After a few rocky weeks, the Rovers appear to have their season back on track and were far too good for the Gunning Roos winning by 58-10 last Saturday.
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The most pleasing aspect of the win apart from the crucial two competition points was the performance of three Rover debutants.
With the Youth League having the Bye, Rovers coach Josh Burns used the opportunity to bring some new talent into the team and was well rewarded for his foresight.
Young guns, Austin Power, Owen Hughston and Chandler Power made the most of their opportunity to shine in the senior Grade.
All three played were exception but it was Austin Power who was a standout with three tries in his first outing.
Rovers star, Aaron Burgess, also had Boorowa statisticians reaching for the record books as he scored four tries in the opening twenty minutes to all but put the game to bed for Boorowa in the opening stanza.
Murray Armour produced another outstanding game as did Daniel Roberts and Alex Stewart.
Trent Garrett continues to impress at dummy half directing traffic and will be crucial in the big games ahead.
This weekend see a tough match at home against the improving Bungendore Tigers who have been bolstered by some mid season signings.
Boorowa will all but seal a finals birth with a win whilst Bungendore are just hanging on to fifth spot and have plenty to play for.
In other George Tooke Shield results, Harden 28 defeated Bungendore 20, North Canberra 62 trounced UC Grizzlies 0, Crookwell 78 ADFA 0.
Binalong had the bye.
The ladder now looks this way with North Canberra on 24, Crookwell 22, Harden 22, Boorowa 16, Bungendore 11, Binalong 10, Gunning 7, UC Grizzlies 6, ADFA 4.
Meanwhile the League Tag Roverettes had a much tougher outing against Gunning going down by 12-4 in what could be costly loss.
Defence ruled the day in this encounter with Georgia Murray the only try scorer for Boorowa.
This week is a crucial game for the Roverettes as they now sit one point outside the top five and won’t want to lose touch with the leaders.
In other League Tag games, Harden 18 beat Bungendore 12, North Canberra 22 beat UC 4 and Crookwell 78 beat ADFA 6.
Binalong had the bye.
The league tag ladder sees Harden 24, Crookwell 20, Bungendore 18, North Canberra 16, Gunning 14, Boorowa 13, UC Grizzlies 9, Binalong 8, ADFA 2.
Round 13 in the George Tooke Shield will see the following encounters.
Boorowa at home against Bungendore, UC Grizzlies host Gunning, Binalong host Crookwell whilst the match of the round will see Harden host North Canberra.
ADFA have the bye.
After a bye last weekend, the Harden/Boorowa youth league team will be in action again, taking on the North Canberra Bears at McLean Oval Harden on Saturday commencing at 1pm.
The locals are three points ahead of the Bears and can almost seal a top three spot with a win on Saturday.
The Youth League ladder looks like this: Yass 21, Crookwell 16, Harden/Boorowa 15, North Canberra 12, Tuggeranong 10, Bungendore 2.
Join the Rovers and Roverettes for a great afternoon of rugby league action at the Showground this Saturday.
