Rams edge Blues to advance to grand final

The Northern Daily Leader

Walcha have booked a spot in the New England Rugby grand final after beating Armidale 28-27 in the major semi-final at Bellevue Oval in Armidale, Australia, on August 23, 2025. Video by Mark Bode

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00:38He's on fire!

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00:42No!

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00:47Let's go!

00:50Let's go!

00:51Ed, it was a bit of a nail-biting finish there, mate, but you got the chocolates in the end?

01:02It was, yeah.

01:05Full credit to the Blues, they really ripped in, and we were sort of under the pump there

01:09at the end, but we'd done enough early to hang in there.

01:12Through to the grand final?

01:14Yeah.

01:14How does that feel?

01:15Good.

01:16It's very exciting.

01:17It was good.

01:17I think we were in control.

01:18We got down the right end of the park, and we were left with points, which is what we

01:21spoke about.

01:23Probably the only thing to work on is our discipline that let them back in and saw a couple of our

01:27players get a yellow card, so other than that, pretty decent performance from the boys.

01:32What does it mean to the community to be through to the grand final?

01:36It's great.

01:37Our reserve guard played today, so we didn't have any fresh bench or anything like that,

01:42so for the boys to rip in and hang in like that against their full bench, full fresh bench,

01:46it's great, and the community has pumped up.

01:49It's been a fantastic year for you guys.

01:51One more game to go.

01:53You must be feeling pretty confident going into the grand final?

01:56Yeah, we'll just get back into our training and reassess and see who we're versing and

02:01work it out from there.

02:02Just finally, what's so good about this group of players?

02:05What's so special about them?

02:07They're all young, enthusiastic young lads who are just keen to rip in and play for each

02:12other, and we've had a fair few injuries this year, but the boys that have come in have

02:15stepped up and created a lot of competition for positions, so it's just a good bunch of

02:20young lads.

02:21Right, thank you very much.

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