 Samantha WrightCoach John LisettoManager: Sam NolanTrainer: Craig WhitbyReferee: Rob WalkerAssistant Referees: Bruce Ward, Gloria Vann 2nd Grade 1.10pmBallina: 1 Nathan Groves, 2 Zane Barrett, 3 Jope Nalewa, 4 Brad Grono, 5 Kye Cribb, 6 Keanu Francis, 7 Jeremy Tozer, 8 Ratu Peni Wainiqolo, 9 Andrew Grono, 10 Nick Brydon (c), 11 Reuben Saric, 12 Tusi Amituanai, 13 Carl Lolohea, 14 Lachlan Anderson, 15 Lachlan Johnson, 16 Tom McCall, 17 Ryan Hamilton, 18 Todd Grono, 19 Corey Threlfall, 20 Nathaniel Hooper, 21 Stephen Paskins, 22 Joel Noble, 23 Braith KeirleCoach: Al BarrettManager: Al NobleVRichmond Range: 1 Blake Birmingham, 2 Michael MacRae, 3 Reece Manning, 4 Jacob Lane, 5 David Lane, 6 Hayden Pratt, 7 Dan Fuhrmann, 8 Nic Crompton, 9 Alex Gibbon, 10 Matthew Sorrenti, 11 Brock King, 12 Glen Pollard (c), 13 Paul Hewetson, 14 Nick Fuhrmann, 15 James Pankhurst, 16 Jordan Walker, 17 Duncan Ryan, 18 James Hewetson, 19 Andrew Robertson, 20 Ben Wheeler, 21 Luke Benn, 22 Nick Benn, 23 Daniel SorrentiCoach: Alex GibbonManager: Shawn ButlerReferee: Louis TrisleyAssistant Referees: Will Palmer, Joe LeeUnder 18's 11.40amLennox Head: 1 Ryan Neilsen, 2 Ethan Jenkins, 3 Luke Smith, 4 Darby Coles, 5 Sam Hanna (c), 6 Alex Anderson, 7 Jacob Kennedy, 8 Milos Safranek, 9 Tom Simpson, 10 Lachlan Miller, 11 Atzin Jacobsen, 12 Sean Parry, 13 Jordan Barratt, 14 Kobi McCombie, 15 Cory McInnes, 16 Joshua Thick, 17 Max Callaghan, 18 Luca Beasley-Kenk, 19 Zachary Murphy, 21 Sazon McKey, 22 Lachlan Mahon, 23 Liam JuppCoach: Scott Jenkins/ Daniel WattManager: Bradley CreightonVCasuarina Beach: 1 Aidan Hamilton, 2 Tewhiti Treanor, 3 Oscar Bailey, 4 Mason Duke, 5 Amos Blacklock, 6 Aidan Laybutt(c), 7 Kaleb Boddie, 8 Kynan Jones, 9 Zane Hanna, 10 Jacob Beck, 11 Will Harris, 12 Archie Dixon, 13 Ethan Kingston, 14 Faafounia Blessing, 15 Jesse Freier, 16 Aidan Brown, 17 Kye Doevendans, 18 Jake LeachCoach: Col SimsManager: Danielle HeversReferee: Matthew ClaytonAssistant Referees: Will Barnes, Lachlan Duley Presidents Cup 10.00amWollongbar Alstonville: 1 Brandan Whitney, 2 Bailey Pike, 3 Daniel Wright, 4 Paul Turcato, 5 Cory Townsend, 6 Blake Henderson, 7 Riley Hughes, 8 Matthew Wright, 9 Ben Shelley, 10 Jarrod Wyllie, 11 Ryley Conlan, 12 Mathew Buster, 13 Hudson Love (c), 14 Terry Murphy, 15 Thomas Parker, 16 Thomas Drew, 17 Daniel Witt, 18 Vilimone Vosalotaki, 19 Niko Emoni, 20 Cooper Love, 21 Nathan Mackney, 22 Jye Davis, 23 Semi LutuaCoach: Adam LawManager: Jany WrightTrainer: John LoveVYamba: 1 Thomas Mather, 2 Beau Birch, 3 Jack Horne, 4 Joe Walker, 5 Kyah Hurrell, 6 Jordan Croft, 7 Keeley Pritchett, 8 Adrian Miller(c), 9 Josh Morris, 10 Chris Williams, 11 James Hawley, 12 Nathan Hollis, 13 Christian Whittaker, 14 Rowan Fahey, 15 Joel Imeson, 16 Carlos Gonzalez, 17 Christian Medcraft, 18 Callan Obst, 19 Sam Berry, 20 Bede Hunt, 21 Brian Anderson, 22 Jorden ElabbasiCoach: Adrian MillerManager: Robbie HillTrainer: Howard GrahamReferee: Graham CookAssistant Referees: Peter Campbell, Darrin Faulkner

