MINOR premiers Port Macquarie will meet Port City in the Group Three Rugby League major semi-final at the Regional Stadium at Port Macquarie on Sunday.
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Port Macquarie will be involved in three of the four matches on Sunday.
This follows the opening weekend of semi-finals held at Tuncurry and Wauchope.
Port City thrashed Wauchope 46-12 in the preliminary semi at Wauchope to set up a showdown with their town rivals. In the elimination game at Tuncurry Forster-Tuncurry ended Wingham's season with a tight 24-18 victory.
In reserve grade Forster-Tuncurry prevailed over Old Bar 40-16 in the elimination match while Port Macquarie crushed a disappointing Wingham side 34-6 in the preliminary encounter.
Old Bar, despite having just 11 players for most of the match, were too classy for Port City in the under 18 elimination match, winning 40-20. The preliminary semi was a thriller with Port Macquarie scoring a 20-16 victory over Forster-Tuncurry in extra time.
Premiers Wauchope were too strong for Port Macquarie in the women's league tag elimination semi, winning 28-0. Taree City moved to the major semi-final with a close 10-6 result over Port City in the preliminary game.
Minor semi-finals will be played at Wauchope on Saturday.
The women's league tag will start at 10.55 and feature Port City and Wauchope. Forster-Tuncurry and Old Bar clash in the under 18s at 12.05 while the reserve grade encounter between Wingham and Forster-Tuncurry kicks off at 1.25.
Wauchope and Forster-Tuncurry meet in first grade from 3pm.
Forster-Tuncurry and Taree City meet in the women's league tag major semi-final at the Regional Stadium at Port Macquarie on Sunday from 10.55.
Wauchope and Port Macquarie clash in under 18s at 12..55. The Blues and Sharks also go around in reserve grade from 1.25 with Port City to tackle Port Macquarie in first grade at 3pm.
GROUP Three Rugby League's match review committee will this week check incidents from Sunday's preliminary semi-final between Wauchope and Port City at Port Macquarie.
It's understood one involves Wauchope five-eighth Nick McCabe, who was injured in the first half of the match. McCabe appeared concussed as he was taken from the field and didn't return.
Late in the game Port Macquarie front rower Sam Flanagan was sent to the sin bin by referee Jason Allan after an altercation with Wauchope interchange forward Brendan Slade.
Slade was replaced but later returned.
It's understood the match committee will meet on Monday or Tuesday to view a DVD of the game.
