The Beechwood Shamrocks are unique – they have seven sets of brothers in the one team.
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Pictured above are: back row: Luke Donovan, Chris Donovan, Warren Ahoy, Stanley Chatfield. Middle row: Dean Saunders, Cameron Donovan, Roger Donovan, Jared Davey, Jamie Donovan. Front row: Amos Saunders, Michael Bright, Jimmy Bright, Jake Davey, and centurion Amos Donovan.
The five sets of Aboriginal brothers (two sets of Donovans, Saunders, Chatfields and Ahoys) are all also first cousins.
Jamie Donovan says: “We have all been playing since the start of the season but it was only last week that It twigged, about how many sets of brothers we had in our team and how rare it might be?”
The seven sets of brothers had the photo taken above last Saturday, when Jamie’s younger brother, Amos, played his hundredth game for his beloved Shamrocks.
Managing to score a try, kick a couple of goals and take out the players’ player made it a day to remember for him, as he wore the number 100 on his back and men of league socks onto the field.
It was Ben West-Comer for Harrington who opened the scoring, with a try just five minutes into the game, but Dean Saunders and Jamie Donovan were quick to retaliate with tries that Amos Saunders converted, before Harrington once again were in the mix, with a Zac Ryan-converted Greg Hamilton try.
David Knox, Amos Saunders and Steve Schubert all made their mark before half-time, with Saunders successful with the boot for each, but Ben West-Comer, combining with Zac Ryan's kick, added to Harrington's total before the break, with Beechwood 28 Harrington 16.
It was all Beechwood after half time, with Harrington sustaining a number of injuries and the game called off early, but not before tries were scored by Dean Saunders, Michael Bright, Amos Saunders, Luke Donovan 2, Amos Donovan, Warren Ahoy and Steve Schubert and the goals kicked by Amos Saunders and Amos Donovan taking the full time score to Beechwood 72 to 16.
Jamie was proud of his brother, Amos, and of the club spirit. “Football is a family-oriented sport, and the club is loving that we have all these sets of brothers.”