Playing at the home of Easts Rugby, Woolhara Oval, the Galloping Galloways acquitted themselves extremely well last Saturday in their first appearance in the Toothy Tens.
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In aid of an exceptional cause, rugby players from around Australia and indeed the globe converged on the Eastern Suburbs to support the major fundraising event for the Nick Tooth foundation raising much needed funds for brain related sports injuries.
With a mixture of Mudgee talent including the likes of David Jessiman and Angus Wilson and the prowess of former NSW and Wallaby players like Dean Mumm, David Lyons, Paddy Ryan, the Galloping Galloways breezed through their opening three round games, accounting for the Sydney Barbarians, NZ Invitational and Parkes sides.
This is what rugby is all about, great blokes coming together, supporting a great cause.
- Chris Malone, Galloping Galloway’s coach
Following this early success the Galloways progressed to the Quarter Finals of the Major Cup Draw.
Deep in this game with the scores locked at 12-all and the Galloways metres from Easts line the ball was thrown out the backline for what looked like a certain try, but the Beasties winger pounced, clutching an intercept and racing 90 metres to salute under the posts.
Satisfied with their performance and in the spirit of this fantastic day the Galloping Galloway players stayed around to mingle with supporters and rival players, with the Easts Beasties crowned the eventual winners.
Galloway’s coach, Chris Malone commented, “this is what rugby is all about, great blokes coming together, supporting a great cause.”
Plans are already in place for the Galloways to return to the Toothy Tens next year.
“We had a fantastic day, giving something back to rugby and player welfare, thanks again to our wonderful Mudgee based sponsors; Moolarben Coal, On Time Engineering and the Woolpack Hotel, we could not have done it without you,” Malone concluded.
This was the fourth year of annual Nick Tooth Memorial Rugby Tens Tournament, colloquially known as the “Toothy Tens”, held in memory of Tooth who passed away following a devastating head injury he received in Quirindi in 2015. The foundation was established the following year by his family to raise awareness around player safety and wellbeing.
