The day however belonged to halfback Scott Jackson.

In his first appearance in the number nine jersey, Jackson was like an army General.

Barking orders at his troops, when he wasn’t leading from the front, he was hot on the heels of his forwards.

Jackson finished the game with two tries in his man of the match display.

The big play of the match was during the 58th minute.

A rolling maul that marched its way down the field was followed by some spirited pick and drives.

The result was a try to smart winger Sean O’Byrne who put a textbook in and away on his opposing winger.

It was only minutes later when centre Pearce Saunders cut the opposing backline to shreds that back-rower Adam Smith looked certain to score under the posts until a finger injury sustained earlier in the day stood between him and the final pass.

As the University defense tired, Goondiwindi scored six tries for the afternoon.

The blustery conditions allowed for only two successful conversions.

In other games, B Grade struck a resilient University team and was fortunate to come away with victory 12 – 5, while the U-20’s were narrowly defeated.

For the B’s, despite an early head clash that required some first aid, Trent Morris led the way for his team right up until his sin-binning in the 65th minute.

For the Pup’s, Lee Harwood was among the top performers whilst John McNulty tried hard in his typical gutsy performance.