One point the difference in Rams-Pirates grand final

By Aj Cross
Updated September 6 2017 - 11:00am, first published 9:50am
It's a try!: Ed Churchill plants the ball down for Walcha's second try and the first of his hat-trick. Photo: Peter Hardin
It's a try!: Ed Churchill plants the ball down for Walcha's second try and the first of his hat-trick. Photo: Peter Hardin

SO near, but yet so far. Bad luck to the Walcha Rams who were defeated by reigning premiers Pirates 40-39 in a cliffhanger at Chillingworth Oval in Tamworth last Saturday. Walcha hit the front 34-33 with just over 15 minutes to go before the Pirates responded with a converted try and then the Rams countered through a try to fullback Ed Churchill, his third for the day, three minutes from full-time.

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