It’s only been 12 months since Olivia Bird began playing league tag in Blayney, but her efforts on the field have resulted in her winning a $50 voucher at Bernardi’s IGA.
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A self-confessed league tragic, Bird said that as soon as the Blayney Bears launched the league tag team, she was in.
“I love rugby league and I’ve always wanted to play so when the Bears formed a side I joined that and we’ve been going really well,” she said.
The league tag side is currently sitting atop the ladder.
Western Rams selectors also agree with the Blayney Sport’s Council picking both Bird and Sophie Stammers as part of the Western Rams league tag side.
“To make the Western Rams side was a massive achievement as it was the first ever women’s league tag side,” she said.
Following a short spell off the field because of a few injuries to her knees and ankles, Bird is fired up about league tag and the season ahead.
“We should definitely make the semi’s,” she said, “We came very close last year.”
Mark Logan
Started working in newspapers in the 1990's in the darkroom of the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin before moving to Millthorpe in 2003. Soon after arriving I started as a photographer at the CWD. Now a journalist at the Blayney Chronicle.
Started working in newspapers in the 1990's in the darkroom of the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin before moving to Millthorpe in 2003. Soon after arriving I started as a photographer at the CWD. Now a journalist at the Blayney Chronicle.