It will be a big day for Lismore and District Netball Association on Saturday with twelve Grand Finals to be played.The day will commence at 9:30am with Juniors when SCU Minties take on Daleys Dragonflies in the 10 years, Daleys Daffodils play Summerlanders Joeys in the 11's and Daleys Dynamites will play the SCU Skittles in the 12 years.Intermediates will follow in the 11:30am timeslot with Division 1 seeing Daleys Dominators clashing with Bundjalarms Pink, Division 2 Daleys Dots play Phoenix Light My Fire and in Division 3 Bundjalarms Magic take on Workers Waterlillies.At 1:05pm the Seniors take to the courts when in Division 3 East Lismore 1 will play Workers Roses, in Division 4B Daleys Dazzlers and Phoenix Scorchers face off and in Division 5 Tatts Titans will fight it out with Phoenix Flames.The Division 1 Grand Final will be a tight clash with Daleys taking on Bundjalarms. Bundjalarms went through the season without a loss, however it was Daleys who came out on top in the Major Semi Final two weeks ago. Bundjalarms easily accounted for Daleys Devils in the Preliminary Final and will look to turn the tables on Daleys at 2:10pm.The day concludes with the 3:15pm matches in Division 2 SCU Crushers v SCU Diamonds and Division 4A Summerlanders Sloths v Workers Ravens.

The Marist Brothers Junior Rugby League U/14 and U/16 Girls teams will look to create history this weekend.Both the U/14 and U/16 sides will contest the Girls Tackle Grand Finals at McKittrick Park in South Grafton on Saturday.The 2022 season is the first year that Junior Girls have been able to play a full season in a tackle competition. Prior to this year, the only option for the girls was to play in a mixed competition up until U/12's and then transition to Ladies League Tag.The Marist Brothers U/14 Girls are excited for Saturday's Grand Final. Photo: Christine ButcherThe U/14 side finished second after the regular season and will take on Casino RSM in the decider at 2:30pm.The U/16 girls had a season to remember, finishing as Minor Premiers and will clash with Clarence Coast at 3:10pm.Four members of the team were also selected in the U/17's Northern Rivers side that will play at the Lisa Fiaola Development Carnival at the end of the month on the Central Coast.Coaches John Brown and Chris King are excited to create history for the club and the competition and return home with premierships.

Richmond Rovers will take on South Lismore in the Football Far North Coast Men's Premier League Grand Final on Saturday.Both teams won through to the decider after penalty shootouts decided both semi finals on Sunday.A huge crowd was on hand at Crawford Park to see South Lismore advance to the Grand Final. Photo: Steve MackneySouth Lismore and Alstonville were locked at 1-1 after normal time with Murray Towner scoring for Souths and Joel Perkins for Villa. The sides could not be separated after extra time and penalties were needed to determine a winner. Both sides took eight shots each in a nail biting finale but it was the Celtics who eventually prevailed 6-5 to progress to the Grand Final. In the other emotion charged semi final, Richmond Rovers and Byron Bay could not be separated after normal time, with Jono See scoring the lone goal from a free kick for the home side in the 1-1 scoreline. In similar circumstances to the other semi final, neither side could take an advantage in extra time and the match was decided on penalties.Rovers took the penalty shootout 4-2, with Rovers goalkeeper Chris Jones becoming the hero in East Lismore. Richmond Rovers Oli O'Reilly has eyes for the ball against Byron Bay. Photo: Steve MackneyOfficials were forced to hand out eight yellow cards in a physical and passionate match between the two sides. The 2022 Men's Premier League Grand Final will be played at Bill Harris Field in East Lismore on Saturday 17 September at 4:00pm.The Women's Premier League Grand Final between Alstonville and the Goonellabah Hornets will be played on Sunday at Crawford Park, Alstonville at 2:30pm.In the semi finals Alstonville defeated Maclean 2-1 and Goonellabah defeated Lennox Head 2-0.

Grand Final places will be up for grabs in Premier League Football on Sunday.In Women's Premier League, pointscore winners Alstonville take on fourth placed Maclean at Crawford Park at 12:30pm at the same time that Goonellabah (2nd) will host Lennox Head (3rd) at Weston Park. The winner of both matches will clash in the Grand Final next weekend.In Men's Premier League Semi Final action, Richmond Rovers will take on fourth placed Byron Bay at 2:30pm in East Lismore and the South Lismore Celtics (3rd) will travel to Alstonville in the other Semi Final to take on Villa (2nd).Rovers have been in strong for recently with the only possible change to the side being captain and goalkeeper Chris Jones possibly returning from injury, with Sam Gillett having filled the role very well in recent weeks.South Lismore will look for Ezra Frost to continue his goal scoring feats up front, with Feeney Williamson to add spark in attack.

