By Casey O'Connor
The Stanthorpe Gremlins went down 20-18 in a tight game against Goondiwindi at Sullivan Oval on Saturday.
It wrapped up a full day of rugby league for the Gremlins with junior games played earlier in the day.
The Gremlins wearing black armbands in honour of former Gremlin Peter Shatte suffered their first loss of the season in a game where the lead changed several times.
Goondiwindi opened the scoring with a try to Brady Martin. The Gremlins hit back when Lachlan Hendry scored and took the lead with the successful conversion by Jake Burrill.
At the half time break Stanthorpe held a narrow 6-4 lead.
After the break Connor Hartley-Simpson put the Gremlins further in front when he scored and with another successful kick from the boot of Burnell the Gremlins led 12-4.
The Boars went on the attack scoring three tries to once again wrestle the lead from the Gremlins\. Goondiwindi held a 20-12 lead with less than 15 minutes left to play. The Gremlins never stopped trying and in the dying minutes of the game Hartley-Simpson crashed over for his second try of the afternoon. Jake Burnell added the extras to make it three from three and narrow the margin to two points as the siren sounded. The final score 20-18 in favour of the Boars.
