WITH nearly 1,000 club and representative games between them there is not much in rugby that Dave Conyers and his sons Jarrad and Lachlan haven't achieved.
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Last Saturday they ticked off more milestones as Jarrad and Lachy were part of an undefeated premiership winning side and Lachy nabbed a leading try-scorer award on top of that.
The brothers played alongside each other in the University of Wollongong Mallee Bulls outfit which won their Illawarra District Rugby Union second grade crown in first-past-the-post fashion.
Lachy, who laughs when describing himself as the "freshly shaven younger looking one, the more handsome one" said it was a great way to finish a season that was threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic.
"I think it was good we actually got a season in the first place, the way it was looking they were going to do a throw together 10s comp, but that didn't end up going ahead because they lifted restrictions," he said
"Everyone wanted to have a game of rugby and the last thing on everyone's mind was winning, but we started throwing a couple of points together and that was us."
The Bulls did not have the numbers for two senior teams this year, so fielded just the one side. It had Lachy at fullback, Jarrad in the second row, Stannies graduate Jack Thurtell in the centres and former CSU mentor Scott Hatch on the coaching staff.
Lachy enjoyed the chance to play alongside his older brother.
"He makes about 100 tackles a game, he's a work horse," he said.
"Last year we played together and it was the first time we'd ever had a run together at the same club, we both played first grade last year.
"We were lucky enough to get another chance to do it again this year, there's a bit of an age gap between us - 10 years - so it's nice to run around with him."
The Bulls drew three of their first four games in the nine-round competition which meant while undefeated heading into the final round, they needed a bonus-point win over Kiama and another result to play out in their favour.
Lachy played his role in helping to fulfil that equation as he scored 23 points in a 50-12 win. He scored three tries in that haul to take his tally for the season to 10 - an effort no other player matched.
"I got told when I was in under 13s by one of my coaches that if you want to score points, you have to put in 20 metre sprints as hard as you can," he said
"A lot of my tries are just from support, so all the boys do the hard work and I get the glory."
Dave Conyers was there at Kiama Rugby Club to watch his sons succeed, which made the afternoon even more special for Lachy and Jarrad.
"He made it down to four games this year, he normally only makes it to one. He absolutely loves it," Lachy said.
"We have played almost 1,000 games between us. Dad's contributed half of them, he's played 500 club games across his career, I hit 100 club games halfway through last year and Jarrad has been playing club footy since he's been 18 so he'd be up to a couple of hundred himself.
"That's a lot of dirty laundry and a lot of beers after games as well," he added with a laugh.