The Lismore Women's 10's Rugby Team is into the FNC Rugby Union Grand Final after a spirited victory over Ballina on Saturday.The John Lisetto coached side were ready to fire after a disappointing loss to Casuarina in the Major Semi Final two weeks ago.They will now have a chance to redeem themselves after a 27-12 win in Ballina.Lismore opened the scoring after just two minutes with a try before Ballina hit back with a converted try to lead 7-5.Five minutes later Lismore's Lara de Jong crossed to wrestle the lead back going into halftime 10-7.Just two minutes into the second half, Ballina scored under the posts for another lead change 12-10.It was all Lismore from this point on with Sabrina Lisetto being rewarded with a try after several strong runs form the Green's forwards. The try was converted by Jada Williams.Four minutes later, Kiara Jeffery crossed to push the Lismore lead out to 22-12.Lisetto managed to cross from the back of a ruck on the stroke of fulltime to seal the victory 27-12 and progress to the Grand Final next Saturday.Unfortunately the Lismore Colts could not make it two from two Preliminary Final victories after going down in a nailbiter to Casuarina 22-16.Casuarina got out to an early 8-0 lead before Lismore hit back with a try to Jack Taylor after a scrum penalty and another to Austin Ruane on the halftime siren, to lead 10-8 at the break.Immediately after the break, Taylor converted a penalty to push the score out to 13-8.Just three minutes later, Casuarina scored under the posts, which they converted for another lead change at 15-13.With ten minutes left in the match, Taylor slotted another penalty goal to retake the lead 16-15.Casuarina then scored a converted try with just minutes left on the clock, but Lismore were unable to wrestle the lead back to go down 22-16.FAR NORTH COAST RUGBY UNION                                      Preliminary Final Results 10th September 2022  First GradeWollongbar Alstonville 30(James Vidler, Blake Henderson, Bodi Smith, Matthew Scott tries, Sam Kerry 2 conversions, penalty goal, Bodi Smith penalty goal) d Lennox Head 14(Jared Lofts, Jedd Windle tries, Jared Lofts 2 conversions)Half Time: Wollongbar 8 - Lennox 7Women's 10'sLismore 27(Lara de Jong 2, Sabrina Lisetto 2, Kiara Jeffery tries, Jada Williams conversion) d Ballina 12(Jadha King, Illarrah Roberts tries, Jadha King conversion)Half Time: Lismore 10 - Ballina 7 2nd GradeRichmond Range 20(Penalty try, Luke Benn tries, James Pankhurst conversion, 2 penalty goals) d Casuarina Beach 18(Oscar Sims, Nathan Turpin tries, Harrison Hall conversion, penalty goal, Jared de Thierry penalty goal)Half Time: Range 10 - Casuarina 8 Colts Under 18'sCasuarina Beach 22(Oscar Bailey 2, Mason Duke tries, Jacob Beck 2 conversions, penalty goal) d Lismore 16(Jack Taylor, Austin Ruane tries, Jack Taylor 2 penalty goals)Half Time: Lismore 10 - Casuarina 8 Presidents CupYamba 17(Nathan Hollis, Adrian Miller tries, Nathan Hollis 2 conversions, penalty goal) d Mullumbimby 12(Judd Batson, Charles Clapp tries, Mitch Lambert conversion)Half Time: Yamba 10 - Mullumbimby 7 Far North Coast Grand Final Matches 17th September at Kingsford Smith Park, Ballina10:00 am - Presidents Cup - Wollongbar Alstonville v Yamba11:40 am - Colts Under 18's - Lennox Head v Casuarina Beach1:10pm - 2nd Grade - Ballina v Richmond Range2:50pm - Women's 10's - Casuarina Beach v Lismore3:45pm - 1st Grade - Bangalow v Wollongbar Alstonville

It will be a big weekend for the Star club in FNC Hockey.The club will field teams in five of the six Senior Grand Finals on Saturday and could come away with a number of titles.Star will have teams in both the Men's and Women's A Grade Grand Finals after securing Major Semi Final wins two weeks ago.The Women's A Grade match will see Star take on Ballina and in the Men's A Grade match which will follow, Star take on Easts in the decider.It will be a big day for FNC Hockey with Junior Grand Finals starting at 8:30am through to the Men's A Grade match starting at 5:00pm in Goonellabah.FNC Hockey Senior Grand Finals in GoonellabahSaturday 10 September 2022Field 15:00pm - Men's A GradeStar v Easts3:20pm - Women's A GradeStar v Ballina1:45pm - Men's Reserve GradeStar v Ballina12:00pm - Women's Reserve GradeStar v BallinaField 22:00pm - Men's C GradeEasts v Ballina12:15 - Men's B GradeStar v Kingscliff

