The first grade side held Cooma to 14  points while amassing 51 against the visitors.

“Cooma are always a tough side and the  point difference did not feel that large  when we came off the field,” Newby said.

“We seemed to spend quite a bit of time in  our own half but apparently our defence  was strong enough to hold them out.

“We had a home ground advantage as  the travel distance also affects the makeup  of the Cooma teams.

“Cooma can be quite a different side at  home, but so can we for the same reasons  “I was really pleased with the way our  team played from the kickoff.

“They played well as a team with good  communication and the forwards setting  the platform."

    GALLERY: Goulburn v Cooma first grade

    GALLERY: Goulburn v Cooma reserve grade

Try scorers for the Goulburn Dirty Red  Firsts were Jordan Wilcox with three, Mick  Webber with one, Ben Todkill one and Rob  Sheekey two. Dominic Falk kicked five  goals and two penalty goals.

Wilcox was also named Player’s player  for the game.

The Dirty Reds have a good mix of new  and longer term players this year and they  have been training hard from the pre season.

So far they have been undefeated in the  top two grades. The reserve grade have  not had a try scored against them so far  and last weekend they held Cooma out  conceding only a single penalty goal for a  17 to three point win.

Reserves try scorers for the Reds were  Ben Pearson, Mathew Bird and Jayden Hunt  while Brendan Courts kicked one goal.  In the junior grades the under 18s went  down to Marist College 27 to eight, Under  15s defeated their Uni North opponents 34  to 10 and the Under 13 Reds held  Daramalan College scoreless for a 57 point  win.

This Saturday all grades are at home on  Poidevin Oval. Games will start at 10.30am  with the Under 13s playing Uni North, 11.30  the Under 15s take on Broulee and at 12.30  the Under 18s clash with St Edmunds  College.

Reserves and First Grade Dirty Reds are  both up against Yass. The first grade game  starts at 3pm.