As Young kicked off to get the game underway, they moved up quickly in defence and through this good pressure defence Tumut lost the ball and this put Young in good field position, close to the line.

Young capitalised on this by keeping the ball moving and in the first minute of the game Andrew Garvey scored in the corner to put the first points on the board and lead Tumut 4 points to nil.

From the kick off Young were pumped and going forward putting good pressure on Tumut, but this was short lived as Tumut gained possesion through Young’s errors,and caught Young napping in defence to go straight through and score under the posts with the conversion successful, Tumut took the lead in the sixth minute of the game 6 points to 4.

Young gained possesion back quickly after Corey Smithers found touch from the kick off and were on the attack close to the line. A lot of opportunities went begging and the ball changed hands several times until Young finally broke Tumut’s defensive line and a good pass saw Brad Dewar go over in the corner and Young were back in front 15 out from half time 8 points to 6.

As this nailbitting game flowed there was some good solid running from the forwards and some great defence but one and a half minutes out from half time Tumut seemed to get a roll on and charged their way though Young’s tiring defence to go over for another try and take them into the half time break to lead Young 10 points to 8.