The Far North Coast Rugby Union will attempt to host the Preliminary Finals for a second week in a row on Saturday.The wet weather last weekend forced the Preliminary Finals to be pushed back a week, with the Grand Final forced to be played a week later, now on the 17 September.The Lismore Rugby Club's Women's 10's and Colts will be playing for a shot at a Grand Final berth at Kingsford Smith Oval in Ballina.The Women's side went down to Casuarina 17-0 two weeks ago in the Major Semi Final and will look to redeem themselves against the Ballina Seahorses.Lismore finished the regular season in second spot and defeated the Ballina side three times throughout the year, but the previous wins mean nothing in the Preliminary Final.Lismore will be hoping cousins Adriana and Sabrina Lisetto are fit to take on Ballina.The Colts will look to overcome a mounting injury list, when they take on Casuarina on Saturday. The side was strong against Lennox Head in the Major Semi Final but will look to improve their set piece.Lismore has a 2-1 ledger over Casuarina and will look to secure a place in next week's Grand Final and seek redemption against Lennox Head.All matches will be played at Kingsford Smith Oval in Ballina with Colts kicking off at 12:00pm and the Women at 2:30pm prior to the First Grade Preliminary Final between Wollongbar/Alstonville and Lennox Head.FAR NORTH COAST RUGBY UNIONPreliminary Final Team Lists10th September 2022Kingsford Smith Park Ballina First Grade 3.15pmWollongbar Alstonville: 1 Ewen McQueen, 2 Bill Johnston, 3 Benji Tiatia, 4 Matt Scott, 5 Lloyd Morgan, 6 Daniel Damen, 7 Austin Markwort, 8 Hamish Mould, 9 Louis Hollman, 10 Ben Damen (c), 11 Josh Damen, 12 Sam Kerry, 13 Matt Nean, 14 James Vidler, 15 Bodi Smith, 16 Cory Townsend, 17 Matt Wright, 18 Vilimone Vosalotaki, 19 Blake Henderson, 20 Riley Hughes, 21 Hudson Love, 22 Ben Shelley, 23 Ryley Conlan  Coach: Bill Johnston / Andrew RossManager: Ian JohnsonTrainer: Aaron ZimmermanVLennox Head: 1 Curtis Miles, 2 Jedd Windle, 3 Matt Liddle, 4 Callum Jones (c), 5 Sam Croke, 6 Lachie Jones, 7 Sam Roberson, 8 Hayden Blair, 9 Mitch Evers, 10 Jared Lofts, 11 Lachie Creagh, 12 Brad Lees, 13 Marty McNamara, 14 Tom McEvoy, 15 Zak Condon, 16 Billy Dwane, 17 Rowan Morgan, 18 Harry Sivewright, 19 Brad McGoulrick, 20 Callum S Jones, 21 Harry Bungate, 22 Tom Wauch, 23 Jack BungateCoach: Steve CondonCoach: Mick SheatherManager: Mitchell Craig  Women's 10's 2.30pmLismore: 1 Emily Cox, 2 Jamie Lee Farnham-Fry, 3 Daisy Smith, 4 Tauwehe Herewini, 6 Clare Newby, 7 Tahlya Jeffery, 8 Kiara Jeffery, 9 Sabrina Lisetto(c), 10 Jada Williams, 14 Kaila Neilson, 15 Lara De Jong, 17 Elijha Fortescue, 21 Casey King, 23 Samantha WrightCoach John LisettoManager: Sam NolanTrainer: Craig WhitbyVBallina: 1 Katrina Anderson, 2 Letia Paton, 3 Alexa Busteed, 4 Skye Johnston, 5 Anna Shelford, 6    Lily Davies(c), 7 Illarah Roberts, 8 Jadha King, 9 Tina Welch, 10 Kylie Paskins, 11 Kiala Malietoa, 12 Keeleigh Walo, 13 Tomikah Silva-Mundine, 15 Laura BelafantiCoach Paul DaviesManager: Al Noble 2nd Grade 1.15pmCasuarina Beach: 1 Daniel Tilton, 2 Mick Hall, 3 Bruce Somerville, 4 Ben Kahika, 5 Dan Abbey (c), 6 Will Patterson, 7 Darcy McGregor, 8 Oliver Miller, 9 Matt Burgess, 10 Harrison Hall, 11 Louie Pantino, 12 Mikaere Penetito, 13 Jesse Grey, 14 Richard White, 15 Oscar Sims, 16 Dave Van Den Boom, 17 TBA, 18 Sam Hyett, 19 Kayne Blenkinsop, 20 Michael Bodnar, 21 Bill MacDonald, 22 Aaron Shepherd, 23 Cody RossCoach: Graham DodgeManager: Steven HarrisVRichmond Range: 1 Duncan Ryan, 2 Michael MacRae, 3 Reece Manning, 4 James Hewetson, 5 David Lane, 6 Dan Fuhrmann, 7 Ben Wheeler, 8 Nic Crompton, 9 Alex Gibbon, 10 Matthew Sorrenti, 11 Brock King, 12 Andrew Robertson, 13 Paul Hewetson, 14 Nick Fuhrmann, 15 James Pankhurst, 16 Daniel Sorrenti, 17 Travis Phelps, 18 Blake Birmingham, 19 Andrew Northfield, 20 Jacob Lane, 21 Luke Benn, 22 Nick Benn, 23 Stephen GrayCoach: Alex GibbonManager: Shawn Butler Under 18's 12.00pmLismore: 1 Zac Gillett, 2 Max Smith, 3 Connor McDougall, 4 Andrew Clark, 5 Atticus Hanney, 6 Augustine Leju, 7 Ryley Smith, 8 Noah Allen, 9 Joey Davis, 10 Charlie Clarke, 11 Austin Ruane, 12 Braeden Williams, 13 Jakob Lane, 14 Loui Rubbo, 15 Jack Taylor, 16 Gabe Forzan, 17 Kalusiana Nauliv 18 Alistair Moloney, 19 Quinn McDougallCoach: Chris Millane/Nick ForzanManager: Chris RuaneVCasuarina Beach: 1 Aidan Hamilton, 2 Tewhiti Treanor, 3 Oscar Bailey, 4 Mason Duke, 5 Amos Blacklock, 6 Aidan Laybutt(c), 7 Kaleb Boddie, 8 Kynan Jones, 9 Zane Hanna, 10 Jacob Beck, 11 Will Harris, 12 Archie Dixon, 13 Aidan Brown, 14 Faafounia Blessing, 15 Jesse Frier, 16 James Cattanach, 17 Kye Doevendans, 18 Jake Leach, 19 Jackson Gunn, 20 Ethan KigstonCoach: Col SimsManager: Danielle HeversPresidents Cup 10.30amMullumbimby: 1 Jack Bensley, 2 Corey Jolly, 3 Justin Zaiko, 4 Adam Watson, 5 Charlie Clapp, 6 , 7 Duncan Kendall (c), 8 Wally Andrews, 9 Ben Kelso, 10 Mitch Lambert, 11 Finn Heazlett, 12 Dwayne Mosley, 13 Dan Proudman, 14 Martino Vareibuli, 15 Dylan Estreich, 16 Stuart Reece, 17 Neil Moran, 18 Satuala Siamoa, 19 Brian Davis, 20 Tommas Gibson Coach: Anthony PentecostManager: Satuala SiamoaVYamba: 1 Thomas Mather, 2 Beau Birch, 3 Jack Horne, 4 Kyah Hurrell, 5 Joe Walker 6 Jordan Croft, 7 Keeley Pritchett, 8 Adrian Miller(c), 9 Josh Morris, 10 Chris Miller, 11 James Hawley, 12 Nathan Hollis, 13 Christian Whittaker, 14 Rowan Fahey, 15 Joel Imeson, 16 Carlos Gonzalez, 17 Christian Medcraft, 18 Sam Berry, 19 Bede Hunt, 20 Callan Obst, 21 Brian Anderson, 22 Jorden ElabbasiCoach: Adrian MillerManager: Adrian MillerManager: Shane Davy

