Since the dual Auckland-Sydney representative rugby breakaway, Bruce Greensill, migrated from New Zealand to Sydney and then to Forster to better his health and reform the Forster-Tuncurry rugby club in 2003-04, the Dolphins have enjoyed seven premiership triumphs.
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In that time, the club has had its share of outstanding players: two forwards in loose-head Aaron Booby and backrower Blake Polson, chosen this year for coach Gus de Gooey's Mid North Coast Axemen's squad, which won the Richardson Shield and now will challenge for the crown of NSW country rugby, the Caldwell Cup.
Two of the finest were the former NSW Country representative five-eighth, David Birch, whose creativity led to Trae Wilkins' two tries at Old Bar for the premiership against the Clams and the equally valuable skills of Matthew Nuku for more premiership shields, the pivot who should have been a representative, lacking only desire.
There were others like the unflinching prop, Ben Manning, and lock, Rob McCabe, former Penrith Emu first grade hooker, Mark Coble, before his industrial site disaster, the former open-side breakaways, premiership-winning captain, Mark Hudson, and Thomas Homer.
All had distinguished Dolphins careers.
This winter, one of the competition's leading players was the Dolphins' tall, rangy no 8, Sean Hassett, the finest lineout forward in the Kennards Hire Lower Mid North Coast competition and the man responsible for the solo try of the year, an 80-metre breakaway against the Wallamba Bulls.
Others to perform well were the elusive, running 20-year-old fullback, Braydon Henwood, cagey front-row prop or hooker, Neil Flanders, centre and Dolphins' captain, Mark Hagarty, and the backrowers, the rugged Troy Haines and tireless flanker Steve Stanton.
With Hagarty anxious to return to midfield, former MNC Axeman winger, Jesse Logan, was switched by coach Ron MccArthy to five-eighth where he was a standout with his strong tackling.
The Dolphins will hold their presentation ceremony at a Saturday barbeque function midway through next month at their Tuncurry clubhouse from 3pm
The one certainty is that Thomas Harris, their retiring former captain and ex-Bruce Greensill Medallist as the club's best and fairest player of the year is out of the running after breaking two ribs early in the season and missing two months of rugby.
Not that the injury stopped Harris from completing the game, remaining on the field for the last hour before having his chest strapped by the club physiotherapist, Brad Lidbury, and only then going to hospital.
In this disrupted and ultimately fractured season, the Manning River Ratz won the minor premiership and were to meet the Dolphins in the grand final only for the showpiece to be cancelled due to the pandemic.
The Wauchope Thunder won the women's 10-a-side minor premiership.
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