1/30Koby Hine in the Whitsunday and Mackay Lions under-13/14s soccer match at Mackay Football Park, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
Finals fever: 30 moments captured during the weekend matches
Check out all the action as finals fever takes over Mackay, with teams across numerous code battling it out for premiership glory.
2/30Matylda Burnell-Thompson in the Whitsunday and Mackay Lions under-13/14s soccer match at Mackay Football Park, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
3/30Jaden Chimes in the Whitsunday and Mackay Lions under-13/14s soccer match at Mackay Football Park, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
4/30Thomas Roarke in the Whitsunday and Mackay Lions under-13/14s soccer match at Mackay Football Park, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
5/30Elisha Holdsworth in the Whitsunday and Mackay Lions under-13/14s soccer match at Mackay Football Park, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
6/30Lachlan Starr in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
7/30Lachlan Starr in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
8/30Kereama Gartner in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
9/30Lachlan Starr in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
10/30Kereama Gartner in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
11/30Lachlan Starr in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
12/30Lachlan Starr in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
13/30Kereama Gartner in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
14/30Lachlan Starr in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
15/30Kooper Shears in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
16/30Kooper Shears in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
17/30Caiden Jackson in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
18/30Kooper Shears in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
19/30Wanderers in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
20/30Sean Drew in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
21/30Sean Drew in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
22/30Lachlan Whippy in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
23/30Sean Drew in the Wests Tigers and Wanderers under-14s rugby league final in Mackay, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
24/30Kaylee Kimber in the North Mackay Saints and Moranbah Bulldogs clash at Zeolla Park, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
25/30Alana Gee in the North Mackay Saints and Moranbah Bulldogs clash at Zeolla Park, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
26/30Alana Gee in the North Mackay Saints and Moranbah Bulldogs clash at Zeolla Park, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
27/30Luke Slater in the North Mackay Saints and Mackay Magpies clash at Zeolla Park, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
28/30Luke Slater in the North Mackay Saints and Mackay Magpies clash at Zeolla Park, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
29/30Hamish Gurry in the North Mackay Saints and Mackay Magpies clash at Zeolla Park, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
30/30Tara Eketone in the North Mackay Saints and Moranbah Bulldogs clash at Zeolla Park, August 28, 2021. Picture: Matthew Forrest
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