Richmond Rovers have taken out the FFNC Men's Premier League Pointscore Title after a 1-1 draw with South Lismore on Wednesday night in East Lismore.The title is the 12th time Rovers have earned the trophy in the clubs history.South Lismore started strongly, dictating territory and possession in the first 25 minutes of the match.The Celtics structure had the Rovers defence scrabbling at times, with the home side managing to repel the several strong attacking raids.Rovers began to wrestle back the momentum and at the 28 minute mark of the first half, Shane Smith hit an unmarked shot from the right hand side after a short pass from Jono See, for Rovers to take the lead 1-0.Seven minutes later, a 35m shot from Rovers defender Joel Hardwick hit the cross bar, narrowly denying the home side a 2-0 lead.The second half started in bizarre circumstances, with a Jono See shot in the first minute being deflected by the Celtics defence before the ground was covered in darkness after the lights went out just two minutes into the second stanza.There was a fifteen minute delay while the lights cooled and then warmed back up ready for action.The match was then a midfield battle, with both sides testing each other until with just five minutes to go, Celtics Ezra Frost knocked in a goal from close range to tie the match up at 1-1.It sparked the visitors into a last minute scramble to grab the win and deny Rovers the title but a draw at fulltime was enough.Oli O’Reilly was strong in the midfield for Rovers and Ethan Allen's speed caused the Celtics defence trouble at times.South Lismore will take plenty of positives out of the draw after going down 3-0 last week to the same side. Coach Rick Austen will look to pick his players up for their next clash after a spirited outing on Wednesday night.Rovers will now take on Byron Bay in a Semi Final on Sunday at 2:30pm in East Lismore and Souths will travel to Alstonville in the other Semi Final on Sunday, also at 2:30pm.Rovers Captain Chris Jones is expected back for the Semi Final after sitting out the match through injury.

The Football Far North Coast Men's Premier League Pointscore Title is up for grabs on Wednesday night when Richmond Rovers take on South Lismore.The match was postponed from Saturday afternoon due to the wet weather and is the last match scheduled to complete the season before the Finals Series.The situation has been quite complex, with Lismore Thistles forfeiting their postponed match against Alstonville from the weekend, which gifted the 3 points to Villa and took them to the lead on the ladder by just one point from Rovers.A draw or a win for Rovers on Wednesday night will see the East Lismore side secure the Pointscore title, which would be their 12th title since they were founded in 1960.This result would see Rovers and South Lismore clash again in a Semi Final next weekend, which would make it the third consecutive game between the two sides in three weeks.A loss by Rovers would see Alstonville secure their first Men's Premier League Trophy in their 50 year history in the FFNC Competition.The match promises to be a classic, with both sides playing a fast and skilful match ten days ago, which resulted in a 3-0 victory to Rovers.The Celtics will be looking for victory to add to the club's success. On Tuesday night the Men's League 6 defeated Goonellabah FC 3-0 to secure the Pointscore Title in what has been an extremely tough year for the club.The match will kick off at 7:00pm in East Lismore.

