Chances were limited but the Blue’s trio of Evan Bayley, Jack and Finn O’Donnell were moving the ball well and creating some space and opportunities down the left. Broulee defence of Dane Skou, Jayden Visser and Kiran Toledo went to work to snuff them out.

Neither team could gain ascendency throughout the first half. Only a long ball from the left found Will Davis, who did well in the Moruya box and coolly slot his strike past the keeper to let Broulee take a slender lead.

Moruya needed to get back into the game and had the better of the play much of the half, although it took some time before any real goal scoring chances were mustered, whilst Broulee were trying to congest the midfield and limit the Blue’s time on the ball.

After a couple of Broulee raids down the right hand side that led to a few efforts at the Blue’s goal, it was Moruya who caught the Broulee defence wanting. A well-timed through ball to Bayley gave him a shot across the goal. It found the back of the net, with the Stingrays keeper not being able to get a decent enough touch on it to steer it out.

With Broulee on the back foot and under pressure for the final ten minutes of the game, Moruya had some stronger efforts on goal with Thomas Harris’ strike from the six yard box fortuitously hitting the oncoming Stingrays keeper and finding its way over the byline.

Best on ground for the Stingrays was Dane Skou in defence and goal scorer Will Davis. For the Blue’s, Robbie Kidd in defence held things together whilst Bayley and Finn O’Donnell provided the spark in the middle and up front.