In a day of upsets, Young came from behind to inflict Tumut’s first loss of the season.
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The Cherrypickers showed plenty of determination to storm back into the contest for the second time at Twickenham on Sunday.
Tumut went eight points up with eight minutes left when Jacob Toppin slotted a 36-metre penalty goal after a controversial decision on Kyle Richens for a high shot on Mitch Ivill.
However, Young weren’t distracted by Shane Bartlett’s call, instead they scored twice in the last five minutes to take a 30-26 win.
After a repeat set, Ray Talimalie broke through the line to score and get his team back within two points.
Saul Lealaitefea then barged over to take the win with what was to be the last play of the day.
Coming off disappointing second half performance against Albury, Young captain-coach James Woolford was thrilled with his team’s performance.
“I was a massive effort from our one to 17,” Woolford said. “We all turned up ready to play and we could have quite easily folded there in the first half, and the second half, but we turned it around and come away with the two points.”
Disappointed by how the team let in an unanswered 28 points to lose to the Thunder at home, the resolve showed to become the first team to beat the Blues has Woolford hopeful once more.
“We believed in ourselves and believed as a group that we could do it,” he said.
“We know we can beat teams, it is just a matter of getting there and doing it so I’m really happy.”
The Blues flew out of the blocks and got out to a 8-0 lead after eight minutes courtesy of tries to Ben Roddy and Tamati Ioane.
However Young hit back after a lovely right foot step from five-eighth Jesse Corcoran helped get his team on the board.
The Cherrypickers then flipped the momentum and tries Richens and Tui Samoa saw them take a 18-8 lead into the break.
But just like in the first half, it was the Blues who fired early.
Mose Esera scored a nice try three minutes in before two carbon copy tries by Roddy saw the Blues go out to a 24-18 lead with 23 minutes to play.
However Young weren’t to be denied and head into a clash with Cootamundra and two byes just a win off top spot.
With Gundagai losing to Temora and Kangaroos getting the better of Albury, the loss means the Blues are in a three-way tie at the top of the Group Nine ladder.
They'll face another big test against a much improved Roos outfit at Equex Centre on Sunday.
Coach Jarrad Teka is hoping the narrow defeat will be full of lessons for his team.
“In some ways it’s a valueable lesson for us,” Teka said.
“If we had of got away with it at the end the little bad habits we’ve got at the moment, turning the ball over at crucial stages of the game, will come back to haunt us at the end of the year.”