The Marist Brothers Ramettes have gone down fighting in the NRRRL Ladies League Tag Grand Final.The side went down 14-10 in a hotly contested match against the Cudgen Hornets at the Bilambil East Sports Fields on Sunday.Cudgen were undefeated going into the match and the Ramettes were out to change the 1-0 ledger this season.Fallon Campbell and Billie Reid scored tries for Marist Brothers, with fullback Shataya King kicking a penalty goal.Cudgen managed to cross for three tries to ruin the fairytale finish for coach Al Petty who has decided to hand over the reins for the 2023 season.It was the fifth Grand Final in a row for the Ramettes.

The wet weather hitting the Northern Rivers is causing havoc with sporting finals.The Far North Coast Rugby Union have been forced to postpone their Preliminary Finals set down for Kingsford Smith Oval in Ballina on Saturday.A new date will be advised as soon as possible.Far North Coast Hockey have made announcements regarding Junior Hockey on their social media pages, with some matches postponed.Lismore and District Netball Association will make decisions on each Semi Final time slot as the day progresses and they have already postponed the 9am matches.Football Far North Coast clubs and teams are requested keep checking on the various club Facebook and social media pages for updates, with some matches postponed and a number of venue changes being organised.One sport that will hopefully avoid the wet weather is basketball with the Lismore Storm Men's and Women's team that are travelling to Coffs Harbour to take on the Suns in the Sunshine Conference tonight

The Marist Brothers Ramettes will take on the Cudgen Hornets in the NRRRL Ladies League Tag Grand Final on Sunday.The match has an early start of 9:45am in Bilambil but the team is primed to bring the Premiership Trophy back to Lismore.It will be the top two sides from the regular season clashing in the big match after Cudgen completed the season undefeated and the Ramettes only having the one loss to Cudgen, 14-4 back in Round 7 in June.It is the fifth Grand Final in a row for the Marist Brothers side who have been able to keep their place at the top of the Ladies League Tag competition since it's inception.Coach Al Petty, is happy with his side going into the match, "The Girls are excited and ready to go.""It is our fifth Grand Final in a row, we are 50/50, we have won two and lost two."The Grand Final will be Petty's swansong as the Ramettes Ladies League Tag Coach after taking over in the second year of the competition from current player Hayley McAnelly."Cudgen were the undefeated Minor Premiers and the two best teams in the competition will play in the Grand Final on Sunday.""We are a very experienced side, but the young girls have added something to the side this year.""We have our big four players in Lily Patston, Hayley McAnelly, Shataya King and Alyssa Goode. Lily came in the second year but the other three have been there since the start.""Sienna Smith and Shontali Williams, two 16 year old kids, have come into the team this year and have had outstanding seasons. They have brought something to the team."Marist Brothers Ramettes1 - Shataya King, 2 - Natasha Flanagan, 3 - Billie Reid, 4 - Tamara Clark, 5 - Sienna Smith, 6 - Fallon Campbell, 7 - Lily Patston, 8 - Alyssa Goode, 9 - Jada Williams, 11 - Victoria O'Neill, 12 - Tanesha Pierce, 13 - Hayley McAnelly, 14 - Shontali Williams, 17 - Erica Butcher

The 2022 Lismore Ladies Spring Tournament was hosted by the Lismore Workers Golf Club on Tuesday.After two years of Covid restrictions, Lismore Ladies were able to host the Annual Spring Tournament. Not deterred by the devastation of the floods earlier this year the committee decided to go ahead with the event, making it a one day tournament instead of the usual two days, as there is still limited accommodation available in the area.Competitors travelled from Yamba in the south to Queensland in the north for a great day of golf.Overall Winners - Allysen Weaver and H Crawford 46 ptsOverall Runners Up - P Hensel and W McFadden 45 ptsDiv 1 Winners - Michelle Wilson and Denise Coster 43 pts (Lismore)r/up - P Harris and H McFarlane 42 pts (Maclean)2nd r/up - L Parks and M Stenner 42 Pts (Mullumbimby )3rd r/up - Linda Dean and Nora Viel 42 pts (Casino)4th r/up - L Lefcourt and L Ivanusa 41 pts (Kyogle)Div 2 Winners - Pat Kelly and Colleen Cormack 45. Pts (Lismore Coraki)r/up - Denise Coster and Pat Huxtable 43 pts (Lismore)2nd r/up - Rhonda Johnson and Clare Warren 43 pts (Lismore)3rd r/up - J Pilgrim and C Stephenson 42 pts (Laidley QLD)4th r/up - Helen Gibbons and V Dadswell 41 pts (Lismore)Nearest The Pins2nd all Divs - S Lokan and J Cicchinelli5th Div 1 - Diane Cahill and V White8th Div 1 - K Humphreys and G James11th Div 2 - Denise Coster and Pat Huxtable13th Div 2 - L Hunt and C Creighton16th - All Divs - J Logan and F LeeAccuracy DriveDiv 1 - Chris Hudson (Lismore)Div 2 - Bev McLeod (Lismore )OBE Vets - Val Cawley and Amanda Finch.

