LACHLAN Robinson provided plenty of highlights for the CSU first XV in this season’s Central West Rugby Union competition and as it turns out, he is handy in the sevens format as well.
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Robinson was the star for CSU at last Saturday’s Blue Mountains and Greater West Rugby Sevens Carnival, scoring a bulk of the tries for the students in the open men’s division.
The efforts from the fleet-footed back included three tries in one match.
“Lochie Robinson was our best player, he scored most our tries and scored a hat-trick in one game within the first five minutes,” CSU’s Angus Kennelly said.
“Lochie was able to score a full field try where he chipped-chased-regathered and scored.”
As well as Robinson, halves Nick Plunkett and Oscar Thornburn were solid for CSU as it reached the bowl semi-final after placing third in their pool.
Playing seven minutes each way with a 60 seconds half-time break, the students only managed one win for the tournament. However, Kennelly said the side was happy with their efforts.
“Although it was not a very successful day, the boys learnt a lot about this different style of rugby. It was everyone’s first time playing and by the end of the day, we started to gel well together,” he said.
“The standard of play was quite high. The teams were from Orange, Bathurst, the Mountains and Sydney. Every team wanted to win and played competitively, however, each team showed great sportsmanship and played in the spirit of the game.”
As well as CSU fielding a side in the 12-team open men’s competition, the students were part of the inaugural open women’s draw for the tournament.
Despite fielding a line-up new to the sport, the CSU women did well in their four-team competition. Like the men, they improved over the course of the day.
“The girls did outstanding considering it was their first time playing tackle rugby. By the end of the day they had really picked up the game and were passing end-to-end to score tries. They won two and lost two and ended up losing in the plate final,” Kennelly said.
“It was awesome to see the girls lifting in the line-outs and pulling off back line moves.
“Meaghan Kempson was the girls’ playmaker and was involved in everything. She made the most tackles and was always able to make sure the ball got out of the ruck and wide to our strike players.
“Claudia McLaren was the girls’ strike player, she had a dangerous step and was able to score a number of tries from a distance.”