Lismore Rugby Club's Women's 10's and Colts have one last shot at a Grand Final berth on Saturday.The Women's side went down to Casuarina 17-0 in last weeks Major Semi Final and will look to redeem themselves against Ballina.Lismore finished the regular season in second spot and defeated the Ballina side three times throughout the year, but the previous wins mean nothing in the Preliminary Final.The Colts will look to overcome a mounting injury list, when they take on Casuarina on Saturday. The side was strong against Lennox Head in last week's Major Semi Final but will look to improve their set piece against the northerners.Lismore has a 2-1 ledger over Casuarina and will look to secure a place in next week's Grand Final and seek redemption against Lennox Head.All matches will be played at Kingsford Smith Oval in Ballina with Colts kicking off at 12:00pm and the Women at 2:30pm prior to the First Grade Preliminary Final between Wollongbar/Alstonville and Lennox Head.FAR NORTH COAST RUGBY UNIONPreliminary Final Team Lists3rd September 2022Kingsford Smith Park Ballina First Grade 3.15pmWollongbar Alstonville: 1 Ewen McQueen, 2 Bill Johnston, 3 Benji Tiatia, 4 Matt Scott, 5 Lloyd Morgan, 6 Daniel Damen, 7 Austin Markwort, 8 Hamish Mould, 9 Louis Hollman, 10 Ben Damen (c), 11 Josh Damen, 12 Sam Kerry, 13 Matt Nean, 14 James Vidler, 15 Bodi Smith, 16 Cory Townsend, 17 Matt Wright, 18 Vilimone Vosalotaki, 19 Blake Henderson, 20 Riley Hughes, 21 Hudson Love, 22 Ben Shelley, 23 Ryley Conlan  Coach: Bill Johnston / Andrew RossManager: Ian JohnsonTrainer: Aaron ZimmermanVLennox Head: 1 Curtis Miles, 2 Jedd Windle, 3 Matt Liddle, 4 Callum Jones (c), 5 Sam Croke, 6 Lachie Jones, 7 Sam Roberson, 8 Hayden Blair, 9 Mitch Evers, 10 Jared Lofts, 11 Lachie Creagh, 12 Brad Lees, 13 Marty McNamara, 14 Tom McEvoy, 15 Zak Condon, 16 Billy Dwane, 17 Rowan Morgan, 18 Harry Sivewright, 19 Brad McGoulrick, 20 Callum S Jones, 21 Harry Bungate, 22 Tom Wauch, 23 Jack BungateCoach: Steve CondonCoach: Mick SheatherManager: Mitchell CraigReferee: Louis TrisleyAssistant Referees: Will Palmer, Joe Lee  Women's 10's 2.30pmLismore: 1 Emily Cox, 2 Jamie Lee Farnham-Fry, 3 Daisy Smith, 4 Tauwehe Herewini, 6 Clare Newby, 7 Tahlya Jeffery, 8 Kiara Jeffery, 9 Sabrina Lisetto(c), 10 Jada Williams, 14 Kaila Neilson, 15 Lara De Jong, 17 Elijha Fortescue, 21 Casey King, 23 Samantha WrightCoach John LisettoManager: Sam NolanTrainer: Craig WhitbyVBallina: 1 Katrina Anderson, 2 Letia Paton, 3 Alexa Busteed, 4 Skye Johnston, 5 Anna Shelford, 6     Lily Davies(c), 7 Illarah Roberts, 8 Jadha King, 9 Tina Welch, 10 Kylie Paskins, 11 Kiala Malietoa, 12 Keeleigh Walo, 13 Tomikah Silva-Mundine, 15 Laura BelafantiCoach Paul DaviesManager: Al NobleReferee: Rob WalkerAssistant Referees: Bruce Ward, Gloria Vann 2nd Grade 1.15pmCasuarina Beach: 1 Daniel Tilton, 2 Mick Hall, 3 Bruce Somerville, 4 Ben Kahika, 5 Dan Abbey (c), 6 Will Patterson, 7 Darcy McGregor, 8 Oliver Miller, 9 Matt Burgess, 10 Harrison Hall, 11 Louie Pantino, 12 Mikaere Penetito, 13 Jesse Grey, 14 Richard White, 15 Oscar Sims, 16 Dave Van Den Boom, 17 TBA, 18 Sam Hyett, 19 Kayne Blenkinsop, 20 Michael Bodnar, 21 Bill MacDonald, 22 Aaron Shepherd, 23 Cody RossCoach: Graham DodgeManager: Steven HarrisVRichmond Range: 1 Duncan Ryan, 2 Michael MacRae, 3 Reece Manning, 4 James Hewetson, 5 David Lane, 6 Dan Fuhrmann, 7 Ben Wheeler, 8 Nic Crompton, 9 Alex Gibbon, 10 Matthew Sorrenti, 11 Brock King, 12 Andrew Robertson, 13 Paul Hewetson, 14 Nick Fuhrmann, 15 James Pankhurst, 16 Daniel Sorrenti, 17 Travis Phelps, 18 Blake Birmingham, 19 Andrew Northfield, 20 Jacob Lane, 21 Luke Benn, 22 Nick Benn, 23 Stephen GrayCoach: Alex GibbonManager: Shawn ButlerReferee: Richard GoswellAssistant Referees: Will Barnes, Mark Whitten Under 18's 12.00pmLismore: 1 Zac Gillett, 2 Max Smith, 3 Connor McDougall, 4 Andrew Clark, 5 Atticus Hanney, 6 Augustine Leju, 7 Ryley Smith, 8 Noah Allen, 9 Joey Davis, 10 Charlie Clarke, 11 Austin Ruane, 12 Braeden Williams, 13 Jakob Lane, 14 Loui Rubbo, 15 Jack Taylor, 16 Gabe Forzan, 17 Kalusiana Nauliv 18 Alistair Moloney, 19 Quinn McDougallCoach: Chris Millane/Nick ForzanManager: Chris RuaneVCasuarina Beach: 1 Aidan Hamilton, 2 Tewhiti Treanor, 3 Oscar Bailey, 4 Mason Duke, 5 Amos Blacklock, 6 Aidan Laybutt(c), 7 Kaleb Boddie, 8 Kynan Jones, 9 Zane Hanna, 10 Jacob Beck, 11 Will Harris, 12 Archie Dixon, 13 Aidan Brown, 14 Faafounia Blessing, 15 Jesse Frier, 16 James Cattanach, 17 Kye Doevendans, 18 Jake Leach, 19 Jackson Gunn, 20 Ethan KigstonCoach: Col SimsManager: Danielle HeversReferee: Matthew ClaytonAssistant Referees: Lachlan Duley, Will PalmerPresidents Cup 10.30amMullumbimby: 1 Jack Bensley, 2 Corey Jolly, 3 Justin Zaiko, 4 Adam Watson, 5 Charlie Clapp, 6 , 7 Duncan Kendall (c), 8 Wally Andrews, 9 Ben Kelso, 10 Mitch Lambert, 11 Finn Heazlett, 12 Dwayne Mosley, 13 Dan Proudman, 14 Martino Vareibuli, 15 Dylan Estreich, 16 Stuart Reece, 17 Neil Moran, 18 Satuala Siamoa, 19 Brian Davis, 20 Tommas Gibson Coach: Anthony PentecostManager: Satuala SiamoaVYamba: 1 Thomas Mather, 2 Beau Birch, 3 Jack Horne, 4 Kyah Hurrell, 5 Joe Walker 6 Jordan Croft, 7 Keeley Pritchett, 8 Adrian Miller(c), 9 Josh Morris, 10 Chris Miller, 11 James Hawley, 12 Nathan Hollis, 13 Christian Whittaker, 14 Rowan Fahey, 15 Joel Imeson, 16 Carlos Gonzalez, 17 Christian Medcraft, 18 Sam Berry, 19 Bede Hunt, 20 Callan Obst, 21 Brian Anderson, 22 Jorden ElabbasiCoach: Adrian MillerManager: Adrian MillerManager: Shane DavyReferee: Graham CookAssistant Referees: Darrin Faulkner, Will Campbell

There will be several special visitors to Lismore this Saturday.AFL great Shaun Rehn will accompany the 2022 Toyota AFL Premiership Cup on a visit to Lismore.Rehn is a two time Premiership player with the Adelaide Crows in 1997 and 1998 and is also a two time All Australian Team member.The visit will take place at Lismore Toyota on Saturday 3 September between 10am and 12pm.The session will be a great opportunity to get a photo with the Cup as the AFL Finals Series gets underway.The 2022 Toyota AFL Premiership Cup will be stopping in three places on the North Coast this weekend.As part of the AFL Premiership Cup national tour, you will have the opportunity to ‘get up close and personal’ with the treasured piece of silverware at Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour on Friday and at Lismore on Saturday.The 2022 Toyota AFL Premiership Cup Tour which will provide football fans across the country the opportunity to get up close and personal with one of Australia’s most prestigious pieces of silverware, including the three North Coast locations.Port Macquarie – Warren Plowright Toyota, Noon to 2:00pm on Friday 2 SeptemberCoffs Harbour – Fitzroy Oval, 4:00pm to 6:00pm on Friday 2 SeptemberLismore – Lismore Toyota, 10:00am to Noon, Saturday 3 SeptemberAll players, coaches, club officials, and AFL footy lovers from across the region are invited to come to one of the above sessions and have their photo taken with the 2022 Toyota AFL Premiership Cup.A BBQ will also be fired up at the Lismore session where you can grab a sausage sandwich for a gold coin donation. All proceeds from the BBQ will go towards Fight MND.